Hugh Grant
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 9, 1960 (age 66)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty
Movie · as Self
Treasure Island
Movie · as John Trelawney
Tribeca 25
Movie · as Self
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Movie · as Daniel Cleaver
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
Heretic
Movie · as Mr. Reed
Unfrosted
Movie · as Thurl Ravenscroft
Merchant Ivory
Movie · as Self
Paddington in Peru
Movie · as Phoenix Buchanan
The Regime
TV · as Edward Keplinger · 1 ep
Wonka
Movie · as Oompa Loompa
Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial
Movie · as Self
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Movie · as Greg Simmonds
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Movie · as Forge
Beau geste
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Movie · as Self
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Movie · as Phillip
Death to 2021
Movie · as Tennyson Foss OBE
Mosley: It's Complicated
Movie · as Self
The Gentlemen
Movie · as Fletcher
Death to 2020
Movie · as Tennyson Foss
Being Bridget Jones
Movie · as Self
The Drew Barrymore Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Undoing
TV · as Jonathan Fraser · 6 eps
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Movie · as Charles
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night Berlin
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Very English Scandal
TV · as Jeremy Thorpe · 3 eps
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Paddington 2
Movie · as Phoenix Buchanan
Red Nose Day Actually
Movie · as The Prime Minister
There's Something About Romcoms
Movie · as Self
Florence Foster Jenkins
Movie · as St. Clair Bayfield
Quotidien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Movie · as Waverly
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Movie · as Self - Voice of The Pirate Captain
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · 1 ep
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Rewrite
Movie · as Keith Michaels
One Rogue Reporter
Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
W1A
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Terms and Conditions May Apply
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Movie · as Pirate Captain (voice)
Cloud Atlas
Movie · as Rev. Giles Horrox / Hotel Heavy / Lloyd Hooks / Denholme Cavendish / Seer Rhee / Kona Chief
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as (archive footage)
Girlfriend in a Coma
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
Movie · as The Pirate Captain
Hugh Grant: Taking on the Tabloids
Movie · as Self
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Movie · as Paul Morgan
Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility
Movie · as Self
Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility
Movie · as Self
Live from Studio Five
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Projectorparishilton
TV · 1 ep
Music and Lyrics
Movie · as Alex Fletcher
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 8 eps
American Dreamz
Movie · as Martin Tweed
El hormiguero
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Housewarming
Movie · as Le nouveau voisin
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Live 8
Movie · as Self
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Movie · as Daniel
Kulturplatz
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Love Actually
Movie · as The Prime Minister
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
About a Boy
Movie · as Will Freeman
Two Weeks Notice
Movie · as George Wade
Heart of the Festival
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Top Gear
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
TV · as Self · 1 ep
American Idol
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bridget Jones's Diary
Movie · as Daniel Cleaver
Small Time Crooks
Movie · as David
Notting Hill
Movie · as William Thacker
Mickey Blue Eyes
Movie · as Michael Felgate
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
Movie · as Self
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Movie · as The Handsome Doctor
The Early Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Junket Whore
Movie · as Self
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Movie · as Self
The View
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Extreme Measures
Movie · as Dr. Guy Luthan
Night Train to Venice
Movie · as Martin
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
TFI Friday
TV · 1 ep
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
Movie · as Reginald Anson
Sense and Sensibility
Movie · as Edward Ferrars
An Awfully Big Adventure
Movie · as Meredith Potter
Nine Months
Movie · as Samuel Faulkner
Restoration
Movie · as Elias Finn
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Movie · as Charles
Sirens
Movie · as Anthony Campion
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Remains of the Day
Movie · as Reginald Cardinal
The Changeling
Movie · as Alsemero
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Nanny
TV · as Hugh Grant (uncredited) · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Bitter Moon
Movie · as Nigel
Twelfth Night
Movie · as Sebastian (voice)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 2 eps
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
TV · as Sebastian (voice) · 1 ep
Impromptu
Movie · as Frederic Chopin
Our Sons
Movie · as James
The Trials of Oz
Movie · as Richard Neville
Performance
TV · as Alsemero, Richard Neville · 1 ep
The Big Man
Movie · as Gordon
Champagne Charlie
Movie · as Charles Heidsieck
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
TV · as Bruno de Lancel · 2 eps
The Lair of the White Worm
Movie · as Lord James D'Ampton
Rowing with the Wind
Movie · as Lord Byron
The Lady and the Highwayman
Movie · as Lord Lucius Vyne
The Dawning
Movie · as Harry
The Bengali Night
Movie · as Allan
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Maurice
Movie · as Clive Durham
White Mischief
Movie · as Hugh
The Demon Lover
Movie · as Robert Drover
A Modest Success
Movie · as James
A Very Peculiar Practice
TV · as Preacher Colin · 1 ep
Ladies in Charge
TV · as Gerald Boughton-Green · 1 ep
Jenny's War
Movie · as Peter Baines
Honour, Profit & Pleasure
Movie · as Burlington
The Last Place on Earth
TV · as Cherry-Garrard · 7 eps
Jenny's War
TV · as Peter Baines · 4 eps
The Detective
TV · as Andrew Blankenall · 5 eps
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Shades of Darkness
TV · as Robert Drover · 1 ep
Privileged
Movie · as Lord Adrian
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Question Time
TV · as Himself - Panellist · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Today
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep