Richard E. Grant
Born May 5, 1957 · Mbabane, Swaziland [now Eswatini]
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).
Notable Appearances
Movies
Wicker
Corpse Bride
Logan
About Time
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Nuremberg
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Argylle
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Saltburn
Death of a Unicorn
The Thursday Murder Club
Ladies First
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
The Age of Innocence
Savage House
Jackie
The Player
Gosford Park
Hudson Hawk
Henry & June
Warlock
A Christmas Carol
The Iron Lady
Withnail & I
Penelope
Zambezia
Their Finest
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
The Portrait of a Lady
Khumba
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
The Nutcracker
Spice World
Persuasion
The Miracle Maker
Prêt-à-Porter
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
The Little Vampire
L.A. Story
100 Nights of Hero
The Spine of Night
Robin Robin
Sherlock: Case of Evil
Horrid Henry: The Movie
Dom Hemingway
Mountains of the Moon
Confessions II – The Film
Twelfth Night
Foster
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
Up Against It
Jack & Sarah
Doctor Who: The Snowmen
The Skywalker Legacy
Bright Young Things
An Audience with Adele
The Story of an African Farm
Colour Me Kubrick
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Last Dragonslayer
Jackboots on Whitehall
Killing Dad
Queen & Country
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
Tooth
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Always Crashing in the Same Car
The Making of Gosford Park
For No Good Reason
TV Shows
Game of Thrones
The Graham Norton Show
Frasier
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The One Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Have I Got News for You
QI
Loki
Downton Abbey
8 Out of 10 Cats
Omnibus
Screen Two
Would I Lie to You?
Natural World
Agatha Christie's Marple
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
No Hiding Place
Soccer AM
Girls
Parkinson
Dalziel and Pascoe
Absolutely Fabulous
An Audience with...
TFI Friday
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
The Other Bennet Sister
A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Celebrity Traitors
Room 101
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Trial & Retribution
Performance
Shooting Stars
The Word
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World
Marvel Studios Assembled
Playhouse Presents
The Outlaws
Too Much
Nautilus
Moley
Psychobitches
The Franchise
Between the Covers
Dispatches from Elsewhere
Jekyll and Hyde
Rab C. Nesbitt
Suspect
The Legends of Treasure Island
The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked
Dig
TFI Unplugged
Gadget Man
Ant & Dec's Limitless Win
The Crimson Petal and the White
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
British Film Forever
Let Them Eat Cake
Karaoke
Captain Star
Hang Ups
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
The Fear
Hard Times
Above and Beyond
Frankly
Mozart: Rise of a Genius
Posh Nosh
Codename: Kyril
Write Around the World with Richard E Grant
Richard E. Grant's Very Modern Odyssey
The Friday Night Project
More Movies
The Legends of Treasure Island
Palm Beach
The Serpent's Kiss
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Love Hurts
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
How to Stop Being a Loser
An Evening with Lily Savage
7 Up & Me
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
An Audience with Elton John
A Royal Grand Design
The Lesson
Filth and Wisdom
Hidden City
The Last Fashion Show
Victoria's Secrets
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
The Match
The Gospel of Luke
Monsieur N.
Garden of Eden
The Cold Light of Day
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
Making 'Logan'
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
Kath & Kimderella
The Coronation Concert
Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime
Food of Love
Withnail and Us
The Secret World of Lewis Carroll
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
First Night
Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked
An Accidental Studio
National Theatre Live: Hay Fever
The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson
Cuckoo
Suddenly, Last Summer
Dirty Weekenders in France
Bed
Strictly Sinatra
We Know Where You Live. Live!
Pulp: The Story of Common People
St. Ives
Here Is the News
Angel in the House
Butter
The Space: Theatre of Survival
The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'
The Man Who Married Himself
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
Teeth
The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey
I Demand to Have Some Booze!
Pink Floyd: The Story
A Royal Scandal
Thieves in the Night
Calliope
Hildegarde
