Hugh Grant

Birth Name: Hugh John Mungo Grant
Height: 5' 11"
Sex: M
Nationality: British
Birth Date: September 9, 1960
Birth Place: London, England, UK
Profession: actor, writer, producer
Education: New College, Oxford University in Oxford, England (majored in Literature)
Relationship: Jemima Khan (British socialite; ex-wife of famous Pakistan cricket player Imran Khan; dating since summer 2004; split February 16, 2007), Elizabeth Hurley (actress, model; born on June 10, 1965; together 1986-2000)
Father: James (carpet salesman; artist)
Mother: Fynvola (teacher)
Brother: James (banker; older)
Hugh Grant's Trivia:
# Was drunk when he bought a painting of Elizabeth Taylor which made him $17.8 million in 2007.
# According to his DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS? co-star Sam Elliot, Hugh could talk himself out of any bad situation because he is so charming. (December 2009)
# Admitted that he gets so nervous about performing in big-budget movies, he has to see a psychiatrist. (December 2009)
# Now feels he is qualified to be a dad after getting plenty of practice helping with his nephews, nieces and godchildren. (November 2009)
# Says he can't get a girlfriend because of his golf obsession. He even gets up in the middle of the night to practice his swing. (November 2009)
# Said he felt so bad about his performances in movies that he wanted to die.
# Calls Sarah Jessica Parker - who he he worked with on new comedy film DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS? - everyday to tell her he loves Sex and the City.
# Kicked an unnamed paparazzo in the groin as he offered the star directions to find a cab after leaving New York's Waverly Inn restaurant with a friend. (June 2009)
# Is set to star alongside Sarah Jessica Parker in an as yet untitled romantic comedy written and directed by Marc Lawrence. (October 2008)
# Pulled out of his latest movie with long-time collaborator Richard Curtis - LOST FOR WORDS - after a reported dispute over the script, which was developed by Curtis' younger brother. (October 2008)
# Grant, Daniel Craig and Robbie Coltrane raised $37,000 when a kiss with the threesome was sold at a charity auction to raise money for The National Film and Television School. (June 17, 2008)
# Is to star opposite Zang Ziyi in LOST FOR WORDS, a romantic comedy that Susanne Bier will direct for Universal Pictures.
# Grant, his ex-girlfriend Liz Hurley, and her husband Arun Nayar Thursday won damages totaling $116,000 for invasion of privacy over photos taken of them while they were on holiday in a private resort in the Maldives. (May 15, 2008)
# In 2001 he purchased an Andy Warhol painting of Elizabeth Taylor for just under $4 million. He later sold it in 2007 for $23.5 million.
# Will not face charges over allegedly kicking a photographer and attacking him with baked beans - A spokeswoman for Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said there was insufficient evidence.(May 31, 2007)
# Has accepted undisclosed damages from the owner of the Daily Mail and Mail for articles published about his split from Jemima Khan. (April 28, 2007)
# Was the victim of a prank by TV journalist Cielke Sijben at the Dutch premiere of his latest film, MUSIC AND LYRICS. She leapt forward as he walked the red carpet at the Amsterdam Pathe and clamped a metal handcuff on his wrist, attaching herself to him. (February 24, 2007)
# Grant and girlfriend Jemima Khan have ended their relationship after nearly three years together. (February 17, 2007)
# Was too embarrassed at doing some dancing and singing scenes for MUSIC AND LYRICS that he had to get drunk to film them.
# Is taking a two year break from acting. (February 2007)
# Was left red-faced when he was accompanying girlfriend Jemima Khan to the relaunch of 60s clothing label Biba at London Fashion Week - he was held back by a catwalk assistant, who failed to recognize him. (September 21, 2006)
# Is said to be one of the victims of the illegal phone hacking in the UK done by journalist Clive Goodman. (August 15, 2006)
# Grant and his girlfriend Jemima Khan have launched legal action against Daily Mail newspaper over their article titled 'I never knew he was such a good actor' which he claims is false and defamatory. (June 7, 2006)
# Has bought a home in Chelsea worth $33 million with his girlfriend Jemima Khan. (May 4, 2006)
# Reportedly struck a photographer with a manila folder on the streets of New York City. (February 21, 2006)
# Claims he looks like a butch lesbian with short hair. (October 5, 2005)
# His feelings for ex-girlfriend Liz Hurley have been blamed for a rift in his relationship with Jemima Khan. (July 19, 2005)
# Was picked by Organizers of the Whitbread Book of the Year Award to join the panel of judges for the 2004 prize.
# Says his wax figure at Madame Tussaud's makes him look like 'Julie Andrews on heroin'.
# Says he likes the partying more than he does the acting when he makes a movie.
# Says he's lost interest in acting and is heading into retirement. (November 12, 2004)
# When he appeared in Oprah Winfrey's chat show, he mocked Julia Roberts literally big-mouthed, Branded Emma Thompson a real-life man and declared that Julianne Moore hates him. (2004)
# Has been teasing co-star Renee Zellweger about her weight gain for the role in BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON -- A source says, The minute he clapped eyes on Renee he hollered, 'My God, you're huge!' He's been carrying on with the fatty jibes ever since, but Renee laughs it off, saying at least she's supposed to be chunky.” (November 4, 2003)
# Played Emma Thompson's love interest in SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995) and her brother in LOVE ACTUALLY (2003).
