Jenna - who previously dated actor Richard Madden - said: ''Half of my friends have babies, and half don't, so it doesn't feel like a pressure. British actor Hugh Grant. Simian Films produced two Grant vehicles in the 1990s and lost a bid to produce About a Boy to Robert De Niro's TriBeCa Productions. Full name- Hugh John Mungo Grant. Hugh Grant has spent the majority of his career playing charming, well-spoken, quintessentially British gentlemen. His awards include a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award and an Honorary César. Here's a primer on Grant's relationship status, including the lowdown on his wife, Anna Eberstein. [41], After making his debut in the Oxford-financed film Privileged (1982), Grant dabbled in a variety of jobs, such as working as an assistant groundsman at Fulham Football Club,[42] tutoring, writing comedy sketches for TV shows[43] and working for Talkback Productions to write and produce radio commercials for products such as Mighty White bread and Red Stripe lager. "[45], Next in 1995, he starred as Emma Thompson's suitor in her Academy Award-winning adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, directed by Ang Lee. [197] Grant and Hong had a "fleeting affair", according to his publicist. [55], In 1985 and 1986, Grant had minor roles in eight television productions, including TV films, historical miniseries and single episodes of series. [13][14][15] In a career spanning more than 35 years, Grant has repeatedly claimed that acting was not his true calling but rather a career that developed by happenstance. In an Adventure with Scientists! [180] He told the host: "I don't have excuses. Australian Academy Announces Film & TV Nominees for Aacta International Awards, ‘Nomadland’ Leads Australia’s Aacta International Awards Nominations; New Global TV Categories Added – Full List, Where to Watch: 2021 Golden Globe Nominated Films and TV Series, 2020 TV Guide: The Best Shows Coming This Year, October Picks: The Movies and TV You Can't Miss, Small Business Saturday: Your Favorite Underdog-Business, Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe, Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death, The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, The Life and Times of Gangsta Brown Part 2, The Pirates! After 13 years together, they separated in May 2000. [67] He appointed his then-girlfriend, Elizabeth Hurley, as the head of development to look for prospective projects. Hugh John Mungo Grant, popularly known as Hugh Grant is an English actor who has been in the entertainment industry for over 35 years. [8] Grant also starred in the action films, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Roger Ebert thought, "Hugh Grant is wrong for the role [and] strikes one wrong note and then another",[80] whereas Kenneth Turan, writing in the Los Angeles Times, said, "If he'd been on the Titanic, fewer lives would have been lost. "[101], In 2007, he starred opposite Drew Barrymore in a parody of pop culture and the music industry called Music and Lyrics. "[181] CNN reported that "Many are also applauding Grant for his refreshing honesty in a culture that has become fed up with overuse of the word 'abuse,' but Grant did not resort to an excuse. Sophia Bush and Grant Hughes Get Cozy as They Step Out in Malibu Together Looks like former One Tree Hill star Sophia Bush has a new beau. Pages in category "British male stage actors" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 412 total. Hugh Grant è uno degli attori più conosciuti, che ha dimostrato di sapersi calare perfettamente sia in ruoli comici che dramamtici. Grant has started off as a character actor but he had predominantly been a comedy (especially a romantic comedy) actor from his rise to stardom in mid-1990s until the 2010s. [2] He was, according to the Washington Post, fitting as "a cruel, manipulative cad, hiding behind the male god's countenance that he knows all too well". [82] Small Time Crooks starred Grant, in the words of film critic Andrew Sarris, as "a petty, petulant, faux-Pygmalion art dealer, David, [who] is one of the sleaziest and most unsympathetic characters Mr. Allen has ever created". The Prize. [34] His other interests include tennis[213] and snooker. [174][175], The arrest occurred about two weeks before the release of his first major studio film, Nine Months, which he was scheduled to promote on several American television shows. [27], In 1979, he won the Galsworthy scholarship to New College, Oxford. [32] He spent many of his childhood summers shooting and fishing with his grandfather in Scotland. [14], Whilst the allegations regarding the News of the World continued to receive coverage in the broadsheets and similar media (Grant appeared, for example, on BBC Radio 4) it was only with the revelation that the voicemail of murdered Milly Dowler had been hacked, and evidence for her murder enquiry had been deleted, that the coverage turned from media interest to widespread public (and eventually political) outrage. Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor. 23 wins & 59 nominations. He received critical acclaim for his portrayals of St. Clair Bayfield in Stephen Frears' Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) alongside Meryl Streep. Male chauvinist? Arthur Hughes (born 1992) is a British actor known for his roles as Ryan McDaniel in television series The Innocents and Ruairi Donovan in BBC Radio 4 series The Archers. [2] The Village Voice concluded that Grant's creation of a spoiled billionaire fronting a real estate business was "little more than a Britishism machine". 5,136 Followers, 1,526 Following, 415 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Grant Hughes (@grant_hughes_) [17], Hugh John Mungo Grant was born on 9 September 1960[18] at Hammersmith Hospital in White City, London, the second son of Fynvola Susan MacLean (b. Wickham, Hampshire, 11 October 1933; d. Hounslow, London, July 2001) and Captain James Murray Grant (b. Before the release of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Grant had reunited with its director Mike Newell for the tragicomedy An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), which was labelled a "determinedly off-beat film" by The New York Times. Mother Finvola - school teacher. [24], Grant's father was an officer in the Seaforth Highlanders for eight years in Malaya and Germany. And there you have it. [190][191] She accompanied him to the Los Angeles premiere of Four Weddings and a Funeral. Some of the worlds best actors are British. The following year he starred in the family comedy Paddington 2 (2017) as the antagonist, Phoenix Buchanan[6][7] for which he received a British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. [16] However in 2020, after moving on to more character roles, he has stated that he "enjoys acting now". Howard Hughes greeting actor Cary Grant aboard plane as he prepares to take movie stars on trans-continental flight. [113][114][115][116] Rafer Guzman of Newsday said "Surely the 55-year-old actor has just sealed his first-ever Oscar nomination. [151], Grant's screen persona in his films of the 2000s gradually developed into a cynical, self-loathing cad. Grant Hughes Breaking News, Photos, and Videos. British Actor, Chris Lopez Photographer, Grant Masters, Head shot, Portrait No Comments After working with the charming actor Grant Masters on the film Transience earlier this year, Grant and I arranged a shoot to update his acting head shot. [194], In September 2012, Grant had his second child, a son, with Swedish television producer Anna Eberstein. Tom Hughes has been spotted leaving his ex Jenna Coleman's new home just a week after she handed over the keys to the house they shared following their split. The British actor admitted he was 'embarrassed' to begin a hiatus from leading roles after his Hollywood offers dried up, saying on Friday that he developed a 'bad attitude.' "[182], In April 2007, he was arrested on allegations of assault made by paparazzo Ian Whittaker. The making of Hugh Grant as a hugely bankable international star didn't come until 1994 in Richard Curtis' Four Weddings and a Funeral. His career spans over three decades. Language; Watch; Edit; Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor. Or Taraji P. [26][27] In September 2006, a collection of Capt. [198][199], In December 2015, he and Eberstein had their second child, a girl. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno had him booked for the same week. This came after Grant accepted a six-figure sum to settle a High Court action. [224][225][226] He is also a patron of Pancreatic Cancer Action. Hong and Grant reunited briefly and she gave birth to Grant's third child, a son called Felix, in December of that same year. Tom Hughes was born on 18 April 1985, in Chester, Cheshire, Kingdom. "[216] As a result of Grant's confirmation of their decades-long feud, Downey later went to Twitter to make amends with Grant, to which Grant agreed. It was dismissed by critics, performed modestly at the box office and garnered its actor-producer mixed reviews for his starring role. [68] The company closed its US office in 2002 and Grant resigned as director in December 2005.[69]. [134] The New Yorker stated, "Hugh Grant gives a brilliant performance as Thorpe, whose arrogance, charm, and profoundly evasive nature he captures with subtlety. Hugh Grant Photos Photos: 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards . [86] The film, adapted from Helen Fielding's novel of the same name, was an international hit, earning $281 million worldwide. [26] Grant has an older brother, James "Jamie" Grant, who is a New York-based investment banker. He gained attention after appearing in films, Maurice, The Remains of the Day, Sense and Sensibility, and Restoration. [46] These performances were sometimes deemed excessive, in the words of The Washington Post's Rita Kempley, due to Grant's "comic overreactions—the mugging, the stuttering, the fluttering eyelids". [153] According to Carina Chocano, amongst film critics, the two tropes most commonly associated with Grant are that he reinvented his screen persona in Bridget Jones's Diary and About a Boy and dreads the possibility of becoming a parody of himself.