---
name: "Hugh Grant"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hugh-grant"
fi1m_id: "hugh-grant"
imdb_id: "nm0000424"
tmdb_id: 3291
wikidata_id: "Q163286"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 September 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 24
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 24
updated: "2026-10-07T11:37:20.258038+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hugh Grant

## Identity

Hugh Grant

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hugh-grant
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hugh-grant
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000424
- **TMDB ID:** 3291
- **Wikidata ID:** Q163286
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Grant, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163286, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000424/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3291

Actor. Born 9 September 1960 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 September 1960, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1986–present
- **Also known as:** Hugh John Mungo Grant, Phoenix Buchanan
- **Frequently works with:** [Richard Curtis](https://film.one/person/richard-curtis.md), [Tim Bevan](https://film.one/person/tim-bevan.md), [Eric Fellner](https://film.one/person/eric-fellner.md), [Duncan Kenworthy](https://film.one/person/duncan-kenworthy.md), [Emma Thompson](https://film.one/person/emma-thompson.md), [Helen Fielding](https://film.one/person/helen-fielding.md), [Jim Broadbent](https://film.one/person/jim-broadbent.md), [Renée Zellweger](https://film.one/person/renee-zellweger.md)
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 24 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (2), 1990s 79 (5), 2000s 66 (4), 2010s 76 (4), 2020s 64 (9)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 69 across 23 titles
- **Score spread:** 8 at 80+, 12 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 11 of 20 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 18, Drama 13, Romance 11, Adventure 4, Crime 3, Family 3
- **Screen time:** 39 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,461m across 19 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Grant, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163286, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000424/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3291

## Coming up

- *Treasure Island* (2028-05-24), as John Trelawney

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Paddington 2*](https://film.one/film/paddington-2.md) (91), [*The Undoing*](https://film.one/tv/the-undoing.md) (61)
- **Disney+:** [*The Remains of the Day*](https://film.one/film/the-remains-of-the-day.md) (88), [*Heretic*](https://film.one/film/heretic.md) (70)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Maurice*](https://film.one/film/maurice.md) (83), [*Mickey Blue Eyes*](https://film.one/film/mickey-blue-eyes.md) (66)
- **Apple TV:** [*Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves*](https://film.one/film/dungeons-and-dragons-honor-among-thieves.md) (73), [*Wonka*](https://film.one/film/wonka.md) (68)
- **Hulu:** [*Bridget Jones's Diary*](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-diary.md) (80)
- **Netflix:** [*Four Weddings and a Funeral*](https://film.one/film/four-weddings-and-a-funeral.md) (80)
- **Peacock:** [*Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy*](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-mad-about-the-boy.md) (70)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Man from U.N.C.L.E.*](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-u-n-c-l-e.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Hugh Grant

> Hugh Grant makes hesitation funny, then makes us wonder what it is concealing. We value the precision behind the stammers and small laughs, particularly when his charm becomes a reason to keep our distance.

In *Heretic* (2024), Hugh Grant raises a hand as though stopping himself from saying too much, then carries on talking. His Mr Reed gives a lecture on religion through board games without raising his voice. We were frightened by the way his apologetic stammer made an apparently civil conversation feel harder and harder to leave. Cinematographer Chung Chung-hoon uses warm lamplight, while editor Justin Li lets exchanges run without a cut; Grant has time to make the courtesy unpleasant. The second half's more ordinary horror is a disappointment after this.

That awkwardness was useful long before it became threatening. *Four Weddings and a Funeral* (1994) established him as a romantic lead, and the Richard Curtis-scripted comedies made the hesitant Englishman so familiar that the precision could be overlooked. In Ang Lee's *Sense and Sensibility* (1995), his Edward Ferrars is reserved, with a comic discomfort that keeps the restraint from becoming blank. Alan Rickman's Colonel Brandon carries more weight, but Grant gives Lee a lighter awkwardness that suits the comedy.

*About a Boy* (2002) had already offered a more confident variation before the move towards character parts in the 2010s, including *Paddington 2* (2017). As Forge in *Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves* (2023), he smiles through his lies, with costume designer Amanda Monk's velvet and rings making the vanity plain. Grant makes him seem delighted rather than embarrassed that anyone might notice the lying.

