<P> Two Weeks Notice was followed by the 2003 ensemble comedy , Love Actually , headlined by Grant as the British Prime Minister . A Christmas release by Working Title Films , the film was promoted as `` the ultimate romantic comedy '' and accumulated $246 million at the international box office . It marked the directorial debut of Richard Curtis , who told the New York Times that Grant adamantly tempered the characterisation of the role to make his character more authoritative and less haplessly charming than earlier Curtis incarnations . Roger Ebert claimed that `` Grant has flowered into an absolutely splendid romantic comedian '' and has `` so much self - confidence that he plays the British prime minister as if he took the role to be a good sport . '' Film critic Rex Reed , on the contrary , called Grant 's performance `` an oversexed bachelor spin on Tony Blair '' as the star `` flirted with himself in the paroxysm of self - love that has become his acting style . '' </P>
<P> Two Weeks Notice was followed by the 2003 ensemble comedy , Love Actually , headlined by Grant as the British Prime Minister . A Christmas release by Working Title Films , the film was promoted as `` the ultimate romantic comedy '' and accumulated $246 million at the international box office . It marked the directorial debut of Richard Curtis , who told the New York Times that Grant adamantly tempered the characterisation of the role to make his character more authoritative and less haplessly charming than earlier Curtis incarnations . Roger Ebert claimed that `` Grant has flowered into an absolutely splendid romantic comedian '' and has `` so much self - confidence that he plays the British prime minister as if he took the role to be a good sport . '' Film critic Rex Reed , on the contrary , called Grant 's performance `` an oversexed bachelor spin on Tony Blair '' as the star `` flirted with himself in the paroxysm of self - love that has become his acting style . '' </P>
who played the prime minister in love actually
who played the prime minister in love actually
Grant
Grant