Hugh Dancy

Hugh Dancy

Infobox actor


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caption = March 31st, 2007 at the stage door of the Belasco Theatre after Hugh Dancy performed in "Journey's End".
birthdate = Birth date and age|1975|6|19
birthplace = Stoke-on-Trent, England

Hugh Dancy (born June 19 1975) is an English actor.

Biography

Early life

Dancy was born in Stoke-on-Trent, the son of eminent British philosopher Jonathan Dancy, a professor at the University of Reading and the University of Texas at Austin. His mother, Sarah, is a publisher. He has a brother, Jack, and a sister, Kate. Dancy was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, Winchester College, and St Peter's College, Oxford.

Career

Dancy's first small-screen appearances were in "Trial & Retribution II", "Dangerfield", "The New Adventures of Robin Hood" and "Kavanagh QC". He is fluent in French, and played a Frenchman fascinated by knights in "Relic Hunter". He played the lead in BBC's "Daniel Deronda "(2002) which was an adaptation of George Eliot's novel based on a young man learning about life, love and ultimately who he really is, Hallmark's "David Copperfield" (2000), and Danny in "Cold Feet".

He has also modelled for Burberry since 2004. He has featured in three Burberry campaigns, alongside Kate Moss.

In July 2006, Dancy received a nomination for the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, as Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries, for his role in "Elizabeth I".

Dancy recently had a starring role on Broadway as Captain Dennis Stanhope in Journey's End at the Belasco Theatre. In 2008, Hugh is set to star as the dark poet Edgar Allan Poe in the film "Poe", an animated feature. He'll also portray the character of Adam in the upcoming 2008 indie, "Adam", a man stricken with Aspergers Syndrome.cite news|last=Altheide|first=Anna|coauthors=|title=Idol Conversation|pages=|publisher=HughDancy.info|date=2007-11-01|url=http://www.hughdancy.info/press/2007/ExclusiveInterview.php] Hugh will also be in Savage Grace and the film adaptation of Confessions of a Shopaholic. Hugh will grace the front cover of Vogue Hommes International Magazine for the Autumn/Winter 2008 edition (link needed).

Personal life

He is currently dating actress Claire Danes. In the February 14th, 2007 edition of New York Post in which he said, "I am, however, seeing Claire. And today I live in New York, downtown, which I love".cite news|last=Adams|first=Cindy|coauthors=|title=Her First Crush Must Be Sorry.|pages=|publisher=New York Post|date=2007-04-14|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/02142007/gossip/cindy/her_first_crush_must_be_sorry_cindy_cindy_adams.htm] They met on the set of "Evening". He also stated in a recent interview to Marie Claire magazine, "I met her then, but we didn’t start dating until filming finished." cite news|last=|first=|coauthors=|title=Marie Claire UK Interview.|pages=|publisher=Marie Claire|date=2007-11-29|url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/Hugh_Dancy_interview_article_152337.html] His previous long term girlfriend was UK artist Annie Morris who illustrated good friend Sophie Dahl's book, "The Man With the Dancing Eyes."

Filmography

References

External links

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* [http://hughdancy.info Extensive Hugh Dancy fan site]
* [http://princedancy.net/] ( Hugh Dancy French Fansite )


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