Biography
Richard E. Grant (born Richard Grant Esterhuysen; 5 May 1957) is a Swazi-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.
Filmography
all 217
Movies 146
TV Shows 71
self 53
Narrator 7
Voice 6
Director 2
Producer 1
Self (Archive Footage)
Chinatown: A World in the Heart of the City (2024)
Movie
Director Fowler
Argylle (2024)
Movie
5
Sir James Catton
Saltburn (2023)
Movie
7.57
J.M. Sinclair
The Lesson (2023)
Movie
Self
The Coronation Concert (2023)
Movie
Self
Frankly (2022)
TV
Host
A Royal Grand Design (2022)
Movie
Sir Walter Elliot
Persuasion (2022)
Movie
1
Harry
Suspect (2022)
TV
Self - Guest Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World (2022)
TV
Self
Ant & Dec's Limitless Win (2022)
TV
Self
An Audience with Adele (2021)
Movie
Classic Loki (archive footage)
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special (2021)
Movie
9.5
The Guardian
The Spine of Night (2021)
Movie
Magpie
Robin Robin (2021)
Movie
The Gardener
Moley (2021)
TV
Self - Actor
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! (2021)
Movie
Hugo Battersby
Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Write Around the World with Richard E Grant (2021)
TV
Seifert
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)
Movie
7.75
Classic Loki
Loki (2021)
TV
8.56
Self - Presenter
Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime (2021)
Movie
Self - Classic Loki
Marvel Studios Assembled (2021)
TV
1
The Mandrake
Earwig and the Witch (2021)
Movie
5.33
Self - Expert
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel (2020)
TV
Between the Covers (2020)
TV
The Gardener
Master Moley By Royal Invitation (2020)
Movie
Self
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall (2020)
Movie
Self
The Skywalker Legacy (2020)
Movie
Octavio Coleman
Dispatches from Elsewhere (2020)
TV
7.2
Groundhog Dave
Groundhog Dave 2 (2020)
Movie
Allegiant General Pryde
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Movie
6.62
Billy
Palm Beach (2019)
Movie
Self
An Accidental Studio (2019)
Movie
as Self
The Space: Theatre of Survival (2019)
Movie
Self - Actor
7 Up & Me (2019)
Movie
Holland
Tuca & Bertie (2019)
TV
5
Shiver
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
Movie
7.22
Jack Hock
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
Movie
6
Leonard Conrad
Hang Ups (2018)
TV
Seifert
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
Movie
6.38
Self
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks (2017)
TV
Self
Our Friend Victoria (2017)
TV
Dr. Rice
Logan (2017)
Movie
6.68
Roger Swain
Their Finest (2017)
Movie
6
Man with Beard But No Hair
A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
TV
6.7
Dragon (voice)
The Last Dragonslayer (2016)
Movie
Bill Walton
Jackie (2016)
Movie
7.14
Self
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats (2016)
Movie
Sir Roger Bulstrode
Jekyll and Hyde (2015)
TV
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
TV
Duke of Wellington
Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked (2015)
Movie
Ian Margrove
Dig (2015)
TV
5.94
Self - Actor
The Secret World of Lewis Carroll (2015)
Movie
Narrator
Teeth (2015)
Movie
Major Cross
Queen & Country (2015)
Movie
Narrator (voice) – New International Version
The Gospel of Luke (2015)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Dirty Weekenders in France (2014)
Movie
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
TV
3.5
Self
The Kumars (2014)
TV
Dickie Black
Dom Hemingway (2013)
Movie
6.4
Self
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips (2013)
Movie
Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
About Time (2013)
Movie
8.53
Bradley (voice)
Khumba (2013)
Movie
8
Narrator
The '80s: The Decade That Made Us (2013)
TV
Dr. Simeon
Doctor Who: The Snowmen (2012)
