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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Hugh Dancy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• The American Revolution — Hugh Percy / John Burgoyne / Banastre Tarleton / Comte de Vergennes (voice)
• Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man — Dr. Otto Octavius (voice)
• 2024Georgia O'Keeffe: The Brightness of Light — Narrator (voice)
• 2022Downton Abbey: A New Era — Jack Barber
• Roar — Detective Bobby Bronson
• 2021The Abominable Snow Baby — Albert
• 2019Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People — Alleyne Ireland (voice)
• 2019Late Night — Charlie Fain
• The Good Fight — Caleb Garlin
• The Path — Calvin 'Cal' Roberts
• Deadline Gallipoli — Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett
• 2014Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return — Marshall Mallow (voice)
• Hannibal — Will Graham, Other
• 2011Hysteria — Dr. Mortimer Granville
• 2011Martha Marcy May Marlene — Ted
• 2011Our Idiot Brother — Christian
• 2010Coach — Nick
• 2010The Wildest Dream — Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine (voice)
• 2009Adam — Adam Raki
• 2009Confessions of a Shopaholic — Luke Brandon
• It's On with Alexa Chung
• 2007An American Crime — Thanks
• 2007Blood and Chocolate — Aiden
• 2007Evening — Buddy Wittenborn
• 2007Savage Grace — Sam Green
• 2007The Jane Austen Book Club — Grigg
• 2006Basic Instinct 2 — Adam Towers
• 2006Shooting Dogs — Joe Connor
• Elizabeth I — Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
• 2004Ella Enchanted — Char
• 2004King Arthur — Galahad
• 2003Tempo — Jack
• 2003The Sleeping Dictionary — John Truscott
• Daniel Deronda — Daniel Deronda
• 2001Black Hawk Down — Schmid
• 2001David Copperfield — David Copperfield
• 2001Young Blades — D'Artagnan
• David Copperfield — David Copperfield
• Madame Bovary — Leon
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Nolan Price
• Relic Hunter — Michel Previn
• Cold Feet — Danny
• Trial & Retribution — Roberto Bellini
• Kavanagh Q.C. — Michael Woodley
• Law & Order — Nolan Price
• Poe — Edgar Allan Poe (voice)
• The Custom of the Country

Appearances as themselves (13)

• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• 2015Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• 2014Hannibal: This Is My Design — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self, Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien — Self
• 2005King Arthur: A Roundtable Discussion — Self
• 2004The Magical World of Ella Enchanted — Self / Prince Char
• 2004The Making of King Arthur — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2002The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down' — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest