@import "/app/v.4.118.2/css/movies.css"; Global Navigation Subscribe My Queue Shopping Cart (0) Gift Subscriptions Help Store Locator Rent Buy ... Set Movie Preferences Hugh Grant A graduate of Oxford, actor Hugh Grant would seem more a natural product of Cambridge University, breeding ground for such comic talents as Monty Python's Flying Circus. Although his classic good looks make him a shoo-in for romantic leads, Grant's comic capabilities marked by a nervous stutter, desperately fluttering eyelids, and an ability to capture a brand of distinctly English embarrassment have marked him as more of a comic performer than a serious leading man.
Born in London on September 9, 1960, Grant made his film debut under the very Oxbridge name of Hughie Grant in the Oxford-financed Privileged (1982). He then worked in repertory before forming his own comedy troupe, the Jockeys of Norfolk. Following some television roles, Grant made his first professional film appearance in 1987 with a blink-and-he's-gone part in White Mischief . The same year he did more substantial work, first as Lord Byron in | |
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