Whether he is gaining publicity for the right or wrong reasons, Jude Law is ever-present. The actor's private life has sometimes overshadowed his achievements, yet he is still going strong both on screen and stage.

With his new film Dom Hemingway, in which he plays a destructive safecracker, hitting cinemas next week, we round up ten facts about Mr. Law.

1. Jude Law was born on December 29, 1972 to teachers Margaret Anne and Peter Robert in Lewisham, South London. His older sister, Natasha, is a renowned painter and graphic designer. Their parents now run a theatre company in France.

2. The actor's name derives from Beatles song 'Hey Jude' and Thomas Hardy's Jude The Obscure. He also has a tattoo on his arm of lyrics from the Fab Four's 'Sexy Sadie': "You came along to turn on everyone Sexy Sadie", which is purportedly meant to link to ex-wife Sadie Frost.

3. Law started...