Hugh Grant

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

138

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-09-09 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Hugh Grant

Biography

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

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The Nanny

    The Nanny

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • El hormiguero

    El hormiguero

  • Top Gear

    Top Gear

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The View

    The View

  • American Idol

    American Idol

  • Love Actually

    Love Actually

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Heretic

    Heretic

  • Quotidien

    Quotidien

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Sense and Sensibility

    Sense and Sensibility

  • The Drew Barrymore Show

    The Drew Barrymore Show

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

    Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

  • Wonka

    Wonka

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Paddington in Peru

    Paddington in Peru

  • The Gentlemen

    The Gentlemen

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • Notting Hill

    Notting Hill

  • Question Time

    Question Time

  • Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

    Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

  • Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

    Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

  • Parkinson

    Parkinson

  • Bridget Jones's Diary

    Bridget Jones's Diary

  • Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

    Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

  • The Undoing

    The Undoing

  • Cloud Atlas

    Cloud Atlas

  • Beau geste

    Beau geste

  • Paddington 2

    Paddington 2

  • Late Night Berlin

    Late Night Berlin

  • Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

    Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Kulturplatz

    Kulturplatz

  • A Very English Scandal

    A Very English Scandal

  • Four Weddings and a Funeral

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

  • Bitter Moon

    Bitter Moon

  • Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma

    Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma

  • American Dreamz

    American Dreamz

  • Maurice

    Maurice

  • White Mischief

    White Mischief

  • Sirens

    Sirens

  • The Dawning

    The Dawning

  • The Regime

    The Regime

  • Unfrosted

    Unfrosted

  • Nine Months

    Nine Months

  • Projectorparishilton

    Projectorparishilton

  • Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

    Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

  • W1A

    W1A

  • The Changeling

    The Changeling

  • The Lair of the White Worm

    The Lair of the White Worm

  • Our Sons

    Our Sons

  • Champagne Charlie

    Champagne Charlie

  • About a Boy

    About a Boy

  • The Remains of the Day

    The Remains of the Day

  • Merchant Ivory

    Merchant Ivory

  • Death to 2021

    Death to 2021

  • Today

    Today

  • Impromptu

    Impromptu

  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

  • Two Weeks Notice

    Two Weeks Notice

  • Live 8

    Live 8

  • GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

    GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

  • The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

    The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

  • A Very Peculiar Practice

    A Very Peculiar Practice

  • The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special

    The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special

  • Florence Foster Jenkins

    Florence Foster Jenkins

  • Red Nose Day Actually

    Red Nose Day Actually

  • Did You Hear About the Morgans?

    Did You Hear About the Morgans?

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

    Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

  • The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

    The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

  • The Bengali Night

    The Bengali Night

  • Extreme Measures

    Extreme Measures

  • The Big Man

    The Big Man

  • The Early Show

    The Early Show

  • An Awfully Big Adventure

    An Awfully Big Adventure

  • Rowing with the Wind

    Rowing with the Wind

  • One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

    One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

  • Death to 2020

    Death to 2020

  • A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

    A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

  • Small Time Crooks

    Small Time Crooks

  • The Last Place on Earth

    The Last Place on Earth

  • There's Something About Romcoms

    There's Something About Romcoms

  • A Tribute To Ismail Merchant

    A Tribute To Ismail Merchant

  • Mickey Blue Eyes

    Mickey Blue Eyes

  • Music and Lyrics

    Music and Lyrics

  • The Lady and the Highwayman

    The Lady and the Highwayman

  • Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

    Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

  • One Rogue Reporter

    One Rogue Reporter

  • Girlfriend in a Coma

    Girlfriend in a Coma

  • Jenny's War

    Jenny's War

  • Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

    Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

  • Housewarming

    Housewarming

  • Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial

    Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial

  • The Rewrite

    The Rewrite

  • So You Want To Be A Pirate!

    So You Want To Be A Pirate!

  • The Demon Lover

    The Demon Lover

  • Terms and Conditions May Apply

    Terms and Conditions May Apply

  • Restoration

    Restoration

  • The Trials of Oz

    The Trials of Oz

  • Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre

    Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre

  • Jenny's War

    Jenny's War

  • Live from Studio Five

    Live from Studio Five

  • The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty

    The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty

  • Mosley: It's Complicated

    Mosley: It's Complicated

  • Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility

    Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility

  • Honour, Profit & Pleasure

    Honour, Profit & Pleasure

  • Junket Whore

    Junket Whore

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Ladies in Charge

    Ladies in Charge

  • Shades of Darkness

    Shades of Darkness

  • The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'

    The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'

  • Privileged

    Privileged

  • Being Bridget Jones

    Being Bridget Jones

  • Night Train to Venice

    Night Train to Venice

  • 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

    101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

  • Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

  • Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility

    Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility

  • James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty

    James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty

  • Hugh Grant: Taking on the Tabloids

    Hugh Grant: Taking on the Tabloids