Acting credits
56
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Hugh Dancy
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.0
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Movies: 34Series: 23Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 12791
IMDb ID: nm0199215
Known for: Acting
Born: June 19, 1975
Age: 51
Place of birth: Staffordshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1988 - 2025
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 6.51
Wikidata: Q314603
Also known as
Хʼю Денсі • Hugh Michael Horace Dancy
Other jobs
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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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Hugh Dancy.
as Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Georgia O'Keeffe: The Brightness of Light
2024 • Movie
as Jack Barber
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022 • Movie
as Albert
The Abominable Snow Baby
2021 • Movie
as Alleyne Ireland (voice)
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
2019 • Movie
as Charlie Fain
Late Night
2019 • Movie
as Self
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
2015 • Movie
as Self
Hannibal: This Is My Design
2014 • Movie
as Marshall Mallow (voice)
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014 • Movie
as Ted
Martha Marcy May Marlene
2011 • Movie
as Christian
Our Idiot Brother
2011 • Movie
as Dr. Mortimer Granville
Hysteria
2011 • Movie
as Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine (voice)
The Wildest Dream
2010 • Movie
as Nick
Coach
2010 • Movie
as Adam Raki
Adam
2009 • Movie
as Luke Brandon
Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009 • Movie
as Grigg
The Jane Austen Book Club
2007 • Movie
Thanks
An American Crime
2007 • Movie
as Sam Green
Savage Grace
2007 • Movie
as Buddy Wittenborn
Evening
2007 • Movie
as Aiden
Blood and Chocolate
2007 • Movie
as Adam Towers
Basic Instinct 2
2006 • Movie
as Joe Connor
Shooting Dogs
2006 • Movie
as Self
King Arthur: A Roundtable Discussion
2005 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Hugh Dancy.
as Hugh Percy / John Burgoyne / Banastre Tarleton / Comte de Vergennes (voice) • 6 eps
The American Revolution
2025 • Series
as Dr. Otto Octavius (voice) • 5 eps
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
2025 • Series
as Detective Bobby Bronson • 1 eps
Roar
2022 • Series
as Caleb Garlin • 4 eps
The Good Fight
2017 • Series
as Calvin 'Cal' Roberts • 36 eps
The Path
2016 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • Series
as Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett • 2 eps
Deadline Gallipoli
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
as Will Graham • 39 eps
Hannibal
2013 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009 • Series
as Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex • 2 eps
Elizabeth I
2005 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 • Series
as Daniel Deronda • 4 eps
Daniel Deronda
2002 • Series
as David Copperfield • 2 eps
David Copperfield
2000 • Series
as Leon • 2 eps
Madame Bovary
2000 • Series
as Michel Previn • 1 eps
Relic Hunter
1999 • Series
as Nolan Price • 3 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 • Series
as Danny • 2 eps
Cold Feet
1998 • Series
as Roberto Bellini • 1 eps
Trial & Retribution
1997 • Series
as Michael Woodley • 1 eps
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995 • Series
as Nolan Price • 88 eps
Law & Order
1990 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 • Series