Hugh Grant
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Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor. He established himself early in his career as a charming, vulnerable romantic leading man and has since transitioned into a character actor. He has received several accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. He received an Honorary César in 2006. In 2022, Time Out magazine listed Grant as one of Britain's 50 greatest actors of all time. As of 2025, his films have grossed over US$4 billion worldwide. Grant made his feature film acting debut in Privileged (1982), followed by the romantic drama Maurice (1987), for which he gained acclaim and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. He then acted in a string of successful period dramas such as The Remains of the Day (1993), Sense and Sensibility (1995) and Restoration (1995). Grant emerged as a star with Richard Curtis's romantic comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), for which he won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Actor. He starred in further romantic comedies such as Notting Hill (1999), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and its 2004 and 2025 sequels, About a Boy (2002), Two Weeks Notice (2002), Love Actually (2003) and Music and Lyrics (2007). Grant began taking on against-type parts, earning three BAFTA Award nominations for his roles as St. Clair Bayfield in the biopic comedy Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), a haughty actor in the family film Paddington 2 (2017), and a charming yet sinister man in the horror film Heretic (2024). He has also acted in the science fiction epic Cloud Atlas (2012), the crime comedy The Gentlemen (2019), the fantasy comedy Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), and the musical fantasy Wonka (2023). He earned two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles as Jeremy Thorpe in the BBC miniseries A Very English Scandal (2018) and a man accused of murder in the HBO miniseries The Undoing (2020). Grant has been outspoken about his antipathy toward acting, his disdain for celebrity culture, and his hostility toward the media. He emerged as a prominent critic of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation during the News International phone hacking scandal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hugh Grant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
The Gentlemen (2020)
as Fletcher
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
as Phillip
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
as Forge
Love Actually (2003)
as The Prime Minister
Heretic (2024)
as Mr. Reed
Wonka (2023)
as Oompa Loompa
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)
as Greg Simmonds
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)
as Daniel Cleaver
Notting Hill (1999)
as William Thacker
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
as Edward Ferrars
Paddington 2 (2017)
as Phoenix Buchanan
Paddington in Peru (2024)
as Phoenix Buchanan
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
as Daniel Cleaver
Cloud Atlas (2012)
as Rev. Giles Horrox / Hotel Heavy / Lloyd Hooks / Denholme Cavendish / Seer Rhee / Kona Chief
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
as Waverly
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)
as Pirate Captain (voice)
Bitter Moon (1992)
as Nigel
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
as Charles
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
as George Wade
The Remains of the Day (1993)
as Reginald Cardinal
Nine Months (1995)
as Samuel Faulkner
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
as Daniel
About a Boy (2002)
as Will Freeman
Music and Lyrics (2007)
as Alex Fletcher
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
as Reginald Anson
The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
as Lord James D'Ampton
Extreme Measures (1996)
as Dr. Guy Luthan
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
as Paul Morgan
Unfrosted (2024)
as Thurl Ravenscroft
Merchant Ivory (2024)
as Self
The Rewrite (2014)
as Keith Michaels
Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
as Michael Felgate
Maurice (1987)
as Clive Durham
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
as St. Clair Bayfield
Treasure Island (2027)
as John Trelawney
Tribeca 25 (2026)
as Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Small Time Crooks (2000)
as David
White Mischief (1987)
as Hugh
Sirens (1994)
as Anthony Campion
Death to 2020 (2020)
as Tennyson Foss
Impromptu (1991)
as Frederic Chopin
Death to 2021 (2021)
as Tennyson Foss OBE
An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
as Meredith Potter
American Dreamz (2006)
as Martin Tweed
Red Nose Day Actually (2017)
as The Prime Minister
Restoration (1995)
as Elias Finn
Junket Whore (1998)
as Self
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas (2025)
as Self - Interviewee
The Lady and the Highwayman (1988)
as Lord Lucius Vyne
There's Something About Romcoms (2016)
as Self
50 Years of NBC Late Night (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Live 8 (2005)
as Self
Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015)
as Self - Voice of The Pirate Captain
The Big Man (1990)
as Gordon
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (1999)
as The Handsome Doctor
The Changeling (1993)
as Alsemero
Rowing with the Wind (1988)
as Lord Byron
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding (2019)
as Charles
Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
The Trials of Oz (1991)
as Richard Neville
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special (2022)
as Self
The Bengali Night (1988)
as Allan
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
So You Want To Be A Pirate! (2012)
as The Pirate Captain
Housewarming (2005)
as Le nouveau voisin
Girlfriend in a Coma (2012)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mosley: It's Complicated (2021)
as Self
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997)
as Self
Our Sons (1991)
as James
Night Train to Venice (1996)
as Martin
Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility (2009)
as Self
Jenny's War (1985)
as Peter Baines
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' (1999)
as Self
Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility (2009)
as Self
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial (2023)
as Self
Hugh Grant: Taking on the Tabloids (2012)
as Self
One Rogue Reporter (2014)
Actor
The Demon Lover (1986)
as Robert Drover
Honour, Profit & Pleasure (1985)
as Burlington
Being Bridget Jones (2020)
as Self
Twelfth Night (1992)
as Sebastian (voice)
Champagne Charlie (1989)
as Charles Heidsieck
The Dawning (1988)
as Harry
Privileged (1982)
as Lord Adrian
A Modest Success (1986)
as James
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty (—)
as Self