After a series of successful performances in New York City, he decided to stay there. At the age of 16, he went as a stage performer with the Pender Troupe for a tour of the US. He became attracted to theater at a young age when he visited the Bristol Hippodrome.
Grant was born and brought up in Bristol, England. Known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing, he was one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men from the 1930s until the mid-1960s. Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor.