Hugh Dancy

About

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...

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Law & OrderSeries • 1990Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999The Good FightSeries • 2017HannibalSeries • 2013Relic HunterSeries • 1999Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-ManSeries • 2025Kavanagh Q.C.Series • 1995Black Hawk DownMovie • 2001RoarSeries • 2022Trial & RetributionSeries • 1997The PathSeries • 2016Cold FeetSeries • 1998Confessions of a ShopaholicMovie • 2009King ArthurMovie • 2004Basic Instinct 2Movie • 2006Ella EnchantedMovie • 2004Downton Abbey: A New EraMovie • 2022The American RevolutionSeries • 2025Late NightMovie • 2019Legends of Oz: Dorothy's ReturnMovie • 2014Martha Marcy May MarleneMovie • 2011The Jane Austen Book ClubMovie • 2007The Sleeping DictionaryMovie • 2003HysteriaMovie • 2011