David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor. He began his career in British theatre before landing small roles in various television productions and feature films. Law gained international recognition for his role in Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Academy Award in the same category. Law found further critical and commercial success in Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition (2002), Minghella's Cold Mountain (2003), for which he earned Academy Award and BAFTA nominations, in addition to the drama Closer (2004) and the romantic comedy The Holiday (2006). His subsequent roles were as Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), a young Albus Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Sec...
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
Contagion
2011
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
2022
Alfie
2004
Eden
2025
Side Effects
2013
The Holiday
2006
Captain Marvel
2019
The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026
Hugo
2011
Sherlock Holmes
2009
Vox Lux
2018
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011
Rise of the Guardians
2012
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2017
Enemy at the Gates
2001
The Aviator
2004
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
Spy
2015
Closer
2004
Peter Pan & Wendy
2023
Road to Perdition
2002
Gattaca
1997
Anna Karenina
2012
The Order
2024
Repo Men
2010
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
eXistenZ
1999
Black Sea
2014
Wilde
1997
Firebrand
2024
Cold Mountain
2003
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009
I ♥ Huckabees
2004
Live 8
2005
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
The Nest
2020
Shopping
1994