Hugh Grant Biography (1960-)

Full name, Hugh John Mungo Grant; born September 9, 1960, in London, England;son of James Murray (a carpet sales representative and artist) and Fynvola Susan (a teacher of French; maiden name, MacLean) Grant; children: Caroline Stanburg. Addresses: Office: Simian Films, 335 North Maple Dr., Suite 350, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.; Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825.; Publicist: PMK/HBH Public Relations, 8500Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: September 9, 1960; London, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(As Hughie Grant) Lord Adrian, Privileged, Oxford Film Foundation/New Yorker, 1982
Clive Durham, Maurice, Cinecom, 1987
Hugh Dickinson, White Mischief, Columbia, 1988
Lord James D'Ampton, The Lair of the White Worm, Vestron, 1988
Harry, The Dawning, TVS Entertainment/Vista, 1988
Lord Byron, Remando al viento (also known as Rowing in the Wind and Rowing with the Wind), Ditrambo/Viking, 1988
Allan, La nuit bengali (also known as Bengali Night), Miramax, 1988
Chopin, Nocturnes, 1988
Frederic Chopin, Impromptu, Hemdale, 1990
Gordon, Crossing the Line (also known as The Big Man), Miramax, 1991
Nigel, Bitter Moon (also known as Lunes de fiel), Fine Line, 1992
Cardinal, The Remains of the Day, Columbia, 1992
Martin Gamil, Night Train to Venice (also known as Train to Hell), 1993
Charles, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Gramercy, 1994
Anthony Campion, Sirens, Miramax, 1994
Edward Frears (some sources cite Ferrars), Sense and Sensibility,Columbia, 1995
Elias Finn, Restoration, Miramax, 1995
Meredith Potter, An Awfully Big Adventure, Fine Line, 1995
Reginald Anson, The Englishman Who Went up a Hill But Came down a Mountain, Miramax, 1995
Dr. Samuel "Sam" Faulkner, Nine Months, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
Dr. Guy Luthan, Extreme Measures, Columbia, 1996
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (documentary), Northern Arts Entertainment, 1998
Junket Whore (documentary), 1998
William Thacker, Notting Hill, MCA/Universal, 1999
Michael Felgate, Mickey Blue Eyes, Warner Bros., 1999
David Grant, Small Time Crooks, DreamWorks, 2000
Daniel Cleaver, Bridget Jones's Diary (also known as Le journalde Bridget Jones), Universal, 2001
Will, About a Boy (also known as About a Boy oder: Der Tag dertoten Ente and Pour un garcon), Universal, 2002
George Wade, Two Weeks Notice, Warner Bros., 2002
Love Actually, United Artists/Universal, 2003
Television Appearances
Miniseries
Apsley Cherry-Garrard, The Last Place on Earth, Central Television(England), then broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1985

The Detective, 1985
Bruno de Lancel, Judith Krantz's "Till We Meet Again" (also knownas Till We Meet Again), CBS, 1989
Movies
Peter Baines, Jenny's War, syndicated, 1985
Lord Lucius Vyne (the highwayman), The Lady and the Highwayman (also known as Dangerous Love, CBS, 1989
Charles Heidsieck, Champagne Charlie, 1989, Bravo, 1994
James Grant, Our Sons (also known as Too Little, Too Late),1991
Alsemero, The Changeling, Bravo, 1994
Specials
William Hamilton/James, Lord Elgin and Some Stones of No Value, PBS, 1987
Comic Relief: Behind the Nose, 1995
Happy Birthday Elizabeth--A Celebration of Life, ABC, 1997
The Making of a Mobster: "Mickey Blue Eyes," 1999
Voice of Blitzen, Robbie the Reindeer in Hooves of Fire, CBS, 1999
(In archive footage) The Billy Elliot Boy (also known as Omnibus: The Billy Elliot Boy), BBC, 2001
Voice of Blitzen, Legend of the Lost Tribe (also known as Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe), CBS, 2002
Episodic
Colin Harries, "We Love You, That's Why We're Here," A Very Peculiar Practice, 1986
The Demon Lover, 1986
Late Show with David Letterman, multiple appearances, beginning 1995
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, multiple appearances, beginning 1995
Himself, "The Rosie Show," The Nanny, CBS, 1996
Des O'Connor Tonight, ITV, 1999
The Panel, Ten Network, 1999
"Hugh Grant Revealed," Revealed with Jules Asner, E! EntertainmentTelevision, 2001
Parkinson, BBC, 2001
Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo, 2002
The View, 2002
Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, ITV, 2003
"Wetten, dass...? aus Boeblingen," Wetten, dass...?, 2003
Also appeared in episodes of Handel and Shades of Darkness.
Awards Presentations
Presenter, The 67th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1995
The 1999 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1999
The Orange British Academy Film Awards, 2000
The Orange British Academy Film Awards, 2001
Presenter, The 74th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2002
Presenter, The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2003
Other
Burlington, Honour, Profit & Pleasure, 1985
Ladies in Charge (series), Thames TV, 1986
Richard Neville, The Trials of Oz, 1991
Stage Appearances
The Jockeys of Norfolk (revue), King's Head Theatre, London, 1985
Made stage debut at the Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, England.
RECORDINGS
Videos
The twelfth doctor, Comic Relief: Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death (also known as Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death), 1999
WRITINGS
Books
How to Be a Gentleman, Hyperion, 1994

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Empire, Issue 1977, 1995, pp. 111-18
Entertainment Weekly, August 13, 1999, pp. 24-32
Evening Standard, April 18, 2002, p. 32
Evening Standard Hot Tickets, May 13, 1999, pp. 2, 3
Harper's Bazaar, September, 1996, pp. 142-46; September, 1999, pp.78-81, 98
People Weekly, June 5, 2000, p. 65; May 27, 2002, p. 169; December2, 2002, p. 104
Premiere, May, 1994, pp. 78-81
Razor, July-August, 2002, pp. 38-39
Time, May 31, 1999, p. 86

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