Hugh John Mungo Grant is known to us not only as a hero of romantic comedies and melodramas, but also as an unsurpassed heartthrob that in life and on the screen. His cute appearance and affectionate nature conquered more than one woman's heart, so we decided not to bother you with Hugh Grant.
About actor Hugh Grant
British popular actor Hugh Grant was born on September 9, 1960 (London) in the family of Finvola (school teacher) and James (artist) Grants. Since childhood, Grant dreamed about the profession of art. Following this dream, at the end of secondary education in 1979, the future actor became a student at Oxford University College. But the craving for great art was manifested every day, therefore being a student, Hugh joined the comic troupe "Jokers of Norfolk."
The first movie debut
At age 22, the future actor Grant played his first role in the tragicomedy "Privileged" (1982). In addition, the actor was engaged in writing reviews for books and even started writing his own novel, which he never managed to bring to the finals. From 1985 to 1986, Hugh Grant could often be seen on television, where he appeared in films and serials.
The first success of the actor
The melodrama "Maurice", in which it was told about love between students with non-traditional sexual orientation, was released in 1987 and brought to Grant the colossal success and the award of the Venice Film Festival. In the same year, the actor played in a criminal thriller with a romantic withering of "White Evil." After that, the actor immediately noticed, and already in 1988 he starred simultaneously in five films. The first of these is the melodrama "Row in the wind" (the role of the poet Lord Byron). By the way, while working on this film, Hugh Grant and his partner Elizabeth Hurley had a relationship that lasted 13 years. In addition to the film "Row in the Wind", the list includes: a short film "Nocturnes" (the role of Frederic Chopin), a dramatic film "Nights in Bengali", a thriller "Dawn", a horror film shot by Ken Russell for the motifs of the same work by Bram Stoker " worm "and thriller" Dawn ", where the actor got an episodic role.
Continuation of career
Since 1989, Hugh Grant again returns to television, and then starred in the drama "Crossing the Line." Two years later, Grant again had to enter the image of Chopin, playing in a romantic musical film called Impromptu. In the same year, the actor noted in the role in the drama of Roman Polanski, which had an erotic slope, "Bitter Moon". But the role in 1994 in the comedy entitled "Four weddings and funerals" brought Grant not only world recognition, but also prestigious awards and nominations (BAFTA, Golden Globe).
Career Decline
At the moment of work on the melodrama of Eng Lee "Reason and feelings" Grant was dragged into a scandal, which very much wet his reputation. In the summer of 1995, Grant was arrested for practicing oral sex in a car with a prostitute. For his acts, the actor was sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of $ 1,180. Despite the forgiveness from Elizabeth Hurley, the couple broke up after two years.
After these events, the former popularity of the actor reached only in 1999, starring in the melodrama of Notting Hill. Julia Roberts herself became the actor's partner in the film. This work was followed by star films "My boy", (nomination for the Golden Globe, prize of the newsreel Empyre), Diary Bridget Jones, Love with Notice. Romantic comedy "Real Love" with a whole galaxy of movie stars such as Colin Fears, Keira Knightley, Martin Freeman, Alan Rickman, appeared on the screens in 2003 and consolidated the starry success of Grant. Then followed the sequel "Bridget Jones ..." and a successful role together with Drew Barrymore in the comedy "Out of sight - out of the chart!".
At the moment actor Hugh Grant has a daughter that was born on September 26, 2011, whose mother, according to some statements, became a Chinese woman Tinglan Hong. By the way, the actor forbade the name of his daughter to be mentioned in the press. The latest work of the actor: "Pirates! Band of Losers "voice acting and" Cloud Atlas "(2012).