Knowledge Identifier: +Hugh_Grant
Hugh Grant
English actor and film producer
Category: Movies & TV
Born in 1960.
Countries: United States (39%), United Kingdom (37%), (7%)
Main connections: Love Actually, Elizabeth Hurley, Colin Firth
Linked to: Chicago Sun-Times, New College, Oxford, Fulham F.C., Courtauld Institute of Art
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Hugh Grant was born in 1960
From 1969 to 1978, he attended the independent Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith on a scholarship and played 1st XV rugby, cricket and football for the school.
Estella Marie Thompson - "'Estella Marie Thompson"' , known as "'Divine Brown"', is an American former sex worker who gained public attention in 1995 when Hugh Grant, an English actor, was caught receiving oral sex from her in a car on Hollywood 's Sunset Boulevard
Brij Narayan - Narayan played in the 1978 movie "Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki" and composed music for the 1988 movie "The Bengali Night" by Nicolas Klotz, which starred Hugh Grant
In 1979, he won the Galsworthy scholarship to New College, Oxford where he starred in his first film, Privileged, produced by the Oxford University Film Foundation, OUFF. He studied English literature and graduated with 2:1 honours.
Supriya Pathak - She had a minor role as Mahatma Gandhi's niece in the multi-award-winning biopic "Gandhi" and starred in the 1988 French film "The Bengali Night" alongside Hugh Grant and in "Raakh" opposite " Aamir Khan"
James Wilby - Wilby's first appearance on screen was in the Oxford Film Company 1982 production "Privileged" alongside Hugh Grant
Grant's first leading role came in Merchant-Ivory's 1987 Edwardian drama, Maurice, adapted from E.M. Forster's novel of the same name, in which he played the homosexual Clive Durham.
In 1987, while playing Lord Byron in a Spanish production called Remando Al Viento, Grant met actress Elizabeth Hurley, who was cast in a supporting role as Byron's former lover Claire Clairmont.
Elizabeth Hurley - Hurley was a struggling actress when, in 1987, she met Hugh Grant while working on a Spanish production called "Remando Al Viento"
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James Ivory (director) - In 1987, "Maurice" received a Silver Lion *award for Best director at the Venice Film Festival as well as Best Film Score for Richard Robbins and Best Actor *awards for co-stars James Wilby and Hugh Grant
Barbie Wilde - In 1988, she wrote and presented 'The Small Screen', a film review program for the Night Network on London Weekend Television, where she interviewed actor Hugh Grant
Gina McKee - She made her film debut in 1988 when she had a small role in the Ken Russell film "The Lair of the White Worm" which co-starred Hugh Grant
Mircea Eliade - The 1988 film "The Bengali Night", directed by Nicolas Klotz and based upon the French translation of "Maitreyi", stars British actor Hugh Grant as Allan, the European character based on Eliade, while Supriya Pathak is Gayatri, a character based on Maitreyi Devi
Derbyshire - The 1988 film "The Lair of the White Worm" by Ken Russell, starring Hugh Grant, was filmed in Derbyshire
In 1990, he made a cameo appearance in the sport/crime drama The Big Man, opposite Liam Neeson, and in which Grant assumed a Scottish accent.
Elizabeth Hurley - In the 1990s, Hurley became known as the girlfriend of Hugh Grant
Andie MacDowell - In the 1990s, MacDowell achieved stardom due to the box office success of the 1993 comedy by Harold Ramis, "Groundhog Day", and "Four Weddings and a Funeral" , opposite Hugh Grant
In 1992, he appeared in Roman Polanski's film Bitter Moon, portraying a fastidious and proper British tourist who is married, but finds himself enticed by the sexual hedonism of a seductive French woman and her embittered, paraplegic American husband.
Bitter Moon - "'Bitter Moon"' is a 1992 Franco-British-American erotic romantic thriller film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Hugh Grant, Kristin_Scott_Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner and Peter Coyote
Released in 1994, FWAAF became the highest-grossing British film to date with a worldwide box office in excess of $244 million, making Grant an overnight international star.
In July 1994, Grant signed a two-year production deal with Castle Rock Entertainment and by October, he became founder and director of the UK-based Simian Films Limited.
Charlotte Coleman - Probably Charlotte's most internationally known role was as the endearingly kooky Scarlett in the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral with Hugh Grant, Simon_Callow and Kristen Scott Thomas
Elizabeth Hurley - When Hugh Grant founded and became the director of Simian Films in 1994, Hurley was credited as one of the producers for the company's two Grant vehicles, "Extreme Measures" and "Mickey Blue Eyes"
Richard Curtis - " The 1994 film, starring Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell, was produced on a limited budget by the British production company Working Title Films
On 27 June 1995, Grant was arrested in an L.A. Vice police operation not far from Sunset Boulevard for misdemeanour lewd conduct in a public place with Hollywood prostitute Divine Brown.
