Person

Richard E. Grant

Acting · Born 1957-05-05 · Mbabane, Swaziland [now Eswatini]

Biography

Richard E. Grant (born Richard Grant Esterhuysen; 5 May 1957) is a Swaziland-born English actor and presenter. He made his film debut as Withnail in the comedy Withnail and I (1987). Grant received critical acclaim for his role as Jack Hock in Marielle Heller's drama film Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018), winning various awards including the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. He also received Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Grant is also known for his roles in the feature films Warlock (1989), Henry & June (1990), Hudson Hawk (1991), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), The Age of Innocence (1993), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), The Little Vampire (2000), Gosford Park (2001), Penelope (2006), The Iron Lady (2011), Jackie (2016), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), and Saltburn (2023). He is also known for his roles in television, including Frasier (2004), Dig (2015), Game of Thrones (2016), Hang Ups (2018), A Series of Unfortunate Events (2019), and Suspect (2022).

Known for

Filmography

2027Rose's BabyDr. Abaras
2026Merry Christmas Aubrey FlintMr. Hopkins
2026WickerDoctor
2026Wildwood(voice)
2026Savage HouseSir Chauncey Savage
2026Confessions II – The FilmSelf
2026Ladies FirstPigeon Man
2026The Other Bennet SisterMr. Bennet
2025100 Nights of HeroBirdman
2025NurembergSir David Maxwell-Fyfe
2025The Celebrity TraitorsSelf - Contestant
2025The Thursday Murder ClubBobby Tanner
2025Too MuchJonno Ratigan
2025Death of a UnicornOdell
2024Doctor Who at the PromsThe Doctor (archive footage)
2024NautilusThe White Rajah
2024The FranchisePeter Fairchild
2024ArgylleDirector Fowler
2023SaltburnSir James Catton
2023The LessonJ.M. Sinclair
2023The Coronation ConcertSelf
2022FranklySelf
2022A Royal Grand DesignHost
2022PersuasionSir Walter Elliot
2022SuspectHarry
2022RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The WorldSelf - Guest Judge
2022Ant & Dec's Limitless WinSelf
2021An Audience with AdeleSelf
2021Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day SpecialClassic Loki (archive footage)
2021The Spine of NightThe Guardian (voice)
2021The OutlawsThe Earl
2021Robin RobinMagpie (voice)
2021MoleyThe Gardener (voice)
2021Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!Self - Actor
2021Everybody's Talking About JamieHugo Battersby / Loco Chanelle
2021Write Around the World with Richard E GrantSelf - Presenter
2021Hitman's Wife's BodyguardSeifert
2021LokiClassic Loki
2021Agatha & Poirot: Partners in CrimeSelf - Host
2021Marvel Studios AssembledSelf - Classic Loki
2020Michael McIntyre's The WheelSelf - Expert
2020Between the CoversSelf
2020Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music HallSelf
2020The Skywalker LegacySelf
2020Dispatches from ElsewhereOctavio
2019Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerAllegiant General Pryde
2019Master Moley by Royal InvitationThe Gardener (voice)
2019Palm BeachBilly
2019An Accidental StudioSelf
2019The Space: Theatre of Survivalas Self
20197 Up & MeSelf
2018The Nutcracker and the Four RealmsShiver
2018Can You Ever Forgive Me?Jack Hock
2018Hang UpsLeonard Conrad
2017The Hitman's BodyguardSeifert
2017Making 'Logan'Self
2017Tate Britain's Great Art WalksSelf
2017LoganDr. Rice
2017Their FinestRoger Swain
2017A Series of Unfortunate EventsMan with Beard But No Hair
2016The Last DragonslayerDragon (voice)
2016JackieBill Walton
2015Jekyll and HydeSir Roger Bulstrode
2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
2015Wellington: The Iron Duke UnmaskedThe Duke of Wellington
2015DigIan Margrove
2015The Secret World of Lewis CarrollHimself - Actor
2015Teeth
2015Queen & CountryMajor Cross
2015The Gospel of LukeNarrator (voice) – New International Version
2014Dirty Weekenders in FranceSelf - Presenter
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf
2014The KumarsSelf
2013Dom HemingwayDickie Black
2013Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie PhillipsSelf / Larry Oliphant
2013About TimeLawyer in Play (uncredited)
2013KhumbaBradley (voice)
2013PsychobitchesMatthew Hopkins
2012Doctor Who: The SnowmenDr. Walter Simeon
2012The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest JourneyNarrator
2012The FearSeb Whiting
2012Gadget Man
2012For No Good ReasonSelf
2012Kath & KimderellaAlain the Page
2012ZambeziaCecil (voice)
2012Words of the TitanicReader
2012GirlsJasper
2012Playhouse PresentsStephen / Tony
2012Cherrywood Cannon(Voice)
2011The Iron LadyMichael Heseltine
2011How to Stop Being a LoserIan
2011Horrid Henry: The MovieVic Van Wrinkle
2011Game of ThronesIzembaro
2011The Crimson Petal and the WhiteDoctor Curlew
2011The Last Fashion ShowFederico Marinoni
2011FosterMr. Potts
2010CuckooProfessor Julius Greengrass
2010The NutcrackerFather
2010First NightAdam
2010Jackboots on WhitehallThe Vicar (voice)
