JUDE LAW (Maguire) garnered Academy Award® and Golden Globe nominations, and won a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his performance as the doomed millionaire playboy Dickie Greenleaf in Anthony Minghella’s "The Talented Mr. Ripley." This year, he earned another Golden Globe nomination for his role as the "love mecha" Gigolo Joe in Steven Spielberg’s "A.I. Artificial Intelligence."
Hailing from England, Law won the London Film Critics Circle Award and the Evening Standard Award for his performance in "Wilde," the biopic about the great playwright and poet Oscar Wilde, starring Stephen Fry in the title role. In 1997, Law was introduced to American film audiences in back-to-back starring roles in two vastly different films: the futuristic sci-fi drama "Gattaca," with Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman; followed immediately by Clint Eastwood’s "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," with Kevin Spacey and John Cusack. His subsequent film credits include starring roles in David Cronenberg’s "eXistenZ," opposite Jennifer Jason Leigh, "The Wisdom of Crocodiles," "Love, Honour and Obey," and the World War II drama "Enemy At the Gates."
Law began his career at the age of 14 with England’s National Youth Music Theatre, and went on to appear in several productions in London’s West End, at the National Theatre, and with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He originated the role of Michael in the play "Indiscretions" on the London stage, for which he won the Ian Charleson Award for Outstanding Newcomer. He later earned a Tony Award nomination and won a Theatre World Award when he reprised the role in the Broadway production of "Indiscretions," with Kathleen Turner and Cynthia Nixon.
In 1995, Law partnered with his wife, actress Sadie Frost, and fellow actors Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Sean Pertwee to form the London-based independent production company Natural Nylon. The company currently has several film projects in development.
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