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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.
Jude Law
Obi-Wan Kenobi
for Obi-Wan Kenobi in The Star Wars - Part One: The Chosen One (1999)
Suggested by themightylorog
The Galactic Republic is in quiet collapse. Systems fracture under the weight of corruption, the Outer Rim seethes with rebellion, and a new militaristic faction — led by former Jedi Count Dooku — threatens galactic peace. Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn, a maverick within the Order, is sent alongside his restrained and disciplined apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi to mediate a dispute between the Trade Federation and the neutral world of Shakka Prime. But after a botched assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Naberrie, their path leads them to the outlawed slums of Mos Vaerra, deep in the Tatooine wastes. There, Qui-Gon meets Anakin Skywalker, an 18-year-old enslaved mechanic and racer with uncanny reflexes, subconscious Force use, and haunting dreams of fire and destruction. Hardened, quiet, and intense, Anakin is fiercely protective of his mother, Shmi, and hides his abilities to avoid suspicion. Qui-Gon believes Anakin is the Chosen One — the subject of an ancient Force prophecy said to bring balance between light and dark. But Anakin resents the Jedi, viewing them as the elite who abandoned the Outer Rim to rot. It’s only after Shmi is nearly killed by a brutal slave owner backed by the Hutt Cartel that Anakin agrees to flee with Qui-Gon, longing to protect her and wield power to change his fate. As political tensions escalate, Darth Sidious manipulates events behind the scenes, orchestrating a crisis on Naboo to test the Republic’s response and the Jedi's limits. Meanwhile, the Council, led by Mace Windu and Yoda, refuses to train Anakin, sensing deep anger and fear within him. Obi-Wan disapproves of Qui-Gon’s obsession. Padmé, on the run from political execution, bonds with Anakin — they clash ideologically but connect through mutual defiance and yearning for freedom. When the Sith assassin Darth Maul ambushes the Jedi on Naboo, Qui-Gon is killed in a brutal duel. Obi-Wan defeats Maul, but at great cost. Dooku vanishes into the Outer Rim. Palpatine ascends to Chancellor. War looms. And Anakin — scarred by loss, full of fury, and isolated from both the Jedi and his mother — accepts his place in the Order. But beneath his promise... lies something fractured.
