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Trivia
Birth name: Hugh John Mungo Grant
Date of birth: 9 September 1960
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Nickname: Hughie
Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
Grant was born in London, England to James and the late Finvola Grant, who was of Scottish ancestry.
He has one brother, James Grant, who lives in New York.
In his earlier career, he was often credited as Hughie Grant.
Grant attended Latymer Upper School and New College, Oxford, where he read English.
While at Oxford he was a member of the Piers Gaveston Society, a flamboyant student dining club named after the alleged lover of King Edward II of England.
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film
history (#43). [1995]
His production company is called "Simian Films" -- so named by
Elizabeth
Hurley because she has said that he resembles an ape or a monkey.
Grant 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]
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.
On the set of Mickey Blue Eyes (1999), 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".
Got his start by performing in a British comedy sketch group, The
Jockeys of Norfolk.
Featured in the 1996 paperback "Mug Shots" that includes many
other celebrities who've been arrested for one reason or another.
Back together with former girlfriend Elizabeth
Hurley. [September 2000]
Thomas Sangster, who played Sam in Love Actually, is Grant's second cousin once removed.
Voted fourth in the Orange 2001 Film Survey of Greatest British film
actors.
Usually dubbed in French versions by actor Vincent
Cassel.
Grant played cricket in his younger days, and currently enjoys playing golf, frequently taking part in Pro-Am tournaments where he receives tuition from Colin Montgomerie. He is a fan of Fulham Football Club.
Jay Leno told the London Independent that there are only 18 celebrities
worth having on a chat show, one of them being Hugh Grant.
Has long wanted to make a film about his grandfather's real life escape
from a prisoner of war camp during WWII.
In the pilot episode of Love Monkey one of the characters defines a man's
discontentment with a woman, no matter how perfect, as "Grant's Law", named after Hugh Grant. It is a play upon Murphy's Law.
Long time loyal fan of Fulham Football Club (English Premier league
soccer club), based at Craven Cottage, Fulham, London, England.
Dated model and actress Elizabeth
Hurley [1987 - 2000]
Graduated from Oxford University with a degree in English (1982)
On the Oprah Winfrey show during the promotions for Edge of Reason, he revealed that the only movie out of his whole career that "does not make [him] cringe" is About A Boy.
Thomas Sangster is his cousin.
He opted out of a nude scene in Four Weddings and a Funeral after the on-set makeup artist asked him if he wanted definition painted on his body.
His favorite artist is Patrick Rondat.
Godfather of Damian Hurley, son of his ex-girlfriend Elizabeth
Hurley.
Shares a birthday with Adam
Sandler.
Grant was offered the role of Gilderoy Lockhart in the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets film, but turned it down. He said that he later regretted this decision.
Turned down a place at the Courtauld Institute to do post graduate
studies in Art History
Used to play on a cricket team called 'Captain Scott'
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