Richard E. Grant

Richard E. Grant

Known for
Acting
Born
May 5, 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

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The Queen of Fashion

The Queen of Fashion

Movie · as Evelyn Delves Broughton

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Wittgenstein's Poker

Wittgenstein's Poker

Movie · as Ludwig Wittgenstein (voice)

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Fado!

Fado!

Movie

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Margot & Rudi

Margot & Rudi

Movie

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The Man Who Stole Portugal

The Man Who Stole Portugal

Movie

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New Line: Independent Legacies

New Line: Independent Legacies

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

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Alma

Alma

Movie · as Charles

2027
Up Against It poster

Up Against It

Movie · as Dr. Abaras

2027
National Theatre Live: Hay Fever poster

National Theatre Live: Hay Fever

Movie · as David Bliss

2026
Wildwood poster

Wildwood

Movie · as Owl Rex (voice)

2026
Savage House poster

Savage House

Movie · as Sir Chauncey Savage

2026
Ladies First poster

Ladies First

Movie · as Pigeon Man

2026
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint poster

Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint

Movie · as Mr. Hopkins

2026
Wicker poster

Wicker

Movie · as The Doctor

2026
Confessions II – The Film poster

Confessions II – The Film

Movie · as Self

2026
Richard E. Grant's Very Modern Odyssey poster

Richard E. Grant's Very Modern Odyssey

TV · as Self - Presenter · 4 eps

2026
The Other Bennet Sister poster

The Other Bennet Sister

TV · as Mr. Bennet · 3 eps

2026
TFI Unplugged poster

TFI Unplugged

TV · 1 ep

2025
Death of a Unicorn poster

Death of a Unicorn

Movie · as Odell

2025
Nuremberg poster

Nuremberg

Movie · as Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe

2025
The Thursday Murder Club poster

The Thursday Murder Club

Movie · as Bobby Tanner

2025
100 Nights of Hero poster

100 Nights of Hero

Movie · as Birdman

2025
Too Much poster

Too Much

TV · as Jonno Ratigan · 10 eps

2025
The Celebrity Traitors poster

The Celebrity Traitors

TV · as Self - Contestant · 3 eps

2025
The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked poster

The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2024
Argylle poster

Argylle

Movie · as Director Fowler

2024
Doctor Who at the Proms poster

Doctor Who at the Proms

Movie · as The Doctor (archive footage)

2024
Nautilus poster

Nautilus

TV · as The White Rajah · 2 eps

2024
The Franchise poster

The Franchise

TV · as Peter Fairchild · 8 eps

2024
Mozart: Rise of a Genius poster

Mozart: Rise of a Genius

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2023
The Coronation Concert poster

The Coronation Concert

Movie · as Self

2023
The Lesson poster

The Lesson

Movie · as J.M. Sinclair

2023
Saltburn poster

Saltburn

Movie · as Sir James Catton

2022
A Royal Grand Design poster

A Royal Grand Design

Movie · as Host

2022
Persuasion poster

Persuasion

Movie · as Sir Walter Elliot

2022
Suspect poster

Suspect

TV · as Harry · 8 eps

2022
Ant & Dec's Limitless Win poster

Ant & Dec's Limitless Win

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World poster

RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2022
Frankly poster

Frankly

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg poster

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! poster

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

Movie · as Self - Actor

2021
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special poster

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

Movie · as Classic Loki (archive footage)

2021
An Audience with Adele poster

An Audience with Adele

Movie · as Self

2021
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard poster

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Movie · as Seifert

2021
Everybody's Talking About Jamie poster

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Movie · as Hugo Battersby / Loco Chanelle

2021
Robin Robin poster

Robin Robin

Movie · as Magpie (voice)

2021
The Spine of Night poster

The Spine of Night

Movie · as The Guardian (voice)

2021
Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime poster

Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime

Movie · as Self - Host

2021
Loki poster

Loki

TV · as Classic Loki · 2 eps

2021
Marvel Studios Assembled poster

Marvel Studios Assembled

TV · as Self - Classic Loki · 1 ep

2021
Write Around the World with Richard E Grant poster

Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

TV · as Self - Presenter · 3 eps

2021
Moley poster

Moley

TV · as The Gardener (voice) · 52 eps

2021
The Outlaws poster

The Outlaws

TV · as The Earl · 4 eps

2020
The Skywalker Legacy poster

The Skywalker Legacy

Movie · as Self

2020
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall poster

Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall

Movie · as Self

2020
Between the Covers poster

Between the Covers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel poster

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

TV · as Self - Expert · 1 ep

2020
Dispatches from Elsewhere poster

Dispatches from Elsewhere

TV · as Octavio · 10 eps

2019
The Space: Theatre of Survival poster

The Space: Theatre of Survival

Movie · as as Self

2019
Master Moley by Royal Invitation poster

Master Moley by Royal Invitation

Movie · as The Gardener (voice)

