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Hugh Grant Profile |
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Birth Date: September 9, 1960
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Birth Place: London, England, UK
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Birth Name: Hugh John Mungo Grant
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Height: 5'11"
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Biography |
Hugh John Mungo Grant is an English actor who tends to play
the stereotype of an upper middle class Englishman.
Grant was born in London, England to James and the late
Finvola Grant, who was of Scottish ancestry. He has one
brother, James Grant, who lives in New York.
Grant attended Latymer Upper School and New College, Oxford,
where he read English. While at Oxford he was a member of
the Piers Gaveston Society, a flamboyant student dining club
named after the alleged lover of King Edward II of England.
Grant made his film debut in 1982 with the Oxford-financed
Privileged. Television came later, in 1985. In 1991, he
starred in the film Impromptu as Frédéric Chopin opposite
Julian Sands.
One of his first major film roles was in The Remains of the
Day (1993), and he became simultaneously known as the
partner of actress Elizabeth Hurley whom he had been dating
since at least 1987. However, it was Four Weddings and a
Funeral (1994) which turned him into a major star.
Not long after gaining a starring role in Sense and
Sensibility in 1995, Grant was arrested near Sunset
Boulevard in Hollywood, having been caught receiving oral
sex from a prostitute, Divine Brown, in a car. A public
apology on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno helped win back
public support. Although he was forgiven by Hurley, they
broke up some years later.
Grant kept a low profile until 1999, when he starred in
Notting Hill opposite Julia Roberts, and followed up with
major successes in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), About a Boy
(2002) and Two Weeks Notice (2002) opposite Sandra Bullock.
He returned to frequent collaborator Richard Curtis for the
2003 romantic comedy, Love Actually, and the sequel to
Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason was
released in 2004.
He has recently been romantically connected with British
heiress Jemima Goldsmith.
Grant has never acted on the London stage. |
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Other Information |
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in
film history (#43). [1995]
His production company is called "Simian Films" -- so named
by Elizabeth Hurley because she has said that he resembles
an ape or a monkey.
Grant was arrested for lewd conduct after cops found him
with Divine Brown, a prostitute, in his car. He pleaded no
contest and got a $1,180 fine and two years' probation.
[1995]
Opted not to do a nude scene in Four Weddings and a Funeral
(1994) when a make up artist asked if he wanted definition
painted on his body.
On the set of Mickey Blue Eyes (1999), James Caan gave Hugh
the nickname of Whippy, because Caan said he worried about
everything like "the little whippet dogs that get nervous
and you got to put a sweater on them when they're cold".
Got his start by performing in a British comedy sketch
group, The Jockeys of Norfolk.
Featured in the 1996 paperback "Mug Shots" that includes
many other celebrities who've been arrested for one reason
or another.
Back together with former girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley.
[September 2000]
Voted fourth in the Orange 2001 Film Survey of Greatest
British film actors.
Usually dubbed in French versions by actor Vincent Cassel.
Jay Leno told the London Independent that there are only 18
celebrities worth having on a chat show, one of them being
Hugh Grant.
Has long wanted to make a film about his grandfather's real
life escape from a prisoner of war camp during WWII.
Long time loyal fan of Fulham Football Club (English Premier
league soccer club), based at Craven Cottage, Fulham,
London, England.
Dated model and actress Elizabeth Hurley [1987 - 2000]
Graduated from Oxford University with a degree in English
(1982)
Thomas Sangster is his cousin.
His favorite artist is Patrick Rondat.
Godfather of Damian Hurley, son of his ex-girlfriend
Elizabeth Hurley.
Shares a birthday with Adam Sandler.
Turned down a place at the Courtauld Institute to do post
graduate studies in Art History |
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