hugh grant hugh john grant born september english actor film producer grant received bafta grant films earned billion theatrical releases worldwide grant achieved international success appearing scripted weddings funeral grant breakthrough role frequent cinematic personal 1990s delivering comic performances mainstream films turn 21st century grant established leading man skilled satirical comic talent grant expanded critically acclaimed turns diary boy grant later played type multiple cameo roles epic sci drama film film industry grant cited anti star approaches roles like character actor attempts acting appear spontaneous comic skills include touch irony studied physical mannerisms precisely timed dialogue delivery facial expressions entertainment media coverage grant life big screen overshadowed work actor grant outspoken profession acting disdain culture celebrity hostility media career spanning years grant repeatedly claimed acting true calling job fell early life ancestry grant born london second son hampshire october london july captain grant grandfather colonel decorated bravery leadership saint world war described grant family history colourful anglo scottish warriors empire builders aristocracy notable ancestors include 4th 1st 1st earl nottingham sir sister prime minister grant father trained served years malaya germany scotland ran carpet firm pursued golf painting raised family west london grants lived arlington park lane september collection grant paintings hosted charity exhibition organised famous son called years mother worked taught latin french music years state schools west london died age months diagnosed cancer grant accent inheritance mother credited acting genes parents children military families despite parents backgrounds grant stated family affluent growing grant spent childhood summers shooting hunting grandfather scotland grant older brother james living portugal education grant started education moved grant educated independent prep school attended independent scholarship played 1st rugby cricket football school represented popular form academic competition teams secondary school students grant won scholarship oxford starred film privileged produced studied english literature graduated honours actress anna chancellor met grant school recalled met hugh party oxford magical star having grant joined exclusive piers society oxford group reputation grant received offer pursue phd history art decided offer failed secure grant viewing acting creative outlet joined starred successful touring production twelfth night young making debut oxford financed privileged grant variety jobs wrote book reviews worked assistant tried hand wrote comedy sketches shows hired write produce radio commercials products mighty white bread obtain equity card joined regional theatre lived year bored small acting parts created comedy revue called norfolk friends group toured london pub comedy circuit stops george little venice starting low note norfolk eventually proved hit edinburgh festival sketch told comedy gained spot called time grant appeared theatre productions plays fan career grant leading film role came drama adapted novel star shared cup best actor venice film festival portrayals lovers respectively late 1980s early 1990s grant balanced small roles television rare film work included supporting role opposite turn lord award winning spanish production called portrayed real life figures early career champagne charlie bafta award nominated cameo appearance sport crime drama big man opposite grant assumed scottish accent film explores life scottish unemployed union strike played gay son abc television film sons appeared film bitter moon portraying proper british tourist married finds sexual seductive french woman american husband film called anti romantic sexual obsession cruelty washington_post work period pieces horror film white worm award winning drama remains day impromptu went largely unnoticed later called phase career hilarious referring early films french script spanish director english actors script usually written badly translated english english actors thought way sell america grant claimed brink giving acting profession surprised script weddings funeral read bad scripts know grateful come guy actually funny later recalled released highest grossing british film date worldwide box office excess million making grant overnight international star film nominated academy_awards numerous awards won cast crew earned grant golden globe award best actor motion picture musical comedy bafta award best actor leading role temporarily lead character charles bohemian bachelor grant curtis saw inside joke star parts played assumed personality screenwriter known writing life grant later expressed july grant signed year production deal october founder director based appointed girlfriend head development look prospective projects produced grant vehicles 1990s lost bid produce boy company closed office grant resigned director december grant choices play james_bond eventually lost grant studio financed hollywood project comedy months hit box office universally panned critics washington_post called singled grant performance child psychiatrist reacting girlfriend unexpected pregnancy year played leading roles adaptation sense sensibility wales englishman went hill came mountain year performed academy award winning restoration release weddings funeral grant reunited director labelled beat film new_york_times grant portrayed director company post world war liverpool critic roger_ebert wrote shows range actor san_francisco_chronicle disapproved grounds film plays like production grant praising grant superb circumstances commented film represents road taken weddings funeral released captures grant clever versatile character actor international today grant debut film producer thriller commercial critical failure roger_ebert gene gave film stars writing hugh grant work extreme measures refreshing standout year hiatus paired brought theatres team responsible weddings funeral new production displaced weddings funeral biggest british hit history cinema earnings million worldwide modern romantic comedies mainstream culture film received critics cnn reviewer said hill stands funny story love odds reactions grant golden globe nominated performance varied criticising grant performance stands emblem wrong hill grant cuts actors self caricature crow feet time half century takes actually lines film provided stars chance international notoriety noted grant turn faux journalist sits dull press new_york_times called funny grant released second production output fish water mob comedy year dismissed critics performed box office garnered actor producer mixed reviews starring role roger_ebert thought wrong role strikes wrong note writing los_angeles_times said fewer lives lost accompanied explorer lived good rescuing doomed ventures promoting small time nbc today grant told host millennium grant joined powerful munich based film media company starred grant words film critic petty faux art dealer david characters allen created role devoid comic attributes new_york_times wrote grant character exactly perfect blend charm nasty calculation year later turn charming book publisher diary proclaimed variety sly overthrow star polished nice poster image comic turn memory film adapted novel international hit earning million worldwide grant according washington_post fitting cruel manipulative hiding male god knows grant comic performance bbc trust funded freeman film adaptation best selling novel boy received critics universally praised academy award nominated screenplay boy determined washington_post rare romantic comedy choose closure independence honesty typical hollywood endings rolling_stone wrote acid comedy grant performance carries film gives pleasing touch gravity needs roger_ebert observed grant department shows star resource released day blockbuster star wars attack clones boy modest box office successful grant films making million globally film earned grant nomination named grant best british actor honoured magazine men year performance described wrote critic adding grant layer layer desire terror self awareness concluded film gets laughs evolved expertise playing characters audiences enjoy seeing taken punishment simply handsome words english accent end film comes delight thanks skill good sport punching bag grant performance boy marked notable change grant look lost weight abandoned trademark hair entertainment_weekly took note grant maturation review saying looked noticeably older looked good added grant bit drawn eyes peer love shark casual including hair bed head mess surface gone grown holding witty losing club mannerisms signature rare actor play silver hidden inner grant paired weeks notice million internationally received poor reviews village_voice concluded grant creation real estate business little machine weeks notice followed ensemble comedy love actually headlined grant british prime minister christmas release film promoted ultimate romantic comedy accumulated million international box office marked directorial debut told new_york_times grant tempered characterisation role character authoritative charming earlier curtis incarnations roger_ebert claimed grant absolutely splendid romantic comedian self confidence plays british prime minister took role good sport film critic contrary called grant performance bachelor spin star self love acting style speech british prime minister referred grant character speech saying know bit like hugh grant love actually tell america difference good film real life real life day year lifetime consequences easy applause grant reprised role small jones edge reason like predecessor million commercially gone screen years grant boy black comedy grant starred host american idol like reality according new_york_times real black hole centre host heart grant takes villainous act limit failed financially grant praised played self character self boston_globe proposed great comic role critic said twice enjoyable bad guy good guy grant starred opposite parody pop culture music industry called associated_press described weird little hybrid romantic comedy simultaneously music owns cds grant learned sing play piano dance steps studied mannerisms prominent musicians prepare role pop singer based loosely lesser known member 1980s pop duo star dismissed performance writing paper dolls depth film revenues totalling million allowed grant mock pop stardom celebrity washed lead character according san_francisco_chronicle grant strikes precisely right note regard alex career intelligent little embarrassed far feel like shame grant starred opposite romantic comedy hear critical failure box office success reunited lawrence film rewrite starring opposite film received mixed positive reviews grant performance praised critics supporting role man entertainment_weekly described performance bit fun film gave film mixed review stated said saves movie return prominence half hour plot walk earlier movie things considerably filmed film directed alongside grant playing screen roles grant predominantly comedy especially romantic comedy actor mainstream film career ventures play characters british film critics roger_ebert defended limited variety performances dismissed trick pony owner long time collaborator grant said range hasn fully tested performance unique majority grant popular films 1990s followed similar plot captured optimistic bachelor experiencing series embarrassing incidents find true love american woman earlier films grant adept stereotype englishman humorous effects allowing gently characters summed played type simultaneously performances deemed words washington_post comic added got grant penchant conveying characters feelings mannerisms direct emotions foremost objections raised acting style washington_post stated effective comic performer control film historian wrote merely mannerisms grant screen acting choice roles grant said grant screen persona later films new millennium gradually developed cynical self today celebrated transformation observation finally gone self conscious aren mannerisms endearing start grant film career grown recent movies facial affected varied