History Creator / HughGrant

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: His arrest right before the release of ''Film/NineMonths'' seems to have helped the movie's Box Office, despite the dreadful critical reviews.

** ''Film/CloudAtlas'' is quite different too from his romcom fare, playing multiple roles across the years in a sci-fi epic.

* StarMakingRole:[[invoked]] ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'', ''Film/BitterMoon'' and ''{{Film/Sirens}}'' all came out around the same time, and turned him into a star in America.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was the first choice for the role of the [[Characters/DoctorWhoNinthDoctor Ninth Doctor]] in ''Series/DoctorWho'' before Creator/ChristopherEccleston was cast. However, he turned it down due to his belief that the revival would not take off. [[OldShame He later expressed his regret at turning down the offer having seen how successful the series turned out.]] He previously portrayed a non-canonical version of the Doctor in [[Recap/DoctorWhoTheCurseOfFatalDeath "The Curse of Fatal Death"]].

Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor best known for his long association with writer Richard Curtis in a string of wildly successful {{Rom Com}}s, including ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'', ''Film/NottingHill'', and ''Film/LoveActually''. His standard role in these films was as a bumbling but well-meaning quintessentially British UpperClassTwit, who had to overcome his BritishStuffiness and repression to win the heart of a (usually American) female love interest. In the late 1990s, he began taking roles that had him actively PlayingAgainstType, often as a jaded English cad, such as Daniel Cleaver (an {{Expy}} of ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice'''s George Wickham) in ''Film/BridgetJonesDiary'', and ''Film/AboutABoy'', while occasionally blending the two types together (such as in ''Film/MusicAndLyrics''). In another big instance of PlayingAgainstType, he played ([[ActingForTwo among other characters]]) a slave-trading reverend, a {{Jerkass}} and vindictive husband who sends his brother in a retirement home against his will, and the chief of a CannibalTribe in ''Literature/CloudAtlas''. He also did ''Film/DidYouHearAboutTheMorgans.''

Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960 in Hammersmith, London) is an English actor best known for his long association with writer Richard Curtis in a string of wildly successful {{Rom Com}}s, including ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'', ''Film/NottingHill'', and ''Film/LoveActually''. His standard role in these films was as a bumbling but well-meaning quintessentially British UpperClassTwit, who had to overcome his BritishStuffiness and repression to win the heart of a (usually American) female love interest. In the late 1990s, he began taking roles that had him actively PlayingAgainstType, often as a jaded English cad, such as Daniel Cleaver (an {{Expy}} of ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice'''s George Wickham) in ''Film/BridgetJonesDiary'', and ''Film/AboutABoy'', while occasionally blending the two types together (such as in ''Film/MusicAndLyrics''). In another big instance of PlayingAgainstType, he played ([[ActingForTwo among other characters]]) a slave-trading reverend, a {{Jerkass}} and vindictive husband who sends his brother in a retirement home against his will, and the chief of a CannibalTribe in ''Literature/CloudAtlas''. He also did ''Film/DidYouHearAboutTheMorgans.''

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was the first choice for the role of the [[Characters/DoctorWhoNinthDoctor Ninth Doctor] in ''Series/DoctorWho'' before Creator/ChristopherEccleston was cast. However, he turned it down due to his belief that the revival would not take off. [[OldShame He later expressed his regret at turning down the offer having seen how successful the series turned out.]] He previously portrayed a non-canonical version of the Doctor in [[Recap/DoctorWhoTheCurseOfFatalDeath "The Curse of Fatal Death"]].

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* UnbuiltCastingType:[[invoked]] Before his typecasting as that charmingly desirable English gentleman wooing an American love interest, he starred in ''{{Film/Sirens}}''. There he plays a well-meaning but poor husband whose marriage lacks passion because of his idolization of his repressed wife. He in fact has to learn how to put passion back into their marriage.

Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor best known for his long association with writer Richard Curtis in a string of wildly successful {{Rom Com}}s, including ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'', ''Film/NottingHill'', and ''Film/LoveActually''. His standard role in these films was as a bumbling but well-meaning quintessentially British UpperClassTwit, who had to overcome his BritishStuffiness and repression to win the heart of a (usually American) female love interest. In the late 1990s, he began taking roles that had him actively PlayingAgainstType, often as a jaded English cad, such as Daniel Cleaver (an {{Expy}} of ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice'''s George Wickham) in ''Film/BridgetJonesDiary'', and ''Film/AboutABoy'', while occasionally blending the two types together (such as in ''Film/MusicAndLyrics''). In another big instance of PlayingAgainstType, he played ([[ActingForTwo among other characters]]) a slave-trading reverend, a {{Jerkass}} and vindictive husband who sends his brother in a retirement home against his will, and the chief of a CannibalTribe in ''Literature/CloudAtlas''. He also did ''Film/DidYouHearAboutTheMorgans.''

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Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an actor best known for his long association with writer Richard Curtis in a string of wildly successful {{Rom Com}}s, including ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'', ''Film/NottingHill'', and ''Film/LoveActually''. His standard role in these films was as a bumbling but well-meaning quintessentially British UpperClassTwit, who had to overcome his BritishStuffiness and repression to win the heart of a (usually American) female love interest. In the late 1990s, he began taking roles that had him actively PlayingAgainstType, often as a jaded English cad, such as Daniel Cleaver (an {{Expy}} of ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice'''s George Wickham) in ''Film/BridgetJonesDiary'', and ''Film/AboutABoy'', while occasionally blending the two types together (such as in ''Film/MusicAndLyrics''). In another big instance of PlayingAgainstType, he played ([[ActingForTwo among other characters]]) a slave-trading reverend, a {{Jerkass}} and vindictive husband who sends his brother in a retirement home against his will, and the chief of a CannibalTribe in ''Literature/CloudAtlas''. He also did ''Film/DidYouHearAboutTheMorgans.''

Recently, Grant's acting career has gone on the back burner due to his involvement in the campaign for tighter restrictions on the British media (including giving evidence for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leveson_Inquiry Leveson Inquiry]]). This, however, hasn't prevented him from appearing in a few recent films, such as the polarizing 2012 film ''Film/CloudAtlas'', Alexander Waverley in the film remake of ''Film/TheManFromUNCLE2015'' (which was not exactly well received), as well as in the 2014 rom-com ''Film/TheRewrite'' (which while not being groundbreaking, speaks well for his performance). Better-received both financially and critically would be his turn as the well-meaning St Clair Bayfield in ''Film/FlorenceFosterJenkins'' (in a critically-appreciated combo performance with Creator/MerylStreep, [[AwesomeDearBoy which they've clearly mutually enjoyed]]), as well as his memorable turn as LargeHam Phoenix Buchanan in ''Film/Paddington2''.

Recently, Grant's acting career has gone on the back burner due to his involvement in the campaign for tighter restrictions on the British media (including giving evidence for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leveson_Inquiry Leveson Inquiry]]). This, however, hasn't prevented him from appearing in a few recent films, such as the polarizing 2012 film ''Film/CloudAtlas'', Alexander Waverley in the film remake of ''Film/TheManFromUNCLE2015'' (which was not exactly well received), as well as in the 2014 rom-com ''The Rewrite'' (which while not being groundbreaking, speaks well for his performance). Better-received both financially and critically would be his turn as the well-meaning St Clair Bayfield in ''Film/FlorenceFosterJenkins'' (in a critically-appreciated combo performance with Creator/MerylStreep, [[AwesomeDearBoy which they've clearly mutually enjoyed]]), as well as his memorable turn as LargeHam Phoenix Buchanan in ''Film/Paddington2''.

Recently, Grant's acting career has gone on the back burner due to his involvement in the campaign for tighter restrictions on the British media (including giving evidence for the Leveson Inquiry). This, however, hasn't prevented him from appearing in a few recent films, such as the polarizing 2012 film ''Film/CloudAtlas'', Alexander Waverley in the film remake of ''Film/TheManFromUNCLE2015'' (which was not exactly well received), in the 2014 rom-com ''The Rewrite'' (which while not being groundbreaking, speaks well for his performance), as well as the well-meaning St Clair Bayfield in ''Film/FlorenceFosterJenkins'' (in a critically-appreciated combo performance with Creator/MerylStreep, [[AwesomeDearBoy which they've clearly mutually enjoyed]]).

