Hugh Dancy biography
Date of birth : 1975-06-19
Date of death : -
Birthplace : Stoke-on-Trent, U.K.
Nationality : English
Category : Arts and Entertainment
Last modified : 2011-08-30
Credited as : Actor, male model, Emmy Award
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Dancy was born in Stoke-on-Trent, the son of British philosopher Jonathan Dancy, a professor at the University of Reading and at the University of Texas at Austin. His mother, Sarah, is a publisher. His brother, Jack, is a co-director of the travel company, Trufflepig Travel, and his sister, Kate, works for Save the Children. Dancy was educated at Dragon School in Oxford and Winchester College, then went on to study at St Peter's College, Oxford. At the age of 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.
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 character of Adam, a man with Asperger syndrome, in the 2009 independent film Adam. Dancy also appeared in the film adaptation of the novel Savage Grace 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. This 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.
Filmography:
2009 : VH ; Confessions of a Shopaholic ; Adam - Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
2011 : Our Idiot Brother ; Martha Marcy May Marlene ; Hysteria
Television:
2006 : Elizabeth I - Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
