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.
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Daniel Cleaver
2025
Heretic
Mr. Reed
2024
Merchant Ivory
Self
2024
Unfrosted
Thurl Ravenscroft
2024
Wonka
Oompa Loompa
2023
Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial
Self
2023
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Self
2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Phillip
2022
Death to 2021
Tennyson Foss OBE
2021
The Gentlemen
Fletcher
2020
Paddington 2
Phoenix Buchanan
2017
Red Nose Day Actually
The Prime Minister
2017
There's Something About Romcoms
Self
2016
Florence Foster Jenkins
St. Clair Bayfield
2016
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self - Voice of The Pirate Captain
2015
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Waverly
2015
The Rewrite
Keith Michaels
2014
One Rogue Reporter
2014
Girlfriend in a Coma
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012
Cloud Atlas
Rev. Giles Horrox / Hotel Heavy / Lloyd Hooks / Denholme Cavendish / Seer Rhee / Kona Chief
2012
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
The Pirate Captain
2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Pirate Captain (voice)
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Paul Morgan
2009
Music and Lyrics
Alex Fletcher
2007
American Dreamz
Martin Tweed
2006
Live 8
Self
2005
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
Self (archive footage)
2005
Housewarming
Le nouveau voisin
2005
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Daniel
2004
Love Actually
The Prime Minister
2003
Two Weeks Notice
George Wade
2002
About a Boy
Will Freeman
2002
Bridget Jones's Diary
Daniel Cleaver
2001
Small Time Crooks
David
2000
Mickey Blue Eyes
Michael Felgate
1999
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
Self
1999
Notting Hill
William Thacker
1999
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
The Handsome Doctor
1999
Junket Whore
Self
1998
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Self
1997
Extreme Measures
Dr. Guy Luthan
1996
Night Train to Venice
Martin
1996
Restoration
Elias Finn
1995
Sense and Sensibility
Edward Ferrars
1995
Nine Months
Samuel Faulkner
1995
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
Reginald Anson
1995
An Awfully Big Adventure
Meredith Potter
1995
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Charles
1994
Sirens
Anthony Campion
1994
The Changeling
Alsemero
1993
The Remains of the Day
Reginald Cardinal
1993
Bitter Moon
Nigel
1992
The Trials of Oz
Richard Neville
1991
Our Sons
James
1991
Impromptu
Frederic Chopin
1991
The Big Man
Gordon
1990
Champagne Charlie
Charles Heidsieck
1989
The Lady and the Highwayman
Lord Lucius Vyne
1988
The Bengali Night
Allan
1988
The Lair of the White Worm
Lord James D'Ampton
1988
Rowing with the Wind
Lord Byron
1988
The Dawning
Harry
1988
White Mischief
Hugh
1987
Maurice
Clive Durham
1987
Jenny's War
Peter Baines
1985
Nuclear Bogeyheads
Andy
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty
Self
Paddington in Peru
Phoenix Buchanan
2024
The Regime
Edward Keplinger · (6 episodes)
2024
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2023
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Forge
2023
Beau geste
Self · (1 episode)
2023
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Greg Simmonds
2023
Mosley: It's Complicated
Self
2021
Death to 2020
Tennyson Foss
2020
Being Bridget Jones
Self
2020
The Undoing
Jonathan Fraser · (6 episodes)
2020
The Drew Barrymore Show
Self · (1 episode)
2020
The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty
Self · (3 episodes)
2020
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
Self (archive footage)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(1 episode)
2019
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Charles
2019
A Very English Scandal
Jeremy Thorpe · (3 episodes)
2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self · (1 episode)
2018
Late Night Berlin
Self · (1 episode)
2018
Quotidien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(1 episode)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
2014
W1A
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (3 episodes)
2014
Terms and Conditions May Apply
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2013
Hugh Grant: Taking on the Tabloids
Self
2012
Honest Trailers
Oompa Loompa (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2012
Live from Studio Five
Self · (1 episode)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
2009
Projectorparishilton
(1 episode)
2008
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (8 episodes)
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
2007
El hormiguero
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2006
The One Show
Self · (1 episode)
2006
Kulturplatz
Self · (1 episode)
2004
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
Top Gear
Self · (1 episode)
2002
American Idol
Self · (1 episode)
2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self · (1 episode)
2002
Heart of the Festival
2002
The Early Show
Self · (1 episode)
1999
Parkinson
Self · (1 episode)
1998
The View
Self · (3 episodes)
1997
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1993
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Sebastian (voice) · (1 episode)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(2 episodes)
1992
Performance
Alsemero · (1 episode)
1991
Performance
Richard Neville · (1 episode)
1991
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
Bruno de Lancel · (2 episodes)
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
1988
The Demon Lover
Robert Drover
1986
A Very Peculiar Practice
(1 episode)
1986
Ladies in Charge
(1 episode)
1986
Jenny's War
Peter Baines · (4 episodes)
1985
Honour, Profit & Pleasure
Burlington
1985
The Last Place on Earth
Cherry-Garrard · (7 episodes)
1985
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
1984
Shades of Darkness
Robert Drover · (8 episodes)
1983
Privileged
Lord Adrian
1982
Wetten, dass..?
Self · (4 episodes)
1981
Question Time
Himself - Panellist · (1 episode)
1979
The Oscars
Self · (3 episodes)
1953
Today
Self · (1 episode)
1952
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
1944