Recently, Grant's acting career has gone on the back burner due to his involvement in the campaign for tighter restrictions on the British media (including giving evidence for the Leveson Inquiry). This, however, hasn't prevented him from appearing in a few recent films, such as Alexander Waverley in the film remake of ''Film/TheManFromUNCLE2015'', as well as the well-meaning St Clair Bayfield in ''Film/FlorenceFosterJenkins'' (in a combo performance with Creator/MerylStreep which they've clearly mutually enjoyed).

Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an actor best known for his long association with writer Richard Curtis in a string of wildly successful {{Rom Com}}s, including ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'', ''Film/NottingHill'', and ''Film/LoveActually''. His standard role in these films was as a bumbling but well-meaning quintessentially British UpperClassTwit, who had to overcome his BritishStuffiness and repression to win the heart of a (usually American) female love interest. In the late 1990s, he began taking roles that had him actively PlayingAgainstType, often as a jaded English cad, such as Daniel Cleaver (an {{Expy}} of ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice'''s George Wickham) in ''Film/BridgetJonesDiary'', and ''Film/AboutABoy'', while occasionally blending the two types together (such as in ''Film/MusicAndLyrics''). In another big instance of PlayingAgainstType, he played ([[ActingForTwo among other characters]]) a slave-trading reverend, a {{Jerkass}} and vindictive husband who sends his brother in a retirement home against his will, and the chief of a CannibalTribe in ''Literature/CloudAtlas''. He also did ''Film/DidYouHearAboutTheMorgans.'' His latest big screen role is Alexander Waverley in the film remake of ''Film/TheManFromUNCLE2015.''

Recently, Grant's acting career has gone on the back burner due to his involvement in the campaign for tighter restrictions on the British media (including giving evidence for the Leveson Inquiry).

Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an actor best known for his long association with writer Richard Curtis in a string of wildly successful {{Rom Com}}s, including ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'', ''Film/NottingHill'', and ''Film/LoveActually''. His standard role in these films was as a bumbling but well-meaning quintessentially British UpperClassTwit, who had to overcome his BritishStuffiness and repression to win the heart of a (usually American) female love interest. In the late 1990s, he began taking roles that had him actively PlayingAgainstType, often as a jaded English cad, such as Daniel Cleaver (an {{Expy}} of ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice'''s George Wickham) in ''Film/BridgetJonesDiary'', and ''Film/AboutABoy'', while occasionally blending the two types together (such as in ''Film/MusicAndLyrics''). In another big instance of PlayingAgainstType, he played ([[ActingForTwo among other characters]]) a slave-trading reverend, a {{Jerkass}} and vindicative husband who sends his brother in a retirement home against his will, and the chief of a CannibalTribe in ''Literature/CloudAtlas''. He also did ''Film/DidYouHearAboutTheMorgans.'' His latest big screen role is Alexander Waverley in the film remake of ''Film/TheManFromUNCLE2015.''

Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an actor best known for his long association with writer Richard Curtis in a string of wildly successful {{Rom Com}}s, including ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'', ''Film/NottingHill'', and ''Film/LoveActually''. His standard role in these films was as a bumbling but well-meaning quintessentially British UpperClassTwit, who had to overcome his BritishStuffiness and repression to win the heart of a (usually American) female love interest. In the late 1990s, he began taking roles that had him actively PlayingAgainstType, often as a jaded English cad, such as Daniel Cleaver (an {{Expy}} of ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice'''s George Wickham) in ''Film/BridgetJonesDiary'', and ''Film/AboutABoy'', while occasionally blending the two types together (such as in ''Film/MusicAndLyrics''). In another big instance of PlayingAgainstType, he played ([[ActingForTwo among other characters]]) a slave-trading reverend, a {{Jerkass}} and vindicative husband who sends his brother in a retirement home against his will, and the chief of a CannibalTribe in ''Literature/CloudAtlas''. He also did ''Film/DidYouHearAboutTheMorgans.'' His latest big screen role is Alexander Waverley in the film remake of ''Film/TheManFromUncle2015.''

Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an actor best known for his long association with writer Richard Curtis in a string of wildly successful {{Rom Com}}s, including ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'', ''Film/NottingHill'', and ''Film/LoveActually''. His standard role in these films was as a bumbling but well-meaning quintessentially British UpperClassTwit, who had to overcome his BritishStuffiness and repression to win the heart of a (usually American) female love interest. In the late 1990s, he began taking roles that had him actively PlayingAgainstType, often as a jaded English cad, such as Daniel Cleaver (an {{Expy}} of ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice'''s George Wickham) in ''Film/BridgetJonesDiary'', and ''Film/AboutABoy'', while occasionally blending the two types together (such as in ''Film/MusicAndLyrics''). In another big instance of PlayingAgainstType, he played ([[ActingForTwo among other characters]]) a slave-trading reverend, a {{Jerkass}} and vindicative husband who sends his brother in a retirement home against his will, and the chief of a CannibalTribe in ''Literature/CloudAtlas''. He also did ''Film/DidYouHearAboutTheMorgans.'' His latest big screen role is Alexander Waverley in the film remake of ''Film/TheManFromUncle''.

'''Hugh John Mungo Grant''' (born 9 September 1960) is an actor best known for his long association with writer Richard Curtis in a string of wildly successful {{Rom Com}}s, including ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'', ''Film/NottingHill'', and ''Film/LoveActually''. His standard role in these films was as a bumbling but well-meaning quintessentially British UpperClassTwit, who had to overcome his BritishStuffiness and repression to win the heart of a (usually American) female love interest. In the late 1990s, he began taking roles that had him actively PlayingAgainstType, often as a jaded English cad, such as Daniel Cleaver (an {{Expy}} of ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice'''s George Wickham) in ''Film/BridgetJonesDiary'', and ''Film/AboutABoy'', while occasionally blending the two types together (such as in ''Film/MusicAndLyrics''). In another big instance of PlayingAgainstType, he played ([[ActingForTwo among other characters]]) a slave-trading reverend, a {{Jerkass}} and vindicative husband who sends his brother in a retirement home against his will, and the chief of a CannibalTribe in ''Literature/CloudAtlas''. He also did ''Film/DidYouHearAboutTheMorgans.'' His latest big screen role is Alexander Waverley in the film remake of ''Film/TheManFromUncle''.

'''Hugh John Mungo Grant''' (born 9 September 1960) is an actor best known for his long association with writer Richard Curtis in a string of wildly successful {{Rom Com}}s, including ''FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'', ''Film/NottingHill'', and ''LoveActually''. His standard role in these films was as a bumbling but well-meaning quintessentially British UpperClassTwit, who had to overcome his BritishStuffiness and repression to win the heart of a (usually American) female love interest. In the late 1990s, he began taking roles that had him actively PlayingAgainstType, often as a jaded English cad, such as Daniel Cleaver (an {{Expy}} of ''PrideAndPrejudice'''s George Wickham) in ''Literature/BridgetJones' Diary'', and ''AboutABoy'', while occasionally blending the two types together (such as in ''MusicAndLyrics''). In another big instance of PlayingAgainstType, he played ([[ActingForTwo among other characters]]) a slave-trading reverend, a {{Jerkass}} and vindicative husband who sends his brother in a retirement home against his will, and the chief of a CannibalTribe in ''Literature/CloudAtlas''. He also did ''Film/DidYouHearAboutTheMorgans.'' His latest big screen role is Alexander Waverley in the film remake of ''Film/TheManFromUncle''.

'''Hugh John Mungo Grant''' (born 9 September 1960) is an actor best known for his long association with writer Richard Curtis in a string of wildly successful {{Rom Com}}s, including ''FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'', ''NottingHill'', and ''LoveActually''. His standard role in these films was as a bumbling but well-meaning quintessentially British UpperClassTwit, who had to overcome his BritishStuffiness and repression to win the heart of a (usually American) female love interest. In the late 1990s, he began taking roles that had him actively PlayingAgainstType, often as a jaded English cad, such as Daniel Cleaver (an {{Expy}} of ''PrideAndPrejudice'''s George Wickham) in ''Literature/BridgetJones' Diary'', and ''AboutABoy'', while occasionally blending the two types together (such as in ''MusicAndLyrics''). In another big instance of PlayingAgainstType, he played ([[ActingForTwo among other characters]]) a slave-trading reverend, a {{Jerkass}} and vindicative husband who sends his brother in a retirement home against his will, and the chief of a CannibalTribe in ''Literature/CloudAtlas''. He also did ''Film/DidYouHearAboutTheMorgans.'' His latest big screen role is Alexander Waverley in the film remake of ''Film/TheManFromUncle''.