# Grant has shelled out $3.2 million for Melksham Court, a new house in England located near ex-love Elizabeth Hurley's country mansion. (August 27, 2003)
# After years as a bachelor, Grant said he wants to take some time off from making movies to concentrate on his romantic life -- He said he also wants to take a break from acting because it's something he's never loved, even though it's made him famous and wealthy. (April 1, 2003)
# Grant has been added to the new edition of Who's Who – he is among about 1,000 newcomers who will grace the pages of the famous red book, which is dedicated to the rich, famous and successful. (January 13, 2003)
# Grant admitts whenever he'd get a laugh on stage, he'd start laughing himself because he was so delighted,” and says he never came across anyone with a worse problem until he met Sandra Bullock -- the two actors couldn't stop giggling while filming TWO WEEKS NOTICE together. (January 4, 2003)
# Staff on the set of Grant and Sandra Bullock's new film, TWO WEEKS NOTICE, have taken to poking fun at the reported romance between the pair -- the stars themselves have constantly denied they are anything else but colleagues. (November 21, 2002)
# He touts Sandra Bullock as the best actress he has ever worked with on a romantic comedy as both play in TWO WEEKS' NOTICE
# Voted fourth in the Orange 2001 Film Survey of Greatest British film actors.
# Says the haircut he had in ABOUT A BOY made him feel like a woman.
# Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#43). (1995)
# Was arrested for lewd conduct after cops found him with Divine Brown, a prostitute, in his car. He pleaded no contest and got a $1,180 fine and two years' probation. (1995)
# Features in the 1996 paperback Mug Shots that includes many other celebrities who've been arrested for one reason or another.
# Got his start by performing a British comedy sketch group, The Jockeys of Norfolk.
# On the set of MICKEY BLUE EYES, James Caan gave Hugh the nickname of Whippy, because Caan said he worried about everything like the little whippet dogs that get nervous and you got to put a sweater on them when they're cold.
# Opted not to do a nude scene in FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (1994) when a make up artist asked if he wanted definition painted on his body.
# PRIVILEGED (1982): Is an Oxford University student feature film, reputedly the first of its kind, with a very young Grant, in the leading role.
# On the international poster of NOTTING HILL, he wears a jacket, on the US poster just a sweater.
# Scenes in NINE MONTHS (1995) where Samuel (Grant) is arrested and photographed were cut from the film prior to release, following Grant's highly-publicized arrest for lewd conduct.
# The book that his character is reading as he sits on the park bench at the very end of the movie is Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières. (NOTTING HILL)
# The house in NOTTING HILL with the blue door where his character lives is real; it once belonged to NOTTING HILL screenwriter Richard Curtis (I).
# The 'movie within the movie' which he watches near the start of the movie is entitled GRAMERCY PARK is the film distribution company joint owned by NOTTING HILL's distributors, PolyGram and Universal Pictures. (NOTTING HILL)
# Turned down the role of Gilderoy Lockart in HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (2002), the teacher of Defense against Dark arts.
# While making FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (1994), he thought the movie was awful.
# BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY (2001): While film-goers were eager to see Grant play a character opposite to his usual type-cast, it is ironic that original author Helen Fielding describes him, in real life, as being more like Daniel Cleaver, than any of his normal roles.
# Once attacked the paparazzi outside his house with an umbrella
# Directed some additional scenes for MICKEY BLUE-EYES
# Trade mark: Plummy English accent
# His production company is 'Simian Films'. so named by Elizabeth Hurley because she has said that he resembles an ape or a monkey.
# Was voted fourth in the Orange 2001 Film Survey of Greatest British film actors.
# Usually dubbed in French versions by actor Vincent Cassel
# Jay Leno told the London Independent that there are only 18 celebrities worth having on a chat show, one of them being Hugh Grant.
# Usually dubbed in French versions by actor Vincent Cassel.
# Has long wanted to make a film about his grandfather's real life escape from a prisoner of war camp during WWII.
# Long time loyal fan of Fulham Football Club (English Premier league soccer club), based at Craven Cottage, Fulham, London, England.
# Godfather of Damian Hurley, son of his ex-girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley.
# Turned down a place at the Courtauld Institute to do post graduate studies in Art History
# Used to play in a cricket team called 'Captain Scott'
# Had a skate accident when he was a teenager. Part of the bone in his elbow is still detached from the other bones and swims freely between the skin and his elbow.
# Piano teacher, when he was a child, was Andrew Lloyd Webber's mother.
# Fluent in French.
# Thomas Sangster is his cousin.
# His favorite artist is Patrick Rondat.
# Was paid $12,500,000 for TWO WEEKS NOTICE (2002)
# Was paid $7,500,000 for MICKEY BLUE EYES (1999)
# Was paid $7,500,000 for NOTTING HILL (1999)
# Was paid $100,000 for FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (1994)
# Also known as Hughie Grant
# Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy at Golden Globe Awards for ABOUT A BOY (2003)
# Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for NOTTING HILL (2000)
# Nominated for Best Breakthrough Performance at MTV Movie Awards for FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (1995)