Biography
Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor and film producer. He has received a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA, and an Honorary César. His movies have also earned more than $2.4 billion from 25 theatrical releases worldwide. Grant achieved international stardom after appearing in Richard Curtis's sleeper hit Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). He used this breakthrough role as a frequent cinematic persona during the 1990s to deliver comic performances in mainstream films like...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025
as Daniel Cleaver
Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and former lover, Daniel. Back to work and on the apps, s...

Paddington in Peru
2024
as Phoenix Buchanan
Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling ad...

Heretic
2024
as Mr. Reed
Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed, becoming ensnared i...

Merchant Ivory
2024
as Self
The first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal, of director James...

Unfrosted
2024
as Thurl Ravenscroft
In a time when breakfast is ruled by milk and cereal, a fierce corporate battle begins over a revolutionary new pastry.

Wonka
2023
as Oompa Loompa
Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with ...

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
2023
as Forge
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afo...

Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial
2023
as Self
Candid and exclusive testimony from Sienna Miller, Hugh Grant, Steve Coogan, Heather Mills and others on claims of unlawful information gathering at s...

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
2023
as Greg Simmonds
Special agent Orson Fortune and his team of operatives recruit one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars to help them on an undercover mission when the s...

The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
2022
as Self
ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer marks the 20th anniversary of the making of the holiday classic movie “Love Actually” in this primetime special. Featurin...

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
as Phillip
World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of frien...

Death to 2021
2021
as Tennyson Foss OBE
This comedic retrospective mixes archival footage and scripted sketches as it revisits all the dread — and occasional delight — that 2021 had to offer...

Mosley: It's Complicated
2021
as Self
The life and career of controversial F1 and political figure, Max Mosley.

Death to 2020
2020
as Tennyson Foss
2020: A year so [insert adjective of choice here], even the creators of Black Mirror couldn't make it up… but that doesn't mean they don't have a litt...

Being Bridget Jones
2020
as Self
Marking 25 years since the creation of the Bridget Jones character for a column in The Independent newspaper, author Helen Fielding opens up her perso...

The Gentlemen
2020
as Fletcher
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the busine...

Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
2019
as Self (archive footage)

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
2019
as Charles
You’re invited to the wedding of the year, as the original cast of Four Weddings and a Funeral reunite in this one-off sequel. Twenty-five years after...

Paddington 2
2017
as Phoenix Buchanan
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.

Red Nose Day Actually
2017
as The Prime Minister
Fourteen years after the events of the first film, a series of encounters between people in Britain reminds us that in these different times Love, act...

There's Something About Romcoms
2016
as Self
The inside story of the best modern romcoms with Meg Ryan, Hugh Grant, Richard Curtis, Dermot Mulrooney, Rupert Everett, Jason Alexander, Stephen Merc...

Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
as St. Clair Bayfield
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
as Self - Voice of The Pirate Captain
Julie Walters tells the story of how Morph, Shaun the Sheep and that cheese-loving man Wallace and his dog Gromit first came to life.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015
as Waverly
At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power be...

The Rewrite
2014
as Keith Michaels
An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking clas...

One Rogue Reporter
2014
Rich Peppiatt delivers a satirical dissection of the newspaper trade by turning the tables on unscrupulous editors. Through a series of mischievous st...

Terms and Conditions May Apply
2013
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Have you ever read the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policies connected to every website you visit, phone call you make, or app you use? Of course ...

Hugh Grant: Taking on the Tabloids
2012
as Self
Fly on the wall documentary as actor Hugh Grant challenges Fleet Street.

Girlfriend in a Coma
2012
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Girlfriend in a Coma is a documentary that exposes the dire situation of Italian politics and the process of economic and social decline the country h...

Cloud Atlas
2012
as Rev. Giles Horrox / Hotel Heavy / Lloyd Hooks / Denholme Cavendish / Seer Rhee / Kona Chief
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and con...

So You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012
as The Pirate Captain
With the help of his trusted dodo Polly, the Pirate Captain presents fun-loving and hilarious tips and advice on pirating. Learn how to remember where...

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
as Pirate Captain (voice)
The enthusiastic Pirate Captain, along with his rag-tag crew, sets out to beat his bitter rivals. The chaotic adventure takes them from exotic shores ...

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between ma...

Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009
as Paul Morgan
New Yorkers Paul and Meryl Morgan seem to have it all -- except that their marriage is crumbling around them. But their romantic woes are small compar...

Music and Lyrics
2007
as Alex Fletcher
A washed-up '80s pop star gets a chance at a comeback when reigning pop diva Cora Corman invites him to write & record a duet with her, but there's a ...

American Dreamz
2006
as Martin Tweed
The new season of "American Dreamz," the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured the country's attention, as the competition looks to ...

Live 8
2005
as Self
On 2 July 2005 an estimated 3 billion people came together in the fight against extreme poverty. LIVE 8 - 10 concerts featuring over 1000 musicians fr...

