Hugh Dancy Net Worth

Hugh Dancy's Quotes

• Acting is not very good for relationships - but very good for when they are over.
• My dad is an academic but there was never any question of me following on that route. I'm thick.
• There's no one actor in particular that I want to model my career after, except for the people who have been able to keep their career varied and who choose things that interest them. That opportunity is all I really want.
• [on being sent to the school theater as a punishment] It is true, I was at boarding school and had been misbehaving and I was sent to study drama, to the theater at my school. I was sent under duress and never left, I loved it. To begin with I was just helping out with the sets, painting the walls, nailing things into the floor and doing odd jobs. I was sent there to keep out of trouble, but I never thought about acting before that at all. Then I discovered I liked the people doing drama far more than most of the other people at my school. I spent so much time there that eventually someone asked me to be in a play, it had nothing whatsoever to do with my acting ability. I found out that I loved acting and I am very glad it happened.
• [2011] [A character's sexuality isn't] a factor in whether I'll do a role or not. If something like ["The Pride" (play)] comes up and it's a great character, I'll want to do it. Basically, I'll ask myself, what are the reasons I shouldn't do this? And when you look around and you realize you can't really find any, then you have to do it. {He pauses and grins} Or when the only reasons are I'm having a nice time and I'd like to just sit around.

Interesting Facts about Hugh Dancy

1. Attended Ranger boot camp at Fort Benning, Georgia, for a week with the rest of the Black Hawk Down (2001) cast. Hugh, who portrays Ranger medic Kurt "Doc" Schmid in the film, worked with Ranger medics in combat scenarios.
2. Graduated from Oxford University with a degree in English Literature & Language.
3. [2004] The face of the Burberry men's fashion campaign.
4. Is good friends with Sienna Miller and Ewan McGregor.
5. Has a younger brother, Jack, and a younger sister, Kate, who both live in France.
6. Arrived at St. Peter's College, Oxford University in 1994 along with friends Paul Curran and Alexander Fiske-Harrison.
7. During his early years after his move to London, he found odd jobs as a waiter and bartender before finding a break in British TV costumers in the late 90's.
8. Was educated at Winchester College, England.
9. [February 2009] Engaged to Claire Danes. They met on the set of Evening (2007).
10. Briefly lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as a child where his father was working at the time.
11. [September 2009] Married Claire Danes in France.
12. [July 2012] Hugh and his wife, Claire Danes, are expecting their first child.
13. [December 2012] First child, a boy named Cyrus Michael Christopher Dancy, was born on December 17, 2012.
14. He is of English, and a small amount of Welsh and Scottish descent.
15. He auditioned to play Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal Rising (2007) and later played Lecter's nemesis Will Graham on Hannibal (2013).
16. Hannibal: Antipasto (2015) is the only episode of Hannibal (2013) in which he does not appear.
17. Is very good friends with his Hannibal (2013) co-star Mads Mikkelsen since the pair starred together in the film King Arthur (2004).
18. Is an avid collector of fake hands. His fascination started after having seen a set of wooden hands on a film set.
19. His most embarrassing moment at an audition was having an American producer throw an ashtray at him to demonstrate the supposed "poor" reflexes of British actors. Hugh caught the ashtray, but his chest caught the cigarettes.
20. Stumbled into acting at age 13 after being sent to the school theater as punishment for misbehaving at school.