Jude Law is one of those names that tends to elicit heated reactions, whether they come in the form of nostalgic sighs tinged with romance or judgmental blank stares. In a life that has already spanned half a century — he turns 50 this Thursday, December 29 — attention has been divided between romances and scandals, between successes in the film industry and the media uproar in his personal life.

is a self-proclaimed bad boy, That’s right. The multi-year relationship with Sienna Miller, for example, was forever. stained by a betrayal with him baby sister who took care of the children He had with his first wife, Sadie Frost. In 2005, Law issued a statement publicly apologizing to Miller, to whom he was engaged at the time and with whom he had a turbulent relationship until 2011.

“I think women like it bad boys. This has been my experience. I think it is taken for granted. You know, after a certain age you understand what works for you and being a good guy never worked for me,” he said in an interview with Parade magazine in 2009. “If you are one bad boythey like.”

“The Talented Mr. Ripley”, where he co-starred with Gwyneth Paltrow, was his passport to fame.

He may not be the most reputable actor of his generation, but a look at his IMDB page shows a resume that ranges from rom-coms to award-winning dramas. “The Talented Mr. Ripley” (1999), “Cold Mountain” (2003), “Alfie and the Women” (2004), “Too Close” (2004), “Love Doesn’t Take Vacations” (2006), “ Contagion” (2011) and “Grand Budapest Hotel” (2014), are some of them. He was nominated twice by the Academy for Oscars, but never received the golden statuette.

The name the kids made fun of

David Jude Law, as his name is, was born on December 29, 1972 in South London. His parents, Peter and Maggie, were teachers and the middle name they chose for his son, by which he would one day become famous, was reason to be teased at school during childhood. According to the actor, the Laws chose to call him “Jude” after Tom Hardy’s book, “Jude the Obscure,” and also thanks to The Beatles’ song, “Hey Jude.”

With parents, Peter and Maggie, at the “Cold Mountain” premiere.

Interest in acting began as a child. In 1992, at the age of 20, he made his professional theater debut and was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. Playing in London, the play “Indiscretions” later opened on Broadway, earning Law a Tony nomination for Best Supporting Actor and a Theater World Award. His visibility earned him his first opportunity in Hollywood: he made his theatrical debut in 1997 with “Gattaca,” alongside Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke. Two years later, “The Talented Mr. Ripley” launched him to worldwide fame.

The six children of four women.

In 1992, at the age of 19, he met his first wife, Sadie Frost, during the recording of the British film “Shopping”. Frost was married and left her then-husband, singer-songwriter Gary Kemp, for Law. “The strength of my love for Jude and his intense ambition made me feel out of control,” he wrote in his autobiography, “Crazy Days” (2010). They became a sensational couple, known for parties they attended with friends like Kate Moss. They had three children, Raff, Iris, and Rudy, and divorced in 2003.

In the same year, he met Sienna Miller during the filming of “Alfie” and they got engaged a few months later. In 2005, the scandal of his romance with baby sister hired by his ex-wife to care for their three children, Daisie Wright. The couple, one of the most publicized at the moment, was separated for four years and reconciled in 2009, having separated definitively in 2011.

I met Sienna Miller during the recording of “Alfie”

In 2009, Jude became a father for the fourth time. The daughter Sophia was born from a brief relationship with the American model Samantha Burke, with whom he never officially dated and whom he met during the filming of “Sherlock Holmes”, at the time when he was separated from Miller.

He was also briefly in a relationship with singer-songwriter Catherine Harding, but long enough to become a father for the fifth time in 2015, this time with Ada. quoted by magazine OK!Harding described Law as “very funny and sweet” and an “excellent father”.

It was also in 2015 that he met his current wife, Phillipa Coan. They married in a low-key ceremony four years later and, in 2020, they were the parents of the actor’s sixth child, whose name and gender are unknown.

Phillipa Coan, the current wife, is a psychologist.

Coan is a British psychologist, founder of her own company, a psychology and sustainability consultancy called Stride. The two maintain a very private relationship. the actor even seems to believe that this is the key to his success.

“She is mine and no one else’s. I am very, very happy”, she said in an interview with Modern Luxury, in 2017, where she stated that Coan was a “very private” person. She added: “Our relationship is a very private thing and I think that’s part of what makes it work so well.”