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