[154]. In the British press, it's common to compare young romantic comedy actors to Grant. There was something magical about him. Actress Anna Chancellor, who met Grant while she was still at university, has recalled, "I first met Hugh at a party at Oxford. After writing a quiz about British actresses, it seems only fair to dedicate one to the actors. "[141], In 2020, Grant starred in HBO miniseries The Undoing, opposite Nicole Kidman and Donald Sutherland. Stephen Dalton of The Hollywood Reporter called Grant "a beating comic heart" of the film, adding that "he weighs up every wry line with relish, and Ritchie makes strong use of his deadpan comic talents. Hugh Grant has opened up about why he decided to keep his British accent in HBO's new murder mystery series The Undoing.. Hugh Grant has grown up, holding on to his lightness and witty cynicism but losing the stuttering sherry-club mannerisms that were once his signature. Grant began to take against-type parts, starting with multiple roles in The Wachowskis' epic science fiction drama film, Cloud Atlas (2012). It's the role of Grant's life, and he performs it even more brilliantly than he did Phoenix Buchanan in Paddington 2. His performance drew raves from film critics as "career-best" (Screen International), "one of his best performances in years" (Indiewire), "best work of his career" (Variety) where he "goes deeper, darker and riskier" (Rolling Stone). [2] As it became exemplary of modern romantic comedies in mainstream culture, the film was also received well by critics. They're starring as man and wife on the new mini-series, The Undoing. [3] whereupon he received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the British Academy Film Award for Best Actor. He played his self-aggrandising character, an amalgam of Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest, with smarmy self-loathing. Hugh Grant , he was born on September 9th 1960 in the London, England, Great Britain. [214], In 2011, the BBC apologised after Grant made an offhand joke about homosexuality and rugby when he was invited into the commentary box during coverage of an England vs Scotland game at Twickenham Stadium. [2], Gone from the screen for two years, Grant next re-teamed with Paul Weitz (About a Boy) for the black comedy American Dreamz (2006). [Hugh Grant in video plea for Marie Curie fund], Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, British Academy Film Award for Best Actor, British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Limited Series, William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. [92] "His performance can only be described as revelatory", wrote critic Ann Hornaday, adding that "Grant lends the shoals layer upon layer of desire, terror, ambivalence and self-awareness. British actor Hugh Grant, at home in London. It also temporarily typecast him as the lead character, Charles, a bohemian and debonair bachelor. He played a sleazy, snide community theatre director with a penchant for adolescent boys in the drama film An Awfully Big Adventure, which received critical praise, and for "a very quiet, dignified" performance as Frédéric Chopin in James Lapine's biopic film Impromptu. His interviewers commented frequently on his romantic attractiveness, a modern matinée idol, blue eyed, very good looking in a classically English way, with his floppy hair and charming smile, his impeccable manners leavened by the occasional expletive.[65]. Tom Hughes (born 18 April 1985) is an English actor, known for his roles as Prince Albert in the ITV drama Victoria and Joe Lambe in the BBC drama The Game.Hughes has also portrayed Michael Rogers in Agatha Christie's Marple, Jonty Millingden in the ITV drama Trinity, Chaz Jankel in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Bruce Pearson in Cemetery Junction, and Nick Slade in the BBC legal drama Silk. Hugh John Mungo Grant , más conocido como Hugh Grant, es un actor y productor de cine británico. As of 2018[update], his films have grossed a total of nearly US$3 billion worldwide from 29 theatrical releases. Grant said he moved away from romantic comedies after the failure of Did You Hear About the Morgans? The film was called an "anti-romantic opus of sexual obsession and cruelty" by the Washington Post. By Sam Knigh t. December 10, 2019. He was a star even then, without having done anything. [95], Two Weeks Notice was followed by the 2003 ensemble comedy, Love Actually, headlined by Grant as the British Prime Minister. Just give me a witty line! Hughes was sentenced in April 2014 to a maximum of 10 years and nine months in jail with a non-parole period of six years for 10 counts of sexual … Sometimes tension makes a good crackle. [118] He was nominated for his first individual Screen Actors Guild Award and also earned nominations for a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, a Critics' Choice Award, a Satellite Award and a European Film Award.