Name: Hugh Grant
Birth Name: Hugh John Mungo Grant
Birthdate: Sept. 9, 1960
Birthplace: London
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR HUGH GRANT
Hugh Grant has made a career out of playing quintessentially British
roles opposite American actresses in romantic comedies. Women all over
the world fell for Grant's tousled locks, delicate features and
vulnerable, boyish air in his role as the rakish, aristocratic Brit in
1994's
Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Despite an embarrassing and highly publicized publicity misstep with a
prostitute in 1995, Grant went on to make many more successful romantic
flicks, including 1999's
Notting Hill (with Julia Roberts), 2001's
Bridget Jones's Diary (with Renée Zellweger) and 2002's
Two Weeks Notice (with Sandra Bullock).
5 Things:
1. He used to play cricket.
2. He was an English literature student at New College in Oxford (1979-1982).
3. Grant was arrested for lewd conduct with a prostitute named Divine Brown in Los Angeles in 1995.
4. He's the godfather of ex-girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley's son, Damian Hurley.
5. In 2002, he threatened to quit acting, to focus on movie production.
Quote:
On his career: "I think film acting's just a miserable experience. It's
so long and so boring and so difficult to get right, so that what you
need above all is incredible willpower and strength of mind."
—
Cinematic Happenings Under Development, Nov. 2, 2004
Family:
Girlfriend: Elizabeth Hurley, model-actress; separated
Awards:
2003: Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), About a Boy
2000: Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), Notting Hill
1995: Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), Four Weddings and a Funeral
FILMS
Music and Lyrics - (2007) - Actor
American Dreamz - (2006) - Actor
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - (2004) - Actor
Love Actually - (2003) - Actor
About a Boy - (2002) - Actor
Two Weeks Notice - (2002) - Actor
Bridget Jones's Diary - (2001) - Actor
Stories from the Heart - 10 Movie Set - (2001) - Actor
Small Time Crooks - (2000) - Actor
Notting Hill - (1999) - Actor
Mickey Blue Eyes - (1999) - Actor
Robbie the Reindeer in Hooves of Fire - (1999) - Voice
Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death - (1999) - Actor
Extreme Measures - (1996) - Actor
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain - (1995) - Actor
An Awfully Big Adventure - (1995) - Actor
Nine Months - (1995) - Actor
Sense and Sensibility - (1995) - Actor
Restoration - (1995) - Actor
Four Weddings and a Funeral - (1994) - Actor
Bitter Moon - (1994) - Actor
Sirens - (1994) - Actor
Night Train to Venice - (1993) - Actor
Remains of the Day - (1993) - Actor
Our Sons - (1991) - Actor
Impromptu - (1990) - Actor
The Lady and the Highwayman - (1989) - Actor
Till We Meet Again - (1989) - Actor
The Lair of the White Worm - (1988) - Actor
White Mischief - (1988) - Actor
The Dawning - (1988) - Actor
The Bengali Night - (1988) - Actor
Maurice - (1987) - Actor
Rowing With the Wind - (1987) - Actor
The Last Place on Earth - (1985) - Actor
