Hugh Grant is 63: the most striking roles of the British actor (8 photos)

Hugh Grant is perhaps one of the most important actors romantic comedies that made the entire female population fall in love with him planets. The British king of melodramas was in great demand in the late 90s and early 2000s. But time flew by and this weekend The English handsome man turned 63! Of course, with age the role The romantic hero-lover gradually disappeared into the building plan. How said the actor himself: “I’m too old and scary to play in another "Notting Hilly" or "Sense and Sensibility". Therefore, Grant began to increasingly appear in atypical “villainous” roles, with which, by the way, he does a great job. So, let's congratulate old Grant on the past and Let's look at his most striking and “non-melodramatic” roles.

Cloud Atlas (2012)







In this amazing film, Hugh Grant played several characters in different parallel stories, and they all seem to be selected unpleasant. But the fearsome leader especially broke the audience’s templates the Kon tribe - we had never seen such a Hugh Grant at that time.

Gentlemen (2019)





One of the first to recognize in Hugh Grant his talent for playing cynics criminal bias, became Guy Ritchie. He called the actor to play the role the unpleasant (but charismatic) blackmailer Fletcher, and Grant is like a glove fit into the atmosphere of another gang war from Richie, who from "Gentlemen" introduce themselves.

The Adventures of Paddington 2 (2017)



Before playing villains in serious films, Hugh Grant, in the name of smooth transition, played the role of a criminal in a cute family film about drawn teddy bear. His hero is a failed actor who dreams finding treasures.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)



A fresh adaptation of the famous tabletop role-playing games Dungeons & Dragons, in which Grant's character is smaller than all other characters knows what honor is. This is a bit of a spoiler, but would you? surprised by Grant's latest villainous portrayal?

Agents of U.N.C.L.E. (2015)



Again Guy Ritchie and again the intermediate stage of the “villainous transition” Hugh Grant. In this film he is not a villain (he played the director of the British Naval Intelligence), but already an extremely dangerous man with gray hair, wrinkles and wearing dark glasses.

Play it back (mini-series, 2020)



Charming but creepy pediatric oncologist Jonathan Fraser in execution of Grant stands trial for the murder of his mistress and drags his wife, played by Nicole Kidman, into this story. Actor delivers a stunning performance that once again overthrows his old self suavely attractive screen persona in the darkest and most delightful ways. It's hard to imagine another actor who could to play such a convincing scoundrel.

It is not surprising that Grant received a Golden Globe nomination for this role.

Operation Fortune: The Art of Victory (2022)



Guy Ritchie + Hugh Grant = another gang war, where is the last one plays a cunning billionaire who makes his living selling weapons. The actor is back in dark glasses, he is cynical, cunning and powerful - what we love about this new and every year more and more familiar Hugh Grant.

Which film with the famous Briton is your favorite?