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Richard E. Grant

Film Director / Screenwriter / Actor | * 05/05/1957 (66) | Mbabane, Swaziland
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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. 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), ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the crazy Mayflower couple blackmail him to steal som ...

Hudson Hawk

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1991 | 2.9/5 | 1h 40min
Action, Adventure, Comedy
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In 1930’s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes ...

Gosford Park

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2001 | 3.4/5 | 2h 11min
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception. ...

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

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2018 | 3.4/5 | 1h 47min
Drama, Crime, Comedy
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Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When t ...

Withnail & I

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1987 | 3.7/5 | 1h 48min
Comedy, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Richard E. Grant

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Movies with Richard E. Grant as Actor(123)

as Fowler2024 Argylle
as (voice)2023 Wildwood
as Archie McIndoe2023 The Guinea Pig Club
as J.M. Sinclair2023 The Lesson
2023 Saltburn
as Sir Walter Elliot2022 Persuasion
as Magpie (voice)2021 Robin Robin
as The Guardian2021 The Spine of Night
as Classic Loki (archive footage)2021 Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Seifert2021 Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
as himself2021 An Audience with Adele
as Self - Host2021 Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime
as Self - Actor2021 Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
as Hugo Battersby / Loco Chanelle2021 Everybody's Talking About Jamie
as himself2020 Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
as himself2020 The Skywalker Legacy
as The Gardener (voice)2020 Master Moley By Royal Invitation
as himself2019 An Accidental Studio
as Allegiant General Pryde2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as as Self2019 The Space: Theatre of Survival
as himself2019 7 Up & Me
as Billy2019 Palm Beach
as Jack Hock2018 Can You Ever Forgive Me?
as Shiver2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Dr. Rice2017 Logan
as Roger Swain2017 Their Finest
as Seifert2017 The Hitman's Bodyguard
as himself2017 Making Logan
as Bill Walton2016 Jackie
as Dragon (voice)2016 The Last Dragonslayer
as The Duke of Wellington2015 Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked
as Himself - Actor2015 The Secret World of Lewis Carroll
2015 Teeth
as Major Cross2015 Queen & Country
as Lawyer in Play2013 About Time
as Dickie Black2013 Dom Hemingway
2013 Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
as Bradley (voice)2013 Khumba
as Narrator2012 The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey
as Cecil (voice)2012 Zambezia
as Reader2012 Words of the Titanic
as himself2012 For No Good Reason
as (Voice)2012 Cherrywood Cannon
as Dr. Walter Simeon2012 Doctor Who: The Snowmen
as Alain the Page2012 Kath & Kimderella
as Mr. Potts2011 Foster
as Vic Van Wrinkle2011 Horrid Henry: The Movie
as Federico Marinoni2011 Nothing Under the Dress - The Last Show
as Ian2011 How to Stop Being a Loser
as Michael Heseltine2011 The Iron Lady
as Father2010 The Nutcracker: The Untold Story
as Olivier2010 The Man Who Married Himself
as The Vicar (voice)2010 Jackboots on Whitehall
as Professor Julius Greengrass2010 Cuckoo
as Adam2010 First Night
as Ben Bingham2009 Love Hurts
as Colonel Philip Boyle2008 Garden of Eden
as Prof Flynn2008 Filth and Wisdom
as James Booth2007 Always Crashing in the Same Car
as Self (archive footage)2007 The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
as himself2006 The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
as Preston (voice)2006 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
as Narrator2006 Pulp: The Story of Common People
as Franklin Wilhern2006 Penelope
as Barkis Bittern (voice)2005 Corpse Bride
as Narrator2005 The Story of Fairytale of New York
as Jasper2005 Colour Me Kubrick
as Bonaparte Blenkins2004 The Story of an African Farm
as Narrator2004 The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
as Hudson Lowe2003 Monsieur N.
as Father Rothschild2003 Bright Young Things
as Jack Stapleton2002 The Hound of the Baskervilles
as himself2002 Robert Altman in England
as Mycroft2002 Sherlock: Case of Evil
as himself2002 The Making of 'Gosford Park'
as himself2001 Strictly Sinatra
as George2001 Gosford Park
as Wolf2001 Hildegarde
2000 Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as John The Baptist2000 The Miracle Maker
as Frederick Sackville-Bagg2000 The Little Vampire
as himself1999 Withnail and Us
as Bob Cratchit1999 A Christmas Carol
as The Doctor1999 Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999 The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson
as Gorgeous Gus1999 The Match
1999 I Demand to Have Some Booze!
as Sir Harry Parkins1998 Cash in Hand
as Major Farquhar Chevening1998 St. Ives
as James Fitzmaurice1997 The Serpent's Kiss
as Clifford1997 Spice World
as Gordon Comstock1997 Keep the Aspidistra Flying
as Alex Salmon1997 Food of Love
as George, Prince of Wales1997 A Royal Scandal
as himself1996 In Search of Dracula with Jonathan Ross
as Viktor Marek1996 The Cold Light of Day
as Lord Warburton1996 The Portrait of a Lady
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek1996 Twelfth Night
as Jack1995 Jack & Sarah
as Self - Host1995 Empire of the Censors
as Narrator1994 Pink Floyd: The Story
as Cort Romney1994 Ready to Wear
as James Harthouse1994 Hard Times
as Gerrard1994 Butter
as Franz Kafka1993 Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
as Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts1993 The Age of Innocence
as George Holly1993 Suddenly, Last Summer
as Dr. Jack Seward1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula
as himself1992 Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
as Sherlock Holmes1992 The Other Side
as Tom Oakley1992 The Player
as himself1992 Making 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
as Roland Mackey1991 L.A. Story
as Darwin Mayflower1991 Hudson Hawk
as Hugo Guiler1990 Henry & June
as Oliphant1990 Mountains of the Moon
as Joseph1989 Thieves in the Night
as David Dunhill1989 Here Is the News
as Denis Dimbleby Bagley1989 How to Get Ahead in Advertising
as Berg1989 Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
as Giles Redferne1989 Warlock
as Withnail1987 Withnail & I
as Brewster1987 Hidden City