Movie
8
Narrarator
The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey (2012)
Movie
Seb Whiting
The Fear (2012)
TV
Gadget Man (2012)
TV
Self
For No Good Reason (2012)
Movie
Alain the Page
Kath & Kimderella (2012)
Movie
Cecil
Zambezia (2012)
Movie
7.5
Reader
Words of the Titanic (2012)
Movie
Jasper
Girls (2012)
TV
6
Actor
Cherrywood Cannon (2012)
Movie
Michael Heseltine
The Iron Lady (2011)
Movie
5.13
Ian
How to Stop Being a Loser (2011)
Movie
Vic Van Wrinkle
Horrid Henry: The Movie (2011)
Movie
6
Izembaro
Game of Thrones (2011)
TV
7.78
Doctor Curlew
The Crimson Petal and the White (2011)
TV
6
Federico Marinoni
Nothing Under the Dress - The Last Show (2011)
Movie
3.5
Mr Potts
Foster (2011)
Movie
Professor Julius Greengrass
Cuckoo (2010)
Movie
Father
The Nutcracker: The Untold Story (2010)
Movie
Adam
First Night (2010)
Movie
The Vicar
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
Movie
Simon Bricker
Downton Abbey (2010)
TV
4.65
Oliver
The Man Who Married Himself (2010)
Movie
Ben Bingham
Love Hurts (2009)
Movie
Professor Flynn
Filth and Wisdom (2008)
Movie
Col. Philip Boyle
Garden of Eden (2008)
Movie
Self
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (2007)
Movie
Self
Would I Lie to You? (2007)
TV
James Booth
Always Crashing in the Same Car (2007)
Movie
Self
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
TV
7.5
Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall (2006)
Movie
Don Bennett
Above and Beyond (2006)
TV
Don Bennett
Above and Beyond (2006)
Movie
Self - Guest
The One Show (2006)
TV
Preston (voice)
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
Movie
6.13
Self
1 Leicester Square (2006)
TV
Franklin Wilhern
Penelope (2006)
Movie
6
Narrator
Pulp: The Story of Common People (2006)
Movie
Narrator
The Story of ‘Fairytale of New York’ (2005)
Movie
Jasper
Colour Me Kubrick (2005)
Movie
Barkis Bittern
Corpse Bride (2005)
Movie
8.29
Director
Wah-Wah (2005)
Movie
Self
8 Out of 10 Cats (2005)
TV
Dr Simeon / The Great Intelligence
Doctor Who (2005)
TV
6.37
The Friday Night Project (2005)
TV
Raymond West
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
TV
6.11
Narrator
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody (2004)
Movie
Bonaparte Blenkins
The Story of an African Farm (2004)
Movie
90 Days in Hollywood (2004)
TV
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (2003)
TV
Father Rothschild
Bright Young Things (2003)
Movie
Self
QI (2003)
TV
Simon Marchmont
Posh Nosh (2003)
TV
Sir Hudson Lowe
Monsieur N. (2003)
Movie
Jack Stapleton
The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)
Movie
Mycroft
Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002)
Movie
Self
The Making of 'Gosford Park' (2002)
Movie
Self - Guest Announcer
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002)
TV
Himself
Robert Altman in England (2002)
Movie
Self
Johnny Vaughan Tonight (2002)
TV
Self
The Kumars at No. 42 (2001)
TV
George
Gosford Park (2001)
Movie
8
Wolf
Hildegarde (2001)
Movie
Self
Strictly Sinatra (2001)
Movie
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings (2000)
Movie
Frederick
The Little Vampire (2000)
Movie
6
John the Baptist
The Miracle Maker (2000)
Movie
Bob Cratchit
A Christmas Carol (1999)
Movie
Let Them Eat Cake (1999)
TV
Gorgeous Gus
The Match (1999)
Movie
Self
Withnail and Us (1999)
Movie
Self
The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson (1999)
Movie
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (1999)
Movie
Sir Percy Blakeney
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999)
TV
Home Farm Twins (1999)
TV
Self
I Demand to Have Some Booze! (1999)
Movie
The Heaven and Earth Show (1998)
TV
Major Farquhar Chevening
St. Ives (1998)
Movie
Sir Harry Parkins
Cash in Hand (1998)
Movie
Clifford
Spice World (1997)
Movie
5.19
Gordon Comstock
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)
Movie
4.33
Alex Salmon
Food of Love (1997)
Movie
Trial & Retribution (1997)
TV
George, prince of Wales
A Royal Scandal (1997)
Movie
Long John Silver
Treasure Island (1997)
Movie
Captain Jim Star
Captain Star (1997)
TV
James Fitzmaurice
The Serpent's Kiss (1997)
Movie
Himself
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady (1997)
Movie
Self - Audience Member
An Evening with Lily Savage (1996)
Movie
Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Twelfth Night (1996)
Movie
Lord Warburton
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
Movie
Self
In Search of Dracula (1996)
Movie
Viktor Marek
The Cold Light of Day (1996)
Movie
Nick Balmer
Karaoke (1996)
TV
6
Dalziel & Pascoe (1996)
TV
6
Nurse
Bed (1995)
Movie
Soccer AM (1995)
TV
5.38
Jack
Jack & Sarah (1995)
Movie
Self - Host
Empire of the Censors (1995)
Movie
Cort Romney
Ready to Wear (1994)
Movie
Narrator
Pink Floyd: The Story (1994)
Movie
Self
Room 101 (1994)
TV
James Harthouse
Hard Times (1994)
TV
James Harthouse
Hard Times (1994)
Movie
The Producer
Calliope (1994)
Movie
Gerrard
Butter (1994)
Movie
Self
Shooting Stars (1993)
TV
Stephen Moon
Frasier (1993)
TV
5.35
Long John Silver (voice)
The Legends of Treasure Island (1993)
Movie
Long John Silver
The Legends of Treasure Island (1993)
TV
Larry Lefferts
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Movie
2
Self
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' (1993)
Movie
George Holly
Suddenly, Last Summer (1993)
Movie
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993)
Movie
Self
Making 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (1992)
Movie
Dr. Jack Seward
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Movie
4.5
Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
TV
6
Sherlock Holmes
The Other Side (1992)
Movie
Tom Oakley
The Player (1992)
Movie
4.71
Darwin Mayflower
Hudson Hawk (1991)
Movie
5.29
Nurse
Performance (1991)
TV
Roland Mackey
L.A. Story (1991)
Movie
5.68
Hugo
Henry & June (1990)
Movie
Chingford Steel
Rab C. Nesbitt (1990)
TV
7
Oliphant
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Movie
Joseph
Thieves in the Night (1989)
Movie
Berg
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother) (1989)
Movie
Giles Redferne
Warlock (1989)
Movie
4.45
Bagley
How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
Movie
David Dunhill
Here Is the News (1989)
Movie
Sculby
Codename: Kyril (1988)
TV
Laurence Sculby
Codename: Kyril (1988)
Movie
Brewster
Hidden City (1987)
Movie
Withnail
Withnail & I (1987)
Movie
5.5
Lizzie's Pictures (1987)
TV
Moonee Livingstone
Honest Decent & True (1986)
Movie
Aspel & Company (1984)
TV
Natural World (1983)
TV
6
Self
An Audience with... (1978)
TV
No Hiding Place (1959)
TV
Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
Nuremberg
Movie
Too Much
TV
Archie McIndoe
The Guinea Pig Club
Movie
Actor
Death of a Unicorn
Movie
Sir Chauncey Savage
Savage House
Movie
(voice)
Wildwood
Movie
Peter
The Franchise
TV
Self
A Look Through His Lens
Movie
Fado!
Movie
Narrator
Regency House Party
TV
The Post Office Girl
Movie
Self - Narrator
That'll Teach 'Em
TV
Ratings
Average 5.92
Based on 7.7 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1959
1997
2006
1997
2024
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1957-05-05 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceMbabane, Eswatini
RelationshipsJoan Washington (1986-01-01 - 2021-09-02)
ChildrenOlivia Grant
CitizenshipsEswatini, United Kingdom
ResidencesLondon, United Kingdom
Also Known AsRichard Esterhuysen, Ρίτσαρντ Ε. Γκραντ, Richard Grant Esterhuysen, Ричард Э. Грант, 理查·E·格蘭特
AwardsDaniel Giraud Elliot Medal
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