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Hugh John Mungo Grant (born September 9, 1960 in London, England) is a British film actor who tends to play the archetypical (occasionally would say stereotypic) Englishman. Grant was innate to Finvola & James Grant, world health organization has Scottish ancestry. He has of these brother, James Grant, world health organization occurs as banker in the United States & world health organization sleep in Manhattan, Future York.

When attending Latymer Upper School for boys, Grant studied English at New College, Oxford. He manufactured his film debut around 1982 with Oxford-financed Privileged. Television came later, within 1985. Inside 1991, he starred in the film Impromptu as Frederic Chopin opposite Julian Sands.

One of his number one major film roles was in The Remains of the Day (1993), and he became at a same time called the partner of actress Elizabeth Hurley whom he had been dating since 1987 or even sooner, however it was Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) which turned him into a major star.

Shortly when gaining a stellar role inside Sense and Sensibility in 1995, Grant was arrested near Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, having been caught having oral sex with a prostitute, Divine Brown, in the car. The public apology on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno helped win back public support. Although he was forgiven by Hurley, it broke higher a select few years late. He is presently exposed by using British inheritrix Jemima Khan, former married woman of Pakistani political figure and cricket star Imran Khan and a girl of Sir Jimmy Goldsmith.

Grant saved the moo profile until 1999, when he starred inside Notting Hill opposite Julia Roberts, and followed higher by having major successes within ''Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), About a Boy (2002) and Two Weeks Notice (2002) opposite Sandra Bullock. He returned to partnership by using Richard Curtis in the 2003 romantic comedy, Love Actually. A sequel to Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason was released inside 2004.

A son world health organization played "Sam" within Love Actually'', Thomas Sangster, is Grant's cousin.

Grant played cricket in his younger times, & presently enjoys swimming golf, frequently participate within pro-am tournaments & receives tuition from either Colin Montgomerie. He occurs as fan of Fulham Football Club.

Filmography
Privileged (1982) Maurice (1987) White Mischief (1987) The Lair Of The White Worm (1988) Remando al Viento (1988) La Nuit Bengali (1988) Nocturnes (1988) The Dawning (1988) ''Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again (1989) The Big Man (1990) Impromptu (1991) Bitter Moon (1992) The Remains of the Day (1993) Night Train to Venice (1993) USA: Nighttime Train to Hell Sirens (1994) Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) An Awfully Big Adventure (1995) The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995) Nine Months (1995) Sense and Sensibility (1995) Restoration (1995) Extreme Measures (1996) Notting Hill (1999) Mickey Blue Eyes (1999) Small Time Crooks (2000) Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) About a Boy (2002) Two Weeks Notice (2002) Love Actually (2003) Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) American Dreamz'' (2006)

Mugshots of the Rich and Famous
Hugh Grant and hooker Divine Brown's mugshots.

Tiscali Film: Hugh Grant
Detailed biography.

IMDb: Hugh Grant
Biography and filmography.

Hugh Grant
The Onion AV Club interviews the floppy-haired Englishman on his career, eccentric directors, and his understudy.






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