Biography
Hugh Michael Horace Dancy (born 19 June 1975) is an English actor who rose to prominence for his role as the title character in the television film adaptation of David Copperfield (2000) as well as for roles in feature films as Kurt Schmid in Black Hawk Down (2001) and Prince Charmont in Ella Enchanted (2004). Other film roles include Joe Conner in Shooting Dogs (2005), Grigg Harris in The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), Luke Brandon in Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), Adam Raki in Adam (2009) ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness of Light
2024
as Narrator
A documentary exploring the life and art of the most important woman artist of the 20th century, Georgia O'Keeffe, who became famous for her paintings...

Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
as Jack Barber
The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. Meanwhile, a...

The Abominable Snow Baby
2021
as Albert
Based on the short story from Terry Pratchett's book of Christmas tales entitled "Father Christmas's Fake Beard". It tells the story of a quintessenti...

Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
2019
as Alleyne Ireland (voice)
A biographical history of Hungarian immigrant Joseph Pulitzer, who revolutionized how news is presented, to whom it is catered to and the power of giv...

Late Night
2019
as Charlie Fain
A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over di...

Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
2015
as Self
An in depth feature length piece on the creative efforts to approach the Hannibal television series' third season "reboot" of the Red Dragon arc.

Hannibal: This Is My Design
2014
as Self
An in-depth look at the production of Hannibal season 2, including everything from location shoots to special effects.

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014
as Marshall Mallow (voice)
Dorothy wakes in post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends, the Scarecrow, the Lion, the Tin Man, and Glinda, ...

Martha Marcy May Marlene
2011
as Ted
After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Co...

Our Idiot Brother
2011
as Christian
Everybody has one—the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda an...

Hysteria
2011
as Dr. Mortimer Granville
Two doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.

The Wildest Dream
2010
as Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine (voice)
Uses astonishing visuals to tell the intersecting stories of George Mallory, the first man to attempt a summit of Mount Everest, and Conrad Anker, the...

Coach
2010
as Nick
A slacker trust-fund type finds the motivation to pick up a job as the coach of middle school soccer team

Adam
2009
as Adam Raki
Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.

Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009
as Luke Brandon
In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping – a little too good, perhaps. She dream...

The Jane Austen Book Club
2007
as Grigg
Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing wi...

An American Crime
2007
Thanks
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

Evening
2007
as Buddy Wittenborn
As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first ti...

Savage Grace
2007
as Sam Green
This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely so...

Blood and Chocolate
2007
as Aiden
A young teenage werewolf is torn between honoring her family's secret and her love for a man.

Basic Instinct 2
2006
as Adam Towers
Novelist Catherine Tramell is once again in trouble with the law, and Scotland Yard appoints psychiatrist Dr. Michael Glass to evaluate her. Though, l...

Shooting Dogs
2006
as Joe Connor
Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in dan...

The Making of King Arthur
2004
as Self
Short documentary of the making of Antoine Fuqua's King Arthur (2004).

The Magical World of Ella Enchanted
2004
as Self / Prince Char
A limited edition behind the scenes special discussing Ella Enchanted with Anne Hathaway and Hugh Dancy.

King Arthur
2004
as Galahad
The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy ...

Ella Enchanted
2004
as Char
Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called g...

Tempo
2003
as Jack
Jenny, a young American woman, moves to Paris and gets involved with Jack, who is seemingly the man of her dreams. However, he has a lot to hide and J...

The Sleeping Dictionary
2003
as John Truscott
A young Englishman is dispatched to Sarawak to become part of the British colonial government. He encounters some unorthodox local traditions, and fin...

Black Hawk Down
2001
as SFC Kurt 'Doc' Schmid
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and ...

David Copperfield
2001
as David Copperfield
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relations...

Young Blades
2001
as D'Artagnan
Young Blades follows D'Artagnan (Hugh Dancy), a young arrogant swordsman; Radegonde (Sarah-Jane Potts), a clever girl he meets in the woods; and a tri...

Madame Bovary
2000
as Leon
A young woman in her late teens, a reader of novels and with high hopes of romance and passion, marries a widowed country doctor. Although he dotes on...
Poe
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as Edgar Allan Poe (voice)
A biography of Edgar Allan Poe wraps around four of his most famous tales and several of his poems.