Paul King gets a different irritation from him in *Wonka* (2023), where his Oompa Loompa seems aggrieved at having to be there at all. The weary delivery makes the jokes land in a film whose uninterrupted sweetness otherwise wears us down. He supplies some welcome bad temper, though not enough to give the film the bite it lacks. A good supporting turn can only repair so much.

The more affecting development is in *Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy* (2025). Daniel Cleaver is still unable to speak sincerely, but Grant lets us see him beginning to recognise that limitation. His few scenes are the film's funniest and saddest, giving the old evasions a cost without insisting that we forgive them. For a sense of what he can do beyond making charm suspicious, start there.

## Biography

Hugh John Mungo Grant is an English actor. He was born on 9 September 1960 in Hammersmith, London. He studied at the University of Oxford.

Grant first gained international attention for his role in *Four Weddings and a Funeral* (1994). He is also known for performances in *Notting Hill* (1999), *Bridget Jones's Diary* (2001), *Love Actually* (2003), *Paddington 2* (2017) as Phoenix Buchanan, *Wonka* (2023) as an Oompa Loompa, *Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves* (2023) as Forge, *Heretic* (2024) as Mr Reed, and *Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy* (2025) as Daniel Cleaver.

He has received a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award. Grant has been married to Anna Eberstein since 2018.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (24)

- *Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy* (2025), Fi1m 70, as Daniel Cleaver — [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-mad-about-the-boy.md)
- *Heretic* (2024), Fi1m 70, as Mr. Reed — [page](https://film.one/film/heretic.md)
- *Paddington in Peru* (2024), Fi1m 64, as Phoenix Buchanan — [page](https://film.one/film/paddington-in-peru.md)
- *The Regime* (2024), Fi1m 48, as Edward Keplinger — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-regime.md)
- *Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves* (2023), Fi1m 73, as Forge — [page](https://film.one/film/dungeons-and-dragons-honor-among-thieves.md)
- *Wonka* (2023), Fi1m 68, as Oompa Loompa — [page](https://film.one/film/wonka.md)
- *Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery* (2022), Fi1m 72, as Phillip — [page](https://film.one/film/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery.md)
- *Death to 2020* (2020), Fi1m 47, as Tennyson Foss — [page](https://film.one/film/death-to-2020.md)
- *The Undoing* (2020), Fi1m 61, as Jonathan Fraser — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-undoing.md)
- *A Very English Scandal* (2018), Fi1m 84, as Jeremy Thorpe — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-very-english-scandal.md)
- *Paddington 2* (2017), Fi1m 91, as Phoenix Buchanan — [page](https://film.one/film/paddington-2.md)
- *Florence Foster Jenkins* (2016), Fi1m 64, as St. Clair Bayfield — [page](https://film.one/film/florence-foster-jenkins.md)
- *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (2015), Fi1m 64, as Waverly — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-u-n-c-l-e.md)
- *Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason* (2004), Fi1m 48, as Daniel — [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-the-edge-of-reason.md)
- *Love Actually* (2003), Fi1m 58, as The Prime Minister — [page](https://film.one/film/love-actually.md)
- *About a Boy* (2002), Fi1m 77, as Will Freeman — [page](https://film.one/film/about-a-boy.md)
- *Bridget Jones's Diary* (2001), Fi1m 80, as Daniel Cleaver — [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-diary.md)
- *Mickey Blue Eyes* (1999), Fi1m 66, as Michael Felgate — [page](https://film.one/film/mickey-blue-eyes.md)
- *Notting Hill* (1999), Fi1m 78, as William Thacker — [page](https://film.one/film/notting-hill.md)
- *Sense and Sensibility* (1995), Fi1m 85, as Edward Ferrars — [page](https://film.one/film/sense-and-sensibility.md)
- *Four Weddings and a Funeral* (1994), Fi1m 80, as Charles — [page](https://film.one/film/four-weddings-and-a-funeral.md)
- *The Remains of the Day* (1993), Fi1m 88, as Reginald Cardinal — [page](https://film.one/film/the-remains-of-the-day.md)
- *Maurice* (1987), Fi1m 83, as Clive Durham — [page](https://film.one/film/maurice.md)
- *A Very Peculiar Practice* (1986), Fi1m 82, as Preacher Colin — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-very-peculiar-practice.md)

