elbert - one of my favorite tv shows and character. I love the montage. Gives you a very different impression on what this show is really all about. Thanks for sharing it.

Extraordinary how he's managed to carve out that niche for himself. Tell me, do Americans find his accent convincing?

most definitely. He has done the American accent very very well.

I like this too.

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One of our favorite shows also. We watch the older reruns over some of the new shows. Heck, I didn't know he was English until the second year of the show and play music too!!!

Great show.

Seems a pretty good shot at an American accent to me. Perhaps to Americans it's as bad as Don Cheadles' London accent was in Oceans Eleven or Twelve, whichever it was.

I think Hugh's American accent is good. Many US actors work on losing their regional accent - and then they end up sounding like Hugh

There are a lot of non American's playing American roles in TV shows:

Rachel Griffiths (Aussie): 6 Feet Under and Brothers and Sisters

Simon Baker (Aussie): The Guardian and The Mentalist

Just to name 2.