Hugh Dancy

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Hugh Dancy
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Born Hugh Michael Horace Dancy
(1975-06-19) 19 June 1975 (age 49)
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Education Winchester College
Alma mater St Peter's College, Oxford
Occupation
  • Actor
  • model
Years active 1998–present
Spouse(s) Claire Danes (m. 2009)
Children 2

Hugh Michael Horace Dancy (born 19 June 1975) is an English actor who rose to prominence for his role as the titular character in the television film adaptation of David Copperfield (2000) as well as for roles in feature films as Sfc. Kurt Schmid in Black Hawk Down (2001) and Prince Charmont in Ella Enchanted (2004). Other film roles include Joe Conner in Shooting Dogs (2005), Grigg Harris in The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), Luke Brandon in Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), Adam Raki in Adam (2009) and Ted in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011). On television, he portrayed criminal profiler Will Graham in the NBC television series Hannibal (2013–2015), Cal Roberts in the Hulu original series The Path (2016–2018) and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex in the Channel 4 miniseries Elizabeth I (2005), the latter role earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Early life

Dancy was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire,[1] and raised in Newcastle-under-Lyme.[2] His mother, Sarah Ann Dancy (née Birley; b. 1952),[3] works in academic publishing.[2] His father is philosophy professor Jonathan Dancy (born 8 May 1946), who teaches at the University of Reading and at the University of Texas at Austin.[3][4]

Hugh is the oldest of three children, followed by brother Jack Dancy (born 25 May 1977), who is co-director of the travel company Trufflepig Travel,[3][5] and sister Katharine Sarah Redman (née Dancy, born 5 March 1980). 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, Dancy attended boarding school at the Dragon School in Oxford, then, at 13[1] at Winchester College.[2] At age 18, he 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.[1]

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.[1] In 1999, Dancy played the role of Danny, who had a fleeting romance with Rachel, one of the show's main characters, in the second series of Cold Feet. In 2002, Dancy played Daniel Deronda in the BBC's adaptation of George Eliot's novel Daniel Deronda.[7]

Notable roles from film include Dancy's Prince Charmont from the 2004 Disney film Ella Enchanted alongside Anne Hathaway and, from the same year, Galahad in King Arthur alongside later Hannibal co-star Mads Mikkelsen.[8] In 2005, he starred as Adam Raki in Adam, an independent film which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009 and follows the story of a young man with an autism spectrum disorder.[9] He went on to appear in various other films.

In theatre, Dancy has 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 2007, Dancy had a starring role on Broadway as Captain Dennis Stanhope in Journey's End (Belasco Theatre). From 2010 until 2011, he starred in Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway production of Venus in Fur alongside Nina Arianda. His performance was praised by The New York Times theatre critic Charles Isherwood.[10] In August 2018, it was announced he would appear with Stockard Channing in Roundabout Theatre Company's off-Broadway premiere of Apologia, written by Alexi Kay Campbell, in the dual roles of Peter and Simon.[11]

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.[12] The show received critical acclaim and was nominated for numerous awards. It was cancelled after three seasons and concluded in 2015, though there are hopes for its revival.[13] From 2016 to 2018, he appeared for three seasons as Cal Roberts, a lead character in Hulu's The Path, alongside Aaron Paul and Michelle Monaghan.[14][15]

Personal life

Dancy met American actress Claire Danes on the set of Evening in Newport, Rhode Island, and they began dating.[16] In February 2009, they announced their engagement.[16] The couple married in France in 2009 in a secret ceremony.[17] They have two children together, Cyrus Michael Christopher Dancy, born on 17 December 2012,[18] and a second son, Rowan, born on 27 August 2018.[19][20]

They live in the West Village neighbourhood of New York City.[21]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Black Hawk Down Sfc. Kurt Schmid
Young Blades D'Artagnan
2003 Tempo Jack Ganzer
The Sleeping Dictionary John Truscott
2004 King Arthur Galahad
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
Evening Buddy Wittenborn
Savage Grace Sam Green
Blood & Chocolate Aiden
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic Luke Brandon
Adam Adam Raki Nominated–Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
2010 Coach Nick Direct-to-DVD
The Wildest Dream Andrew Irvine Voice
Documentary
2011 Our Idiot Brother Christian
Martha Marcy May Marlene Ted Nominated–Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance
Hysteria Dr. Mortimer Granville
2013 Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Marshal Mallow Voice
Poe Edgar Allan Poe Voice
2019 Late Night Charlie Fain
2021 Downton Abbey 2 Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Trial & Retribution Robert Belini 2 episodes
The New Adventures of Robin Hood Kyle Episode: "Orphans"
1998–1999 Dangerfield Charlie Paige 2 episodes
1999 Cold Feet Danny 2 episodes
Kavanagh QC Michael Woodley Episode: "The More Loving One"
2000 Relic Hunter Michael Previn Episode: "The Last Knight"
David Copperfield David Copperfield Television film
Madame Bovary Leon Television film
2002 Daniel Deronda Daniel Deronda 4 episodes
2005 Elizabeth I Earl of Essex 2 episodes
Nominated–Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated–Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
2011 The Big C Lee Fallon 8 episodes
2013–2015 Hannibal Will Graham 38 episodes
Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television (2015)
Nominated–Critics' Choice TV Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series (2014, 2016)
Nominated–Chainsaw Award for Best TV Actor (2015, 2016)
Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television (2014)
2015 Deadline Gallipoli Ellis Ashmead Bartlett 2 episodes
Nominated–Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actor (2016)
2016, 2018 Robot Chicken Various roles Voice
2 episodes
2016–2018 The Path Cal Roberts 36 episodes
Also producer
2020 Homeland John Zabel 6 episodes
The Good Fight Caleb Garlin 3 episodes

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Billy and the Crab Lady Fred Soho Theatre
2000 To the Green Fields Beyond Mo Donmar Warehouse
2007 Journey's End Captain Dennis Stanhope Belasco Theatre
2010 The Pride Philip Lucille Lortel Theatre
MCC Theater
2011–2012 Venus in Fur Thomas Novachek Lyceum Theatre
Nominated–Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
2018 Apologia Peter / Simon Laura Pels Theater

References

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