Family
Grant was born on 9 September 1960 in Hammersmith Hospital, the second son of Fynvola Susan MacLean and Captain James Murray Grant. His grandfather, Colonel James … See more

Grant has expressed boredom with playing the celebrity in the press and is known in the media for his guarded privacy. On probing … See more

Libel lawsuits
In 1996, Grant won substantial damages from News (UK) Ltd over what his lawyers called a "highly defamatory" article published in January 1995. The company's newspaper, Today, which ceased publication the … See more

1982–1986: First film; stage and comedy work
After making his debut in the Oxford-financed film Privileged (1982), Grant dabbled in a variety … See more

Grant began his career as a character actor but became predominantly a comedy (especially a romantic comedy) actor from his rise to stardom in mid-1990s until the 2010s. He said he moved away from romantic comedies after the failure of Did You Hear About the … See more

Relationships
In 1987, while playing Lord Byron in the Spanish production Remando Al Viento (1988), Grant met actress Elizabeth Hurley, who was cast in a … See more

Grant is a patron of the DIPEx Charity, which operates the website Healthtalkonline. He is also patron of the Fynvola Foundation, named after his late mother; it supports … See more