Hugh Grant
- Acting
- September 9, 1960 · London, England, UK
Biography
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
Filmography
- Treasure Island · John Trelawney
- Tribeca 25 · Self
- What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas · Self
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy · Daniel Cleaver
- Paddington in Peru · Phoenix Buchanan
- Heretic · Mr. Reed
- Merchant Ivory · Self
- Unfrosted · Thurl Ravenscroft
- The Regime · Edward Keplinger
- Wonka · Oompa Loompa
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma · Self
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves · Forge
- Beau geste · Self
- Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial · Self
- Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre · Greg Simmonds
- The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special · Self
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery · Phillip
- Death to 2021 · Tennyson Foss OBE
- Mosley: It's Complicated · Self
- Death to 2020 · Tennyson Foss
- Being Bridget Jones · Self
- The Undoing · Jonathan Fraser
- The Drew Barrymore Show · Self
- The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty · Self
- The Gentlemen · Fletcher
- Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- One Red Nose Day and a Wedding · Charles
- A Very English Scandal · Jeremy Thorpe
- GQ Presents: Iconic Characters · Self
- Late Night Berlin · Self
- Paddington 2 · Phoenix Buchanan
- Red Nose Day Actually · The Prime Minister
- Quotidien · Self
- There's Something About Romcoms · Self
- Florence Foster Jenkins · St. Clair Bayfield
- A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman · Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. · Waverly
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- The Rewrite · Keith Michaels
- One Rogue Reporter
- W1A · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Terms and Conditions May Apply · Self
- Hugh Grant: Taking on the Tabloids · Self
- Girlfriend in a Coma · Self
- Cloud Atlas · Rev. Giles Horrox / Hotel Heavy / Lloyd Hooks / Denholme Cavendish / Seer Rhee / Kona Chief
- So You Want To Be A Pirate! · The Pirate Captain
- The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! · Pirate Captain (Voice)
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · (archive footage)
- Did You Hear About the Morgans? · Paul Morgan
- Live from Studio Five · Self
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility · Self
- Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility · Self
- Projectorparishilton
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Music and Lyrics · Alex Fletcher
- El hormiguero · Self
- American Dreamz · Martin Tweed
- Live 8 · Self
- A Tribute To Ismail Merchant · Self
- Housewarming · Le nouveau voisin
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason · Daniel
- Kulturplatz · Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Love Actually · The Prime Minister
- 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment · Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- Two Weeks Notice · George Wade
- Top Gear · Self
- American Idol · Self
- Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway · Self
- About a Boy · Will Freeman
- Heart of the Festival · Self
- 50 Years of NBC Late Night · Self