Hugh Grant
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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
Credits
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
as Forge
Heretic (2024)
as Mr. Reed
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
as Phillip
Wonka (2023)
as Oompa Loompa
Paddington in Peru (2024)
as Phoenix Buchanan
Cloud Atlas (2012)
as Rev. Giles Horrox / Hotel Heavy / Lloyd Hooks / Denholme Cavendish / Seer Rhee / Kona Chief
The Gentlemen (2020)
as Fletcher
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
as Daniel Cleaver
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
as Edward Ferrars
Notting Hill (1999)
as William Thacker
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
as Waverly
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)
as Greg Simmonds
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
as Daniel
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
as Charles
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)
as Daniel Cleaver
Paddington 2 (2017)
as Phoenix Buchanan
Love Actually (2003)
as The Prime Minister
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)
as Pirate Captain (voice)
Bitter Moon (1992)
as Nigel
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
as George Wade
The Remains of the Day (1993)
as Reginald Cardinal
Music and Lyrics (2007)
as Alex Fletcher
About a Boy (2002)
as Will Freeman
Sirens (1994)
as Anthony Campion
Maurice (1987)
as Clive Durham
The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
as Lord James D'Ampton
Red Nose Day Actually (2017)
as The Prime Minister
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
as Paul Morgan
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Extreme Measures (1996)
as Dr. Guy Luthan
The Bengali Night (1988)
as Allan
American Dreamz (2006)
as Martin Tweed
Small Time Crooks (2000)
as David
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas (2025)
as Self - Interviewee
The Rewrite (2014)
as Keith Michaels
Nine Months (1995)
as Samuel Faulkner
Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
as Michael Felgate
Junket Whore (1998)
as Self
Unfrosted (2024)
as Thurl Ravenscroft
Restoration (1995)
as Elias Finn
White Mischief (1987)
as Hugh
Merchant Ivory (2024)
as Self
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
as St. Clair Bayfield
Death to 2020 (2020)
as Tennyson Foss
Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
as Reginald Anson
Impromptu (1991)
as Frederic Chopin
The Changeling (1993)
as Alsemero
The Lady and the Highwayman (1988)
as Lord Lucius Vyne
Live 8 (2005)
as Self
Mosley: It's Complicated (2021)
as Self
50 Years of NBC Late Night (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Man (1990)
as Gordon
Death to 2021 (2021)
as Tennyson Foss OBE
Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility (2009)
as Self
There's Something About Romcoms (2016)
as Self
An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
as Meredith Potter
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Honour, Profit & Pleasure (1985)
as Burlington
Night Train to Venice (1996)
as Martin
The Demon Lover (1986)
as Robert Drover
Being Bridget Jones (2020)
as Self
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015)
as Self - Voice of The Pirate Captain
Rowing with the Wind (1988)
as Lord Byron
Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility (2009)
as Self
Our Sons (1991)
as James
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (1999)
as The Handsome Doctor
Girlfriend in a Coma (2012)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Modest Success (1986)
as James
Hugh Grant: Taking on the Tabloids (2012)
as Self
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding (2019)
as Charles
One Rogue Reporter (2014)
Actor
The Trials of Oz (1991)
as Richard Neville
Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Jenny's War (1985)
as Peter Baines
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997)
as Self
So You Want To Be A Pirate! (2012)
as The Pirate Captain
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special (2022)
as Self
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' (1999)
as Self
Champagne Charlie (1989)
as Charles Heidsieck
Privileged (1982)
as Lord Adrian
Twelfth Night (1992)
as Sebastian (voice)
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
The Dawning (1988)
as Harry
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty (—)
as Self
Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial (2023)
as Self
Housewarming (2005)
as Le nouveau voisin