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Hugh Dancy
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1975
Biography:The son of a publisher and a philosophy professor, handsome young British actor Hugh Dancy studied English Language and Literature at Oxford and speaks fluent French. He got his start performing in theater productions under the direction of Sam Mendes before he made his first few television guest-star appearances on Dangerfield, Cold Feet, and the miniseries Trial & Retribution II. He got his first starring role in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of David Copperfield, which aired in the States on TNT, and he continued doing costume dramas adapted from literature with the BBC productions of Madame Bovary and Daniel Deronda. In 2000, he experimented with fantasy adventures, starring in the Three Musketeers-inspired Young Blades and appearing in an episode of Relic Hunter. He had a small role in the war drama Black Hawk Down before making the move toward romance with the straight-to-video titles The... Full Biography
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Claire Danes, left, and Hugh Dancy attend the afterparty and dinner during the Valentino 45th...
Hugh Dancy, left, and Claire Danes attend the opening-night performance of "Frost Nixon" at the...
Hugh Dancy in "Evening" (Focus Features)
Claire Danes, left, and Hugh Dancy in "Evening" (Focus Features)
Hugh Dancy, left, and Claire Danes in "Evening" (Focus Features)
From left: Claire Danes, Hugh Dancy and Patrick Wilson in "Evening" (Focus Features)
Arthur (Clive Owen, right) is joined in his journey by Lancelot (Ioan Gruffudd, left foreground) and...
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