Hugh Grant - British Celebrity, Actor

Hugh Grant, he was born on September 9th 1960 in the London, England, Great Britain. Full name- Hugh John Mungo Grant. His father, James Grant was an officer in the British Army; he later turned into a businessman engaged in the retail sale of carpets. Mother Finvola - school teacher.

Being the student at Oxford of the University has started to play in the troupe of comedians of Jokers out of the Norfolk Broads. In 1982, the Hugh for the first time appeared on the big screen in the movie Privileged. In 1986, the film director James Ivory's invites of the Hugh Grant, by the time which became the popular in the England thanks to the serials on the British television, play in a film Maurice. For the role of in the Maurice Grant was the noted by a prize 41st Cannes Film Festival, which he divided with his partner on the film, by James Wilby. In the by the same year Hugh Grant re-appeared on the screen, at the Michael's Redford's in the picture of “Beloe evil”. The Year of later the Grant withdrawn in the movie "The Lair of white worm’’, and then in the first two times embodies the on the screen Chopin's in a film Nocturnes.

In 1991 year, after the several works on American television, Grant is returning to Europe and over again plays a Chopin's in a film Impromptu. On the following year of James Ivory's relieves the British the actor in the regular the film on the decomposition of the patriarchal of England “On an outcome of the day”. The victory of an ironic comedy “The Four weddings and one funeral” Hugh Grant became the most claimed English actor in Hollywood, where he moved together with his girlfriend, an actress and the model of Elizabeth Hurley at the end of 1994 of the year.

In 1995-96, Hugh Grant co-starred in seven films. Among the most notable roles - the role of in the film "The feeling of and the sensitivity of - a shiny the film adaptation of the novel of English writer Jane Austin; participate from the Newell system in yet another his film ‘’Awfully Big an adventure’’ and the work of at the of Christopher Monger in the picture of The Englishman, which climbed to hill, as well came down from the mountains".

In 1995, the, shortly before the release of on the screens of the next film with Hugh Grant- a remake of the popular French the film "The Nine days of’’, Hugh Grant has been caught police in the that moment, when the he was engaged in oral sex with a prostitute Devine Brown right in the his car, a parked on Hollywood Boulevard. Family values, poetized director Chris Columbus in his version of the Nine days were trodden down by it. Hugh and Devine have arrested. To Hugh Grant endured the public reprimand as well Devine became the heroine of numerous talk-shows and was able to conclude a many thousand contract for advertising of tights.

In 1996 Grant together with Elizabeth founded the own production company Simian Films the first project of which became the film extraordinary measures. In 1999 year, after the three year a pause, Hugh Grant was marked by in the comedy of Notting Hill, the removed in the stylistics of and with the actors of the - "Four of weddings and funeral of”.

Prizes and Awards: Prize of the 41st Cannes Film Festival for her role in "Maurice"