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If he didn't, his head would be as big as the Garfield balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, because the compliments just keep on coming. "He's the most beautiful man who ever walked the earth – an absolutely perfect oil painting," says Naomi Watts, his costar in this fall's existential comedy I Heart Huckabees. "He has the most beautiful eyes you've ever seen," says Rachel Weisz, who appeared with him in 2001's Enemy at the Gates.
But Law, who turns 32 on Dec. 29, has overcome the handicap of handsomeness to make his mark as a serious actor in 24 films – and garner Oscar nods for 1999's The Talented Mr. Ripley and 2003's Cold Mountain. "Jude's uniqueness is that he has the talent of a character actor and the looks of a leading man," says producer Jon Avnet, who worked with Law on Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, one of the actor's six films this year. Next up, Law plays a caddish lover in Closer, opposite Julia Roberts; the narrator in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events; and Errol Flynn in The Aviator. "I hope," says Law, "that people recognize and enjoy the variety rather than the bombardment."
