Occupation: Actor, Producer
Date of Birth: September 9, 1960
Place of Birth: London, England, U.K.
Sign: Sun in Virgo, Moon in Taurus
Relations: Ex-girlfriend: Elizabeth Hurley (model, actress)
Education: Oxford University

Facts about Hugh Grant:

(1995) Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#43).

Together with his then-girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley, Grant bought a £1.7 million Los Angeles house once owned by screen legend Bette Davis .

His production company is 'Simian Films'.

(1995) Grant was arrested for lewd conduct after cops found him with Divine Brown, a prostitute, in his car. He pleaded no contest and got a $1,180 fine and two years' probation.

Opted not to do a nude scene in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) when a make up artist asked if he wanted definition painted on his body.

Graduated from Oxford University.

On the set of "Mickey Blue Eyes", James Caan gave Hugh the nickname of Whippy, because Caan said he worried about everything like "the little whippet dogs that get nervous and you got to put a sweater on them when they're cold."

Got his start by performing a British comedy sketch group, The Jockeys of Norfolk.

Personal quotes:

"I'm not one to go around blowing my own horn."
— Hugh Grant on the Tonight show with Jay Leno

"With 2 movies opening this summer, I have no relaxing time at all. Whatever I have is spent in a drunken stupor." [on his plans for the summer]

"The moral of filmmaking in Britain is that you will be f---ed by the weather."

"I had a huge crush on Olga Korbut, the gymnast. The only other person was Cliff Richard, which is embarrassing - it means that when I was seven I had bad taste and was presumably gay"
- Hugh Grant