Portrait of Hugh Grant

Acting

Hugh Grant

Career

Active from 1982 to 2027, busiest in 1988 and 1995 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
43
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Paddington 2
Paddington 2
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 65 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hugh Grant Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Tension
    4.8, average 6.0
  • Scare
    1.4, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 8
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Romantic Comedy 4
  • European Cinema 3
  • Historical Romance 3
  • British Humor 3
  • Fast-Paced 3
  • Romantic Drama 3
  • Pop Culture Commentary 3
  • Meta-Narrative 3
  • British Charm & Wit 3
  • Historical Drama 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

82
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

14 titles · average score 66
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)
GoodWatch score 72

as Daniel Cleaver

Heretic
Heretic (2024)
GoodWatch score 74

as Mr. Reed

Unfrosted
Unfrosted (2024)
GoodWatch score 44

as Thurl Ravenscroft

Paddington in Peru
Paddington in Peru (2024)
GoodWatch score 75

as Phoenix Buchanan

Wonka
Wonka (2023)
GoodWatch score 72

as Oompa Loompa

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
GoodWatch score 78

as Forge

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)
GoodWatch score 57

as Greg Simmonds

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
GoodWatch score 77

as Phillip

Death to 2021
Death to 2021 (2021)
GoodWatch score 52

as Tennyson Foss OBE

The Undoing
The Undoing (2020)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Jonathan Fraser

Death to 2020
Death to 2020 (2020)
GoodWatch score 54

as Tennyson Foss

The Gentlemen
The Gentlemen (2020)
GoodWatch score 70

as Fletcher

2010s

12 titles · average score 70
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding (2019)
GoodWatch score 67

as Charles

A Very English Scandal
A Very English Scandal (2018)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Jeremy Thorpe

Paddington 2
Paddington 2 (2017)
GoodWatch score 87

as Phoenix Buchanan

Red Nose Day Actually
Red Nose Day Actually (2017)
GoodWatch score 68

as The Prime Minister

Florence Foster Jenkins
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
GoodWatch score 73

as St. Clair Bayfield

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
GoodWatch score 66

as Waverly

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

The Rewrite
The Rewrite (2014)
GoodWatch score 58

as Keith Michaels

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)
GoodWatch score 73

as Pirate Captain (voice)

So You Want To Be A Pirate!
So You Want To Be A Pirate! (2012)
GoodWatch score 63

as The Pirate Captain

Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas (2012)
GoodWatch score 65

as Rev. Giles Horrox / Hotel Heavy / Lloyd Hooks / Denholme Cavendish / Seer Rhee / Kona Chief

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
GoodWatch score 78

as (archive footage)

2000s

11 titles · average score 57
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
GoodWatch score 32

as Paul Morgan

Projectorparishilton
Projectorparishilton (2008)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

Music and Lyrics
Music and Lyrics (2007)
GoodWatch score 64

as Alex Fletcher

American Dreamz
American Dreamz (2006)
GoodWatch score 44

as Martin Tweed

Housewarming
Housewarming (2005)
GoodWatch score 48

as Le nouveau voisin

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
GoodWatch score 48

as Daniel

Love Actually
Love Actually (2003)
GoodWatch score 66

as The Prime Minister

Two Weeks Notice
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
GoodWatch score 52

as George Wade

About a Boy
About a Boy (2002)
GoodWatch score 75

as Will Freeman

Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
GoodWatch score 72

as Daniel Cleaver

Small Time Crooks
Small Time Crooks (2000)
GoodWatch score 65

as David

1990s

25 titles · average score 63
Notting Hill
Notting Hill (1999)
GoodWatch score 75

as William Thacker

Mickey Blue Eyes
Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
GoodWatch score 51

as Michael Felgate

Extreme Measures
Extreme Measures (1996)
GoodWatch score 50

as Dr. Guy Luthan

Nine Months
Nine Months (1995)
GoodWatch score 44

as Samuel Faulkner

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
GoodWatch score 65

as Reginald Anson

Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
GoodWatch score 85

as Edward Ferrars

An Awfully Big Adventure
An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
GoodWatch score 50

as Meredith Potter

Four Weddings and a Funeral
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
GoodWatch score 78

as Charles

Sirens
Sirens (1994)
GoodWatch score 62

as Anthony Campion

The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day (1993)
GoodWatch score 85

as Reginald Cardinal

Bitter Moon
Bitter Moon (1992)
GoodWatch score 67

as Nigel

Impromptu
Impromptu (1991)
GoodWatch score 69

as Frederic Chopin

1980s

20 titles · average score 64
Champagne Charlie
Champagne Charlie (1989)
GoodWatch score 42

as Charles Heidsieck

Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again (1989)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Bruno de Lancel

The Lair of the White Worm
The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
GoodWatch score 62

as Lord James D'Ampton

The Bengali Night
The Bengali Night (1988)
GoodWatch score 60

as Allan

Rowing with the Wind
Rowing with the Wind (1988)
GoodWatch score 55

as Lord Byron

The Lady and the Highwayman
The Lady and the Highwayman (1988)
GoodWatch score 53

as Lord Lucius Vyne

The Dawning
The Dawning (1988)
GoodWatch score 54

as Harry

Maurice
Maurice (1987)
GoodWatch score 78

as Clive Durham

The Demon Lover
The Demon Lover (1986)
GoodWatch score 73

as Robert Drover

The Last Place on Earth
The Last Place on Earth (1985)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Cherry-Garrard

Honour, Profit & Pleasure
Honour, Profit & Pleasure (1985)

as Burlington

Privileged
Privileged (1982)

as Lord Adrian