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Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant

Actor · Born September 9, 1960 (66) · London, England, UK

Golden Globe winner · BAFTA Award winner · Primetime Emmy nominee · 3 other major award bodies

Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor. He established himself early in his career as a charming, vulnerable romantic leading man and has since transitioned into a character actor. He has received several accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. He received an Honorary César in 2006. In 2022, Time Out magazine listed Grant as one of Britain's 50 greatest actors of all time. As of 2025, his films have grossed over US$4 billion worldwide. Grant made his feature film acting debut in Privileged (1982), followed by the romantic drama Maurice (1987), for which he gained acclaim and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. He then acted in a string of successful period dramas such as The Remains of the Day (1993), Sense and Sensibility (1995) and Restoration (1995). Grant emerged as a star with Richard Curtis's romantic comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), for which he won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Actor. He starred in further romantic comedies such as Notting Hill (1999), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and its 2004 and 2025 sequels, About a Boy (2002), Two Weeks Notice (2002), Love Actually (2003) and Music and Lyrics (2007). Grant began taking on against-type parts, earning three BAFTA Award nominations for his roles as St. Clair Bayfield in the biopic comedy Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), a haughty actor in the family film Paddington 2 (2017), and a charming yet sinister man in the horror film Heretic (2024). He has also acted in the science fiction epic Cloud Atlas (2012), the crime comedy The Gentlemen (2019), the fantasy comedy Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), and the musical fantasy Wonka (2023). He earned two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles as Jeremy Thorpe in the BBC miniseries A Very English Scandal (2018) and a man accused of murder in the HBO miniseries The Undoing (2020). Grant has been outspoken about his antipathy toward acting, his disdain for celebrity culture, and his hostility toward the media. He emerged as a prominent critic of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation during the News International phone hacking scandal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hugh Grant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
September 9, 1960 (66)
From
London, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
58 on MovieCove · 83 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 9% in 30 days

What are Hugh Grant's films like?

Across their 56 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy23 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
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Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 86th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Documentary6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile
: browse their Documentary movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 89th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Adventure4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
32%
Self
22%
Morality
13%
Society
13%
Power
9%
Ideas
6%
Survival
6%
Romantic love20 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds13 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity12 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity10 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth7 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception8 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 53 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 33 · Serious 10 · Dark 10

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 28 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 11

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 18 · Charged 27 · Intense 8

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 32 · Shifting 18 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 14 · Funny 23

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 26 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 6

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 28 · Engaged 21 · Full focus 4

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 44 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

41 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 13 of 41 analyzed roles.

Hero
13 of 41
Shadow
7 of 41
Shapeshifter
5 of 41
Trickster
5 of 41
Ally
3 of 41
Herald
3 of 41
Threshold guardian
3 of 41
Mentor
2 of 41
Show the 41 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
21
Romantic
19
Warm
17
Tense
16
Melancholic
17
Other
63

How their films linger

Feel-good26 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful22 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy28
  • Bittersweet15
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous8

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Hugh Grant's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 38 of their 58 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (13).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Hugh Grant's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

83 credits, 58 with a MovieCove page; 64 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Treasure Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    as John Trelawney

  • Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy(2025)

    as Daniel Cleaver

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Paddington in Peru(2024)

    as Phoenix Buchanan

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Heretic(2024)

    as Mr. Reed

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Unfrosted(2024)

    as Thurl Ravenscroft

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Regime(2024)

    Show 1 episode · as Edward Keplinger

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Wonka(2023)

    as Oompa Loompa

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves(2023)

    as Forge

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre(2023)

    as Greg Simmonds

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Glass Onion(2022)

    as Phillip

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Death to 2021(2021)

    as Tennyson Foss OBE

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Death to 2020(2020)

    as Tennyson Foss

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Undoing(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · as Jonathan Fraser

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows

  • The Gentlemen(2019)

    as Fletcher

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • One Red Nose Day and a Wedding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Charles

  • A Very English Scandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 3 episodes · as Jeremy Thorpe

  • Paddington 2(2017)

    as Phoenix Buchanan

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Red Nose Day Actually (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as The Prime Minister

  • Florence Foster Jenkins(2016)

    as St. Clair Bayfield

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(2015)

    as Waverly

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Rewrite(2014)

    as Keith Michaels

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • One Rogue Reporter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Cloud Atlas(2012)

    as Rev. Giles Horrox / Hotel Heavy / Lloyd Hooks / Denholme Cavendish / Seer Rhee / Kona Chief

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • So You Want to Be a Pirate!(2012)

    as The Pirate Captain

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Pirates! Band of Misfits(2012)

    as Pirate Captain (voice)