A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
2005
as Self (archive footage)

Housewarming
2005
as Le nouveau voisin
Chantal, an advocate involved in defending homeless illegal immigrant, decides to refurbish her flat. Following her convictions she calls Columbian wo...

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
as Daniel
Bridget Jones is working as a TV host and still dating her new love, barrister Mark Darcy, for a perfect six weeks. But Bridget is jealous of the time...

Love Actually
2003
as The Prime Minister
Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in Londo...

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
From Disturbing Discoveries to Astonishing Arressts, and Tragic Endings. In this tv-special, E! countdowns the greatest moments in the entertainment i...

Two Weeks Notice
2002
as George Wade
Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a deal to preserve a community center. Indecisive and w...

About a Boy
2002
as Will Freeman
Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imag...

Heart of the Festival
2002
A short film containing some of the highlights of the Cannes Film Festival's storied history.

Bridget Jones's Diary
2001
as Daniel Cleaver
Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her various imperfections. As a New Year's r...

Small Time Crooks
2000
as David
A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.

Mickey Blue Eyes
1999
as Michael Felgate
An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "favors" would be asked of him.
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
1999
as Self

Notting Hill
1999
as William Thacker
London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romanc...

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999
as The Handsome Doctor
Before the Doctor can settle down to married life, he must face one last confrontation with his deadly enemy of certain death - the Master.

Junket Whore
1998
as Self
A documentary film that explores the relationship between publicists and journalists in Hollywood.
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
as Self
A special celebrating Elizabeth Taylor's 65th birthday featuring never-before-seen footage of her life and career.

Extreme Measures
1996
as Dr. Guy Luthan
Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency roo...

Night Train to Venice
1996
as Martin
The Orient Express, on its night trip from Munich to Venice, is full because of the beginning of the carnival in Venice. Between the passengers are a ...

Restoration
1995
as Elias Finn
An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel j...

Sense and Sensibility
1995
as Edward Ferrars
The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. When H...

Nine Months
1995
as Samuel Faulkner
When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much wors...

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
1995
as Reginald Anson
When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw that their 'mountain' is only a hill, the of...

An Awfully Big Adventure
1995
as Meredith Potter
Liverpool. 1947. Right after World War II, a star struck naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of ...

Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994
as Charles
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.

Sirens
1994
as Anthony Campion
In 1930s Australia, Anglican clergyman Anthony Campion and his prim wife, Estella, are asked to visit noted painter Norman Lindsay, whose planned cont...

The Changeling
1993
as Alsemero
Just days before her wedding, Beatrice-Joanna has a chance encounter with Alsemero, and realizes that she has met her one true love. To marry the man ...

The Remains of the Day
1993
as Reginald Cardinal
A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with...

Bitter Moon
1992
as Nigel
A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.

The Trials of Oz
1991
as Richard Neville
Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine "Oz" were charged with obscenity.

Our Sons
1991
as James
When James admits to his mother that he is gay it strains her liberal attitude. A San Diego businesswoman, Audrey believes she is a modern, open-minde...

Impromptu
1991
as Frederic Chopin
In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.

The Big Man
1990
as Gordon
An unemployed Scottish miner is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.

Champagne Charlie
1989
as Charles Heidsieck
This is the story of the Charles Heidsieck who opened the market for Champagne sales in America just prior to the American Civil War. He is a reluctan...

The Lady and the Highwayman
1988
as Lord Lucius Vyne
During one of his robberies, a highwayman, who steals from the rich and gives to the poor, falls in love with an aristocratic lady. Now, he is forced ...

The Bengali Night
1988
as Allan
Allan is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen which includes his wife, Indira and da...

The Lair of the White Worm
1988
as Lord James D'Ampton
When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable o...

Rowing with the Wind
1988
as Lord Byron
In the summer of 1816, Percy Shelley, his mistress Mary, and her stepsister Claire visit Lord Byron at Lake Geneva. Byron challenges each to write a h...

The Dawning
1988
as Harry
An IRA gunman on the run from the government meets an idealistic young woman and attempts to win her support for his cause.

White Mischief
1987
as Hugh
A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the...

Maurice
1987
as Clive Durham
After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.

The Demon Lover
1986
as Robert Drover
When young Kathleen makes a promise to Keith Cameron during World War One, that no matter what happens they will meet again one day, she little realis...

Jenny's War
1985
as Peter Baines
This fact-based story follows a woman who launches a rescue of her Royal Air Force pilot son, who was shot down over Germany in 1941. Getting no help ...

Honour, Profit & Pleasure
1985
as Burlington
British biopic of composer George Frideric Handel

Privileged
1982
as Lord Adrian
A story about a group of Oxford undergraduate acting students and their troubled lives while producing (and competing between themselves for a role in...
Nuclear Bogeyheads
N/A
as Andy
Lost direct-to-video action comedy
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty
N/A
as Self
The documentary will feature such frequent Ivory collaborators Emma Thompson , Helena Bonham Carter and Hugh Grant, as well as director Wes Anderson. ...