'''Hugh John Mungo Grant''' (born 9 September 1960) is an actor best known for his long association with writer Richard Curtis in a string of wildly successful {{Rom Com}}s, including ''FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'', ''NottingHill'', and ''LoveActually''. His standard role in these films was as a bumbling but well-meaning quintessentially British UpperClassTwit, who had to overcome his BritishStuffiness and repression to win the heart of a (usually American) female love interest. In the late 1990s, he began taking roles that had him actively PlayingAgainstType, often as a jaded English cad, such as Daniel Cleaver (an {{Expy}} of ''PrideAndPrejudice'''s George Wickham) in ''Literature/BridgetJones' Diary'', and ''AboutABoy'', while occasionally blending the two types together (such as in ''MusicAndLyrics''). In another big instance of PlayingAgainstType, he played ([[ActingForTwo among other characters]]) a slave-trading reverend, a {{Jerkass}} and vindicative husband who sends his brother in a retirement home against his will, and the chief of a CannibalTribe in ''Literature/CloudAtlas''. He also did Film/DidYouHearAboutTheMorgans.

'''Hugh John Mungo Grant''' (born September 9, 1960) is an actor best known for his long association with writer Richard Curtis in a string of wildly successful {{Rom Com}}s, including ''FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'', ''NottingHill'', and ''LoveActually''. His standard role in these films was as a bumbling but well-meaning quintessentially British UpperClassTwit, who had to overcome his BritishStuffiness and repression to win the heart of a (usually American) female love interest. In the late 1990s, he began taking roles that had him actively PlayingAgainstType, often as a jaded English cad, such as Daniel Cleaver (an {{Expy}} of ''PrideAndPrejudice'''s George Wickham) in ''Literature/BridgetJones' Diary'', and ''AboutABoy'', while occasionally blending the two types together (such as in ''MusicAndLyrics''). In another big instance of PlayingAgainstType, he played ([[ActingForTwo among other characters]]) a slave-trading reverend, a {{Jerkass}} and vindicative husband who sends his brother in a retirement home against his will, and the chief of a CannibalTribe in ''Literature/CloudAtlas''. He also did Film/DidYouHearAboutTheMorgans.

'''Hugh John Mungo Grant''' (born September 9, 1960) is an actor best known for his long association with writer Richard Curtis in a string of wildly successful {{Rom Com}}s, including ''FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'', ''NottingHill'', and ''LoveActually''. His standard role in these films was as a bumbling but well-meaning quintessentially British UpperClassTwit, who had to overcome his BritishStuffiness and repression to win the heart of a (usually American) female love interest. In the late 1990s, he began taking roles that had him actively PlayingAgainstType, often as a jaded English cad, such as Daniel Cleaver (an {{Expy}} of ''PrideAndPrejudice'''s George Wickham) in ''BridgetJonesDiary'', and ''AboutABoy'', while occasionally blending the two types together (such as in ''MusicAndLyrics''). In another big instance of PlayingAgainstType, he played ([[ActingForTwo among other characters]]) a slave-trading reverend, a {{Jerkass}} and vindicative husband who sends his brother in a retirement home against his will, and the chief of a CannibalTribe in ''Literature/CloudAtlas''. He also did Film/DidYouHearAboutTheMorgans.

'''Hugh John Mungo Grant''' (born September 9, 1960) is an actor best known for his long association with writer Richard Curtis in a string of wildly successful {{Rom Com}}s, including ''FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'', ''NottingHill'', and ''LoveActually''. His standard role in these films was as a bumbling but well-meaning quintessentially British UpperClassTwit, who had to overcome his BritishStuffiness and repression to win the heart of a (usually American) female love interest. In the late 1990s, he began taking roles that had him actively PlayingAgainstType, often as a jaded English cad, such as Daniel Cleaver (an {{Expy}} of ''PrideAndPrejudice'''s George Wickham) in ''BridgetJonesDiary'', and ''AboutABoy'', while occasionally blending the two types together (such as in ''MusicAndLyrics''). In another big instance of PlayingAgainstType, he played ([[ActingForTwo among other characters]]) a slave-trading reverend, a {{Jerkass}} and vindicative husband who sends his brother in a retirement home against his will, and the chief of a CannibalTribe in ''Literature/CloudAtlas''.