Hugh Grant is an English actor.

Grant made his film debut in 1982 with the Oxford-financed Privileged. Television came later, in 1985. In 1991, he starred in the film Impromptu as Frédéric Chopin.

One of his first major film roles was in The Remains of the Day (1993), and he became simultaneously known as the partner of actress Elizabeth Hurley whom he had been dating since at least 1987. However, it was Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) which turned him into a major star.

Grant kept a low profile until 1999, when he starred in Notting Hill opposite and followed up with major successes in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), About a Boy (2002) and Two Weeks Notice (2002) opposite Sandra Bullock. He returned to frequent collaborator Richard Curtis for the 2003 romantic comedy, Love Actually, and the sequel to Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason was released in 2004.

With his career showing no signs of slowing, Grant is due to star this year in Music and Lyrics By as a washed-up singer given a couple of days to write a hit for an aspiring teen sensation played by Drew Barrymore. He also starred in American Dreamz, a satire on reality TV shows featuring Dennis Quaid.

Public Name: Hugh Grant
Birth Name: Hugh John Mungo Grant
Date of Birth: September 9, 1960
Place of Birth: London, England

Filmography

• Music and Lyrics By, 2007
• American Dreamz, 2006
• Travaux, on sait quand ça commence..., 2005
• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, 2004
• Love Actually, 2003
• Two Weeks Notice, 2002
• Legend of the Lost Tribe, 2002 (TV) (voice: English version)
• About a Boy, 2002
• Bridget Jones's Diary, 2001
• Small Time Crooks, 2000
• Hooves of Fire, 1999 (TV) (voice: English version)
• Mickey Blue Eyes, 1999
• Notting Hill, 1999
• Comic Relief: Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death, 1999
• Extreme Measures, 1996
• Restoration, 1995
• Sense and Sensibility, 1995
• Nine Months, 1995
• The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, 1995
• An Awfully Big Adventure, 1995
• Sirens, 1994
• Four Weddings and a Funeral, 1994
• The Changeling, 1994 (TV)
• The Remains of the Day, 1993
• Night Train to Venice, 1993
• "Shakespeare: The Animated Tales", 1992 TV Episode (voice)
• Bitter Moon, 1992
• The Trials of Oz, 1991 (TV)
• Our Sons, 1991 (TV)
• Impromptu, 1991
• The Big Man, 1990
• "Till We Meet Again", 1989 (mini) TV Series
• Champagne Charlie, 1989 (TV)
• The Lady and the Highwayman, 1989 (TV)
• Remando al viento, 1988
• The Lair of the White Worm, 1988
• Nocturnes, 1988
• The Dawning, 1988
• Nuit Bengali, La, 1988
• Maurice, 1987
• White Mischief, 1987
• Lord Elgin and Some Stones of No Value, 1986 (TV)
• The Dream Lover, 1986 (TV)
• "Ladies in Charge", 1986 TV Episode
• "A Very Peculiar Practice", 1986 TV Episode
• Honour, Profit & Pleasure, 1985 (TV)
• Jenny's War, 1985 (TV)
• "The Detective", 1985 (mini) TV Series
• "The Last Place on Earth", 1985 (mini) TV Series
• Privileged, 1982

Awards

• British Academy of Film and Television Arts/LA Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film 2003
• Evening Standard Peter Sellars Award for Comedy 2001
• BAFTA Award Best Actor "Four Weddings and a Funeral" 1994
• Chicago Film Critics Association Award Most Promising Actor "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Sirens" 1994
• Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) "Four Weddings and a Funeral" 1994
• Venice Film Festival Best Actor Award "Maurice" 1987