Hugh Dancy Biography
Born: 1975
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. He worked steadily in projects such as King Arthur, Basic Instinct 2, and The Jane Austen Book Club. In 2007 he began a lengthy relationship with fellow actress Claire Danes. He landed a big part in 2009's Confessions of a Shopaholic. He enjoyed a fantastic 2011 with roles in the superb comedy Our Idiot Brother, the well-reviewed indie thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene, and the period comedy Hysteria. Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
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