Hugh Dancy

Hugh Dancy

Known for
Acting
Born
June 19, 1975 (age 51)
Birthplace
Staffordshire, England, UK

Biography

Hugh Michael Horace Dancy (born 19 June 1975) is an English actor who rose to prominence for his role as the title character in the television film adaptation of David Copperfield (2000) as well as for roles in feature films as Kurt Schmid in Black Hawk Down (2001) and Prince Charmont in Ella Enchanted (2004). Other film roles include Joe Conner in Shooting Dogs (2005), Grigg Harris in The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), Luke Brandon in Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), Adam Raki in Adam (2009) and Ted in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011). On television, he portrayed criminal profiler Will Graham in the NBC television series Hannibal (2013–2015), Cal Roberts in the Hulu original series The Path (2016–2018) and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, in the Channel 4 miniseries Elizabeth I (2005); the latter role earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Dancy currently portrays Senior Assistant District Attorney Nolan Price on NBC's revival of the original Law & Order (2022–present). Description above from the Wikipedia article Hugh Dancy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Poe poster

Poe

Movie · as Edgar Allan Poe (voice)

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The Custom of the Country

The Custom of the Country

Movie

2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert poster

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Movie · as Self

2025
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man poster

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

TV · as Dr. Otto Octavius (voice) · 5 eps

2025
The American Revolution poster

The American Revolution

TV · as Hugh Percy / John Burgoyne / Banastre Tarleton / Comte de Vergennes (voice) · 6 eps

2024
Georgia O'Keeffe: The Brightness of Light poster

Georgia O'Keeffe: The Brightness of Light

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era poster

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Movie · as Jack Barber

2022
Roar poster

Roar

TV · as Detective Bobby Bronson · 1 ep

2021
The Abominable Snow Baby poster

The Abominable Snow Baby

Movie · as Albert

2019
Late Night poster

Late Night

Movie · as Charlie Fain

2019
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People poster

Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

Movie · as Alleyne Ireland (voice)

2017
The Good Fight poster

The Good Fight

TV · as Caleb Garlin · 4 eps

2016
The Path poster

The Path

TV · as Calvin 'Cal' Roberts · 36 eps

2015
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon poster

Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon

Movie · as Self

2015
Deadline Gallipoli poster

Deadline Gallipoli

TV · as Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett · 2 eps

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2014
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return poster

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

Movie · as Marshall Mallow (voice)

2014
Hannibal: This Is My Design poster

Hannibal: This Is My Design

Movie · as Self

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

2013
Hannibal poster

Hannibal

TV · as Will Graham · 39 eps

2011
Martha Marcy May Marlene poster

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Movie · as Ted

2011
Hysteria poster

Hysteria

Movie · as Dr. Mortimer Granville

2011
Our Idiot Brother poster

Our Idiot Brother

Movie · as Christian

2010
Coach poster

Coach

Movie · as Nick

2010
The Wildest Dream poster

The Wildest Dream

Movie · as Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine (voice)

2009
Confessions of a Shopaholic poster

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Movie · as Luke Brandon

2009
Adam poster

Adam

Movie · as Adam Raki

2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien poster

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
It's On with Alexa Chung

It's On with Alexa Chung

TV · 1 ep

2007
Blood and Chocolate poster

Blood and Chocolate

Movie · as Aiden

2007
Savage Grace poster

Savage Grace

Movie · as Sam Green

2007
The Jane Austen Book Club poster

The Jane Austen Book Club

Movie · as Grigg

2007
Evening poster

Evening

Movie · as Buddy Wittenborn

2006
Basic Instinct 2 poster

Basic Instinct 2

Movie · as Adam Towers

2006
Shooting Dogs poster

Shooting Dogs

Movie · as Joe Connor

2005
King Arthur: A Roundtable Discussion poster

King Arthur: A Roundtable Discussion

Movie · as Self

2005
Elizabeth I poster

Elizabeth I

TV · as Earl of Essex · 2 eps

2004
King Arthur poster

King Arthur

Movie · as Galahad

2004
Ella Enchanted poster

Ella Enchanted

Movie · as Char

2004
The Making of King Arthur poster

The Making of King Arthur

Movie · as Self

2004
The Magical World of Ella Enchanted poster

The Magical World of Ella Enchanted

Movie · as Self / Prince Char

2003
The Sleeping Dictionary poster

The Sleeping Dictionary

Movie · as John Truscott

2003
Tempo poster

Tempo

Movie · as Jack

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down' poster

The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down'

Movie · as Self

2002
Daniel Deronda poster

Daniel Deronda

TV · as Daniel Deronda · 4 eps

2001
Black Hawk Down poster

Black Hawk Down

Movie · as Schmid

2001
David Copperfield poster

David Copperfield

Movie · as David Copperfield

2001
Young Blades poster

Young Blades

Movie · as D'Artagnan

2000
Madame Bovary poster

Madame Bovary

TV · as Leon · 2 eps

2000
David Copperfield poster

David Copperfield

TV · as David Copperfield · 2 eps

1999
Relic Hunter poster

Relic Hunter

TV · as Michel Previn · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Nolan Price · 3 eps

1998
Cold Feet poster

Cold Feet

TV · as Danny · 2 eps

1997
Trial & Retribution poster

Trial & Retribution

TV · as Roberto Bellini · 1 ep

1995
Kavanagh Q.C. poster

Kavanagh Q.C.

TV · as Michael Woodley · 1 ep

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Nolan Price · 96 eps

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep