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Hugh John Mungo Grant〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Transcript-of-Afternoon-Hearing-21-November-2011.pdf )〕 (born 9 September 1960)〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Hugh Grant Biography (1960-) )〕 is an English actor and film producer. He has received a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and an Honorary César. His films have earned more than US$2.4 billion from 25 theatrical releases worldwide. Grant achieved international success after appearing in the Richard Curtis-scripted ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (1994). He used this breakthrough role as a frequent cinematic persona during the 1990s, delivering comic performances in mainstream films like ''Mickey Blue Eyes'' (1999) and ''Notting Hill'' (1999). By the turn of the 21st century, he had established himself as a leading man skilled with a satirical comic talent.〔 Grant has expanded his oeuvre with critically acclaimed turns as a cad in ''Bridget Jones's Diary'' (2001), ''About a Boy'' (2002), and ''American Dreamz'' (2006).〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=IGN Entertainment )〕 He later played against type with multiple cameo roles in the epic sci-fi drama film ''Cloud Atlas'' (2012). Within the film industry, Grant is cited as an anti-star who approaches his roles like a character actor, and attempts to make his acting appear spontaneous.〔Dave Kehr, (At the Movies: For Hugh Grant, Natural Does It, New York Times ) (17 May 2002)〕 Hallmarks of his comic skills include a nonchalant touch of irony/sarcasm and studied physical mannerisms as well as his precisely-timed dialogue delivery and facial expressions. The entertainment media's coverage of Grant's life off the big screen has often overshadowed his work as an actor. He has been outspoken about his disrespect for the profession of acting, and in his disdain towards the culture of celebrity and hostility towards the media.〔 In a career spanning 30 years, Grant has repeatedly claimed that acting is not a true calling but just a job he fell into.〔 == Early life and ancestry == Grant was born at Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith, London, the second son of Fynvola Susan MacLean (b. Wickham, Hampshire, 11 October 1933; d. Hounslow, London, July 2001) and Captain James Murray Grant (b. 1929). Grant's grandfather, Colonel James Murray Grant, DSO was decorated for bravery and leadership at Saint-Valery-en-Caux during World War II. Genealogist Antony Adolph has described Grant's family history as "a colourful Anglo-Scottish tapestry of warriors, empire-builders and aristocracy." A few of his notable ancestors include William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan, Dr. James Stewart,〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=ElectricScotland.com )〕〔(Hugh's Family Tree ) 〕 John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Sir Evan Nepean, and a sister of former Prime Minister Spencer Perceval. Grant's father was trained at Sandhurst, Berkshire and served with the Seaforth Highlanders for eight years in Malaya, Germany and Scotland. He ran a carpet firm, pursued hobbies such as golf and painting watercolours, and raised his family in Chiswick, west London, where the Grants lived next to Arlington Park Mansions on Sutton Lane. In September 2006, a collection of Capt. Grant's paintings was hosted by the John Martin Gallery in a charity exhibition, organised by his famous son, called "James Grant: 30 Years of Watercolours." His mother worked as a schoolteacher and taught Latin, French and music for more than 30 years in the state schools of west London. She died at the age of 65, 18 months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Grant's accent is an inheritance from his mother; and, on ''Inside the Actors Studio'' in 2002, he credited her with "any acting genes that () might have."〔 Both his parents were children of military families, but, despite his parents' backgrounds, Grant has stated that his family was not always affluent while he was growing up.〔 〕 Grant spent his childhood summers shooting and hunting with his grandfather in Scotland.〔 Grant has an older brother, James, living in Portugal. Grant is also the second cousin, once removed, of British actor and musician Thomas Brodie-Sangster, whom he appeared alongside with in the 2003 film Love Actually. His grandmother and Sangster's great-grand mother were sisters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hugh Grant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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