2010Downton AbbeySimon Bricker
2010The Man Who Married HimselfOlivier
2009Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009Love HurtsBen Bingham
2008Filth and WisdomProf Flynn
2008Garden of EdenColonel Philip Boyle
2007PenelopeFranklin Wilhern
2007Elementary My Dear ViewerSelf - Presenter
2007The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'Self (archive footage)
2007British Film Forever
2007Would I Lie to You?Self
2007Always Crashing in the Same CarJames Booth
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
2006The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the HallSelf
2006Above and BeyondDon Bennett
2006The One ShowSelf - Guest
2006Garfield: A Tail of Two KittiesPreston (voice)
2006Pulp: The Story of Common PeopleNarrator
2005The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'Narrator
2005Colour Me KubrickJasper
2005Corpse BrideBarkis Bittern (voice)
2005Wah-WahDirector
20058 Out of 10 CatsSelf
2005Doctor WhoThe Great Intelligence
2005The Friday Night ProjectSelf
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleRaymond West
2004The Story of Bohemian RhapsodyNarrator (voice)
2004The Story of an African FarmBonaparte Blenkins
2004ToothJarvis Jarvis
200490 Days in Hollywood
2003Doctor Who: Scream of the ShalkaThe Doctor (voice)
2003Bright Young ThingsFather Rothschild
2003QISelf
2003Posh NoshSimon Marchmont
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest
2003Monsieur N.Hudson Lowe
2002The Hound of the BaskervillesJack Stapleton
2002Sherlock: Case of EvilMycroft
2002The Making of Gosford ParkSelf
2002Ant & Dec's Saturday Night TakeawaySelf - Guest Announcer
2002Robert Altman in EnglandSelf
2001Gosford ParkGeorge
2001HildegardeWolf
2001Strictly SinatraHimself
2000Victoria Wood with All the TrimmingsVarious Characters
2000The Little VampireFrederick Sackville-Bagg
2000The Miracle MakerJohn The Baptist (voice)
2000Victoria's SecretsSelf
1999A Christmas CarolBob Cratchit
1999Let Them Eat Cake
1999The MatchGorgeous Gus
1999Withnail and UsSelf
1999The Peculiar Memories of Bruce RobinsonSelf
1999Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal DeathThe Quite Handsome Doctor
1999The Scarlet PimpernelPercy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999Home Farm Twins
1999I Demand to Have Some Booze!Self
1998The Heaven and Earth Show
1998ParkinsonSelf
1998St. IvesMajor Farquhar Chevening
1998Cash in HandSir Harry Parkins
1997Spice WorldClifford
1997Keep the Aspidistra FlyingGordon Comstock
1997Food of LoveAlex Salmon
1997Trial & RetributionStephen Warrington
1997A Royal ScandalGeorge, Prince of Wales
1997An Audience with Elton JohnSelf
1997Treasure IslandLong John Silver
1997Captain Star
1997The Serpent's KissJames Fitzmaurice
1997Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a LadySelf
1996An Evening with Lily SavageSelf - Audience Member
1996Twelfth NightSir Andrew Aguecheek
1996The Portrait of a LadyLord Warburton
1996Vem Var DraculaSelf
1996The Cold Light of DayViktor Marek
1996KaraokeNick Balmer
1995Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful LifeFranz Kafka
1995BedNurse/Bed Head
1995Soccer AMSelf
1995Jack & SarahJack
1995Empire of the CensorsSelf - Host
1994Prêt-à-PorterCort Romney
1994Pink Floyd: The StoryNarrator (voice)
1994Room 101Self
1994Hard TimesJames Harthouse
1994Hard TimesJames Harthouse
1994CalliopeThe Producer
1994ButterGerrard
1993Shooting StarsSelf
1993FrasierStephen Moon
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1993The Age of InnocenceLawrence "Larry" Lefferts
1993The Legends of Treasure IslandLong John Silver (voice)
1993The Legends of Treasure IslandLong John Silver (voice)
1993Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'Self
1993Suddenly, Last SummerGeorge Holly
1992Bram Stoker's DraculaDr. Jack Seward
1992Absolutely FabulousDream Justin
1992The Other SideSherlock Holmes
1992The PlayerTom Oakley
1991PerformanceNurse/Bed Head
1991Hudson HawkDarwin Mayflower
1991L.A. StoryRoland Mackey
1990Henry & JuneHugo Guiler
1990Have I Got News for YouSelf
1990Rab C. NesbittChingford Steel
1990Mountains of the MoonOliphant
1989The SimpsonsBritish Voice / Julian (voice)
1989Thieves in the NightJoseph
1989Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)Berg
1989WarlockGiles Redferne
1989How to Get Ahead in AdvertisingDenis Dimbleby Bagley
1989Here Is the NewsDavid Dunhill
1988Codename: KyrilLaurence Sculby
1988Codename: KyrilSculby
1987Hidden CityBrewster
1987Withnail & IWithnail
1987Lizzie's Pictures
1986Honest Decent & TrueMoonee Livingstone
1985Screen TwoMoonee Livingstone
1984Aspel & Company
1983Natural World
1978An Audience with...Self
1967OmnibusNarrator (voice)
1959No Hiding Place
—The Queen of FashionEvelyn Delves Broughton
—Wittgenstein's PokerLudwig Wittgenstein (voice)
—Fado!
—The Honey Wars(voice)
—Margot & Rudi
—The Man Who Stole Portugal
—New Line: Independent LegaciesSelf (archive footage)

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