At 16, he went as a stage performer with the Pender Troupe for a tour of the US. He became attracted to theatre at a young age when he visited the Bristol Hippodrome. Grant was born and raised in Bristol, England. He was named by American Film Institute the second greatest male star of the Golden Age of Hollywood in 1999. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award, was honored with an Academy Honorary Award in 1970, and received the Kennedy Center Honor in 1981. He was one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men. He was known for his Mid-Atlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing. Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor.
