“I have this absurd syndrome where I get these out-of-the-blue, pathetic panic attacks. It'll be in a very easy, simple scene when everything is going swimmingly, and then suddenly, bang, I'm shvitzing and can't remember my lines.”

English actor

Hugh Grant is an English actor, associated with film work across several decades. Born Hugh John Mungo Grant, he became known first as a charming, vulnerable romantic leading man and later as a character actor. He has won a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award, and has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards. He also received an Honorary César in 2006. In 2022, Time Out listed him among Britain’s 50 greatest actors of all time, and by 2025 his films had grossed over US$4 billion worldwide.