JUDE LAW | SHIRTLESS IN HAWAII 2013 | PICTURES | INFO

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Born December 29, 1972, in south London, Jude Law is a talented and versatile English actor. Law has been nominated for two Academy Awards and continues to build a prolific body of work that spans from early successes such as Gattaca (1997) and El talento de Mr. Ripley (1999) to more recent turns as Dr. John Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: Juego de sombras (2011), as Hugo's Father in La invención de Hugo (2011) and in the titular role in Dom Hemingway (2013).

Jude Lay on Holydays in Maui, Hawaii

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JUDE LAW | PICTURES | SHIRTLESS | BIOGRAPHY

BIOGRAPHY

David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English Actor, Film Producer and Director.

He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and had his first television role in 1989. After starring in films directed by Andrew Niccol, Clint Eastwood and David Cronenberg, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1999 for his performance in Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley. In 2000 he won a Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award for his work in the film. In 2003, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in another Minghella film, Cold Mountain.

In 2006, he was one of the top ten most bankable movie stars in Hollywood.In 2007, he received an Honorary César and he was named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.

Jude Law was born in Lewisham, South London, the second child of teachers Peter Law and Margaret Heyworth. He grew up in Blackheath, an area in the Borough of Lewisham and he was educated at John Ball Primary School in Blackheath and Kidbrooke School in Kidbrooke, before attending the Alleyn's School in Dulwich.

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