Hugh John Mungo Grant, also known as Hugh Grant, is an English actor, born on September 9, 1960. A Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and an Honorary César have all been bestowed to him. His movies have grossed almost $3 billion globally from 29 theatrical releases as of 2018.
Hugh Grant became an overnight international success after his performance in Four Weddings and a Funeral, which became the highest-grossing British film to date with a worldwide box office of nearly $244 million. Mike Newell directed the romantic comedy movie Four Weddings and a Funeral in 1994. It is the first of several films starring Hugh Grant by screenwriter Richard Curtis, and it follows Charles and his circle of friends through a variety of social situations as they each encounter romance.
With a worldwide box office total of $245.7 million and Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, the picture was made in six weeks for under £3 million and became an unexpected triumph and the highest-grossing British film in history at the time. Grant also received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, as well as the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Scott Thomas won the BAFTA Awards for Best Film, Best Direction, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Hugh Grant rose to international celebrity as a result of the movie’s popularity, particularly in the United States.
Four Weddings and a Funeral was ranked 23rd among the 100 greatest British films of the twentieth century by the British Film Institute in 1999. It was named 21st on Empire magazine’s list of the 100 finest British films of 2016. It was voted the 74th best British film ever in a 2017 survey of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers, and reviewers by Time Out magazine.
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