Hugh Grant
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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.
Known for
Credits
Notting Hill (1999)
as William Thacker
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
as Forge
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
as Phillip
The Gentlemen (2020)
as Fletcher
Heretic (2024)
as Mr. Reed
Music and Lyrics (2007)
as Alex Fletcher
Wonka (2023)
as Oompa Loompa
Love Actually (2003)
as The Prime Minister
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
as Edward Ferrars
Cloud Atlas (2012)
as Rev. Giles Horrox / Hotel Heavy / Lloyd Hooks / Denholme Cavendish / Seer Rhee / Kona Chief
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
as Waverly
Paddington 2 (2017)
as Phoenix Buchanan
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)
as Greg Simmonds
Paddington in Peru (2024)
as Phoenix Buchanan
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)
as Daniel Cleaver
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
as Daniel Cleaver
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)
as Pirate Captain (voice)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
as Charles
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
as George Wade
Unfrosted (2024)
as Thurl Ravenscroft
Junket Whore (1998)
as Self
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
as Daniel
White Mischief (1987)
as Hugh
Impromptu (1991)
as Frederic Chopin
Maurice (1987)
as Clive Durham
About a Boy (2002)
as Will Freeman
Bitter Moon (1992)
as Nigel
Extreme Measures (1996)
as Dr. Guy Luthan
The Remains of the Day (1993)
as Reginald Cardinal
Sirens (1994)
as Anthony Campion
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
as St. Clair Bayfield
Live 8 (2005)
as Self
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
as Paul Morgan
Merchant Ivory (2024)
as Self
The Changeling (1993)
as Alsemero
The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
as Lord James D'Ampton
The Rewrite (2014)
as Keith Michaels
Tribeca 25 (2026)
as Self
Nine Months (1995)
as Samuel Faulkner
Small Time Crooks (2000)
as David
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
as Reginald Anson
Red Nose Day Actually (2017)
as The Prime Minister
Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
as Michael Felgate
The Bengali Night (1988)
as Allan
Restoration (1995)
as Elias Finn
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas (2025)
as Self - Interviewee
American Dreamz (2006)
as Martin Tweed
Death to 2020 (2020)
as Tennyson Foss
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
The Big Man (1990)
as Gordon
Death to 2021 (2021)
as Tennyson Foss OBE
50 Years of NBC Late Night (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
One Rogue Reporter (2014)
Actor
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015)
as Self - Voice of The Pirate Captain
Mosley: It's Complicated (2021)
as Self
Honour, Profit & Pleasure (1985)
as Burlington
Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility (2009)
as Self
Hugh Grant: Taking on the Tabloids (2012)
as Self
An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
as Meredith Potter
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding (2019)
as Charles
There's Something About Romcoms (2016)
as Self
The Lady and the Highwayman (1988)
as Lord Lucius Vyne
Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility (2009)
as Self
The Demon Lover (1986)
as Robert Drover
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special (2022)
as Self
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (1999)
as The Handsome Doctor
A Modest Success (1986)
as James
So You Want To Be A Pirate! (2012)
as The Pirate Captain
Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Night Train to Venice (1996)
as Martin
Our Sons (1991)
as James
The Trials of Oz (1991)
as Richard Neville
Treasure Island (2027)
as John Trelawney
Housewarming (2005)
as Le nouveau voisin
Rowing with the Wind (1988)
as Lord Byron
Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Champagne Charlie (1989)
as Charles Heidsieck
Girlfriend in a Coma (2012)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial (2023)
as Self
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997)
as Self
Twelfth Night (1992)
as Sebastian (voice)
The Dawning (1988)
as Harry
Privileged (1982)
as Lord Adrian
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' (1999)
as Self
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Being Bridget Jones (2020)
as Self
Jenny's War (1985)
as Peter Baines
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty (—)
as Self