## Complete filmography (80)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Treasure Island* (2028), as John Trelawney
- *Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy* (2025), as Daniel Cleaver — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-mad-about-the-boy.md)
- *Paddington in Peru* (2024), as Phoenix Buchanan — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/paddington-in-peru.md)
- *Heretic* (2024), as Mr. Reed — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/heretic.md)
- *Unfrosted* (2024), as Thurl Ravenscroft
- *The Regime* (2024), series, as Edward Keplinger — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-regime.md)
- *Wonka* (2023), as Oompa Loompa — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/wonka.md)
- *Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves* (2023), as Forge — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/dungeons-and-dragons-honor-among-thieves.md)
- *Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre* (2023), as Greg Simmonds
- *Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery* (2022), as Phillip — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery.md)
- *Death to 2021* (2021), as Tennyson Foss OBE
- *Death to 2020* (2020), as Tennyson Foss — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/death-to-2020.md)
- *The Undoing* (2020), series, as Jonathan Fraser — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-undoing.md)
- *The Gentlemen* (2020), as Fletcher
- *One Red Nose Day and a Wedding* (2019), as Charles
- *A Very English Scandal* (2018), series, as Jeremy Thorpe — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-very-english-scandal.md)
- *Paddington 2* (2017), as Phoenix Buchanan — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/paddington-2.md)
- *Red Nose Day Actually* (2017), as The Prime Minister
- *Florence Foster Jenkins* (2016), as St. Clair Bayfield — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/florence-foster-jenkins.md)
- *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (2015), as Waverly — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-u-n-c-l-e.md)
- *The Rewrite* (2014), as Keith Michaels
- *One Rogue Reporter* (2014), Actor
- *Cloud Atlas* (2012), as Rev. Giles Horrox / Hotel Heavy / Lloyd Hooks / Denholme Cavendish / Seer Rhee / Kona Chief
- *So You Want To Be A Pirate!* (2012), as The Pirate Captain
- *The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!* (2012), as Pirate Captain (voice)
- *Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen* (2012), as (archive footage)
- *Did You Hear About the Morgans?* (2009), as Paul Morgan
- *Music and Lyrics* (2007), as Alex Fletcher
- *American Dreamz* (2006), as Martin Tweed
- *Housewarming* (2005), as Le nouveau voisin
- *Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason* (2004), as Daniel — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-the-edge-of-reason.md)
- *Love Actually* (2003), as The Prime Minister — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/love-actually.md)
- *Two Weeks Notice* (2002), as George Wade
- *About a Boy* (2002), as Will Freeman — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/about-a-boy.md)
- *Bridget Jones's Diary* (2001), as Daniel Cleaver — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-diary.md)
- *Small Time Crooks* (2000), as David
- *Mickey Blue Eyes* (1999), as Michael Felgate — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/mickey-blue-eyes.md)
- *Notting Hill* (1999), as William Thacker — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/notting-hill.md)
- *Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death* (1999), as The Handsome Doctor
- *Extreme Measures* (1996), as Dr. Guy Luthan
- *Night Train to Venice* (1996), as Martin
- *TFI Friday* (1996), series, Actor
- *Restoration* (1995), as Elias Finn
- *Sense and Sensibility* (1995), as Edward Ferrars — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/sense-and-sensibility.md)
- *Nine Months* (1995), as Samuel Faulkner
- *The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain* (1995), as Reginald Anson
- *An Awfully Big Adventure* (1995), as Meredith Potter
- *Four Weddings and a Funeral* (1994), as Charles — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/four-weddings-and-a-funeral.md)
- *Sirens* (1994), as Anthony Campion
- *The Changeling* (1993), as Alsemero
- *The Remains of the Day* (1993), as Reginald Cardinal — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-remains-of-the-day.md)
- *The Nanny* (1993), series, as Hugh Grant (uncredited)
- *Shakespeare: The Animated Tales* (1992), series, as Sebastian (voice)
- *Twelfth Night* (1992), as Sebastian (voice)
- *Bitter Moon* (1992), as Nigel
- *The Trials of Oz* (1991), as Richard Neville
- *Performance* (1991), series, as Alsemero, Richard Neville
- *Our Sons* (1991), as James
- *Impromptu* (1991), as Frederic Chopin
- *The Big Man* (1990), as Gordon
- *Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again* (1989), series, as Bruno de Lancel
- *Champagne Charlie* (1989), as Charles Heidsieck
- *The Lady and the Highwayman* (1988), as Lord Lucius Vyne
- *The Bengali Night* (1988), as Allan
- *The Lair of the White Worm* (1988), as Lord James D'Ampton
- *Rowing with the Wind* (1988), as Lord Byron
- *The Dawning* (1988), as Harry
- *White Mischief* (1987), as Hugh
- *Maurice* (1987), as Clive Durham — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/maurice.md)
- *A Modest Success* (1986), as James
- *The Demon Lover* (1986), as Robert Drover
- *A Very Peculiar Practice* (1986), series, as Preacher Colin — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-very-peculiar-practice.md)
- *Ladies in Charge* (1986), series, as Gerald Boughton-Green
- *Jenny's War* (1985), as Peter Baines
- *Jenny's War* (1985), series, as Peter Baines
- *Honour, Profit & Pleasure* (1985), as Burlington
- *The Detective* (1985), series, as Andrew Blankenall
- *The Last Place on Earth* (1985), series, as Cherry-Garrard
- *Shades of Darkness* (1983), series, as Robert Drover
- *Privileged* (1982), as Lord Adrian

