Hugh Grant
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
2007
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Series
The Nanny
Hugh Grant (uncredited)
1993
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Top Gear
Self
2002
Series
El hormiguero
Self - Guest
2006
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
American Idol
Self
2002
Series
Quotidien
Self - Guest
2016
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Series
The Drew Barrymore Show
Self
2020
Series
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Self - Guest
2016
Series
Question Time
Himself - Panellist
1979
Film
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Forge
2023
Film
Heretic
Mr. Reed
2024
Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Film
Love Actually
The Prime Minister
2003
Film
Paddington in Peru
Phoenix Buchanan
2024
Series
TFI Friday
1996
Film
The Gentlemen
Fletcher
2020
Film
Bridget Jones's Diary
Daniel Cleaver
2001
Film
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Phillip
2022
Film
Wonka
Oompa Loompa
2023
Film
Notting Hill
William Thacker
1999
Film
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Daniel Cleaver
2025
Film
Cloud Atlas
Rev. Giles Horrox / Hotel Heavy / Lloyd Hooks / Denholme Cavendish / Seer Rhee / Kona Chief
2012
Series
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self
2002
Series
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest
2023
Series
Today
Self
1952
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Series
Performance
Alsemero
1991
Series
Performance
Richard Neville
1991
Series
Kulturplatz
Self
2004
Series
Beau geste
Self
2023
Film
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Daniel
2004
Film
Paddington 2
Phoenix Buchanan
2017
Film
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Waverly
2015
Film
Sense and Sensibility
Edward Ferrars
1995
Film
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Greg Simmonds
2023
Series
The Undoing
Jonathan Fraser
2020
Film
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Charles
1994
Film
Bitter Moon
Nigel
1992
Series
The Regime
Edward Keplinger
2024
Series
Late Night Berlin
Self
2018
Series
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self
2018
Film
Two Weeks Notice
George Wade
2002
Film
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Pirate Captain (voice)
2012
Film
About a Boy
Will Freeman
2002
Film
The Remains of the Day
Reginald Cardinal
1993
Series
W1A
Self
2014
Series
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Sebastian (voice)
1992
Series
A Very English Scandal
Jeremy Thorpe
2018
Film
The Rewrite
Keith Michaels
2014
Film
Music and Lyrics
Alex Fletcher
2007
Series
Projectorparishilton
2008
Film
Nine Months
Samuel Faulkner
1995
Film
Unfrosted
Thurl Ravenscroft
2024
Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Film
Maurice
Clive Durham
1987
Film
Florence Foster Jenkins
St. Clair Bayfield
2016
Series
A Very Peculiar Practice
Preacher Colin
1986
Film
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Paul Morgan
2009
Film
Sirens
Anthony Campion
1994
Film
Death to 2020
Tennyson Foss
2020
Film
Extreme Measures
Dr. Guy Luthan
1996
Series
The Early Show
Self
1999
Film
The Lair of the White Worm
Lord James D'Ampton
1988
Film
The Bengali Night
Allan
1988
Series
The Last Place on Earth
Cherry-Garrard
1985
Film
American Dreamz
Martin Tweed
2006
Film
Red Nose Day Actually
The Prime Minister
2017
Film
Mickey Blue Eyes
Michael Felgate
1999
Series
Ladies in Charge
Gerald Boughton-Green
1986
Series
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
Bruno de Lancel
1989
Film
Impromptu
Frederic Chopin
1991
Film
Small Time Crooks
David
2000
Series
Shades of Darkness
Robert Drover
1983
Film
There's Something About Romcoms
Self
2016
Film
Junket Whore
Self
1998
Film
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Film
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
Reginald Anson
1995
Series
The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty
Self
2020
Film
Restoration
Elias Finn
1995
Film
White Mischief
Hugh
1987
Film
Merchant Ivory
Self
2024
Film
The Big Man
Gordon
1990
Film
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Self - Interviewee
2025
Film
Death to 2021
Tennyson Foss OBE
2021
Film
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Live 8
Self
2005
Film
The Lady and the Highwayman
Lord Lucius Vyne
1988
Film
An Awfully Big Adventure
Meredith Potter
1995
Film
The Changeling
Alsemero
1993
The Detective
Andrew Blankenall
1985
Film
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
The Handsome Doctor
1999
Film
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
The Pirate Captain
2012
Film
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self - Voice of The Pirate Captain
2015
Film
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Charles
2019
Film
50 Years of NBC Late Night
Self (archive footage)
2001
Film
Mosley: It's Complicated
Self
2021
Film
Terms and Conditions May Apply
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2013
Film
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
Self (archive footage)
2019
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Self
1997
Series
Jenny's War
Peter Baines
1985
Series
Live from Studio Five
Self
2009
Film
Our Sons
James
1991
Film
The Demon Lover
Robert Drover
1986
Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility
Self
2009
Film
Being Bridget Jones
Self
2020
Film
Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial
Self
2023
Film
One Rogue Reporter
2014
Film
Rowing with the Wind
Lord Byron
1988
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Locating the World of Sense & Sensibility
Self
2009
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
Self
1999
Film
Honour, Profit & Pleasure
Burlington
1985
Film
Jenny's War
Peter Baines
1985
Film
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Self
2022
Film
The Dawning
Harry
1988
Film
The Trials of Oz
Richard Neville
1991
Film
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
Housewarming
Le nouveau voisin
2005
Film
Champagne Charlie
Charles Heidsieck
1989
Film
Girlfriend in a Coma
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012
Film
Hugh Grant: Taking on the Tabloids
Self
2012
Film
Privileged
Lord Adrian
1982
Film
Night Train to Venice
Martin
1996
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty
Self
Film
A Modest Success
James
1986
Film
Twelfth Night
Sebastian (voice)
1992