2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker poster

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Movie · as Allegiant General Pryde

2019
An Accidental Studio poster

An Accidental Studio

Movie · as Self

2019
7 Up & Me poster

7 Up & Me

Movie · as Self

2019
Palm Beach poster

Palm Beach

Movie · as Billy

2018
Can You Ever Forgive Me? poster

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Movie · as Jack Hock

2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms poster

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Movie · as Shiver

2018
Hang Ups poster

Hang Ups

TV · as Leonard Conrad · 3 eps

2017
Logan poster

Logan

Movie · as Dr. Rice

2017
Their Finest poster

Their Finest

Movie · as Roger Swain

2017
The Hitman's Bodyguard poster

The Hitman's Bodyguard

Movie · as Seifert

2017
Making 'Logan' poster

Making 'Logan'

Movie · as Self

2017
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks poster

Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
A Series of Unfortunate Events poster

A Series of Unfortunate Events

TV · as Man with Beard But No Hair · 3 eps

2016
Jackie poster

Jackie

Movie · as Bill Walton

2016
The Last Dragonslayer poster

The Last Dragonslayer

Movie · as Dragon (voice)

2015
Queen & Country poster

Queen & Country

Movie · as Major Cross

2015
The Gospel of Luke poster

The Gospel of Luke

Movie · as Narrator (voice) – New International Version

2015
Teeth poster

Teeth

Movie

2015
The Secret World of Lewis Carroll poster

The Secret World of Lewis Carroll

Movie · as Himself - Actor

2015
Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked poster

Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked

Movie · as The Duke of Wellington

2015
Jekyll and Hyde poster

Jekyll and Hyde

TV · as Sir Roger Bulstrode · 10 eps

2015
Dig poster

Dig

TV · as Ian Margrove · 10 eps

2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Dirty Weekenders in France poster

Dirty Weekenders in France

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2014
The Kumars

The Kumars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Dom Hemingway poster

Dom Hemingway

Movie · as Dickie Black

2013
Khumba poster

Khumba

Movie · as Bradley (voice)

2013
About Time poster

About Time

Movie · as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)

2013
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips poster

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

Movie · as Self / Larry Oliphant

2013
Angel in the House poster

Angel in the House

Movie

2013
Psychobitches poster

Psychobitches

TV · as Matthew Hopkins · 1 ep

2012
Zambezia poster

Zambezia

Movie · as Cecil (voice)

2012
For No Good Reason poster

For No Good Reason

Movie · as Self

2012
Words of the Titanic

Words of the Titanic

Movie · as Reader

2012
Doctor Who: The Snowmen poster

Doctor Who: The Snowmen

Movie · as Dr. Walter Simeon

2012
Kath & Kimderella poster

Kath & Kimderella

Movie · as Alain the Page

2012
Cherrywood Cannon poster

Cherrywood Cannon

Movie · as (Voice)

2012
The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey poster

The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey

Movie · as Narrator

2012
Girls poster

Girls

TV · as Jasper · 5 eps

2012
The Fear poster

The Fear

TV · as Seb Whiting · 4 eps

2012
Gadget Man poster

Gadget Man

TV · 1 ep

2012
Playhouse Presents poster

Playhouse Presents

TV · as Stephen / Tony · 1 ep

2011
Horrid Henry: The Movie poster

Horrid Henry: The Movie

Movie · as Vic Van Wrinkle

2011
Foster poster

Foster

Movie · as Mr. Potts

2011
The Last Fashion Show poster

The Last Fashion Show

Movie · as Federico Marinoni

2011
How to Stop Being a Loser poster

How to Stop Being a Loser

Movie · as Ian

2011
The Iron Lady poster

The Iron Lady

Movie · as Michael Heseltine

2011
The Crimson Petal and the White poster

The Crimson Petal and the White

TV · as Doctor Curlew · 4 eps

2011
Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones

TV · as Izembaro · 3 eps

2010
Jackboots on Whitehall poster

Jackboots on Whitehall

Movie · as The Vicar (voice)

