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Hugh Grant

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.

Filmography

2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

as Daniel Cleaver

Movie
2024
Paddington in Peru

as Phoenix Buchanan

Movie
2024
Heretic

as Mr. Reed

Movie
2023
Wonka

as Oompa Loompa

Movie
2023
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

as Forge

Movie
2023
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

as Greg

Movie
2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

as Phillip

Movie
2020
The Gentlemen

as Fletcher

Movie
2017
Paddington 2

as Phoenix Buchanan

Movie
2015
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Waverly

Movie
2012
Cloud Atlas

as Rev. Giles Horrox / Hotel Heavy / Lloyd Hooks / Denholme Cavendish / Seer Rhee / Kona Chief

Movie
2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

as Daniel

Movie
2003
Love Actually

as The Prime Minister

Movie
2002
About a Boy

as Will Freeman

Movie
2001
Bridget Jones's Diary

as Daniel Cleaver

Movie
1999
Notting Hill

as William Thacker

Movie
1995
Sense and Sensibility

as Edward Ferrars

Movie
1995
Nine Months

as Samuel Faulkner

Movie
2007
The Graham Norton Show

as Self

TV Show