HOTTIE AT 40! Happy Birthday Jude Law

Jude Law was then seen playing the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes' (played by Robert Downey Jr) stalwart partner Dr. John Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and its sequel Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011).

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Jude Law was then seen playing the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes' (played by Robert Downey Jr) stalwart partner Dr. John Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and its sequel Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011).

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Jude Law was also seen in Joe Wright's film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's famous novel Anna Karenina. He played Anna Karenina's (played Keira Knightley) aristocratic husband Karenin. The handsome man looks virtually unrecognisable!

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Jude Law was also seen opposite Norah Jones in Wong Kar Wai's My Blueberry Nights (2007).

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Jude Law played a journalist from an aristocratic family in the multi-starrer All the King's Men (2006).

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Closer (2004) was an interesting drama romance that explores several aspects of couples' natures. Jude Law plays the smart-but-ineffectual journalist Dan.

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A film based in the waning days of the American Civil War, Cold Mountain (2003) sees Jude Law play a wounded soldier who embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart. Law was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for this one.

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One of Jude Law's most defining films was Road to Perdition (2002), which sees the actor play a hit man.

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Jude Law was also seen in A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) though the film was more about the highly advanced robotic boy David (played by Haley Joel Osment).

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In Enemy at the Gates (2001), Jude Law plays Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev, whose fighting in the Battle of Stalingrad. The film saw Law in an action soldier avatar.

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In The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Jude Law plays a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy, named Dickie Greenleaf and does it convincingly too! Law was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for the film.

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In the romantic comedy Music From Another Room (1998), Jude Law plays Danny, a young man who grew up believing he was destined to marry the girl he helped deliver as a five year old boy when his mother's best friend went into emergency labor. This was one of the first films he played a prominent role in.

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Jude Law has come a long way from his mushy romantic sidekick roles to substantial action and political characters. On his birthday, here's a look at some of his most prominent roles.