Trivia

Has long wanted to make a film about his grandfather's real life escape from a prisoner of war camp during WWII.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's mother was Hugh's piano teacher when he was a child.

In an interview, Hugh admitted he was accidentally sent a script for Jerry Maguire. When he called his agent to ask why he had been sent such a good script compared to other movies he had done, his agent admitted it was intended to be sent to Tom Cruise.

Speaks French fluently.

Jay Leno told the London Independent that there are only 18 celebrities worth having on a chat show, one of them being Hugh Grant.

In 2001, he purchased an Andy Warhol painting of Elizabeth Taylor for just under $4 million. He later sold it in 2007 for $23.5 million.

Graduated from Oxford University with a degree in English (1982)

Was originally cast as Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), but was forced to withdraw at the last moment because of scheduling conflicts. and the part was taken by Kenneth Branagh.

Had a skating accident when he was a teenager. Part of the bone in his elbow is still detached from the other bones and "swims" freely between the skin and his elbow.

His favorite female co-stars are Renée Zellweger and Sandra Bullock.

Has five children (three daughters and two sons): a daughter (Tabitha (Chinese: Jing Xi), September 2011) and son (Felix, December 2012) with Tinglan Hong and two daughters (December 2015 and March 2018) and a son (September, 2012) with his now-wife, Swedish TV producer Anna Eberstein. The births of his first three children intersect due to the fleeting nature of his contact with the two before he married.

Is a descendant of the younger sister of Henry VIII Tudor, King of England, Lord then King of Ireland, Deffender of the Faith, Head of the Church of England, Head of the Church of Wales, Head of the Church of Ireland.

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.

Played Emma Thompson's love interest in Sense and Sensibility (1995) and her brother in Love Actually (2003). He also collaborated with her in the films Impromptu (1991) and The Remains of the Day (1993).

Became a father for the 4th time on 16th December, 2015. Mother of the child is Anna Eberstein. The couple also has a son John Mungo, born in 2012.

On the set of Mickey Blue Eyes (1999), 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".

Still considers former girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley as his close friend and confidante.

Became a father for the 1st time at age 51 when his ex-girlfriend Tinglan Hong gave birth to their daughter Tabitha Grant on 26 September 2011.

2018: Has announced plans to marry (for the first time). His intended bride is Anna Eberstein, by whom he already has three children.

Turned down a place to do post-graduate studies in art history at the Courtauld Institute, in order to concentrate on his acting career.

Godfather of Damian Hurley, son of his ex-girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley.

In a 2002 Capital FM radio interview, he stated that The Remains of the Day (1993) is the best and Night Train to Venice (1993) is the worst film he had ever made.

Often described as a "golfing addict". He also can play cricket, soccer, tennis and snooker. He has stated that his favorite sport to watch is ladies' tennis.

Declined an opportunity to reprise his part of Daniel Cleaver in Bridget Jones's Baby (2016). His character was written out and replaced by a new love interest, Jack Qwant, played by Patrick Dempsey.

His production company is called "Simian Films" -- so named by Elizabeth Hurley because she has said that he resembles an ape or a monkey.

Godmother of his daughter Tabitha is ex-girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley.

Became a father for the fifth time, when mother of two of his children, Anna Eberstein, welcomed their daughter (and third child together) in March 2018.

Model and actress Elizabeth Hurley is a former girlfriend [1987 - 2000].

Despite his little known film Night Train to Venice being shown at the Cannes Film festival in 1993 it didn't get a release until 1996, and then only in a few countries.

He played a version of the Doctor in the Doctor Who (1963) spoof Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death (1999). He was subsequently strongly tipped to play the role in the revival Doctor Who (2005), but although he was flattered, he apparently felt it wouldn't take off. Christopher Eccleston was cast instead. In a 2007 interview, he said that he deeply regretted declining the role after seeing how successful the show had become.

He has appeared in three films that have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Remains of the Day (1993), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) and Sense and Sensibility (1995).

Became a father for the 3rd time at age 52 when his ex-girlfriend Tinglan Hong gave birth to their son Felix Chang Grant on 16 February 2013. Hong and Grant briefly reunited as a couple in 2012, after their short relationship, which was described by his publicist as a "fleeting affair", in 2011.

He was arrested in Los Angeles, California, for lewd conduct after police checking into a "suspicious parked car" found him with Divine Brown, a prostitute, in the front seat (it was his car). He pleaded no contest and got a $1,180 fine and two years' probation. His mug shot read: BK4454813 / 06-27-95 / Los Angeles Police: HWD. (1995)

His father was of almost entirely Scottish ancestry, and his mother's lineage was also part Scottish. Hugh also has English, along with more distant Irish, Welsh, Cornish, Dutch, French, and Belgian Walloon, roots.

His favorite films include The Way Ahead (1944), Zulu (1964) and The Party (1968).

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

Usually dubbed in French versions by actor Vincent Cassel.

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

Long time loyal fan of Fulham Football Club (English Premier League soccer club), based at Craven Cottage, Fulham, London, England. Fellow fans include Elizabeth Hurley, Lily Allen, Pierce Brosnan, Hugh Laurie, Benicio Del Toro, Daniel Radcliffe, Andrew Johnston and the late Michael Jackson.

Appeared on the cover of GQ magazine three times: December '94, October '98 and November '02 (with Denzel Washington and Ralph Lauren).

Became a father for the 2nd time in September 2012, when his son John Mungo was born. Mother of the child is Swedish television producer Anna Elisabet Eberstein.

Nominated for the 2019 Golden Globe Award in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television category for his role as Jeremy Thorpe in A Very English Scandal (2018), but lost to Darren Criss for American Crime Story (2016).

In 2010, film critic David Thomson wrote in "The New Biographical Dictionary of Film": "With his drooping chin and pouty lips, his quaff of hair and dithery manner, Hugh Grant seems like a refugee from Thirties theatre - or an incipient sneeze looking for a vacant nose".

Voted fourth in the Orange 2001 Film Survey of Greatest British film actors.

Lisa Simpson's groom's first name and likeness in Lisa's Wedding (1995) were based on him.

He is a second cousin, once removed, of Thomas Brodie-Sangster. Hugh's maternal grandmother, Margaret Isabel Randolph, was the sister of one of Thomas's maternal great-grandmothers, Barbara May Randolph.

Featured in the 1996 paperback "Mug Shots" that includes many other celebrities who've been arrested for one reason or another.

Broke up with Jemima Khan after approximately three years [February 16, 2007].

He advocated tactical voting at the 2019 general election to keep the Conservative Party out and stop Brexit. According to Piers Morgan, all the Labour and Liberal Democrat candidates Grant supported at the 2019 general election lost their seats.

He had small supporting roles in two of Trevor Howard's last films, White Mischief (1987) and The Dawning (1988), with the latter released only after Howard had died in 1988. Grant was much criticized for telling an interviewer after Howard's death that the actor had been drunk throughout the filming of both films, and, on the latter, had been so advanced into alcoholism that he had been unable to stand up and even had had to be carried to the set.