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British actor (born 1960)

For other people named Hugh Grant, see Hugh Grant (disambiguation).

Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor. He established himself early in his career as a charming and 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. As of 2018, his films had grossed a total of nearly US$3 billion worldwide. In 2022, Time Out magazine listed Grant as one of Britain's 50 greatest actors of all time.

Grant made his feature film acting debut in Privileged (1982), followed by the romantic drama Maurice (1987) for which he gained acclaim as well as 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 to take against-type parts earning nominations for two BAFTA Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his roles as St. Clair Bayfield in Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) and a haughty actor in Paddington 2 (2017). He has also acted in the science fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012), several Guy Ritchie action films including The Gentlemen (2019), the musical fantasy Wonka (2023), and the horror film Heretic (2024), which earned him another B

Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor. He established himself early in his career as a charming and vulnerable romantic leading man, and has since transitioned into a more dramatic character actor. Hallmarks of Grant's comic skills include a nonchalant touch of sarcasm and characteristic physical mannerisms. Among his accolades, he has received a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and an Honorary César. As of 2018, his films had grossed a total of nearly US$3 billion worldwide. In 2022, Time Out magazine listed Grant as one of Britain's 50 greatest actors of all time.

Grant first received attention for his roles in acclaimed period dramas such as Maurice (1987), for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, The Remains of the Day (1993) and Sense and Sensibility (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 sequel, About a Boy (2002), Two Weeks Notice (2002), Love Actually (2003), and Music and Lyrics (2007).

Grant began to take against-type parts, starting with multiple roles in The Wachowskis' science fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012). He received critical acclaim for his roles in Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) and Paddington 2 (2017), receiving two nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best S

When an actor’s resume includes a role in a soppy Christmas classic such as Love Actually, alongside a mugshot taken by the L.A. vice squad for “lewd behavior,” you have to sit up and take notice. And the world did just that. But perhaps the secret to Hugh Grant’s success is simply his ability to be himself — a somewhat grumpy yet disarming guy who always looks slightly uncomfortable.

At times, the actor’s hair has also been given more attention than his performances, even generating YouTube videos on how to produce a similar effect. To see Grant, 63, is to assume what his role is going to be, yet these have become darker in recent years. A fierce critic of the tabloids — he has just reached a legal settlement with The Sun for phone tapping — his face adorned their front pages back in 1995 due to a dalliance with an L.A. prostitute when he was five minutes short of becoming a global star. But an incident that might have put the lid on most careers merely added to his allure, thanks to the employment of masterful damage control tactics.

Although Grant has always claimed he detests acting, he has not slowed down. Lately, we’ve seen him in The Regime with Kate Winslet — his co-star in Sense and Sensibility — and he’s part of the cast in Unfrosted, the directorial debut of comedian Jerry Seinfeld that tells the story of how Kellogg’s Frosties revolutionized the American breakfast with Grant playing Thurl Ravenscroft, the actor whose voice was used as Tony the Tiger for more than 50 years.

Grant’s fondness for playing characters in children’s movies, from The Pirates! and Dungeons & Dragons to his hilarious Oompa Loompa in Wonka, perhaps has something to do with becoming a father late in life. He had his first child in his fifties and shortly before his 60th birthday welcomed his fifth. He has jokingly declared: “I’ve been having a child every Thursday recently.” Aft

2003 film by Richard Curtis

Love Actually is a 2003 Christmasromantic comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis. The film features an ensemble cast, composed predominantly of British actors, many of whom had worked with Curtis in previous projects. An international co-production of the United Kingdom, United States and France, it was mostly filmed on-location in London. The film delves into different aspects of love as shown through 10 separate stories involving a variety of individuals, many of whom are interlinked as the plot progresses. The story begins six weeks before Christmas and is played out in a weekly countdown until the holiday, followed by an epilogue that takes place in the New Year.

The film was released in the US on 14 November 2003 and a week later in the UK during its theatrical run. Love Actually was a box-office success, grossing $250.2 million worldwide on a budget of $40 million. The film received mixed reviews and a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. A made-for-televisionshort film sequel, Red Nose Day Actually, aired in two different versions on BBC One and NBC in 2017, as part of the fundraising event Red Nose Day 2017. In retrospective years, it has developed a cult following, and is often a staple film shown during the Christmas period in both the United Kingdom and United States.

Plot

A voice-over opens the film, commenting that whenever the narrator gets gloomy about the state of the world, he thinks of the arrivals gate at London Heathrow Airport, and the pure and uncomplicated love of lovers, friends and families welcoming their loved ones. He also points out that the messages from the 9/11victims were messages of love and not hate. The story then switches among the interconnecting "love stories" of many people:

Billy Mack and Joe

With his long-time manager Joe (Gregor Fisher), rock and roll legend Billy Mack (Bill Nighy) records