Jude Law was spotted breaking up a fight between two of his friends during a night out this week.

The actor attended jazz club Ronnie Scott's in London's Soho but the quiet night took a turn for the worse when two of Law's pals saw red and started throwing punches at each other.

"There was a great band on and it was shaping up to be a pretty chilled evening," a source told The Mirror. "But all of a sudden two of Jude's friends started shouting at each other. Before we knew it there were fists flying and security had to intervene.

"Jude was really trying to calm everyone down as it had started over nothing."