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(2012)

    as (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Did You Hear About the Morgans?(2009)

    as Paul Morgan

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Projectorparishilton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Music and Lyrics(2007)

    as Alex Fletcher

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • American Dreamz(2006)

    as Martin Tweed

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Housewarming(2005)

    as Le nouveau voisin

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason(2004)

    as Daniel

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Love Actually(2003)

    as The Prime Minister

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Two Weeks Notice(2002)

    as George Wade

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • About a Boy(2002)

    as Will Freeman

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Bridget Jones's Diary(2001)

    as Daniel Cleaver

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Small Time Crooks(2000)

    as David

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Mickey Blue Eyes(1999)

    as Michael Felgate

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Notting Hill(1999)

    as William Thacker

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death(1999)

    as The Handsome Doctor

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Extreme Measures(1996)

    as Dr. Guy Luthan

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Night Train to Venice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Martin

  • TFI Friday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Restoration(1995)

    as Elias Finn

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Sense and Sensibility(1995)

    as Edward Ferrars

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Nine Months(1995)

    as Samuel Faulkner

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain(1995)

    as Reginald Anson

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • An Awfully Big Adventure(1995)

    as Meredith Potter

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Four Weddings and a Funeral(1994)

    as Charles

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Sirens(1994)

    as Anthony Campion

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Changeling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Alsemero

  • The Remains of the Day(1993)

    as Reginald Cardinal

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Nanny(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Hugh Grant (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Sebastian (voice)

  • Twelfth Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Sebastian (voice)

  • Bitter Moon(1992)

    as Nigel

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • The Trials of Oz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Richard Neville

  • Performance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Alsemero · as Richard Neville

  • Our Sons(1991)

    as James

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Impromptu(1991)

    as Frederic Chopin

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Crossing the Line(1990)

    as Gordon

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Till We Meet Again(1989)

    Show 2 episodes · as Bruno de Lancel

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Champagne Charlie(1989)

    as Charles Heidsieck

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Lady and the Highwayman(1988)

    as Lord Lucius Vyne

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Bengali Night(1988)

    as Allan

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Lair of the White Worm(1988)

    as Lord James D'Ampton

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Rowing with the Wind(1988)

    as Lord Byron

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • The Dawning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Harry

  • White Mischief(1987)

    as Hugh

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Maurice(1987)

    as Clive Durham

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • A Modest Success (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as James

  • The Demon Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Robert Drover

  • A Very Peculiar Practice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Preacher Colin

  • Ladies in Charge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Gerald Boughton-Green

  • Jenny's War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Peter Baines

  • Jenny's War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 4 episodes · as Peter Baines

  • Honour, Profit & Pleasure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Burlington

  • The Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 5 episodes · as Andrew Blankenall

  • The Last Place on Earth(1985)

    Show 7 episodes · as Cherry-Garrard

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Shades of Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 1 episode · as Robert Drover

  • Privileged (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Lord Adrian

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 83 titles, 82 of them dated from 1982 to 2025; peak year 1995.

Biggest box office

Wonka (2023)

$635M worldwide

Highest rated

Paddington 2 (2017)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19822025

Peak 1995 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 32 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 4 more milestones

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting83 of 83: 83 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score66th

By decade

1980s20 · acting1990s25 · acting2000s11 · acting2010s13 · acting2020s13 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 38% of 50 roles
87929702071722

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award and 1 other major award from 24 major nominations, 1987–2025.

WinNomination
  1. 2025
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Leading Actor
    • +1 other major body · 2 nominations
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
  2. 2021
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie Made for Television
  3. 2019
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Leading Actor
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series
  4. 2018
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor
  5. 2017
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
  6. 2016
    • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor in a Comedy
  7. 2003
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
  8. 2000
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Show 3 earlier years
  1. 1996
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast
  2. 1995
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Actor
  3. 1987
    • Venice award, won

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Hugh Grant's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 52; across their 53 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 53

Approval · how many liked their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 53

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 53

Midcredits score across 58 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up20
  • 50th to 74th17
  • 25th to 49th16
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

28 of their 58 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser28
  • Broadly Agreed8
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · actor

The Bengali Night (1988)

73rd percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Paddington 2 (2017)

Midcredits 98th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 48 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Hugh Grant's work okay for kids?

Across up to 36 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore33 titles4–72 · median 25 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity36 titles12–70 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity33 titles17–75 · median 44 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs33 titles10–60 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense32 titles4–61 · median 17 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Hugh Grant work with?

People who share at least 2 of Hugh Grant's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Eric Fellner shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles