Hugh Dancy
Hugh Dancy was born on 19 June 1975. He is an Emmy-nominated English actor. Dancy has a brother, Jack, and a sister, Kate. He was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, Winchester College, and St Peter’s College, Oxford.
Dancy acted in the Winchester College Players production of Twelfth Night which was performed in both Winchester and at the Minack Theatre in Cornwall at the age of 18. 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 two episodes of Cold Feet (1999).
He has also modeled for Burberry since 2004 and has been featured in three Burberry campaigns, alongside Kate Moss. In July 2006, Dancy received a Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries nomination at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards for his role in Elizabeth I.
In 2007, Dancy had a starring role on Broadway as Captain Dennis Stanhope in Journey’s End (Belasco Theatre). He portrayed the character of Adam in the 2009 indie, Adam, a man with Asperger’s Syndrome. Dancy also appeared in Savage Grace and the film adaptation of Confessions of a Shopaholic.
