Jude was born December 29, 1972, and grew up in Southeast London. He began his acting in the British daytime soap ‘Families’ and went on to tour Europe doing various plays and stage productions. He made his Hollywood debut in ‘I love you, I love you not’ opposite Claire Danes and went on to star in a number of other films, including ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’. It was in the British film ‘Shopping’ that he met his now wife, Sadie Frost.