TV Shows/Series with Richard E. Grant as Actor(48)

as himself2022 Frankly
as Harry2022 Suspect
as Classic Loki2021 Loki
as Self - Presenter2021 Write Around the World with Richard E Grant
as The Gardener (voice)2021 Moley
as himself2021 Marvel Studios Assembled
2020 Between the Covers
as Octavio2020 Dispatches from Elsewhere
as Leonard Conrad2018 Hang Ups
as Man with Beard But No Hair2017 A Series of Unfortunate Events
as himself2017 Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
as Sir Roger Bulstrode2015 Jekyll and Hyde
as himself2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Ian Margrove2015 Dig
as himself2014 The Kumars
as Seb Whiting2012 The Fear
2012 Gadget Man
as Jasper2012 Girls
as Izembaro2011 Game of Thrones
as Doctor Curlew2011 The Crimson Petal and the White
as Simon Bricker2010 Downton Abbey
as himself2007 The Graham Norton Show
as himself2007 Would I Lie to You?
as Self - Guest2006 The One Show
as Dr Simeon2005 Doctor Who
as The Great Intelligence2005 Doctor Who
2005 The Friday Night Project
as Raymond West2004 Agatha Christie's Marple
as The Doctor (voice)2003 Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
as Simon Marchmont2003 Posh Nosh
as himself2003 QI
as Self - Guest Announcer2002 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
as Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel1999 The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999 Let Them Eat Cake
1998 The Heaven and Earth Show
1997 Captain Star
1997 Trial & Retribution
as Nick Balmer1996 Karaoke
1996 Dalziel & Pascoe
1995 Soccer AM
as himself1994 Room 101
as Long John Silver (voice)1993 The Legends of Treasure Island
as himself1993 Shooting Stars
as Stephen Moon1993 Frasier
1992 Absolutely Fabulous
1983 Natural World
as himself1978 An Audience with...
1959 No Hiding Place

Movies with Richard E. Grant as Crew(2)

Directing/Director2005 Wah-Wah
Writing/Screenplay2005 Wah-Wah

Additional Information

Full Name: Richard Grant
Born: Sunday, 05/05 1957 (May) in Mbabane, Swaziland (current age: 66 years + 355 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Cape Town, St Mark's School, Waterford Kamhlaba
Spouses (current/former): Joan Washington
Children: Olivia Grant
Other names for Richard E. Grant (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Richard Esterhuysen"
"Ρίτσαρντ Ε. Γκραντ"
"Richard Grant Esterhuysen"
"Ричард Э. Грант"
Richard E. Grant frequently works together with these people:
Paul Kasey (20x, Actor)
Rob Brydon (13x, Actor)
Jo Brand (13x, Actress)
Nicholas Briggs (12x, Actor)
David Tennant (11x, Actor)
Bill Bailey (11x, Actor)
Dawn French (10x, Actress)
Lorraine Kelly (10x, Actress)
Bruce Robinson (10x, Actor)
Robert Altman (9x, Crew)
Carol Vorderman (9x, Actress)
Robert Webb (9x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2116, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/11/2024