Hugh Grant was born on September 9, 1960, and grew up in an unpretentious middle-class suburban home. His father was an Army officer who later retired to retail carpets. Hugh attended Latymer Upper School before attending Oxford on a scholarship in the early Eighties. After graduating, he took part in a series of forgettable TV programs, before meeting aspiring actress Liz Hurley when the two starred together in a Spanish production. "I had an offer to do a serious BBC project," Hugh says. "I couldn't decide between that and this absurd, career-damaging Spanish thing. Then I saw Elizabeth and went for the absurd Spanish film.