Hugh Grant

Biography

Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor and film producer. He has received a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA, and an Honorary César. His movies have also earned more than $2.4 billion from 25 theatrical releases worldwide. Grant achieved international stardom after appearing in Richard Curtis's sleeper hit Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). He used this breakthrough role as a frequent cinematic persona during the 1990s to deliver comic performances in mainstream films like Mickey Blue Eyes (1999) and Notting Hill (1999). By the turn of the century, he had established himself as a leading man skilled with a satirical comic talent. Since the 2000s, Grant has expanded his oeuvre with critically acclaimed turns as a cad in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), About A Boy (2002), Love Actually (2003), and American Dreamz (2006). Within the film industry, Grant is cited as an anti-movie star who approaches his roles like a character actor, with the ability to make acting look effortless. Hallmarks of his comic skills include a nonchalant touch of irony/sarcasm and studied physical mannerisms as well as his precisely-timed dialogue delivery and facial expressions. The entertainment media's coverage of Grant's life off the big screen has often overshadowed his work as a thespian. He has been vocal about his disrespect for the profession of acting, his disdain towards the culture of celebrity, and hostility towards the media. In a career spanning 20 years, Grant has repeatedly claimed that acting is not a true calling but just a job he fell into.

Known For

Will Freeman

About a Boy

The Prime Minister

Love Actually

William Thacker

Notting Hill

Reginald Cardinal

The Remains of the Day

Michael Felgate

Mickey Blue Eyes

Daniel Cleaver

Bridget Jones's Diary

Charles

Four Weddings and a Funeral

David

Small Time Crooks

Reginald Anson

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

George Wade

Two Weeks Notice

Edward Ferrars

Sense and Sensibility

Nigel

Bitter Moon

Alex Fletcher

Music and Lyrics

Lord James D'Ampton

The Lair of the White Worm

Charles Heidsieck

Champagne Charlie

Dr. Guy Luthan

Extreme Measures

Meredith Potter

An Awfully Big Adventure

Samuel Faulkner

Nine Months

Paul Morgan

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Clive Durham

Maurice

Martin Tweed

American Dreamz

Daniel

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Anthony Campion

Sirens

Elias Finn

Restoration

Tennyson Foss OBE

Death to 2021

Hugh

White Mischief

Oompa Loompa

Wonka

Frederic Chopin

Impromptu

Lord Byron

Remando al viento

Self

There's Something About Romcoms

Pirate Captain (voice)

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

Rev. Giles Horrox / Hotel Heavy / Lloyd Hooks / Denholme Cavendish / Seer Rhee / Kona Chief

Cloud Atlas

Le nouveau voisin

Travaux, on sait quand ça commence...

Martin

Night Train to Venice

(archive footage)

Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim

Mr. Reed

Heretic

Lord Lucius Vyne

The Lady and the Highwayman

James

Our Sons

Self

The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'

Harry

The Dawning

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Girlfriend in a Coma

Richard Neville

The Trials of Oz

Alsemero

The Changeling

Waverly

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Thurl Ravenscroft

Unfrosted

Self

Merchant Ivory

Keith Michaels

The Rewrite

Allan

La nuit Bengali

Self (archive footage)

A Tribute To Ismail Merchant

Self

Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial

One Rogue Reporter

Peter Baines

Jenny's War

Andy

Nuclear Bogeyheads

St. Clair Bayfield

Florence Foster Jenkins

Self

The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special

Self

James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty

Self

Live 8

The Handsome Doctor

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

Daniel Cleaver

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Phillip

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Self - Voice of The Pirate Captain

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

Gordon

The Big Man

Self

Junket Whore

The Pirate Captain

So You Want To Be A Pirate!

Self

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Phoenix Buchanan

Paddington 2

The Prime Minister

Red Nose Day Actually

Lord Adrian

Privileged

Fletcher

The Gentlemen

Burlington

Honour, Profit & Pleasure

Charles

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Terms and Conditions May Apply

Tennyson Foss

Death to 2020

Self

Being Bridget Jones

Greg Simmonds

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

Forge

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Self

Mosley: It's Complicated

Self (archive footage)

Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre

Robert Drover

The Demon Lover

Phoenix Buchanan

Paddington in Peru

Histoires de festival

Self

Hugh Grant: Taking on the Tabloids

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

83

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-09-09

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

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