Hugh Dancy

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Hugh Dancy
Hugh Dancy at the 36th Toronto International Film Festival, September 2011 (02).jpg
Dancy at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival
Born Hugh Michael Horace Dancy
(1975-06-19) 19 June 1975 (age 37)
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
Nationality British
Occupation Actor/Model
Years active 1998–present
Spouse(s) Claire Danes
Children 1

Hugh Michael Horace Dancy[1] (born 19 June 1975)[1] is an English actor and model.

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Early life[edit]

Dancy was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire,[2] and raised in Newcastle-under-Lyme.[3] His mother, Sarah Ann (née Birley),[1] works in academic publishing.[3] His father is philosophy professor Jonathan Peter Dancy, who teaches at the University of Reading and at the University of Texas at Austin.[1][4] He is the oldest of three children, followed by brother John (Jack) Christopher Dancy (born 25 May 1977), co-director of the travel company Trufflepig Travel,[5] [1] and sister Katharine Sarah Dancy (born 05 March 1980).[1] From the age of 5 to the age of 10, Dancy was educated at Edenhurst Preparatory School[6] in Newcastle-under-Lyme. At age 10[3], Dancy attended boarding school at the Dragon School in Oxford, then at 13[2] at Winchester College.[3] At 18, Dancy acted in the Winchester College Players production of Twelfth Night which was performed in both Winchester and at the Minack Theatre in Cornwall.[citation needed] He went on to study English at St Peter's College, Oxford.[2]

Career[edit]

After graduation, Dancy moved to London, where a chance conversation in a cafe led to his meeting casting director Ros Hubbard and agent Dallas Smith, who signed him.[2]

In 1999, Dancy played the role of Danny, who had a fleeting romance with Rachel, one of the shows main characters, in the second series of Cold Feet. In 2007, Dancy had a starring role on Broadway as Captain Dennis Stanhope in Journey's End (Belasco Theatre). He also played Aiden in the 2007 film Blood and Chocolate. He portrayed the title character, a man with Asperger syndrome, in the 2009 independent film Adam. Dancy also appeared in Savage Grace, a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Natalie Robins and Steven M.L. Aronson.

Hugh Dancy appeared in MCC Theater's The Pride, written by Alexi Kaye Campbell, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City. The off-Broadway production was directed by Joe Mantello and co-starred Ben Whishaw and Andrea Riseborough. In 2009 Dancy appeared in Confessions of a Shopaholic. In 2010-11, Dancy co-starred alongside Nina Arianda in a Broadway production of Venus in Fur in which he was praised by The New York Times[7]

In March 2012, NBC announced that Dancy had been cast as Will Graham in Hannibal, the television adaptation based on the main character of Thomas Harris' 1981 novel Red Dragon. [8]

Personal life[edit]

Dancy met actress Claire Danes on the set of Evening in Newport, Rhode Island, and they began dating.[9] In February 2009, they announced their engagement.[9] The couple married in France in late August or early September 2009, in a ceremony not announced publicly.[10] The two have a son, Cyrus Michael Christopher Dancy, born on December 17, 2012.[11] His previous longtime girlfriend was UK artist Annie Morris.[2]

Filmography[edit]

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2001 Black Hawk Down Sfc. Kurt Schmid
2001 Young Blades D'Artagnan
2003 Tempo Jack
2003 The Sleeping Dictionary John Truscott
2004 King Arthur Galahad
2004 Ella Enchanted Prince Charmont
2005 Shooting Dogs Joe Connor
2006 Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction Adam Towers
2007 The Jane Austen Book Club Grigg Harris
2007 Evening Buddy Wittenborn
2007 Savage Grace Sam Green
2009 Blood & Chocolate Aiden
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic Luke Brandon
2009 Adam Adam Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture
2010 Coach Nick
2010 The Wildest Dream Andrew Irvine Voice
2011 Our Idiot Brother Christian
2011 Martha Marcy May Marlene Ted Nominated—Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast
2011 Hysteria Dr. Mortimer Granville
2014 Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Marshal Mallow Voice
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2000 David Copperfield David Copperfield TV Movie
2000 Madame Bovary Leon TV Movie
2002 Daniel Deronda Daniel Deronda TV Miniseries
2006 Elizabeth I Earl of Essex TV Miniseries
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
2011 The Big C Lee Recurring Role
8 episodes
2013–present Hannibal Will Graham Lead Role

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Anderson - Rev. James Richard". The Hon. Peter I. Pellew official site. Retrieved December 19, 2012. 
  2. ^ a b c d e "How Hugh Dancy became a Hollywood hero". The Independent (London). 20 September 2007. Archived from the original on May 11, 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2010. 
  3. ^ a b c d "Hugh Dancy: 'I don’t need to be stinking rich'". The Telegraph (UK). 10 September 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012. 
  4. ^ "Jonathan Dancy C.V.". Archived from the original on April 6, 2010. 
  5. ^ "Trufflepig Travel Inc.". Trufflepig.com. Retrieved 10 April 2010. 
  6. ^ "Edenhurst Preparatory School". 
  7. ^ Isherwood, Charles (8 November 2011). "‘Venus in Fur,' by David Ives, With Nina Arianda". The New York Times. 
  8. ^ Morgan, Jeffrey. "Hannibal Lecter TV series casts Hugh Dancy as Will Graham", digitalspy.com. 23 March 2012.
  9. ^ a b Zuckerman, Blaine (6 February 2009). "Claire Danes & Hugh Dancy Are Engaged!". People. Retrieved 10 April 2010. 
  10. ^ "=Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy Wed". People. 28 September 2009. "...tied the knot in a quiet ceremony in France a few weeks ago..." 
  11. ^ Garcia, Jennifer; Messer, Lesley (19 December 2012). "Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy Welcome Son Cyrus Michael Christopher". People. Retrieved 2012-12-19. 

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