Today we will introduce you to...
JUDE LAW
Yeah, OK. We know, you don't really need to be introduced to that pretty boy but we are sure you don't know all the facts stated below. Read on dears.
David Jude Law was born December 29, 1972 (oh well... he's a Sagittarius... that's his excuse for cheating then. Hmm...) in South East London.
Jude started acting with the National Youth Music Theatre at the age of 12 and at 17 he dropped out of school completely to star in a Grenada daytime TV soap called "Families".
In 1992, Jude started his stage career. He starred in many plays throughout London and was nominated for the "Laurence Olivier Award" of "Outstanding Newcomer".
After doing the play "Indiscretions" in London, he moved and did it again in Broadway alongside Kathleen Turner. This role earned him a Tony Award nomination[11] and the Theatre World Award.
Jude Law had his breakthrough with the British crime drama Shopping, which also featured his future wife Sadie Frost.
He became one of the Top Ten 2006 A-list of the most bankable movie stars in Hollywood.
On 1 March 2007, he was honoured with the "Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" conferred by the French government, in recognition of his contribution to World Cinema Arts. He was named a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
Filmography:
Repo Men (2010)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
Rage (2009)
Sleuth (2007)
My Blueberry Nights (2007)
The Holiday (2006)
Breaking and Entering (2006)
All the King's Men (2006)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
The Aviator (2004)
Closer (2004)
Alfie (2004)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Cold Mountain (2003)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Love, Honour and Obey (2000)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
Gattaca (1997)
...and many other!
Jude Law was nominated twice for an Oscar award. In 2000 for "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" for "The talented Mr. Ripley" and in 2004 for "Best Actor in a Leading Role" for the movie "Cold Mountain".
Won a BAFTA Award in 2000 for his role in "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and was nominated in 2004 for "Cold Mountain".
Was nominated 3 times for a Golden Globe: 2000 - "The Talented Mr. Ripley", 2002 - "A.I." and 2004 - "Cold Mountain"
In 2005 he was nominated for a "Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture" award at the Screen Actor Guild Awards.
...and many other.
Law's parents live in France, where they run their own drama school and theatre. His sister Natasha is a well-regarded illustrator and artist, living in London.
He met Sadie Frost while working on the film Shopping. They married on 2 September 1997 and divorced on 29 October 2003. He is the father of a stepson, Finlay Munro, and three biological children with Frost: son Rafferty, daughter Iris and son Rudy.
He and his ex-wife Sadie Frost fought a custody battle for over 2 years.
Kate Moss is the godmother of his daughter Iris.
Originally was godfather of Kate Moss' daughter Lila, but when he got divorced from Sadie Frost, with whom Moss was close friends with, she relieved him of all duties.
While making the film Alfie, he and his co-star Sienna Miller began a relationship, became engaged on Christmas Day 2004.In July 2005, she ended the engagement and he publicly apologized for cheating on her with nanny Daisy Wright. They reconciled briefly and broke up again in 2006.
In September 2009, Jude Law became a father for the fourth time following a brief relationship with US model Samantha Burke in 2008. He has a young daughter named Sophia.
In December 2009, it was reported that Law and Miller had rekindled their relationship after starring in separate shows on Broadway in New York City in the Fall of 2009. They spent Christmas 2009 in Barbados, along with three of Law's children.
Has a tattoo on his left forearm of words from a Beatles song, "Sexy Sadie", which states "You came along to turn on everyone Sexy Sadie", representing his ex-wife Sadie Frost.
During a guest appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992), Jay Leno asked him where his name came from, and he replied that he was named after the Beatles song "Hey Jude."
Broke a rib after falling backwards while filming the murder scene on the boat in the movie The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999).
He kept the shirts his characters in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) and Gattaca (1997) worn in the scenes when they were killed.
When joining the N.Y.M.T., he was placed in the wrong dormitory because they thought he was a girl because of his name. He never told anyone but was soon caught and moved.
Personal quotes:
I've always thought Prince Charming in Cinderella was the most boring role; I'd rather be the Wicked Witch.
(About his injury during Dickie's death scene in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)) "Matt [Damon] broke my rib! But I think I strained his neck, we got a little bit carried away".
(about how he got the role of Gigolo Joe) "Through one of those fantastical phone calls when your agent calls you and says 'Stephen Spielberg is on the phone, he wants to speak to you about his next film.' And once you've peeled yourself of the ceiling you go, *clears throat* Yeah, great."
(about the paparazzi) "I throw root vegetables at them."
It was cold, very, very cold. I don't remember a lot of daylight, just endless hours of being buried in rubble, interrupted by lots of raising collective spirits by singing Russian folk songs. Can our genuine physical suffering be seen on film? I bloody hope so. (On filming Enemy at the Gate)
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Biography source: IMDB and Wikipedia
