Jude Law was born December 29, 1972 in Lewisham, England. His first several U.S. films met with a less than warm reception. In 1999, his production company, Natural Nylon, released its first feature, the unabashedly bizarre eXistenZ, co-starring Law and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Later that year, he won an Academy Award nomination for his role in The Talented Mr. Ripley,