## Gallery

- ![Hugh Grant](https://film.one/media/person/315/gallery-b1612573d806.jpg) Hugh Grant — Kurt Kulac, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Hugh_Grant_in_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Hugh Grant mugshot, 1995](https://film.one/media/person/315/gallery-e6e7bf088482.jpg) Hugh Grant mugshot, 1995 — Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Hugh-grant-mugshot.jpg/1280px-Hugh-grant-mugshot.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hugh Grant: The Pirates, Band of Misfits 2012.](https://film.one/media/person/315/gallery-dc555561bced.jpg) Hugh Grant: The Pirates, Band of Misfits 2012. — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Hugh_Grant%2C_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Hugh Grant at a charity fundraiser held in South Bank, London, March 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/315/gallery-da8d577c8189.jpg) Hugh Grant at a charity fundraiser held in South Bank, London, March 2011. — Julien Rath at https://www.flickr.com/photos/julienrath/, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Hugh_Grant_%2711.jpg/1280px-Hugh_Grant_%2711.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hugh Grant](https://film.one/media/person/315/gallery-a84d25708fd0.jpg) Hugh Grant — Image via TMDB
- ![Hugh Grant](https://film.one/media/person/315/gallery-cbcd485b7ee0.jpg) Hugh Grant — Image via TMDB
- ![Hugh Grant](https://film.one/media/person/315/gallery-e5c088e195dc.jpg) Hugh Grant — Image via TMDB
- ![The Pirates! Band of Misfits Premieres In Sydney Australia; Hugh Grant Walks Red Carpet British movie star Hugh Grant arrived in Sydney yesterday, without too m (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/315/gallery-611d82989a7e.jpg) The Pirates! Band of Misfits Premieres In Sydney Australia; Hugh Grant Walks Red Carpet British movie star Hugh Grant arrived in Sydney yesterday, without too m (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Hugh_Grant_%286888274900%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![The Pirates! Band of Misfits Premieres In Sydney Australia; Hugh Grant Walks Red Carpet British movie star Hugh Grant arrived in Sydney yesterday, without too m (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/315/gallery-268ff5f6a093.jpg) The Pirates! Band of Misfits Premieres In Sydney Australia; Hugh Grant Walks Red Carpet British movie star Hugh Grant arrived in Sydney yesterday, without too m (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Hugh_Grant_%286888275726%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Hugh Grant](https://film.one/media/person/315/gallery-b1092f8ee360.jpg) Hugh Grant — Image via TMDB
- ![Hugh Grant](https://film.one/media/person/315/gallery-673af765a9bf.jpg) Hugh Grant — Image via TMDB
- ![Hugh Grant](https://film.one/media/person/315/gallery-ca162728f4d0.jpg) Hugh Grant — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 1995: Best Actor in a Leading Role (won), for *Four Weddings and a Funeral*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 1995: Golden Globe Awards (won)

### Other awards — 1 won, 3 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Actor 2016: European Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Florence Foster Jenkins*
- Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor 2004: Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Love Actually*
- Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor 2001: Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Bridget Jones's Diary*
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor 1987: Volpi Cup for Best Actor (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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