Hugh Grant Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth & Biography

Hugh Grant age 66 has become one of the most searched celebrity facts of the year, and the Notting Hill star remains one of Britain’s most famous exports more than three decades after Four Weddings and a Funeral made him a star. Born on September 9, 1960, in Hammersmith, London, Grant went from Oxford graduate to the king of the romantic comedy, then reinvented himself as one of the most acclaimed character actors of his generation. Today he is worth an estimated $150 million.

Hugh Grant Quick Facts

Full Name	Hugh John Mungo Grant
Date of Birth	September 9, 1960
Age	66 years old
Birthplace	Hammersmith, London, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Wife	Anna Eberstein (married 2018)
Children	5
Occupation	Actor, producer
Net Worth	Approx. $150 million (Celebrity Net Worth, 2026)
Known For	Four Weddings and a Funeral; Notting Hill; Love Actually; Bridget Jones’s Diary; Paddington 2

Who Is Hugh Grant?

Hugh Grant is an English actor and producer best known as the charming, stammering romantic lead of Four Weddings and a Funeral in 1994, a performance that won him a BAFTA and a Golden Globe and made him one of the biggest stars of the decade. He followed it with a run of hit romantic comedies, including Notting Hill in 1999, Bridget Jones’s Diary in 2001, About a Boy in 2002 and Love Actually in 2003, in which he played the newly elected British prime minister who dances to “Jump (For My Love)”.

In the 2010s, Grant reinvented himself as a character actor, winning praise for his villainous turn as Phoenix Buchanan in Paddington 2 in 2017, for playing the disgraced politician Jeremy Thorpe in the BBC drama A Very English Scandal in 2018, which won him a BAFTA, and for the HBO thriller The Undoing in 2020. More recently he has appeared in The Gentlemen in 2019, played an Oompa-Loompa in Wonka in 2023 and won acclaim for the horror film Heretic in 2024. He co-starred with Julia Roberts in Notting Hill.

Hugh Grant’s Early Life & Background

Hugh John Mungo Grant was born on September 9, 1960, in Hammersmith, London, England. His father, Captain James Murray Grant, was a carpet salesman who had served in the British Army, and his mother, Finvola, was a schoolteacher. He attended Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith, where he played rugby and cricket, and won a scholarship to New College, Oxford, where he read English literature and graduated in 1982. He acted in the Oxford University Dramatic Society and was a member of the Oxford Revue comedy group.

His first film role was in Privileged in 1982, a film made by the Oxford Film Foundation, in which he played a student. He then appeared in a series of British films and television dramas, including the Merchant Ivory film Maurice in 1987, in which he played Clive Durham and won the Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival, White Mischief in 1987, The Lair of the White Worm in 1988 and Impromptu in 1991. He had a small role in The Remains of the Day in 1993 before Four Weddings and a Funeral made him a star the following year.

Hugh Grant’s Career

Four Weddings and a Funeral, released in 1994, was a surprise global hit, grossing more than $240 million on a budget of less than $5 million, and it won Grant a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for Best Actor. He followed it with a string of Hollywood romantic comedies, including Nine Months in 1995, Sense and Sensibility in 1995, Notting Hill in 1999, Mickey Blue Eyes in 1999, Bridget Jones’s Diary in 2001, About a Boy in 2002, Two Weeks Notice in 2002, Love Actually in 2003 and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason in 2004. He also starred in the musical comedy Music and Lyrics in 2007 and the comedy Did You Hear About the Morgans? in 2009.

From 2012, Grant began taking more varied roles, lending his voice to the animated film The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! in 2012, appearing in the Wachowskis’ epic Cloud Atlas in 2012, and playing a Russian agent in Guy Ritchie’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E. in 2015. His performance as the faded actor St. Clair Bayfield opposite Meryl Streep in Florence Foster Jenkins in 2016 earned him a BAFTA nomination, and his turn as the narcissistic villain Phoenix Buchanan in Paddington 2 in 2017 was widely praised. He won a BAFTA for A Very English Scandal in 2018, starred in The Undoing in 2020, returned to Ritchie’s The Gentlemen in 2019 and Operation Fortune in 2023, played an Oompa-Loompa in Wonka in 2023 and won acclaim as the sinister Mr. Reed in the horror film Heretic in 2024.

Facts About Hugh Grant

• He won a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994).
• He played the villain Phoenix Buchanan in Paddington 2 (2017), a performance critics called one of the best of his career.
• He won a BAFTA for A Very English Scandal (2018), playing the disgraced politician Jeremy Thorpe.
• He has five children and married Anna Eberstein in 2018 after years together.
• He played an Oompa-Loompa in Wonka (2023), a role that took five months of motion-capture work.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Hugh Grant?

Hugh Grant is 66 years old. He was born on September 9, 1960, in Hammersmith, London, and turns 67 in September 2027.

How tall is Hugh Grant?

Hugh Grant is 5 feet 11 inches tall (1.80 m).

Who is Hugh Grant’s wife?

Hugh Grant’s wife is Anna Eberstein, a Swedish television producer. They married in 2018 and have three children together.

What is Hugh Grant’s net worth?

Hugh Grant’s net worth is approx. $150 million (Celebrity Net Worth, 2026), earned from acting in Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Love Actually and many more films.

How many children does Hugh Grant have?

Hugh Grant has five children: two with Tinglan Hong and three with his wife, Anna Eberstein.

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