
Hugh Dancy
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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Acting History
2025
The American Revolution as Hugh Percy (voice) / General John Burgoyne (voice) / Banastre Tarleton (voice) / Comte de Vergennes (voice)
2025The American Revolution as voice
2025Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man as Otto Octavius (voice)
2024Georgia O'Keeffe: The Brightness of Light as Narrator (voice)
2022Downton Abbey: A New Era as Jack Barber
2022Roar as Detective Bobby Bronson
2021The Abominable Snow Baby as Albert
2019Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People as Alleyne Ireland (voice)
2019Late Night as Charlie Fain
2017The Good Fight as Caleb Garlin
2016The Path as Calvin "Cal" Roberts
2015Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon as Self
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015Deadline Gallipoli as Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett
2014Hannibal: This Is My Design as Self
2014Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return as Marshall Mallow (voice)
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
2013Hannibal as Will Graham
2011Martha Marcy May Marlene as Ted
2011Our Idiot Brother as Christian
2011Hysteria as Dr. Mortimer Granville
2010The Wildest Dream as Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine (voice)
2010Coach as Nick
2009Adam as Adam Raki
2009It's On with Alexa Chung
2009The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien as Self
2009Confessions of a Shopaholic as Luke Brandon
2007The Jane Austen Book Club as Grigg
2007Evening as Buddy Wittenborn
2007Savage Grace as Sam Green
2007Blood and Chocolate as Aiden
2006Basic Instinct 2 as Adam Towers
2006Shooting Dogs as Joe Connor
2005Elizabeth I as Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
2004The Making of King Arthur as Self
2004The Magical World of Ella Enchanted as Self / Prince Char
2004King Arthur as Galahad
2004Ella Enchanted as Char
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003Tempo as Jack
2003The Sleeping Dictionary as John Truscott
2002Daniel Deronda as Daniel Deronda
2001Black Hawk Down as SFC Kurt 'Doc' Schmid
2001David Copperfield as David Copperfield
2001Young Blades as D'Artagnan
2000Madame Bovary as Leon
1999Relic Hunter as Michel Previn
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Nolan Price
1998Cold Feet
1997Trial & Retribution
1995Kavanagh Q.C. as Michael Woodley
1990Law & Order as Nolan Price
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
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