London-born and Oxford educated Hugh Grant first hit the big screen in 1982's "Privileged", but didn't achieve movie star status until his delightful 1994 turn in "Four Weddings and a Funeral". Handsome and charming, with abundant chestnut hair and a somewhat stiff manner softened by his open and warm smile, Grant worked as an advertising copywriter in addition to engagements in repertory theater and stints with the comedy troupe The Jockeys of Norfolk before carving out a steady acting career. He returned to film with a starring role in the 1987 Merchant-Ivory effort "Maurice", playing the
