Hugh Grant
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
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- 2025 · Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy as Daniel Cleaver
- 2024 · Paddington in Peru as Phoenix Buchanan
- 2024 · Heretic as Mr. Reed
- 2024 · Merchant Ivory as Self
- 2024 · Unfrosted as Thurl Ravenscroft
- 2023 · Wonka as Oompa Loompa
- 2023 · Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- 2023 · Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves as Forge
- 2023 · Beau geste as Self
- 2023 · Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial as Self
- 2023 · Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre as Greg Simmonds
- 2022 · The Laughter & Secrets of 'Love Actually': 20 Years Later as Self
- 2022 · Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Phillip
- 2021 · Death to 2021 as Tennyson Foss OBE
- 2021 · Mosley: It's Complicated as Self
- 2020 · Death to 2020 as Tennyson Foss
- 2020 · Being Bridget Jones as Self
- 2020 · The Undoing as Jonathan Fraser
- 2020 · The Drew Barrymore Show as Self
- 2020 · The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty as Self
- 2020 · The Gentlemen as Fletcher
- 2019 · Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · One Red Nose Day and a Wedding as Charles
- 2018 · A Very English Scandal as Jeremy Thorpe
- 2018 · GQ Presents: Iconic Characters as Self
- 2018 · Late Night Berlin as Self
- 2017 · Paddington 2 as Phoenix Buchanan
- 2017 · Red Nose Day Actually as The Prime Minister
- 2016 · There's Something About Romcoms as Self
- 2016 · Florence Foster Jenkins as St. Clair Bayfield
- 2015 · A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman as Self - Voice of The Pirate Captain
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as
- 2015 · The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Waverly
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · The Rewrite as Keith Michaels
- 2014 · One Rogue Reporter as
- 2014 · W1A as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Terms and Conditions May Apply as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2012 · Girlfriend in a Coma as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 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! In an Adventure with Scientists! as Pirate Captain (voice)
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Oompa Loompa (archive footage)
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2009 · Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Paul Morgan
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Projectorparishilton as
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 2007 · Music and Lyrics as Alex Fletcher
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · American Dreamz as Martin Tweed
- 2005 · Live 8 as Self
- 2005 · A Tribute To Ismail Merchant as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · Housewarming as Le nouveau voisin
- 2004 · Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Daniel Cleaver
- 2004 · Kulturplatz as Self
- 2003 · Love Actually as The Prime Minister
- 2002 · Two Weeks Notice as George Wade
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · American Idol as Self
- 2002 · Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
- 2002 · About a Boy as Will Freeman
- 2001 · Bridget Jones's Diary as Daniel Cleaver
- 2000 · Small Time Crooks as David
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Mickey Blue Eyes as Michael Felgate
- 1999 · The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' as Self
- 1999 · Notting Hill as William Thacker
- 1999 · Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death as The Handsome Doctor
- 1998 · Junket Whore as Self
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
- 1996 · Extreme Measures as Dr. Guy Luthan
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Night Train to Venice as Martin
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- 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 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Four Weddings and a Funeral as Charles
- 1994 · Sirens as Anthony Campion
- 1993 · The Changeling as Alsemero
- 1993 · The Remains of the Day as Reginald Cardinal
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Sebastian (voice)
- 1992 · Bitter Moon as Nigel
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1991 · The Trials of Oz as Richard Neville
- 1991 · Our Sons as James
- 1991 · Impromptu as Frederic Chopin
- 1991 · Performance as Alsemero
- 1991 · Performance as Richard Neville
- 1990 · The Lady and the Highwayman as Lord Lucius Vyne
- 1990 · The Big Man as Gordon
- 1989 · Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again as Bruno de Lancel
- 1989 · Rowing with the Wind as Lord Byron
- 1989 · Champagne Charlie as Charles Heidsieck
- 1988 · The Bengali Night as Allan
- 1988 · The Lair of the White Worm as Lord James D'Ampton
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1988 · The Dawning as Harry
- 1987 · White Mischief as Hugh
- 1987 · Maurice as Clive Durham
- 1986 · The Demon Lover as Robert Drover
- 1986 · A Very Peculiar Practice as
- 1986 · Ladies in Charge as
- 1985 · Jenny's War as Peter Baines
- 1985 · Jenny's War as Peter Baines
- 1985 · Honour, Profit & Pleasure as Burlington
- 1985 · The Last Place on Earth as Cherry-Garrard
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1979 · Question Time as Himself - Panellist
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Nuclear Bogeyheads as Andy
- 1983 · Shades of Darkness as Robert Drover
- Future · James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty as Self
- 1982 · Privileged as Lord Adrian
- 1952 · Today as Self