Hugh Grant
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Hugh Grant

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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.

Films Featuring Hugh Grant

About a Boy

20026.7

Love Actually

20037.1

Notting Hill

19997.3

The Remains of the Day

19937.4

Bridget Jones's Diary

20016.7

Mickey Blue Eyes

19995.7

Four Weddings and a Funeral

19946.8

Small Time Crooks

20006.5

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

19956.4

Two Weeks Notice

20026.4

Sense and Sensibility

19957.4

Bitter Moon

19927.1

Music and Lyrics

20076.5

The Lair of the White Worm

19885.9

Champagne Charlie

19895.3

Extreme Measures

19966.0

An Awfully Big Adventure

19956.5

Nine Months

19955.7

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

20095.4

Maurice

19877.6

American Dreamz

20065.1

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

20046.2

Sirens

19945.6

Restoration

19956.1

Death to 2021

20216.0

White Mischief

19876.1

Wonka

20237.0

Impromptu

19916.1

Rowing with the Wind

19885.8

There's Something About Romcoms

20166.0

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

20126.5

Cloud Atlas

20126.9

Housewarming

20055.5

Night Train to Venice

19962.3

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

20127.5

Heretic

20247.0

The Lady and the Highwayman

19885.1

Our Sons

19915.4

The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'

The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'

19997.0

The Dawning

19885.9

Girlfriend in a Coma

20126.9

The Changeling

19938.0

The Trials of Oz

19916.3

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

20157.1

Unfrosted

20245.4

Merchant Ivory

20247.7

The Rewrite

20146.0

The Bengali Night

19886.6

A Tribute To Ismail Merchant

200510.0

Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial

2023

One Rogue Reporter

20146.0

Jenny's War

19856.0

Florence Foster Jenkins

20166.7

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

20227.0

James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty

James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty

Live 8

20057.4

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

19997.4

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

20256.4

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

20227.0

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

20157.1

The Big Man

19904.8

Junket Whore

19985.5

So You Want To Be A Pirate!

20126.2

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

19977.3

Paddington 2

20177.5

Red Nose Day Actually

20177.0

Privileged

19827.5

The Gentlemen

20207.7

Honour, Profit & Pleasure

198510.0

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

20197.0

Terms and Conditions May Apply

20137.0

Death to 2020

20206.5

Being Bridget Jones

20209.0

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

20236.5

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

20237.4

Mosley: It's Complicated

20217.0

Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre

20196.0

The Demon Lover

19867.0

Paddington in Peru

20246.8

Hugh Grant: Taking on the Tabloids

2012

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

20035.0

Twelfth Night

1992

Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility

Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility

2009

Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility

Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility

2009

What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas

2025

Heart of the Festival

20026.7

A Modest Success

1986

50 Years of NBC Late Night

20015.0