Hugh Dancy
Also Known As: 휴 댄시, 休·丹希, Хʼю Денсі, هیو دنسی
Biography: 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). Other film roles include Joe Conner in Shooting Dogs (2005), Grigg Harris in The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), Luke Brandon in Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), Adam Raki in Adam (2009) and Ted in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011). On television, he portrayed criminal profiler Will Graham in the NBC television series Hannibal (2013–2015), Cal Roberts in the Hulu original series The Path (2016–2018) and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, in the Channel 4 miniseries Elizabeth I (2005); the latter role earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Dancy currently portrays Senior Assistant District Attorney Nolan Price on NBC's revival of the original Law & Order (2022–present). Description above from the Wikipedia article Hugh Dancy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Staffordshire, England, UK
Birthday: June 19, 1975
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Gender: Male
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Black Hawk Down
Overview: When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Genres: Action War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-28
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Basic Instinct 2
Overview: Novelist Catherine Tramell is once again in trouble with the law, and Scotland Yard appoints psychiatrist Dr. Michael Glass to evaluate her. Though, like Detective Nick Curran before him, Glass is entranced by Tramell and lured into a seductive game.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-29
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Blood and Chocolate
Overview: A young teenage werewolf is torn between honoring her family's secret and her love for a man.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-26
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Confessions of a Shopaholic
Overview: In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping – a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door – until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-05
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Savage Grace
Overview: This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to "cure" Antony of his sexuality -- sometimes by seducing him herself -- the groundwork is laid for a murderous tragedy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-18
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The Jane Austen Book Club
Overview: Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing with life experiences that parallel the themes of the books they are reading.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-09
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Adam
Overview: Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-07
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Evening
Overview: As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago. In vivid flashbacks, the young Ann (Claire Daines) spends one night with a man named Harris (Patrick Wilson), who was the love of her life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-09
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Shooting Dogs
Overview: Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-08
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King Arthur
Overview: The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.
Genres: Adventure War History Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-07
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The Sleeping Dictionary
Overview: A young Englishman is dispatched to Sarawak to become part of the British colonial government. He encounters some unorthodox local traditions, and finds himself faced with tough decisions of the heart involving the beautiful Selima, the unwitting object of his affections.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-31
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Ella Enchanted
Overview: Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be quite the curse once Ella finds herself in the hands of several unscrupulous characters whom she quite literally cannot disobey. Determined to gain control of her life and decisions, Ella sets off on a journey to find her fairy godmother who she hopes will lift the curse. The path, however, isn't easy -- Ella must outwit a slew of unpleasant obstacles including ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, elves and Prince Charmont's evil uncle, who wants to take over the crown and rule the kingdom.
Genres: Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-09
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The Abominable Snow Baby
Overview: Based on the short story from Terry Pratchett's book of Christmas tales entitled "Father Christmas's Fake Beard". It tells the story of a quintessentially English town which is thrown into disarray by a huge snowfall and the dramatic appearance of a 14-foot tall Abominable Snow Baby. Shunned and feared by the local townsfolk, Snow Baby is rescued by the indomitable Granny who along with grandson Albert, welcomes him into her home, showering her new pet with love and affection, changing the town’s perception and helping the community overcome their initial prejudices.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-25
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Coach
Overview: A slacker trust-fund type finds the motivation to pick up a job as the coach of middle school soccer team
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-13
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Tempo
Overview: Jenny, a young American woman, moves to Paris and gets involved with Jack, who is seemingly the man of her dreams. However, he has a lot to hide and Jenny quickly gets entangled his dangerous lifestyle.
Genres: Romance Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-17
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Martha Marcy May Marlene
Overview: After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in the cult make peace hard to find. As flashbacks continue to torment her, Martha fails to shake a terrible sense of dread, especially in regard to the cult's manipulative leader.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-21
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Hysteria
Overview: Two doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-06
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Our Idiot Brother
Overview: Everybody has one—the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda and Natalie, that person is their perennially upbeat brother, Ned. But as each of their lives begins to unravel, Ned's family comes to realise that Ned isn't such an idiot after all.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-26
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Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Overview: Dorothy wakes up in post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends the Scarecrow, the Lion, the Tin Man and Glinda from a devious new villain, the Jester. Wiser the owl, Marshal Mallow, China Princess and Tugg the tugboat join Dorothy on her latest magical journey through the colorful landscape of Oz to restore order and happiness to Emerald City.
Genres: Animation Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-08
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David Copperfield
Overview: After the death of his father and a second wedding of his mother, David Copperfield suffers from his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone. The mother dies shortly after the death of another child, whereupon Mr. Murdstone sends David to London, where he has to work for a starvation wage.Here he makes some new friends, but soon flees from the capital of England to his aunt Traddles in Canterbury, where he is adopted by her.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-25
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Young Blades
Overview: Young Blades follows D'Artagnan (Hugh Dancy), a young arrogant swordsman; Radegonde (Sarah-Jane Potts), a clever girl he meets in the woods; and a trio of Musketeers as they attempt to thwart a plot to send France and Spain into war.
Genres: Romance Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-02-23
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The Making of King Arthur
Overview: Poet Simon Armitage traces the evolution of the Arthurian legend through the literature of the medieval age and reveals that King Arthur is not the great national hero he is usually considered to be. He's a fickle and transitory character who was appropriated by the Normans to justify their conquest, he was cuckolded when French writers began adapting the story and it took Thomas Malory's masterpiece of English literature, Le Mort d'Arthur, to restore dignity and reclaim him as the national hero we know today.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-24
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Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Overview: An in depth feature length piece on the creative efforts to approach the Hannibal television series' third season "reboot" of the Red Dragon arc.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-08
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Hannibal: This Is My Design
Overview: An in-depth look at the production of Hannibal season 2, including everything from location shoots to special effects.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-16
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The Wildest Dream
Overview: Uses astonishing visuals to tell the intersecting stories of George Mallory, the first man to attempt a summit of Mount Everest, and Conrad Anker, the mountaineer who finds Mallory's frozen remains 75 years later.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-06
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Madame Bovary
Overview: A young woman in her late teens, a reader of novels and with high hopes of romance and passion, marries a widowed country doctor. Although he dotes on her, she is soon bored and discontent. First, she gives her imagination to a law student in town, and next she takes a lover. When he refuses to run away with her, she takes up again with the law clerk. Her spending on dresses and furnishings mounts; these debts and her ill-advised professional counsel to her husband bring his ruin.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-02
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Late Night
Overview: A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over diversity concerns, her decision has unexpectedly hilarious consequences as the two women separated by culture and generation are united by their love of a biting punchline.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-25
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Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
Overview: A biographical history of Hungarian immigrant Joseph Pulitzer, who revolutionized how news is presented, to whom it is catered to and the power of giving power to the masses.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-01
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The Magical World of Ella Enchanted
Overview: A limited edition behind the scenes special discussing Ella Enchanted with Anne Hathaway and Hugh Dancy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-24
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Downton Abbey: A New Era
Overview: The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. Meanwhile, a Hollywood director seeks to film his latest production at Downton.
Genres: Drama Romance History Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-04-27
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Poe
Overview: A biography of Edgar Allan Poe wraps around four of his most famous tales and several of his poems.
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Original Language: en
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