David Jude Heyworth Law is an English actor, who is perhaps best known for his various film and television roles, such as portraying Gigolo Joe in Steven Spielberg's 2001 sci-fi film A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Dr. John Watson in Guy Ritchie's 2009 mystery period action film Sherlock Holmes and its 2011 sequel A Game of Shadows, and Bradley Fine in Paul Feig's 2015 spy comedy film Spy. He also played a young Albus Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and The Secrets of Dumbledore (the Fantastic Beasts franchise serving as a prequel to the Harry Potter film series), as well as voiced Pitch Black/The Boogeyman in the 2012 DreamWorks animated film Rise of the Guardians. Additionally, he portrayed the fictional Pope Pius XIII in the 2016 HBO drama miniseries The Young Pope.
Law has also received nominations for two Academy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and two British Academy Film Awards, winning one. In 2007, he received an Honorary César and was named a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. He had an accomplished career on stage, and has received nominations for three Laurence Olivier Awards and two Tony Awards. Additionally, he has performed in several West End and Broadway productions.
For Disney, he portrayed Yon-Rogg in Captain Marvel and reprised this role in the animated series What If...? episode "What if... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?". He also played Captain Hook in Peter Pan & Wendy and will appear in the 2024 Disney+ series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.