David Jude Heyworth Law born December 29 1972 is an English actor He has received multiple awards including a BAFTA Film Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Tony Awards In 2007 he received an Honorary César and was named a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government Born and raised in London Law started acting in theatre After finding small roles in feature films Law gained recognition for his role in Anthony Minghellas The Talented Mr Ripley 1999 for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for an Academy Award He found further critical and commercial success in Enemy at the Gates 2001 Steven Spielbergs AI Artificial Intelligence 2001 and Sam Mendes Road to Perdition 2002 He continued to gain praise for starring in the war film Cold Mountain 2003 the drama Closer 2004 and the romantic comedy The Holiday 2006 gaining Academy Award and BAFTA nominations for the first of these Law played Dr Watson in Sherlock Holmes 2009 and Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows 2011 a younger Albus Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald 2018 and YonRogg in Captain Marvel 2019 all of which rank among his highestgrossing releases His other notable roles were in Contagion 2011 Hugo 2011 Side Effects 2013 The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 and Spy 2015 and the television series The Young Pope 2016 and The New Pope 2020 Law has also had an accomplished career on stage performing in several West End and Broadway productions such as Les Parents terribles in 1994 Hamlet in 2010 and Anna Christie in 2011 He received Tony Award nominations for the first and second of these Laws Riff Raff Entertainment founded with business partner Ben Jackson inked a firstlook deal for both feature films and television production with New Republic Pictures on April 13 2021
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