Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) is the Editor in Chief at a publishing house in London. After some 'very irresponsible' E-mailing he and Bridget start dating. However Daniel (Hugh Grant) is already engaged to a Girl from the New York office and eventually ends up breaking Bridget's heart. He and Mark Darcy have a past history after he was best man at his wedding Daniel ran Off with Marks wife.

Hugh Grant, Originally from London was born in 1960. His varied film career has seen him star in films such as Nine Months, Notting Hill and Sense and Sensibility. Hugh Grant and his career really took off however when he had a staring role in the film, 4 weddings and a funeral.