Hugh Grant
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Credits
Wonka (2023)
as Oompa Loompa
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
as Forge
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
as Waverly
The Gentlemen (2020)
as Fletcher
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
as Phillip
Heretic (2024)
as Mr. Reed
Cloud Atlas (2012)
as Rev. Giles Horrox / Hotel Heavy / Lloyd Hooks / Denholme Cavendish / Seer Rhee / Kona Chief
Paddington in Peru (2024)
as Phoenix Buchanan
Love Actually (2003)
as The Prime Minister
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
as Edward Ferrars
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)
as Greg Simmonds
Notting Hill (1999)
as William Thacker
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
as Daniel Cleaver
Paddington 2 (2017)
as Phoenix Buchanan
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
as Charles
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)
as Daniel Cleaver
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)
as Pirate Captain (voice)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
as Reginald Cardinal
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
as George Wade
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
as St. Clair Bayfield
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
as Daniel
Bitter Moon (1992)
as Nigel
Unfrosted (2024)
as Thurl Ravenscroft
About a Boy (2002)
as Will Freeman
Music and Lyrics (2007)
as Alex Fletcher
Extreme Measures (1996)
as Dr. Guy Luthan
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
as Reginald Anson
The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
as Lord James D'Ampton
Maurice (1987)
as Clive Durham
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
as Paul Morgan
The Rewrite (2014)
as Keith Michaels
Sirens (1994)
as Anthony Campion
Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Nine Months (1995)
as Samuel Faulkner
Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
as Michael Felgate
Death to 2020 (2020)
as Tennyson Foss
Red Nose Day Actually (2017)
as The Prime Minister
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Small Time Crooks (2000)
as David
White Mischief (1987)
as Hugh
Impromptu (1991)
as Frederic Chopin
Junket Whore (1998)
as Self
Restoration (1995)
as Elias Finn
American Dreamz (2006)
as Martin Tweed
The Big Man (1990)
as Gordon
Death to 2021 (2021)
as Tennyson Foss OBE
An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
as Meredith Potter
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas (2025)
as Self - Interviewee
Merchant Ivory (2024)
as Self
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (1999)
as The Handsome Doctor
There's Something About Romcoms (2016)
as Self
So You Want To Be A Pirate! (2012)
as The Pirate Captain
Live 8 (2005)
as Self
Our Sons (1991)
as James
50 Years of NBC Late Night (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015)
as Self - Voice of The Pirate Captain
The Bengali Night (1988)
as Allan
The Lady and the Highwayman (1988)
as Lord Lucius Vyne
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997)
as Self
Tribeca 25 (2026)
as Self
The Changeling (1993)
as Alsemero
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding (2019)
as Charles
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special (2022)
as Self
Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Rowing with the Wind (1988)
as Lord Byron
Champagne Charlie (1989)
as Charles Heidsieck
Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility (2009)
as Self
The Dawning (1988)
as Harry
Jenny's War (1985)
as Peter Baines
The Trials of Oz (1991)
as Richard Neville
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Mosley: It's Complicated (2021)
as Self
Girlfriend in a Coma (2012)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Demon Lover (1986)
as Robert Drover
Housewarming (2005)
as Le nouveau voisin
Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility (2009)
as Self
Twelfth Night (1992)
as Sebastian (voice)
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty (—)
as Self
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' (1999)
as Self
Privileged (1982)
as Lord Adrian
Night Train to Venice (1996)
as Martin
One Rogue Reporter (2014)
Actor
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Honour, Profit & Pleasure (1985)
as Burlington
Being Bridget Jones (2020)
as Self
Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial (2023)
as Self
A Modest Success (1986)
as James
Hugh Grant: Taking on the Tabloids (2012)
as Self