ACTOR · BORN 1972
Jude Law
- Born
- 29 December 1972, Lewisham, London, England, UK
- Known for
- Captain Marvel (2019), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Sherlock Holmes (2009), Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
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37 Interesting Facts About Jude Law
- #001
When Jude Law joined the National Youth Music Theatre, they thought he was a girl because of his name and placed him in the wrong dormitory. He told no one, but he was soon caught and moved.
- #002
Jude Law, Ewan McGregor and Jonny Lee Miller are former roommates.
- #004
Appearing as a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992), Jay Leno asked him where his name came from, and he said his name came from the Beatles song "Hey Jude."
- #006
Jude Law is good friends with Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Rachel Weisz.
- #008
On his left forearm, Jude Law has a tattoo with words from the Beatles song "Sexy Sadie," reading "You came along to turn on everyone Sexy Sadie," which represents his ex-wife Sadie Frost.
- #009
Jude Law learned basic saxophone technique for the film The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999).
- #011
While filming the murder scene on the boat in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Jude Law fell backwards and broke a rib.
- #013
Jude Law became a father for the first time at 23 when his girlfriend (now ex-wife) Sadie Frost gave birth to their son Raff Law on 6 October 1996.
- #015
Jude Law keeps the shirts he wore in the scenes where his characters are killed in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) and Gattaca (1997).
- #016
Model Samantha Burke announced that she was seven months pregnant with a baby girl by Law. They met outside a New York nightclub while he was filming Sherlock Holmes (2009), and it was a very brief relationship that had already ended when Burke learned she was pregnant.
- #017
Jude Law received a payment of $205,000 from News of the World for hacking his phone.
- #018
Jude Law became a father for the fourth time at 36 when his ex-girlfriend Samantha Burke gave birth to their daughter Sophia Burke on 22 September 2009.
- #020
Jude Law was expecting his fifth child in the spring of 2015. The mother is his ex-girlfriend, singer Catherine Harding, also known as Cat Cavelli.
- #021
Jude Law attended Alleyn's School in Dulwich, London. It was originally known as "The College of God's Gift".
- #022
The rock band Brand New has a song named after him, "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad", on their 2001 album "Your Favorite Weapon".
- #023
He was the host of Saturday Night Live (1975) for the notorious Ashlee Simpson incident.
- #025
He became a father for the third time at age 29 when his then-wife Sadie Frost gave birth to their son Rudy Law (Rudy Indiana Otis Law) on 10 September 2002.
- #026
He became a father for the second time at age 27 when his then-wife Sadie Frost gave birth to their daughter Iris Law on 25 October 2000.
- #027
He drank ten Coca-Colas a day to gain weight for his role in Dom Hemingway (2013).
- #028
In 2007 he spent 10 days in Afghanistan, travelled around the country and shot a documentary.
- #029
He and his ex-wife Sadie Frost fought a custody battle for more than two years.
- #031
He reconciled with his former fiancée Sienna Miller after they appeared in separate stage productions in New York.
- #032
He was named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive on 29 November 2004.
- #033
He has stated that he would like to appear in a foreign-language film, particularly a French-language one, directed by Jacques Audiard or Michael Haneke.
- #034
He was shooting the period horror film From Hell (2001).
- #036
He played Joe Barnes in Shoscombe Old Place (1991) and returned to the theme as Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011).
- #039
He supports Tottenham Hotspur Football Club in London, England and the United Kingdom.
- #040
Jude Law was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 2000 and 2004.
- #041
Jude Law has worked with three other actors who played Dr. Watson. One of his early roles was Joe Barnes in Shoscombe Old Place (1991), in which Watson was played by Edward Hardwicke. He later appeared in A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), narrated by Ben Kingsley, who had played Watson in Without a Clue (1988). In Breaking and Entering (2006), he starred alongside Martin Freeman, who played Watson in Sherlock (2010).
- #044
Jude Law appeared on the cover of GQ magazine twice, in July 2002 and December 2004.
- #047
Jude Law is a co-owner of the production company Natural Nylon, along with Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Sadie Frost and producer Bradley Adams.
- #048
Jude Law and Sienna Miller ended their relationship again.
- #049
Jude Law received the Ian Charleson Award for Best Newcomer for "Les Parents Terribles" ("Indiscretions").
- #050
Jude Law ranked third in Elle (France) magazine's "15 Sexiest Men" poll.
- #052
Jude Law has appeared in Sherlock Holmes productions three times: as Joe Barnes in Shoscombe Old Place (1991) and as Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011).
- #054
Jude Law attended the rock band Cream's reunion at the Royal Albert Hall.
- #055
Jude Law attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, England.
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