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Hugh Dancy

 
Actor: Hugh Dancy
 
  • Born: 1975
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: 2000s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Romance
  • Career Highlights: The Jane Austen Book Club, Beyond the Gates, Savage Grace
  • First Major Screen Credit: Madame Bovary (2000)

Biography

The son of a publisher and a philosophy professor, handsome young British actor Hugh Dancy studied English Language and Literature at Oxford and speaks fluent French. He got his start performing in theater productions under the direction of Sam Mendes before he made his first few television guest-star appearances on Dangerfield, Cold Feet, and the miniseries Trial & Retribution II. He got his first starring role in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of David Copperfield, which aired in the States on TNT, and he continued doing costume dramas adapted from literature with the BBC productions of Madame Bovary and Daniel Deronda. In 2000, he experimented with fantasy adventures, starring in the Three Musketeers-inspired Young Blades and appearing in an episode of Relic Hunter. He had a small role in the war drama Black Hawk Down before making the move toward romance with the straight-to-video titles The Sleeping Dictionary (opposite Jessica Alba) and Tempo (opposite Melanie Griffith). Dancy stuck with romance for his next feature, the fantasy comedy Ella Enchanted, opposite Princess Diaries star Anne Hathaway. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
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Hugh Dancy
Born 19 June 1975 (1975-06-19) (age 34)
Stoke-on-Trent, England
Occupation Actor
Spouse(s) Claire Danes (engaged)

Hugh Dancy (born 19 June 1975) is an English actor.

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Early life

Dancy was born in Stoke-on-Trent, the son of eminent British philosopher Jonathan Dancy, a professor at the University of Reading and the University of Texas at Austin. His mother, Sarah, is a publisher. He has a brother, Jack, and a sister, Kate. Dancy was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, Winchester College, and St Peter's College, Oxford. At the age of 18, he acted in the Winchester College Players production of Twelfth Night which was performed in both Winchester and at the Minack Theatre in Cornwall.

Career

Dancy's first small-screen appearances were in Trial & Retribution II, Dangerfield, The New Adventures of Robin Hood and Kavanagh QC. He is fluent in French, and played a Frenchman fascinated by knights in Relic Hunter. He played the lead in BBC's Daniel Deronda (2002) which was an adaptation of George Eliot's novel based on a young man learning about life, love and ultimately who he really is, Hallmark's David Copperfield (2000), and Danny in two episodes of Cold Feet (1999).

He has also modeled for Burberry since 2004 and has been featured in three Burberry campaigns, alongside Kate Moss.

In July 2006, Dancy received a Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries nomination at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards for his role in Elizabeth I.

In 2007, Dancy had a starring role on Broadway as Captain Dennis Stanhope in Journey's End (Belasco Theatre). He portrayed the character of Adam in the 2009 indie, Adam, a man with Asperger's Syndrome.[1] Dancy also appeared in Savage Grace and the film adaptation of Confessions of a Shopaholic.

Personal life

Dancy met Claire Danes on the set of Evening and they began dating after filming concluded. In February 2009, they announced their engagement.[2][3] His previous long-term girlfriend was UK artist Annie Morris.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Black Hawk Down Sfc. Kurt Schmid
Young Blades D'Artagnan
2003 Tempo Jack
The Sleeping Dictionary John Truscott
2004 King Arthur Galahad
Ella Enchanted Prince Charmont
2005 Shooting Dogs Joe Connor
2006 Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction Adam Towers
2007 The Jane Austen Book Club Grigg Harris
Evening Buddy Wittenborn
Savage Grace Sam Green
Blood and Chocolate Aiden
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic Luke Brandon
Adam Adam
Coach post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000 David Copperfield David Copperfield
Madame Bovary Leon
2002 Daniel Deronda Daniel Deronda
2006 Elizabeth I Earl of Essex Emmy Award nomination

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