Richard E. Grant
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 5, 1957 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2026 | Wildwood(voice) | |
| 2026 | Savage HouseSir Chauncey Savage | |
| 2026 | WickerDoctor | |
| 2026 | The Other Bennet SisterMr. Bennet | |
| 2025 | Death of a UnicornOdell | |
| 2025 | NurembergSir David Maxwell-Fyfe | |
| 2025 | The Thursday Murder ClubBobby Tanner | |
| 2025 | 100 Nights of HeroBirdman | |
| 2025 | Too MuchJonno Ratigan | |
| 2024 | ArgylleDirector Fowler | |
| 2024 | Doctor Who at the PromsThe Doctor (archive footage) | |
| 2024 | NautilusThe White Rajah | |
| 2024 | The FranchisePeter Fairchild | |
| 2023 | The Coronation ConcertSelf | |
| 2023 | The LessonJ.M. Sinclair | |
| 2023 | SaltburnSir James Catton | |
| 2022 | A Royal Grand DesignHost | |
| 2022 | PersuasionSir Walter Elliot | |
| 2022 | SuspectHarry | |
| 2022 | Ant & Dec's Limitless WinSelf | |
| 2022 | RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The WorldSelf - Guest Judge | |
| 2022 | FranklySelf | |
| 2021 | Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!Self - Actor | |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day SpecialClassic Loki (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | An Audience with AdeleSelf | |
| 2021 | Hitman's Wife's BodyguardSeifert | |
| 2021 | Everybody's Talking About JamieHugo Battersby / Loco Chanelle | |
| 2021 | Robin RobinMagpie (voice) | |
| 2021 | The Spine of NightThe Guardian (voice) | |
| 2021 | Agatha & Poirot: Partners in CrimeSelf - Host | |
| 2021 | LokiClassic Loki | |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios AssembledSelf - Classic Loki | |
| 2021 | Write Around the World with Richard E GrantSelf - Presenter | |
| 2021 | MoleyThe Gardener (voice) | |
| 2021 | The OutlawsThe Earl | |
| 2020 | The Skywalker LegacySelf | |
| 2020 | Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music HallSelf | |
| 2020 | Between the CoversSelf | |
| 2020 | Michael McIntyre's The WheelSelf - Expert | |
| 2020 | Dispatches from ElsewhereOctavio | |
| 2019 | The Space: Theatre of Survivalas Self | |
| 2019 | Master Moley by Royal InvitationThe Gardener (voice) | |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerAllegiant General Pryde | |
| 2019 | An Accidental StudioSelf | |
| 2019 | 7 Up & MeSelf | |
| 2019 | Palm BeachBilly | |
| 2018 | Can You Ever Forgive Me?Jack Hock | |
| 2018 | The Nutcracker and the Four RealmsShiver | |
| 2018 | Hang UpsLeonard Conrad | |
| 2017 | LoganDr. Rice | |
| 2017 | Their FinestRoger Swain | |
| 2017 | The Hitman's BodyguardSeifert | |
| 2017 | Making 'Logan'Self | |
| 2017 | Logan NoirDr. Rice | |
| 2017 | Tate Britain's Great Art WalksSelf | |
| 2017 | A Series of Unfortunate EventsMan with Beard But No Hair | |
| 2016 | JackieBill Walton | |
| 2016 | The Last DragonslayerDragon (voice) | |
| 2015 | Queen & CountryMajor Cross | |
| 2015 | The Gospel of LukeNarrator (voice) – New International Version | |
| 2015 | Teeth | |
| 2015 | The Secret World of Lewis CarrollHimself - Actor | |
| 2015 | Wellington: The Iron Duke UnmaskedThe Duke of Wellington | |
| 2015 | Jekyll and HydeSir Roger Bulstrode | |
| 2015 | DigIan Margrove | |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf | |
| 2014 | Dirty Weekenders in FranceSelf - Presenter | |
| 2014 | The KumarsSelf | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf | |
| 2013 | Dom HemingwayDickie Black | |
| 2013 | KhumbaBradley (voice) | |
| 2013 | About TimeLawyer in Play (uncredited) | |
| 2013 | Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie PhillipsSelf / Larry Oliphant | |