2010
First Night poster

First Night

Movie · as Adam

2010
The Man Who Married Himself poster

The Man Who Married Himself

Movie · as Olivier

2010
Cuckoo poster

Cuckoo

Movie · as Professor Julius Greengrass

2010
The Nutcracker poster

The Nutcracker

Movie · as Father

2010
Downton Abbey poster

Downton Abbey

TV · as Simon Bricker · 4 eps

2009
Love Hurts poster

Love Hurts

Movie · as Ben Bingham

2009
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV poster

Victoria Wood: Seen on TV

Movie · as Self

2008
Garden of Eden poster

Garden of Eden

Movie · as Colonel Philip Boyle

2008
Filth and Wisdom poster

Filth and Wisdom

Movie · as Prof Flynn

2007
Always Crashing in the Same Car poster

Always Crashing in the Same Car

Movie · as James Booth

2007
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' poster

The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2007
Elementary My Dear Viewer

Elementary My Dear Viewer

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2007
British Film Forever poster

British Film Forever

TV · 1 ep

2006
Penelope poster

Penelope

Movie · as Franklin Wilhern

2006
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall

The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall

Movie · as Self

2006
Pulp: The Story of Common People poster

Pulp: The Story of Common People

Movie · as Narrator

2006
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties poster

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

Movie · as Preston (voice)

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2006
Above and Beyond poster

Above and Beyond

TV · as Don Bennett · 2 eps

2005
Corpse Bride poster

Corpse Bride

Movie · as Barkis Bittern (voice)

2005
Colour Me Kubrick poster

Colour Me Kubrick

Movie · as Jasper

2005
The Story of 'Fairytale of New York' poster

The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'

Movie · as Narrator

2005
The Friday Night Project poster

The Friday Night Project

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as The Great Intelligence, Dr Simeon · 1 ep

2005
8 Out of 10 Cats poster

8 Out of 10 Cats

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
The Story of an African Farm poster

The Story of an African Farm

Movie · as Bonaparte Blenkins

2004
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody poster

The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2004
Tooth poster

Tooth

Movie · as Jarvis Jarvis

2004
90 Days in Hollywood

90 Days in Hollywood

TV · 13 eps

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Raymond West · 1 ep

2003
Monsieur N. poster

Monsieur N.

Movie · as Hudson Lowe

2003
Bright Young Things poster

Bright Young Things

Movie · as Father Rothschild

2003
Posh Nosh poster

Posh Nosh

TV · as Simon Marchmont · 9 eps

2003
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka poster

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka

TV · as The Doctor (voice) · 6 eps

2003
QI poster

QI

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
The Hound of the Baskervilles poster

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Movie · as Jack Stapleton

2002
Robert Altman in England

Robert Altman in England

Movie · as Self

2002
Sherlock: Case of Evil poster

Sherlock: Case of Evil

Movie · as Mycroft

2002
The Making of Gosford Park poster

The Making of Gosford Park

Movie · as Self

2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway poster

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

TV · as Self - Guest Announcer · 1 ep

2001
Gosford Park poster

Gosford Park

Movie · as George

2001
Hildegarde poster

Hildegarde

Movie · as Wolf

2001
Strictly Sinatra poster

Strictly Sinatra

Movie · as Himself

2001
We Know Where You Live. Live! poster

We Know Where You Live. Live!

Movie · as Self

2001
I Love 1980's

I Love 1980's

TV · 1 ep

2000
The Miracle Maker poster

The Miracle Maker

Movie · as John The Baptist (voice)

2000
The Little Vampire poster

The Little Vampire

Movie · as Frederick Sackville-Bagg

2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings poster

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Movie · as Various Characters

2000
Victoria's Secrets poster

Victoria's Secrets

Movie · as Self

1999
The Match poster

The Match

Movie · as Gorgeous Gus

1999
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

Movie · as Bob Cratchit

1999
Withnail and Us poster

Withnail and Us

Movie · as Self

1999
The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson poster

The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson

Movie · as Self

1999
I Demand to Have Some Booze! poster

I Demand to Have Some Booze!

Movie · as Self

1999
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death poster

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

Movie · as The Quite Handsome Doctor

1999
The Scarlet Pimpernel poster

The Scarlet Pimpernel

TV · as Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel · 6 eps

1999
Let Them Eat Cake poster

Let Them Eat Cake

TV · 1 ep

1999
Home Farm Twins

Home Farm Twins

TV · 81 eps

1998
St. Ives poster

St. Ives

Movie · as Major Farquhar Chevening

1998
Cash in Hand

Cash in Hand

Movie · as Sir Harry Parkins

1998
The Heaven and Earth Show

The Heaven and Earth Show

TV · 1 ep

1998
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
The Serpent's Kiss poster

The Serpent's Kiss

Movie · as James Fitzmaurice

1997
Keep the Aspidistra Flying poster

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Movie · as Gordon Comstock

1997
A Royal Scandal poster

A Royal Scandal

Movie · as George, Prince of Wales

1997
Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Movie · as Long John Silver

