From the age of 5 to the age of 10, Dancy was … Hugh Michael Horace Dancy was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, to Sarah Ann (Birley), who works in academic publishing, and Jonathan Peter Dancy, a philosophy professor and writer. 'Homeland' viewers met a sinister new character in episode 7 of the final season. He's played by star Claire Danes' husband, Hugh Dancy. Talented British actor Hugh Dancy is one of the UK's most noted young talents. Hugh is the oldest of three children, followed by brother Jack Dancy (born 25 May 1977), who is co-director of the travel company Trufflepig Travel, and sister Katharine Sarah Redman (née Dancy, born 5 March 1980). Claire Danes' real-life husband Hugh Dancy is joining the cast of the eighth and final season of Homeland.