| 2013 | PsychobitchesMatthew Hopkins | |
| 2012 | ZambeziaCecil (voice) | |
| 2012 | For No Good ReasonSelf | |
| 2012 | Words of the TitanicReader | |
| 2012 | Doctor Who: The SnowmenDr. Walter Simeon | |
| 2012 | Kath & KimderellaAlain the Page | |
| 2012 | Cherrywood Cannon(Voice) | |
| 2012 | The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest JourneyNarrator | |
| 2012 | GirlsJasper | |
| 2012 | The FearSeb Whiting | |
| 2012 | Gadget Man | |
| 2012 | Playhouse PresentsStephen / Tony | |
| 2011 | Horrid Henry: The MovieVic Van Wrinkle | |
| 2011 | FosterMr. Potts | |
| 2011 | The Last Fashion ShowFederico Marinoni | |
| 2011 | How to Stop Being a LoserIan | |
| 2011 | The Iron LadyMichael Heseltine | |
| 2011 | The Crimson Petal and the WhiteDoctor Curlew | |
| 2011 | Game of ThronesIzembaro | |
| 2010 | Jackboots on WhitehallThe Vicar (voice) | |
| 2010 | First NightAdam | |
| 2010 | The Man Who Married HimselfOlivier | |
| 2010 | CuckooProfessor Julius Greengrass | |
| 2010 | The NutcrackerFather | |
| 2010 | Downton AbbeySimon Bricker | |
| 2009 | Love HurtsBen Bingham | |
| 2009 | Victoria Wood: Seen on TV | |
| 2008 | Garden of EdenColonel Philip Boyle | |
| 2008 | Filth and WisdomProf Flynn | |
| 2007 | PenelopeFranklin Wilhern | |
| 2007 | Always Crashing in the Same CarJames Booth | |
| 2007 | The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'Self (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Elementary My Dear ViewerSelf - Presenter | |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You?Self | |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSelf | |
| 2006 | The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the HallSelf | |
| 2006 | Pulp: The Story of Common PeopleNarrator | |
| 2006 | Garfield: A Tail of Two KittiesPreston (voice) | |
| 2006 | The One ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 2006 | Above and BeyondDon Bennett | |
| 2006 | The One ShowSelf | |
| 2005 | Corpse BrideBarkis Bittern (voice) | |
| 2005 | Colour Me KubrickJasper | |
| 2005 | The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'Narrator | |
| 2005 | The Friday Night ProjectSelf | |
| 2005 | Doctor WhoThe Great Intelligence | |
| 2005 | Doctor WhoDr Simeon | |
| 2005 | 8 Out of 10 CatsSelf | |
| 2004 | The Story of an African FarmBonaparte Blenkins | |
| 2004 | The Story of Bohemian RhapsodyNarrator (voice) | |
| 2004 | ToothJarvis Jarvis | |
| 2004 | 90 Days in Hollywood | |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's MarpleRaymond West | |
| 2003 | Monsieur N.Hudson Lowe | |
| 2003 | Bright Young ThingsFather Rothschild | |
| 2003 | Posh NoshSimon Marchmont | |
| 2003 | Doctor Who: Scream of the ShalkaThe Doctor (voice) | |
| 2003 | QISelf | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest | |
| 2002 | The Hound of the BaskervillesJack Stapleton | |
| 2002 | Robert Altman in EnglandHimself | |
| 2002 | Sherlock: Case of EvilMycroft | |
| 2002 | The Making of Gosford ParkSelf | |
| 2002 | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night TakeawaySelf - Guest Announcer | |
| 2001 | Gosford ParkGeorge | |
| 2001 | HildegardeWolf | |
| 2001 | Strictly SinatraHimself | |
| 2000 | The Miracle MakerJohn The Baptist (voice) | |
| 2000 | The Little VampireFrederick Sackville-Bagg | |
| 2000 | Victoria Wood with All the TrimmingsVarious Characters | |
| 2000 | Victoria's SecretsSelf | |
| 1999 | The MatchGorgeous Gus | |
| 1999 | A Christmas CarolBob Cratchit | |
| 1999 | Withnail and UsSelf | |
| 1999 | The Peculiar Memories of Bruce RobinsonSelf | |
| 1999 | I Demand to Have Some Booze!Self | |