David Letterman - But in 1995, ratings dipped and Leno's show consistently beat Letterman's in the ratings from the time that Hugh Grant came on Leno's show after Grant's arrest for soliciting a prostitute
Philip Hinchcliffe - He stepped down from the producer role in 1995, after working on the feature films "An Awfully Big Adventure" starring Hugh Grant and "Total Eclipse" starring Leonardo DiCaprio, but was engaged as an Executive Producer by Scottish Television from 1998 to 2001, overseeing series including "Taggart" and the John Hannah episodes of "Rebus", and one-off dramas including "The Last Musketeer" with Robson Green
Estella Marie Thompson - On June 27, 1995, Thompson and British actor Hugh Grant were arrested together in Los Angeles ; Thompson was performing oral sex on the actor in his car at the time
Late Show with David Letterman - Leno pulled ahead on July 10, 1995, starting with a Hugh Grant interview, after Grant's much-publicized arrest for picking up an LA prostitute
Grant made his debut as a film producer with the 1996 thriller Extreme Measures, a commercial and critical failure.
In 1996, Grant won substantial damages from News Ltd over what his lawyers called a "highly defamatory" article published in January 1995.
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Michael Palmer (novelist) - The 1996 thriller film Extreme Measures, starring Hugh Grant, Gene_Hackman and Sarah Jessica Parker, is based on Palmer's book of the same name
Emma Thompson - Thompson won her next Oscar in 1996, for best adapted screenplay for her adaptation of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility", a film directed by Ang Lee, in which she played the Oscar-nominated lead role opposite Hugh Grant
Emma Chambers - In 1998 Chambers took the role of Helen Yardley in the TV series "How Do You Want Me-", and 1999, she appeared in the film "Notting Hill", as Honey, the sister of Hugh Grant's character
After a three year hiatus, in 1999 he paired with Julia Roberts in Notting Hill, which was brought to theatres by much of the same team that was responsible for FWAAF. This new Working Title production displaced FWAAF as the biggest British hit in the history of cinema, with earnings equalling $363 million worldwide.
Jeanne Tripplehorn - The next few years she had supporting roles in small films, including "Office Killer", "Monument Ave.", and "Sliding Doors", and well, in 1999 starred opposite Hugh Grant in British romantic comedy "Mickey Blue Eyes"
In 2000, Grant joined the Supervisory Board of IM Internationalmedia AG, the powerful Munich-based film and media company.
After 13 years together, the two made "a mutual and amicable decision" to split in May 2000.
James Callis - Callis finished filming his first role in a cinema film, "Bridget Jones's Diary", alongside Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant, in the summer of 2000 and between a few further film and TV roles went back on stage in the Soho Theatre in December 2002
Ruth Laredo - In 2000 Laredo appeared in a scene of Woody Allen's movie "Small Time Crooks", where Hugh Grant tries to impress Tracey Ullman by taking her to a piano recital, where Ruth Laredo is playing Rachmaninoff
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Bridget Jones's Diary (film) - In April 2000, the leading male roles were given to Colin Firth and Hugh Grant
Small Time Crooks - "'Small Time Crooks"' is a 2000 American crime-comedy film directed, written, and starring Woody Allen, along with actresses Elaine May 2000 and Tracey Ullman as well as actor Hugh Grant
Bridget Jones - Both novels were adapted for the big screen in 2001 and 2004, starring Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones, and Hugh Grant and Colin Firth as the men in her life: Daniel Cleaver and Mark Darcy
Renee Zellweger - In 2001, Zellweger gained the prized lead role as Bridget Jones, playing alongside Hugh Grant and Colin Firth, in the British romantic comedy film "Bridget Jones's Diary," based on the 1996 novel "Bridget Jones's Diary" by Helen Fielding
Grant's accent is an inheritance from his mother and, on Inside the Actors Studio in 2002, he credited her with "any acting genes that might have.
Nick Hornby - Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult starred in the 2002 film version
Nick Hornby - After this success, "About a Boy" was quickly picked up, and released in 2002, starring Hugh Grant
Sandra Bullock - In 2002, she starred opposite Hugh Grant in Two Weeks Notice and in the film Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.
Norah Jones - Jones made a cameo appearance as herself in the 2002 movie Two Weeks Notice which starred Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock.
Alicia Witt - She appeared in the 2002 romantic comedy "Two Weeks Notice" starring Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock
Two Weeks Notice was followed by the 2003 ensemble comedy, Love Actually, headlined by Grant as the British Prime Minister.
