'''Hugh John Mungo Grant''' (born 9 September, 1960) is an English actor.
Background
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.
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.
[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/main.jhtml?xml=/education/2003/10/18/tejmem18.xml&sSheet=/education/2003/10/18/ixteright.html| Membership has its Advantages, ''The Daily Telegraph''. 18 October 2003]Career
right|thumb|145px|Mugshot of Grant taken after the arrest
Grant made his film debut in 1982 with the Oxford-financed ''Privileged''. Television came later, in 1985. In 1991, he starred in the film ''
Impromptu'' as Frédéric Chopin opposite Julian Sands.
One of his first major film roles was in ''
The Remains of the Day'' (1993), and he became simultaneously known as the partner of actress Elizabeth Hurley whom he had been dating since at least 1987. However, it was ''
Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (1994) which turned him into a major star.
Not long after gaining a starring role in ''
Sense and Sensibility'' in 1995, Grant was arrested near Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, having been caught receiving oral sex from a prostitute, Divine Brown, in a car. A public apology on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' helped win back public support.
[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE0DE1F3EF932A25754C0A963958260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fP%2fProstitution Brozan, Nadine. "Chronicle", ''The New York Times.'' 11 July, 1995] Although he was forgiven by Hurley, they broke up some years later.
Grant kept a low profile until 1999, when he starred in ''
Notting Hill'' opposite Julia Roberts (of which he told E! Online, "It's very weird to be kissing an icon,"), and followed up with major successes in ''
Bridget Jones's Diary'' (2001), ''
About a Boy'' (2002) and ''
Two Weeks Notice'' (2002) opposite Sandra Bullock. He returned to frequent collaborator Richard Curtis for the 2003 romantic comedy, ''
Love Actually'', and the sequel to ''
Bridget Jones's Diary'', ''
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason'' was released in 2004.
He is engaged to British heiress Jemima Goldsmith.
Grant has never acted on the London stage.
Trivia
* In his earlier career, he was often credited as '''Hughie Grant'''.
* Thomas Sangster, who played Sam in ''
Love Actually'', is Grant's second cousin once removed.
* 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
