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Hugh Dancy : biography

19 June 1975 –

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

Career

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.

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

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. Morgan, Jeffrey. , digitalspy.com. 23 March 2012.

Early life

Dancy was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, and raised in Newcastle-under-Lyme. His mother, Sarah Ann (née Birley), works in academic publishing. His father is philosophy professor Jonathan Peter Dancy, who teaches at the University of Reading and at the University of Texas at Austin. 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, and sister Katharine Sarah Dancy (born 5 March 1980). From the age of 5 to the age of 10, Dancy was educated at in Newcastle-under-Lyme. At age 10, Dancy attended boarding school at the Dragon School in Oxford, then at 13 at Winchester College. 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. He went on to study English at St Peter’s College, Oxford.

Personal life

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

Filmography

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
1998 Trial & Retribution II Robert Belini TV Miniseries
1998 The New Adventures of Robin Hood Kyle Episode: "Orphans"
1998-1999 Dangerfield Charlie Paige Episode: "Paths""Tying the Knot"
1999 Cold Feet Danny Episodes: "Episode 2.3""Episode 2.4"
1999 Kavanagh QC Michael Woodley Episode: "The More Loving One"
2000 David Copperfield David Copperfield TV Movie
2000 Madame Bovary Leon TV Movie
2000 Relic Hunter Michael Previn Episode: "The Last Night"
2002 Daniel Deronda Daniel Deronda TV Miniseries
2006 Elizabeth I Earl of Essex TV MiniseriesNominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or MovieNominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
2011 The Big C Lee Recurring Role8 episodes
2013–present Hannibal Will Graham Lead Role