Michael Horace Dancy Hugh is an English actor and producer, known for his roles in Madame Bovary, The Musketeers, Ella Enchanted, King Arthur, Blood and Chocolate, Hannibal, The Way. His creative biography includes dozens of films. For his role in the TV series "Elizabeth I" Hugh was nominated for an Emmy.
The charming, charismatic and romantic actor literally immediately after appearing on the screens attracted the attention of the audience. Although he has played most of his roles in TV shows, he has a huge following who closely follow Hugh's life.
Dancy never dreamed of becoming an actor, he was going to become a linguist. But fate prepared Hugh a completely different path. And today he is one of the famous representatives of the acting profession.
Childhood and adolescence
The boy was born in the summer of 1975 in England. His father was a philosopher, a representative of one of the scientific societies. Mom worked as a publisher and ran her own business. Dancy has a sister who now works for a charitable foundation and a brother who runs a travel business.
During his childhood, Hugh was never interested in a career in film or theater. Theatrical performances in which he took part during his school years were his punishment for bad behavior or academic performance. Parents literally forced the boy to go to the theater club in order for him to become more disciplined.
Gradually, Dancy began to like performing on stage, in the end he really got carried away with the theater and was already going to enter a theater studio. But the father was categorically against acting as his son's profession. Therefore, immediately after graduation, Hugh went to get an education at Oxford, where he began to study literature and linguistics.
The young man did not lose his desire to perform on stage even during his years of study at the university. Immediately after receiving his diploma, he makes the final decision to become an actor and moves to London.
Creative biography
To earn his living in London, the young man begins to look for work. Having got a job in a cafe, Dancy does not give up hope of getting on television, where she constantly goes to auditions. Soon, luck smiled at Dancy: he was noticed and invited to a small role in one of the TV projects.
Gradually he begins to receive more and more significant roles and finally he gets the main role of D'Artagnan in the film "The Musketeers", based on the novel by A. Dumas. The picture was released in 2001, but was not successful.
Two years later, Hugh gets the role of a romantic hero in the movie "Intimate Diary". His partner on the set is the charming Jessica Alba. After this picture, the actor began to be called a "heartthrob" and one of the most passionate characters. In the next film, Ella Enchanted, he again gets the romantic role of a noble and handsome prince, after which the fans literally began to go crazy with Dancy.
Despite the fact that the films in which Hugh starred were not a big and noisy success, his popularity increased every time. The actor was constantly invited to television shows, meeting with spectators, and taking countless interviews for the press. In 2004, he became the face of a perfume company, promoting the Burberry Brit for Men brand.
One of the best roles for Hugh is considered the image of an autistic young man in the drama "Adam". And the actor gained the greatest popularity after the show of the series "Hannibal", where he played one of the main roles - a freelance FBI specialist who, having a special sensitivity, helps in solving the murders committed by Hannibal Lecter.
Another successful work of Hugh can be called the role of the personal psychotherapist of the protagonist Will Graham in the acclaimed film Fifty Shades Darker.
Personal life
Hugh met for a long time, and then lived in a civil marriage with the artist Annie Morris. They never became husband and wife. And as a result, they broke up in the early 2000s.
Hugh met his future wife, Claire Danes, on one of the set. The romantic relationship, which had arisen in the process of working together, very soon grew into true love. In 2009, Claire and Dancy were married, and three years later the couple had a son, who was named Cyrus Michael Christopher.