comic purposes according film critics commonly associated grant screen persona diary boy possibility parody nonetheless grant occasionally acted dramas played community theatre director penchant adolescent boys drama film big adventure received critical praise quiet performance biopic film impromptu grant played cameo roles incredibly evil characters epic drama film experience spoken positively grant said personality grant expressed playing celebrity press known popular media guarded privacy personal life remained offering dead bat question feels general grant described reluctant actor called successful actor mistake repeatedly talked hope film stardom phase life lasting years vogue profile grant referred man professionally grant expressed focus groups market research emphasis opening weekend box office numbers saying destructive filmmaking process wrong way release films slowly let build director said hugh charismatic intellectual tongue maybe clever good gorgeous kind filmmaker paul said grant funny flaws people cares humanity nonetheless british newspapers regularly refer grant self confessed committed passionate film set american film critic written grant known film industry meticulous performer takes time prepare role works hard look easy isn trait grant noted workers demanding endless takes desired shot according standard grant dropped agent ending year relationship grant proclaimed interviews listen external views career known years total control taken advice media libel lawsuits grant won substantial damages news ltd lawyers called highly article published january company defunct newspaper today falsely claimed grant verbally abused young extra foul tongue set englishman went hill came mountain april grant accepted undisclosed damages claims relationships separate tabloid articles published daily_mail mail sunday february lawyer stated articles allegations factual false grant said written statement took action tired sunday papers publishing entirely fictional articles private life financial gain went opportunity stress hoping statement court remind people called close friends close sources stories claim based exist legal troubles june grant arrested los_angeles california police vice operation far sunset boulevard engaging oral sex public place hollywood prostitute pleaded contest fined placed years summary probation ordered complete aids education program arrest occurred weeks release grant major studio film months scheduled promote american television shows tonight jay_leno booked week watched interview grant noted making incident asked hell thinking grant answered think know life good thing bad thing bad thing larry king live grant declined host repeated probe saying american syndrome bit old fashioned told host don grant appreciated refreshing honesty faced music handled tongue cheek april grant arrested allegations assault grant official statement comment incident charges dropped june grounds insufficient evidence phone april grant published article new statesman entitled conversation following earlier encounter journalist news world comments secretly taped grant alleged editors particularly ordered journalists engage illegal phone tapping knowledge senior british politicians said british prime minister onwards cultivated close relationship senior executives stressed friendship née wade agreeing asked aware illegal phone tapping asserting cameron explained self interest cameron debt wade helping win election submission parliament cameron idiot asked grant cameron encouraged drag feet investigating illegal phone tapping journalists agreed happened stated police taken bribes tabloid journalists cent met taken tabloid want open worms wrong doesn hurt particularly grant article attracted considerable interest content taped conversation novelty grant turning tables tabloid journalist whilst allegations news world continued receive coverage similar media grant appeared example revelation murdered evidence murder deleted coverage turned media interest widespread public eventually political outrage grant spokesman culminating performance bbc television july grant said fascinating little excursion world needed dealing real life instead creating synthetic life years personal life relationships playing lord spanish production grant met actress cast supporting role lover grant began dating filming relationship subsequently subject media attention years separated godfather son born grant subsequently began dating intense scrutiny british years later february grant khan separated september grant daughter chinese restaurant london daughter chinese meaning happy surprise grant affair according publicist grant said badly treated media press intrusion prevented attending birth daughter obtaining injunction allow visit peace september grant second child swedish television producer subsequently reunited child grant second child grant fourth december political views grant appeared conference phone scandal briefly met party leader grant said attending conservative labour conferences told activists parties good bill health bed election grant expressed support prominent liberal democrat figure later hosted dinner liberal democrats met winner draw donors liberal democrats email sent liberal democrat leader grant wrote particular recognise political election grant endorsed labour candidates saying wish prime minister honest agent sports young boy played rugby union school team centre played football avid fan continued play sunday morning football league south west london college remains supporter grant interests include tennis bbc apologised grant joke homosexuality rugby invited commentary box coverage england scotland game stadium talking playing rugby school days grant said discovered hurt tackled hard tackled like queen charity work grant patron operates website grant patron named late mother foundation supports lady farmhouse home adults learning disabilities death mother grant worked fundraiser ambassador promoting charity annual appeal occasions grant patron filmography awards honours
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