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David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor. He began his career in British theatre before landing small roles in various television productions and feature films. Law gained international recognition for his role in Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Academy Award in the same category. Law found further critical and commercial success in Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition (2002), Minghella's Cold Mountain (2003), for which he earned Academy Award and BAFTA nominations, in addition to the drama Closer (2004) and the romantic comedy The Holiday (2006). His subsequent roles were as Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), a young Albus Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), and Yon-Rogg in Captain Marvel (2019); all of which rank among his highest-grossing releases. Other notable films include Contagion (2011), Hugo (2011), Side Effects (2013), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Spy (2015), as well as the television series The Young Pope (2016), The New Pope (2020), and Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (2024), earning a Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performer nomination for the latter. In addition to his film work, Law has performed in several West End and Broadway productions, including Les Parents terribles in 1994, Hamlet in 2010, and Anna Christie in 2011. These earned him nominations for two Tony Awards. He has also been awarded the Honorary César and was named a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jude Law, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
It follows the origin of Superman, including his infancy as Kal-El of Krypton, son of Jor-El, and his youthful years in the rural town of Smallville. As the “everyman” reporter, Clark Kent, he learns that he is a superpowered alien from the planet Krypton and assumes the role of mankind's protector as Superman and adopts a mild-mannered disposition in Metropolis and develops a romance with Lois Lane, while he faces unintended consequences after he intervenes in an international conflict orchestrated by the villainous billionaire Lex Luthor. Superman must win back public support with the help of his reporter and superhero colleagues, making the choice to face General Zod and stop him from destroying humanity. It is the Second Chapter of the First Arc of the First Generation and the First Entry of the Superman Saga in the DC Fictional Universe (DCFU). The Last Son of Krypton symbolizes idealism, contrasting the symbol of cynicism of Batman/Joker. The film is compared to Richard Donner (Superman, 1978), Bryan Singer (Superman Returns, 2006), Zack Snyder (Man of Steel, 2013), and James Gunn (Superman, 2025).
