Hugh Dancy

Hugh Dancy interests me because he keeps choosing fragility when his looks would let him coast. An Oxford-educated former model could have spent a career playing decorative love interests; instead he gravitates toward men whose minds are quietly coming apart, and his Saturn Award-winning television work proved how far he could push that. There is a precision to his acting that feels almost academic, yet it never turns cold — he finds the warmth inside anxious, overthinking characters. He is the kind of performer critics undervalue precisely because he makes difficulty look polite. I rate him far higher than his fame suggests.

Hugh Michael Horace Dancy (born 19 June 1975) is an English actor who rose to prominence for his role as the title character in the television film adaptation of David Copperfield (2000) as well as for roles in feature films as Kurt Schmid in Black Hawk Down (2001) and Prince Charmont in Ella Enchanted (2004).

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Name (English)

Hugh Dancy

Name (Japanese)

ヒュー・ダンシー

Reading

ひゅー・だんしー

Born

June 19, 1975 (age 50)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rabbit

Origin

Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

actor / fashion model / stage actor / film actor / television actor

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

St Peter's College

Awards & achievements

• 2015 Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC

Tags

• actor
• fashion model
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.