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Hugh Grant
ActorBorn September 9, 1960 (64 years)
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.
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
Filmography
| 2025 | Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy · as Daniel Cleaver |
| 2024 | Paddington in Peru · as Phoenix Buchanan |
| 2024 | Heretic · as Mr. Reed |
| 2024 | Unfrosted · as Thurl Ravenscroft |
| 2024 | The Regime (TV Series) · as Edward Keplinger |
| 2023 | Wonka · as Oompa Loompa |
| 2023 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves · as Forge |
| 2023 | Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre · as Greg Simmonds |
| 2022 | Glass Onion · as Phillip |
| 2021 | Death to 2021 · as Tennyson Foss Obe |
| 2020 | Death to 2020 · as Tennyson Foss |
| 2020 | The Undoing (TV Series) · as Jonathan Fraser |
| 2019 | The Gentlemen · as Fletcher |
| 2019 | One Red Nose and a Wedding · as Charles |
| 2018 | A Very English Scandal (TV Series) · as Jeremy Thorpe |
| 2017 | Paddington 2 · as Phoenix Buchanan |
| 2017 | Red Nose Day Actually · as The Prime Minister |
| 2016 | Florence Foster Jenkins · as St. Clair Bayfield |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) |
| 2015 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. · as Waverly |
| 2014 | The Rewrite · as Keith Michaels |
| 2014 | |
| 2012 | Cloud Atlas · as Rev. Giles Horrox / Hotel Heavy / Lloyd Hooks / Denholme Cavendish / Seer Rhee / Kona Chief |
| 2012 | So You Want to Be a Pirate! · as The Pirate Captain |
| 2012 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits · as Pirate Captain (voice) |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers (TV Series) · as Oompa Loompa (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? · as Paul Morgan |
| 2008 | Projectorparishilton (TV Series) |
| 2007 | Music and Lyrics · as Alex Fletcher |
| 2006 | American Dreamz · as Martin Tweed |
| 2005 | Housewarming · as Le Nouveau Voisin |
| 2004 | Retrosexual: The '80s (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2004 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason · as Daniel Cleaver |
| 2003 | Love Actually · as The Prime Minister |
| 2003 | About a Boy: Deleted Scenes · as Will Freeman |
| 2003 | Two Weeks Notice: Additional Scenes · as George Wade |
| 2002 | Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe · as Blitzen |
| 2002 | Two Weeks Notice · as George Wade |
| 2002 | About a Boy · as Will Freeman |
| 2002 | Sense and Sensibility: Deleted Scenes · as Edward Ferrars |
| 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary · as Daniel Cleaver |
| 2000 | Small Time Crooks · as David |
| 1999 | Hooves of Fire · as Blitzen |
| 1999 | Mickey Blue Eyes · as Michael Felgate |
| 1999 | Notting Hill · as William Thacker |
| 1999 | Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death · as The Handsome Doctor |
| 1996 | Extreme Measures · as Dr. Guy Luthan |
| 1995 | Restoration · as Elias Finn |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility · as Edward Ferrars |
| 1995 | Nine Months · as Samuel Faulkner |
| 1995 | The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain · as Reginald Anson |
| 1995 | An Awfully Big Adventure · as Meredith Potter |
| 1994 | Four Weddings and a Funeral · as Charles |
| 1994 | Sirens · as Anthony Campion |
| 1993 | Night Train to Venice · as Martin |
| 1993 | The Changeling · as Alsemero |
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day · as Reginald Cardinal |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (TV Series) · as Sebastian (voice) |
| 1992 | Bitter Moon · as Nigel |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) · as Alsemero |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | Impromptu · as Frederic Chopin |
| 1990 | Crossing the Line · as Gordon |
| 1989 | Till We Meet Again (TV Series) · as Bruno De Lancel |
| 1989 | Champagne Charlie · as Charles Heidsieck |
| 1988 | The Lady and the Highwayman · as Lord Lucius Vyne |
| 1988 | The Dawning · as Harry |
| 1988 | The Bengali Night · as Allan |
| 1988 | The Lair of the White Worm · as Lord James D'ampton |
| 1988 | Rowing with the Wind · as Lord Byron |
| 1987 | White Mischief · as Hugh |
| 1987 | Maurice · as Clive Durham |
| 1986 | A Very Peculiar Practice (TV Series) |
| 1985 | Jenny's War (TV Series) · as Peter Baines |
| 1985 | The Last Place on Earth (TV Series) · as Cherry-Garrard |
| 1983 | Shades of Darkness (1983) (TV Series) · as Robert Drover |
| 1982 | Privileged · as Lord Adrian |