Hugh Dancy

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Biography

Though he shined in such roles, Dancy's palette was varied enough to allow for more complex characters in independent features like "Evening" (2007), which cast him as an artist unable to reconcile his love for Patrick Wilson, or the former lover of an unstable heiress in "Savage Grace" (2007). But Dancy remained most appreciated as a youthful love interest, and his return to that persona in features like "Confessions of a Shopaholic" (2009) …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

June 19, 1975

Career Milestones

2012

Portrayed Mortimer Granville, the inventor of the vibrator in "Hysteria"

2011

Cast opposite Elizabeth Olsen in the drama thriller "Martha Marcy May Marlene"

2010

Cast in the Broadway production of "The Pride," written by Alexi Kaye Campbell and directed by Joe Mantello

2009

Portrayed a young man born with Asperger syndrome in "Adam"

2009

Co-starred with Isla fisher in the film adaptation of "Confessions of a Shopaholic"

2007

Cast as the only male member of the titular book club in the feature adaptation of "The Jane Austen Book Club"

2007

Appeared in Michael Cunningham's film adaptation of Susan Minot's novel "Evening"

2007

Made Broadway debut as Captain Dennis Stanhope in "Journey's End"

2006

Played the Earl of Essex in the joint Channel 4/HBO production of "Elizabeth I"; earned an Emmy nomination

2005

Co-starred in Michael Caton-Jones' "Shooting Dogs"; based on the experiences of BBC news producer David Belton, who worked in Rwanda during the Rwandan Genocide

2004

Appeared alongside Kate Moss in three Burberry campaigns

2004

Played Prince Charmont, opposite Anne Hathaway, in "Ella Enchanted"

2002

Played the lead in BBC's adaptation of George Eliot's novel "Daniel Deronda"

2001

Cast in Ridley Scott's war drama "Black Hawk Down"

2000

Played the lead in "David Copperfield," a TV/film adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel

2000

Played a Frenchman fascinated by knights in the Canadian series, "Relic Hunter"

1999

Appeared on two episodes of the British drama series "Dangerfield"

1998

First small-screen appearance, "Trial & Retribution II"

Awards

2006

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie in Elizabeth I