| 1999 | Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal DeathThe Quite Handsome Doctor | |
| 1999 | The Scarlet PimpernelPercy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel | |
| 1999 | Let Them Eat Cake | |
| 1999 | Home Farm Twins | |
| 1998 | St. IvesMajor Farquhar Chevening | |
| 1998 | Cash in HandSir Harry Parkins | |
| 1998 | The Heaven and Earth Show | |
| 1998 | ParkinsonSelf | |
| 1997 | The Serpent's KissJames Fitzmaurice | |
| 1997 | Keep the Aspidistra FlyingGordon Comstock | |
| 1997 | A Royal ScandalGeorge, Prince of Wales | |
| 1997 | Treasure IslandLong John Silver | |
| 1997 | Spice WorldClifford | |
| 1997 | An Audience with Elton JohnSelf | |
| 1997 | Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a LadySelf | |
| 1997 | Food of LoveAlex Salmon | |
| 1997 | Captain Star | |
| 1997 | Trial & Retribution | |
| 1996 | The Portrait of a LadyLord Warburton | |
| 1996 | An Evening with Lily SavageSelf - Audience Member | |
| 1996 | Twelfth NightSir Andrew Aguecheek | |
| 1996 | The Cold Light of DayViktor Marek | |
| 1996 | Vem Var DraculaSelf | |
| 1996 | Dalziel & Pascoe | |
| 1996 | KaraokeNick Balmer | |
| 1995 | Jack & SarahJack | |
| 1995 | Empire of the CensorsSelf - Host | |
| 1995 | BedNurse/Bed Head | |
| 1995 | Soccer AMSelf | |
| 1994 | Prêt-à-PorterCort Romney | |
| 1994 | CalliopeThe Producer | |
| 1994 | Hard TimesJames Harthouse | |
| 1994 | Pink Floyd: The StoryNarrator (voice) | |
| 1994 | ButterGerrard | |
| 1994 | Room 101Self | |
| 1994 | Hard TimesJames Harthouse | |
| 1993 | The Age of InnocenceLawrence "Larry" Lefferts | |
| 1993 | Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful LifeFranz Kafka | |
| 1993 | The Legends of Treasure IslandLong John Silver (voice) | |
| 1993 | Suddenly, Last SummerGeorge Holly | |
| 1993 | Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'Self | |
| 1993 | Shooting StarsSelf | |
| 1993 | The Legends of Treasure IslandLong John Silver (voice) | |
| 1993 | FrasierStephen Moon | |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest | |
| 1992 | The PlayerTom Oakley | |
| 1992 | The Other SideSherlock Holmes | |
| 1992 | Bram Stoker's DraculaDr. Jack Seward | |
| 1992 | Absolutely FabulousDream Justin | |
| 1991 | L.A. StoryRoland Mackey | |
| 1991 | Hudson HawkDarwin Mayflower | |
| 1991 | PerformanceNurse/Bed Head | |
| 1991 | PerformanceGeorge Holly | |
| 1990 | Mountains of the MoonOliphant | |
| 1990 | Henry & JuneHugo Guiler | |
| 1990 | Rab C. NesbittChingford Steel | |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for YouSelf | |
| 1989 | WarlockGiles Redferne | |
| 1989 | How to Get Ahead in AdvertisingDenis Dimbleby Bagley | |
| 1989 | Here Is the NewsDavid Dunhill | |
| 1989 | Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)Berg | |
| 1989 | Thieves in the NightJoseph | |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsBritish Voice / Julian (voice) | |
| 1988 | Codename: KyrilLaurence Sculby | |
| 1988 | Codename: KyrilSculby | |
| 1987 | Withnail & IWithnail | |
| 1987 | Hidden CityBrewster | |
| 1987 | Lizzie's Pictures | |
| 1986 | Honest Decent & TrueMoonee Livingstone | |
| 1984 | Aspel & Company | |
| 1983 | Natural World | |
| 1978 | An Audience with...Self | |
| 1967 | OmnibusNarrator (voice) | |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | |
| - | The Queen of FashionEvelyn Delves Broughton | |
| - | Wittgenstein's PokerLudwig Wittgenstein (voice) | |
| - | Fado! | |
| - | The Honey Wars(voice) | |
| - | Ladies First | |
| - | Rose's Baby | |
| - | Merry Christmas Aubrey FlintMr. Hopkins |
| 2005 | Wah-WahDirector |
| 2005 | Wah-WahScreenplay |