22 interesting facts about Jude Law
- Jude Law has 2 dogs named Porgy and Bess, which he gave as gifts to ex-girlfriend Sienna Miller. But in 2006, they were returned to him because she had no time to care for them.
- Jude Law was arrested for attacking a photographer outside his London home in September 2007. He was released on bail. In October 2007, he was cleared of the charges.
- Jude’s affair with children’s ex-nanny Daisy Wright was named Hollywood’s sneakiest affair by US magazine in 2007.
- Jude Law is a big fan of English actor Sir Laurence Olivier.
- Jude's parents now run a fringe theatre company in France.
- Jude Law has one sibling, an older sister Natasha, who is a well-regarded illustrator and artist.
- Jude Law has been nominated for an Academy Award twice: in 2000 for Best Supporting Actor in The Talented Mr. Ripley and in early 2003 for Best Actor In A Leading Role for Cold Mountain.
- When joining N.Y.M.T, Jude was accidentally placed in the wrong dormitory because they thought he was a girl because of his name. Jude didn't say anything, but he was soon caught and moved to the proper one.
- Jude's first big movie was 1997's Gattaca.
- Jude Law was a producer on the 2004 movie Sky Captain and the World Of Tomorrow, as well as 2007's Dexterity, and 2008's Sleuth.
- Jude Law is good friends with actress Rachel Wiesz.
- Jude learned to play the saxophone for the 1999 movie The Talented Mr. Ripley.
- Jude Law was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award of Outstanding Newcomer.
- Jude won the 1995 Tony Award for Best Actor (Featured Role-Play) for "Indiscretions."
- Jude's height is 5'11" tall.
- Jude Law, his three kids, and his kids’ nanny were in a car accident in early September 2006, but Jude kept it under wraps while he was promoting All The Kings Men.
- Jude Law briefly dated singer Jessica Simpson in early 2006.
- Jude Law was once roommates with actor Ewan McGregor.
- In August 2005, Jude was photographed nude while attempting to put on his bathing suit at his mothers home in Vaudelnay, France, and the pictures instantly began circulating the Internet.
- Jude's movie Alfie was a box-office flop, only making back about half of its estimated $60 million budget, and voted one of the worst remakes of all time by subscribers to Screen Select, a British film magazine.
- On November 17, 2004, Jude Law was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive."
- Jude Law supports Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.
