Grant's first leading role came in Merchant-Ivory's 1987 Edwardian drama, Maurice, adapted from E.M. Forster's namesake novel. He and co-star James Wilby shared the Volpi Cup for best actor at the Venice Film Festival for their portrayals of Cantabrig
Grant's first leading role came in Merchant-Ivory's 1987 Edwardian drama, Maurice, adapted from E.M. Forster's namesake novel. He and co-star James Wilby shared the Volpi Cup for best actor at the Venice Film Festival for their portrayals of Cantabrigian collegians Clive Durham and Maurice Hall, respectively. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Grant balanced small roles on television with rare film work, which included a supporting role in The Dawning (1988) and a turn as Lord Byron in a Spanish production called Remando Al Viento (1988).
In 1992, he appeared in Roman Polanski's film Bitter Moon, portraying a fastidious and proper British tourist who is married to Kristin Scott Thomas but finds himself enticed by the sexual hedonism of a seductive French woman and her embittered, paraplegic American husband. The film was called an "anti-romantic opus of sexual obsession and cruelty" by the Washington Post. His other work in period pieces such as Ken Russell’s The Lair of
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Grant Is Known In Popular Media For His Guarded Privacy, As He Rarely Discusses His Life In Public And Chooses Instead To Fend Off Personal Questions With Humour. Grant Is A Supporter Of Marie Curie Cancer Care, Whose Great Daffodil Appeal He Promoted
Grant is known in popular media for his guarded privacy, as he rarely discusses his life in public and chooses instead to fend off personal questions with humour. Grant is a supporter read more...
Public Scandals
On 27 June 1995, Grant was arrested by L.A. Vice officers in a residential area not far from Sunset Boulevard for misdemeanour lewd conduct in a public place with Hollywood prostitute read more...
Sports
Grant's athletic passions have often been profiled by newspapers and television media. A famous "golfing addict", Grant is a scratch golfer and is a regular at pro-am tournaments read more...
Grant's First Leading Role Came In Merchant-Ivory's 1987 Edwardian Drama, Maurice, Adapted From E.M. Forster's Namesake Novel. He And Co-star James Wilby Shared The Volpi Cup For Best Actor At The Venice Film Festival For Their Portrayals Of Cantabrig
Grant's first leading role came in Merchant-Ivory's 1987 Edwardian drama, Maurice, adapted from E.M. Forster's namesake novel. He and co-star James Wilby shared the Volpi Cup for read more...
Filmmaker
In July 1994, Grant signed a two-year production deal with Castle Rock Entertainment and by October, he became founder and director of the UK-based Simian Films Limited. He appointed read more...
Attitude Towards Acting
Grant has called being a successful actor a mistake and has repeatedly talked of his hope that film stardom would just be "a phase" in his life, lasting no more than ten years. A read more...
Critical And Peer Review
Grant is recognized as a divisive movie star in both, critical reviews and popular media profiles. He has stuck to the genre of comedy, especially the romantic comedy, for the entirety read more...
Work Ethic
A 2007 Vogue profile of Grant referred to him as a man with a "professionally misanthropic mystique." The observation followed published facts such as that Grant picks his own movies, read more...
Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is a British actor and film producer. He has received a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA, and an Honorary César. His movies have earned read more...