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Biography
Early life
Dancy was born in Stoke-on-Trent, the son of eminent British philosopher Jonathan Dancy, a professor at the University of Reading and the University of Texas at Austin. His mother, Sarah, is a publisher. He has a brother, Jack, and a sister, Kate. Dancy was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, Winchester College, and St Peter's College, Oxford. At the age of 18, he acted in the Winchester College Players production of Twelfth Night which was performed in both Winchester and at The Minack Theatre in Cornwall.
Career
Dancy's first small-screen appearances were in Trial & Retribution II, Dangerfield, The New Adventures of Robin Hood and Kavanagh QC. He is fluent in French, and played a Frenchman fascinated by knights in Relic Hunter. He played the lead in BBC's Daniel Deronda (2002) which was an adaptation of George Eliot's novel based on a young man learning about life, love and ultimately who he really is, Hallmark's David Copperfield (2000), and Danny in Cold Feet.
He has also modelled for Burberry since 2004. He has featured in three Burberry campaigns, alongside Kate Moss.
In July 2006, Dancy received a nomination for the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, as Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries, for his role in Elizabeth I.
Dancy recently had a starring role on Broadway as Captain Dennis Stanhope in Journey's End at the Belasco Theatre. In 2008, Hugh is set to star as the dark poet Edgar Allan Poe in the film Poe, an animated feature. He'll also portray the character of Adam in the upcoming 2008 indie, Adam, a man stricken with Aspergers Syndrome.[1] Hugh will also be in Savage Grace and the film adaptation of Confessions of a Shopaholic. Hugh will grace the front cover of Vogue Hommes International Magazine for the Autumn/Winter 2008 edition (link needed).
Personal life
He is currently dating actress Claire Danes. In the February 14th, 2007 edition of New York Post in which he said, "I am, however, seeing Claire. And today I live in New York, downtown, which I love".[2] They met on the set of Evening. He also stated in a recent interview to Marie Claire magazine, "I met her then, but we didn’t start dating until filming finished." [3] His previous long term girlfriend was UK artist Annie Morris who illustrated good friend Sophie Dahl's book, "The Man With the Dancing Eyes."
Filmography
Year Film Role Notes
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic Luke Brandon post-production
2008 Adam Adam post-production
Coach In Production, anticipated release date February 2009
2007 The Jane Austen Book Club Grigg Harris
Evening Buddy Wittenborn
Savage Grace Sam Green
Blood and Chocolate Aiden
2006 Elizabeth I Earl of Essex Television movie
Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction Adam Towers
2005 Shooting Dogs Joe Connor
2004 King Arthur Galahad
Ella Enchanted Prince Charmont
2003 Tempo Jack
The Sleeping Dictionary John Truscott
2002 Daniel Deronda Daniel Deronda Television movie
2001 Black Hawk Down Sfc. Kurt Schmid
Young Blades D'Artagnan
2000 David Copperfield David Copperfield Television movie