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 Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

All Movies (87)

• What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas2025 · as Self - Interviewee
• Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy2025 · as Daniel Cleaver
• Paddington in Peru2024 · as Phoenix Buchanan
• Heretic2024 · as Mr. Reed
• Merchant Ivory2024 · as Self
• Unfrosted2024 · as Thurl Ravenscroft
• Wonka2023 · as Oompa Loompa
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves2023 · as Forge
• Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial2023 · as Self
• Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre2023 · as Greg Simmonds
• The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special2022 · as Self
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2022 · as Phillip
• Death to 20212021 · as Tennyson Foss OBE
• Mosley: It's Complicated2021 · as Self
• Death to 20202020 · as Tennyson Foss
• Being Bridget Jones2020 · as Self
• The Gentlemen2020 · as Fletcher
• Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• One Red Nose Day and a Wedding2019 · as Charles
• Paddington 22017 · as Phoenix Buchanan
• Red Nose Day Actually2017 · as The Prime Minister
• There's Something About Romcoms2016 · as Self
• Florence Foster Jenkins2016 · as St. Clair Bayfield
• A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman2015 · as Self - Voice of The Pirate Captain
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.2015 · as Waverly
• The Rewrite2014 · as Keith Michaels
• One Rogue Reporter2014
• Terms and Conditions May Apply2013 · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• Hugh Grant: Taking on the Tabloids2012 · as Self
• Girlfriend in a Coma2012 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Cloud Atlas2012 · as Rev. Giles Horrox / Hotel Heavy / Lloyd Hooks / Denholme Cavendish / Seer Rhee / Kona Chief
• So You Want To Be A Pirate!2012 · as The Pirate Captain
• The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!2012 · as Pirate Captain (voice)
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• Did You Hear About the Morgans?2009 · as Paul Morgan
• Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility2009 · as Self
• Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility2009 · as Self
• Music and Lyrics2007 · as Alex Fletcher
• American Dreamz2006 · as Martin Tweed
• Live 82005 · as Self
• A Tribute To Ismail Merchant2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• Housewarming2005 · as Le nouveau voisin
• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason2004 · as Daniel
• Love Actually2003 · as The Prime Minister
• 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Two Weeks Notice2002 · as George Wade
• About a Boy2002 · as Will Freeman
• Heart of the Festival2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bridget Jones's Diary2001 · as Daniel Cleaver
• Small Time Crooks2000 · as David
• Mickey Blue Eyes1999 · as Michael Felgate
• The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'1999 · as Self
• Notting Hill1999 · as William Thacker
• Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death1999 · as The Handsome Doctor
• Junket Whore1998 · as Self
• Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life1997 · as Self
• Extreme Measures1996 · as Dr. Guy Luthan
• Night Train to Venice1996 · as Martin
• Restoration1995 · as Elias Finn
• Sense and Sensibility1995 · as Edward Ferrars
• Nine Months1995 · as Samuel Faulkner
• The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain1995 · as Reginald Anson
• An Awfully Big Adventure1995 · as Meredith Potter
• Four Weddings and a Funeral1994 · as Charles
• Sirens1994 · as Anthony Campion
• The Changeling1993 · as Alsemero
• The Remains of the Day1993 · as Reginald Cardinal
• Twelfth Night1992 · as Sebastian (voice)
• Bitter Moon1992 · as Nigel
• The Trials of Oz1991 · as Richard Neville
• Our Sons1991 · as James
• Impromptu1991 · as Frederic Chopin
• The Big Man1990 · as Gordon
• Champagne Charlie1989 · as Charles Heidsieck
• The Lady and the Highwayman1988 · as Lord Lucius Vyne
• The Bengali Night1988 · as Allan
• The Lair of the White Worm1988 · as Lord James D'Ampton
• Rowing with the Wind1988 · as Lord Byron
• The Dawning1988 · as Harry
• White Mischief1987 · as Hugh
• Maurice1987 · as Clive Durham
• A Modest Success1986 · as James
• The Demon Lover1986 · as Robert Drover
• Jenny's War1985 · as Peter Baines
• Honour, Profit & Pleasure1985 · as Burlington
• Privileged1982 · as Lord Adrian
• James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty— · as Self

All TV Shows (58)

• The Regime2024 · as Edward Keplinger
• Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma2023 · as Self - Guest
• Beau geste2023 · as Self
• The Undoing2020 · as Jonathan Fraser
• The Drew Barrymore Show2020 · as Self
• The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty2020 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• A Very English Scandal2018 · as Jeremy Thorpe
• GQ Presents: Iconic Characters2018 · as Self
• Late Night Berlin2018 · as Self
• Quotidien2016 · as Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• W1A2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Live from Studio Five2009 · as Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Projectorparishilton2008
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self - Guest
• El hormiguero2006 · as Self - Guest
• Kulturplatz2004 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Top Gear2002 · as Self
• American Idol2002 · as Self
• Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway2002 · as Self
• The Early Show1999 · as Self
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• The Nanny1993 · as Hugh Grant (uncredited)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• Shakespeare: The Animated Tales1992 · as Sebastian (voice)
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Performance1991 · as Alsemero
• Performance1991 · as Richard Neville
• Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again1989 · as Bruno de Lancel
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• A Very Peculiar Practice1986 · as Preacher Colin
• Ladies in Charge1986 · as Gerald Boughton-Green
• Jenny's War1985 · as Peter Baines
• The Detective1985 · as Andrew Blankenall
• The Last Place on Earth1985 · as Cherry-Garrard
• Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self
• Shades of Darkness1983 · as Robert Drover
• Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
• Question Time1979 · as Himself - Panellist
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Today1952 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee