Jude Law is a British-born Hollywood actor who starred in the films Talented Mr. Ripley, Enemy at the Gates, Artificial Mind, Cold Mountain, Intimacy, Sherlock Holmes. But the audience, or rather the audience, adore Lowe not only for her acting talent. Fans are driven crazy by his ideal, canonical beauty, which can be admired endlessly, even if Jude does not utter a single word from the screen.
Biography: childhood and early career
The full name of the actor - David Jude Hayworth Low - is much more sonorous than an abridged version. In the press you can find different versions of why he was called that. Most often, the famous Beatles song “Hey Jude” is mentioned. He was born in London at the end of 1972, or rather, on December 29. Jude became the second child of Maggie and Peter Lowe, their daughter Natasha was already growing up. The actor’s sister connected her life with photography.
Judah's parents were engaged in pedagogical activities. Mom taught children English, and her father taught lessons in elementary grades. But the main thing - they both adored the theater, so they were not at all against seeing their son on the stage. At the age of six, Low played his first role in a children's play. At the age of 12 he was accepted into the troupe of the National Musical Youth Theater.
At school, the boy was taunted because of his overly attractive appearance, so at the age of 14 his parents transferred him to a private educational institution. But here, Jude did not find friends or support. The children of wealthy parents did not like that he was from a simple middle-income family. Therefore, at the age of 17, with the approval of the parents, the aspiring actor dropped out of school.
He appeared on the London stage in the productions of The Abandoned Child, Joseph and his Amazing, Colorful Dream Cloak, Pygmalion, and The Fastest Clock in the Universe. In parallel, Judah began a television career: he played small roles in films and TV shows.
Creativity: the path to fame and success in Hollywood
In 1994, Jude first starred in the movie "Shopping", which also became the directorial debut of Paul Anderson. The film turned out to be a failure, and the actor again focused on the theater. One after another, he has several performances:
- “Snow Orchid” (1993);
- “Live like pigs” (1993);
- The Death of a Salesman (1993);
- “Terrible parents” (1994);
- Indiscretion (1995).
For his role in Horrible Parents, the actor received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination. Following the director's plan, in the second act of the play he had to play completely naked. The production of Indiscretion was presented to the public on Broadway; overseas Ocean partner Jude became Hollywood star Kathleen Turner. According to rumors, it was her patronage and favor that helped the young actor get several roles, after which the actor’s career progressed noticeably.
In 1996-1997, he actively starred in British cinema, with his participation in the film "I love you, I do not love you", "Addiction", "Wilde." Then Lowe begins to work in Hollywood, among his most famous works of that time - “Gattaka” with Uma Thurman and “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” under the direction of Clint Eastwood.
The high point for Jude Law was the role of the charming millionaire Dicky Greenleaf in Anthony Mingella's 1999 film “Talented Mr. Ripley”. He starred with young Hollywood stars Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow. The film received five nominations for Academy Award and Golden Globe. Judah Law was nominated as the best supporting actor, but in the end he did not get these prestigious awards. But the actor was awarded the British Academy Award BAFTA.
Career Low is rapidly gaining momentum. He is increasingly visiting the UK, the theater is gradually fading into the background. In 2001, director Jean-Jacques Anno invited Judah to the role of sniper Vasily Zaitsev in the drama “Enemy at the Gates”, dedicated to the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II. In Russia, the film was criticized for distorting historical facts.
Soon, the actor gets a chance to work with the great director Steven Spielberg. He starred in his science fiction film "Artificial Intelligence" (2001) as the robot Gigolo Joe.
In 2003, Lowe's second collaboration with director Anthony Mingella was released. In the drama Cold Mountain, the action takes place during the Civil War in the USA, in the center of the plot is the story of two lovers played by Nicole Kidman and Jude Law. Critics accepted the picture well; Cold Mountain was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe. Alas, the treasured figurines again slipped out of the hands of the actor. They met with Mingella again in 2006 on the set of the movie "Invasion".
The year 2004 was one of the most fruitful in the career of Jude Law, six films were released with his participation. Among them - the comedy "Alfie", the drama "Intimacy", "Heavenly Captain and the World of the Future" in the genre of fiction.
Extremely successful tandem were Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie's adventure film Sherlock Holmes (2009). After the resounding success of the first part in 2011, the sequel “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” was released. In 2012, the actor flashed in the English film adaptation of the novel "Anna Karenina" in the role of Anna's husband.
Judah Low's work over the past five years:
- “Hotel Grand Budapest” (2014);
- The Black Sea (2014);
- The Spy (2015);
- “Genius” (2016);
- Young Dad (2016);
- The Sword of King Arthur (2017);
- The Voice of Lux (2018);
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Green de Wald (2018).
In 2019, it is planned to release 3-4 films with the participation of Low, including the continuation of the series "Young Dad." This project talks about the life and rule of the fictional Pope. Undoubtedly, such a hero has become an interesting acting experience for Jude Law. After all, most often he got the roles of handsome men, hero-lovers with an indispensable romantic component in the plot.
