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BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning English actor
He became a global star playing the charming, stammering Charles in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), winning the BAFTA and Golden Globe for Best Actor.
Hugh Grant was born on September 9, 1960, making him a Virgo. The English actor established himself as a charming romantic leading man in the 1990s with Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) and Notting Hill (1999), then transitioned into critically acclaimed character roles in films like Paddington 2 (2017) and Heretic (2024). He has won a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, with his films grossing over $4 billion worldwide.
Grant grew up in Chiswick, West London, the son of a Seaforth Highlanders officer and a Latin teacher. He won a Galsworthy scholarship to New College, Oxford, where he studied English literature and graduated with an upper second class degree in 1979. Before committing to acting, he worked as an assistant groundsman at Fulham Football Club, tutored students, and wrote radio commercials for products like Mighty White bread.
Grant married Swedish television producer Anna Eberstein in May 2018 after having three children together. He has five children in total: two with former partner Tinglan Hong and three with Eberstein. He does not have a twin brother but has an older brother, James Grant, who works as an investment banker in New York.
Grant was 38 years old when he filmed Notting Hill in 1999.
He actually sang in Music and Lyrics (2007), performing the 1980s-style pop songs himself.
Grant stands approximately 5 feet 11 inches (180 cm) tall.
He received an Honorary César in 2006 and was named one of Britain's 50 greatest actors of all time by Time Out magazine in 2022.
Grant has been outspoken against phone hacking scandals and emerged as a prominent critic of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.
I've always been interested in people who aren't the heroes of the piece, who aren't the romantic leads.
Acting is not a creative process. It's a bloody nightmare.
I think marriage is a fantastic institution. I just don't know if it's for me.
Made his feature film debut in Privileged at age 21
Won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at age 26 for Maurice
Achieved international stardom at age 33 with Four Weddings and a Funeral, winning BAFTA and Golden Globe for Best Actor
Starred in Notting Hill at age 38 opposite Julia Roberts, cementing his status as a romantic comedy icon
Played Daniel Cleaver in Bridget Jones's Diary at age 40, beginning his transition to more complex roles
Earned BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor at age 56 for Paddington 2
Received first Primetime Emmy nomination at age 57 for A Very English Scandal and married Anna Eberstein
Earned second Emmy nomination at age 59 for The Undoing
Received BAFTA nomination at age 63 for his role in the horror film Heretic