Hugh John Mungo Grant is an English actor. He established himself early in his career as a charming and 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. As of 2018, his films had grossed a total of nearly US$3 billion worldwide. In 2022, Time Out magazine listed Grant as one of Britain's 50 greatest actors of all time.
Grant made his feature film acting debut in Privileged, followed by the romantic drama Maurice for which he gained acclaim as well as the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. He then acted in a string of successful period dramas such as The Remains of the Day, Sense and Sensibility and Restoration. Grant emerged as a star with Richard Curtis's romantic comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral, for which he won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Actor. He starred in further romantic comedies such as Notting Hill, Bridget Jones's Diary and its 2004 sequel, About a Boy, Two Weeks Notice, Love Actually and Music and Lyrics.