1997
Spice World poster

Spice World

Movie · as Clifford

1997
An Audience with Elton John poster

An Audience with Elton John

Movie · as Self

1997
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady poster

Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

Movie · as Self

1997
Food of Love poster

Food of Love

Movie · as Alex Salmon

1997
Captain Star poster

Captain Star

TV · 13 eps

1997
Trial & Retribution poster

Trial & Retribution

TV · as Stephen Warrington · 1 ep

1996
The Portrait of a Lady poster

The Portrait of a Lady

Movie · as Lord Warburton

1996
An Evening with Lily Savage poster

An Evening with Lily Savage

Movie · as Self - Audience Member

1996
Twelfth Night poster

Twelfth Night

Movie · as Sir Andrew Aguecheek

1996
The Cold Light of Day poster

The Cold Light of Day

Movie · as Viktor Marek

1996
Karaoke poster

Karaoke

TV · as Nick Balmer · 4 eps

1996
TFI Friday poster

TFI Friday

TV · 4 eps

1996
Dalziel and Pascoe poster

Dalziel and Pascoe

TV · as Lee Knight · 2 eps

1995
Jack & Sarah poster

Jack & Sarah

Movie · as Jack

1995
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life poster

Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

Movie · as Franz Kafka

1995
Empire of the Censors

Empire of the Censors

Movie · as Self - Host

1995
Bed poster

Bed

Movie · as Nurse/Bed Head

1995
Soccer AM poster

Soccer AM

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1994
Prêt-à-Porter poster

Prêt-à-Porter

Movie · as Cort Romney

1994
Calliope poster

Calliope

Movie · as The Producer

1994
Pink Floyd: The Story poster

Pink Floyd: The Story

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1994
Butter poster

Butter

Movie · as Gerrard

1994
Room 101 poster

Room 101

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
Hard Times poster

Hard Times

TV · as James Harthouse · 4 eps

1993
The Age of Innocence poster

The Age of Innocence

Movie · as Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts

1993
The Legends of Treasure Island poster

The Legends of Treasure Island

Movie · as Long John Silver (voice)

1993
Suddenly, Last Summer poster

Suddenly, Last Summer

Movie · as George Holly

1993
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' poster

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'

Movie · as Self

1993
Shooting Stars poster

Shooting Stars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
The Legends of Treasure Island poster

The Legends of Treasure Island

TV · as Long John Silver (voice) · 26 eps

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Stephen Moon · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
The Player poster

The Player

Movie · as Tom Oakley

1992
The Other Side

The Other Side

Movie · as Sherlock Holmes

1992
Bram Stoker's Dracula poster

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Movie · as Dr. Jack Seward

1992
Absolutely Fabulous poster

Absolutely Fabulous

TV · as Dream Justin · 1 ep

1991
L.A. Story poster

L.A. Story

Movie · as Roland Mackey

1991
Hudson Hawk poster

Hudson Hawk

Movie · as Darwin Mayflower

1991
Performance poster

Performance

TV · as Nurse/Bed Head, George Holly · 1 ep

1990
Mountains of the Moon poster

Mountains of the Moon

Movie · as Oliphant

1990
Henry & June poster

Henry & June

Movie · as Hugo Guiler

1990
Rab C. Nesbitt poster

Rab C. Nesbitt

TV · as Chingford Steel · 1 ep

1990
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1990
The Word poster

The Word

TV · 1 ep

1989
Warlock poster

Warlock

Movie · as Giles Redferne

1989
How to Get Ahead in Advertising poster

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

Movie · as Denis Dimbleby Bagley

1989
Here Is the News poster

Here Is the News

Movie · as David Dunhill

1989
Killing Dad poster

Killing Dad

Movie · as Berg

1989
Thieves in the Night poster

Thieves in the Night

Movie · as Joseph

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as British Voice / Julian (voice) · 1 ep

1988
Codename: Kyril poster

Codename: Kyril

TV · as Sculby · 2 eps

1987
Withnail & I poster

Withnail & I

Movie · as Withnail

1987
Hidden City poster

Hidden City

Movie · as Brewster

1987
Lizzie's Pictures

Lizzie's Pictures

TV · 4 eps

1986
Honest Decent & True

Honest Decent & True

Movie · as Moonee Livingstone

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Moonee Livingstone, David Dunhill · 1 ep

1984
Aspel & Company

Aspel & Company

TV · 1 ep

1983
Natural World poster

Natural World

TV · 1 ep

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1967
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1959
No Hiding Place poster

No Hiding Place

TV · 1 ep