Lucia Moniz - Moniz's break into the international scene occurred in 2003 when she played the role of Aurélia in the movie "Love Actually", taking her place among a stellar cast that included Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Alan_Rickman, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson and Rodrigo Santoro
In 2004, Grant reprised his role as Daniel Cleaver for a small part in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, which, like its predecessor, made more than $262 million commercially.
In 2004, he began dating Jemima Khan under the intense scrutiny of British tabloids.
Grant decided to let go of his agent in 2006, ending a 10-year relationship with CAA. Besides proudly proclaiming in interviews to have never listened to external views on his career, he stated that he does not require the hand-holding an agent provides.
Ferenc Gyurcsany - During the 2006 general election campaign, a video appeared where Gyurcsány danced as Hugh Grant in "Love Actually"
A 2007 Vogue profile of Grant referred to him as a man with a "professionally misanthropic mystique.
In 2007, Grant starred opposite Drew Barrymore in a parody of pop culture and the music industry called Music and Lyrics.
Three years later, in February 2007, Grant's publicist announced that the couple had "decided to split amicably.
In April 2007, Grant was arrested on allegations of assault made by paparazzo Ian Whittaker.
On 27 April 2007, Grant accepted undisclosed damages from the Associated Newspapers over claims made about his relationships with his former girlfriends in three separate tabloid articles, which were published in the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday on 18, 21 and 24 February.
Haley Bennett - Haley made her film debut as the pop music singer Cora Corman in the 2007 romantic comedy "Music and Lyrics", alongside Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore
The Persuaders! - In 2007 Hugh Grant and George Clooney were later announced as the stars with Stiller attached as producer
DMG Media - On 27 April 2007, Associated Newspapers was ordered to pay undisclosed damages to Hugh Grant
He is a supporter of Marie Curie Cancer Care, whose Great Daffodil Appeal he promoted in March 2008.
In 2009, Grant starred opposite Sarah Jessica Parker in the romantic comedy Did You Hear About the Morgans?, which was a commercial as well as a critical failure.
In 2011, Grant reportedly turned down the starring role in Chuck Lorre's Two and a Half Men re-boot, replacing Charlie Sheen's vacated role.
Mullan, former journalist and paparazzo for News of the World.
Grant became something of a spokesman against Murdoch's News Corporation, culminating in a bravura performance on &BBC_television (BBC_Television)'s Question Time in July 2011.
In November 2011, it was announced that Grant had become a father to a baby girl, Tabitha, earlier that autumn.
However, in 2012, Grant played several non-comedic cameo roles in the epic drama film "Cloud Atlas", an experience he has spoken positively of
In an interview on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in April 2012, Grant revealed that his daughter's Chinese name is Xiao Xi, meaning "happy surprise"
The Pirates - Released on 28 March 2012, and directed by Peter Lord, the film features the voices of Hugh Grant, Martin_Freeman, David Tennant, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven, and Imelda Staunton
The Rewrite - In October 2012, actor Hugh Grant was cast in the film's starring role
In February 2013, Grant announced that they had recently welcomed a son named Felix Chang
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (film) - On August 8, 2013, Hugh Grant joined the cast as Alexander Waverly, the head of United Network Command for Law and Enforcement
Love Actually - In September 2013, David Cameron made a speech in reply to Russia's comment that Britain was a small insignificant country which drew comparisons with Hugh Grant's speech during the film
In January 2014, reports revealed Hugh Grant fathered a child with Swedish television producer Anna Elisabet Eberstein in September 2012
In the 2015 election, Grant endorsed two Labour candidates: Tom Watson , and his former agent, Michael Foster
In the 2015 election, Grant expressed support for prominent Liberal Democrat figure Danny Alexander and later hosted a dinner for the Liberal Democrats, in which he met the winner of a draw of donors to the Liberal Democrats
In September 2015, Grant and Silberstein announced they are expecting their second child together; Hugh's fourth
Grant and Eberstein had a second child in December 2015
Simon Helberg - In 2016 Helberg starred alongside Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant in Florence Foster Jenkins, directed by Stephen Frears
Katia Elizarova - In October 2016, Elizarova appeared in "Bridget Jones's Baby", playing the role of Hugh Grant's character Daniel Clever's glamorous ex
On 5 February 2018, Mirror Group Newspapers apologised for its actions towards Grant other celebrities calling the affair "morally wrong"
Elizabeth Hurley let slip in March 2018 that Hugh had had another child with Anna, date and gender unknown
In May of 2018 it was revealed that Grant and Eberstein had become engaged, and were likely to marry at the end of that month, which, they did on 25 May 2018
