Hugh Grant
Hugh Grant, one of Britain's best known faces, has been equally entertaining on-screen as well as in real life, and has had enough sense of humor to survive a media frenzy. He is known for his roles in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), with Andie MacDowell, Notting Hill (1999), opposite Julia Roberts, and Music and Lyrics (2007), opposite Drew Barrymore, among his other works. He was born Hugh John Mungo Grant on September 9, 1960, in Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom. His mother, Fyvola Susan (MacLean), was a teacher. His father, James Murray Grant, was an artist and carpet salesman, and his grandfather was in the British Army during WWII. He is of mostly Scottish and English descent, with many recent ancestors who were prominent in the military. Young Grant was fond of literature and acting. He won a scholarship to Oxford, going up to New College in 1979. There he was involved in student drama, and considered a career as an art historian. After Oxford, he turned down a scholarship to do postgraduate studies in Art History at the Courtauld Institute in London, and focused on his acting career. In 1982, while still a student, Grant made his big screen debut in Privileged (1982) by director Michael Hoffman. Grant's breakthrough came with the leading role as Charles in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), opposite Andie MacDowell, a role which won him a Golden Globe Award, as well as a BAFTA Film Award for Best Actor. During the 1990s Grant established himself as a very original and resourceful actor. He played a string of characters projecting a positive mindset, showing how do you stay optimistic when you are actually worried about a cascade of troubles. Grant had his own experience as a survivor of an unfortunate episode in his private life, which he managed to overcome thanks to having a pretty damn good outlook on life. His forte is playing characters projecting warmth and sincere happiness, with his hallmark stuttering, albeit some accused him of reprising the same character he has been playing for the past two decades. Grant's ability to show his character development within a limited screen time shines in Love Actually (2003), with his witty portrayal of a Prime Minister whose personal insecurities become intertwined with his country's international affairs, a performance that earned him a nomination for European Audience Award. His screen presence and skillful understatement takes his characters beyond the written script, thanks to his mastery of timing and effortless style. Outside of his acting profession, Grant has been a good athlete, he played cricket and football in his younger years. He enjoys playing golf, frequently taking part in Pro-Am tournaments. He has been an avid art lover since his younger years, and has been collecting fine art, a passion he inherited from his father.
Hugh Griffith
Enjoyably larger-than-life character actor Hugh Emrys Griffith was born in Marianglas, Anglesey, North Wales, to Mary (Williams) and William Griffith. Griffith left the world of banking (having been employed as a teller) after winning a scholarship to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Though he graduated a gold medalist, top of his class of 300, the war put the brakes on his career and he enlisted in the Army in 1940, serving with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in India for six years. Following the war, he enjoyed a successful career on the stage, appearing in Shakespearean plays in Stratford-upon-Avon with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was particularly noteworthy as "Falstaff" and, his favourite role, "King Lear", which he played both in English and in his native Welsh. On the other side of the Atlantic, he made his Broadway debut in 1951 and had a hit starring in "Look Homeward Angel" (1957-59) with Anthony Perkins and Jo Van Fleet. The play ran for 564 performances and earned Griffith a Tony Award nomination for the part of "W.O. Gant". He later jokingly remarked, that, when the producers asked him to play a man from the deep south, he (Griffith) had understood that to mean a man from the deep south of Wales. Griffith started his film career proper in 1948 with films like London Belongs to Me (1948), followed by the wonderful black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) at Ealing in 1949. A portly, thickly-bearded character with bushy eyebrows, ruddy complexion and a resonant voice, Griffith made a lasting impression for his many portrayals of eccentric, bucolic and, sometimes, raucous types. In 1959, he won the Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his "Sheikh Ilderim", who supplies Charlton Heston with the chariot race-winning white stallions in Ben-Hur (1959). He was equally memorable as the lecherous "Squire Western" in Tom Jones (1963), a role for which he was nominated for both an Oscar and a BAFTA Award as Best British Actor. He later appeared in the critically-acclaimed musical version of Oliver! (1968), as a hilarious "King Louis" in Start the Revolution Without Me (1970) and one of Vincent Price's many victims in Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972). On television, he was a noteworthy, rolling-eyed "Long John Silver" in a 1960 version of "Treasure Island", The DuPont Show of the Month: Treasure Island (1960), and roving-eyed funeral director "Caradog Lloyd-Evans" in the comedy Grand Slam (1978). Griffith was a lifelong friend (and drinking companion) of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.
Hugh Hefner
Hugh Hefner was born on April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Hop (2011), Miss March (2009) and History of the World: Part I (1981). He was married to Crystal Hefner, Kimberley Conrad and Mildred Williams. He died on September 27, 2017 in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Hugh Herbert
Former stage actor and playwright - he wrote over 150 plays and vaudeville sketches - Hugh Herbert went, in the early 1930s to Hollywood, as a comedian. In the 1930s he worked mostly for Warner Bros., impersonating often eccentric millionaires, tycoons and dimwitted professors. In a few movies he collaborated on the screenplays, e.g. on "Gold Diggers of 1935" and "Hit Parade of 1941".
Hugh Holman
Hugh is an English screen, stage, and voice actor from Bath in the UK. He was classically trained and began his career on stage, but has moved more towards film and television in recent years. He is also a published author. Hugh has a passion for natural history. In 2009, he graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Zoology from Swansea University. More recently, he has carried out conservation work in Borneo, and in 2020 was invited to become a director of Orangutan Appeal UK. The youngest of three, Hugh's sister is also an actor, and his brother is a photographer.
Hugh Hooker
Hugh Hooker was born on September 8, 1919 in Texas, USA as Hugh Milford Hooker. He is known for his work as a stuntman on Scarface (1983), National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), and Mannequin (1987). He worked as a stuntman in many B-westerns throughout his forty plus years as a stuntman. Between 1944 and 1955 he had minor charter actor roles in twenty westerns. Hooker appeared in only one TV series with three small roles in The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954) episodes. His two sons were also stuntmen from a young age. Buddy Joe Hooker began at the age of fourteen (Rin Tin Tin) and and Billy Hank Hooker began at the age of nine. As a theatrical agent Hooker made national news in 1956 when he filed a $750,000 suit against the Rin Tin Tin series producer, Herbert B. Leonard; Rin Tin Tin IV owner, Lee Duncan; Screen Gems; the American Broadcasting Company; and Rin Tin Tin sponsor, National Biscuit Company. Hooker alleged that Duncan told him they had abandoned the Rin Tin Tin project, freezing him out as a producer. The 164 Rin Tin Tin episodes produced profits of $1,500,000. As a movie producer, Hooker's film, The Littlest Hobo (1958), featured London, a German Shepherd, and Fleecie, a lamb. He died on September 11, 1987 in Westlake Village, California, USA.
Hugh Hudson
Hugh Hudson was born on August 25, 1936 in London, England. He is a director and producer, known for Chariots of Fire (1981), Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) and The Tortoise and the Hare (1966). He has been married to Maryam d'Abo since November 2003. He was previously married to Susan Caroline Michie.
Hugh Iglarsh
Hugh Iglarsh is a producer, known for Velvet Prisons: Russell Jacoby on American Academia (2013).
Hugh Irvine
Hugh Irvine is known for Wreck (2022), Black Medicine (2021) and Death and Nightingales (2018).
Hugh Irvine
Hugh Irvine is an actor, known for Wreck (2022), Black Medicine (2021) and Death and Nightingales (2018).