I was an optimist, a great champion of the human spirit. And I lost that for a time. I feel like I've regained a bit of that in the last few years but there was a period of my life in which I had a very low opinion of people in general.

The BBC reported "a fine and solid performance" but included other reviews of Law's interpretation that were mixed. Ripley in 1999 and then again for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Cold Mountain in 2003. Law starred as a celebrity supermodel in the film Rage and blogger and "prophet" Alan Krumwiede in the 2011 medical thriller Contagion.

He is also known for his role as Dr. After starring in films directed by Andrew Niccol Clint Eastwood and David Cronenberg he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1999 for his performance in Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr.