Actor
Richard E. Grant
Biography

Richard E. Grant (born Richard Grant Esterhuysen; May 5, 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 S ...

Known For
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Death of a Unicorn

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Doctor Who at the Proms

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Argylle

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Saltburn

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The Lesson

Acting
2025 -- Death of a Unicorn |
2024 -- Doctor Who at the Proms | The Doctor (archive footage)
2024 -- Argylle | Director Fowler
2023 -- Saltburn | Sir James Catton
2023 -- The Lesson | J.M. Sinclair
2023 -- The Coronation Concert | Self
2022 -- A Royal Grand Design | Host
2022 -- Persuasion | Sir Walter Elliot
2021 -- An Audience with Adele | Self
2021 -- Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special | Classic Loki (archive footage)
2021 -- The Spine of Night | The Guardian
2021 -- Robin Robin | Magpie (voice)
2021 -- Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! | Self - Actor
2021 -- Everybody's Talking About Jamie | Hugo Battersby / Loco Chanelle
2021 -- Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | Seifert
2021 -- Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime | Self - Host
2020 -- Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall | Self
2020 -- The Skywalker Legacy | Self
2020 -- Groundhog Dave 2 | Groundhog Dave
2019 -- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Allegiant General Pryde
2019 -- Master Moley by Royal Invitation | The Gardener (voice)
2019 -- Palm Beach | Billy
2019 -- An Accidental Studio | Self
2019 -- The Space: Theatre of Survival | as Self
2019 -- 7 Up & Me | Self
2018 -- The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Shiver
2018 -- Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Jack Hock
2017 -- The Hitman's Bodyguard | Seifert
2017 -- Logan | Dr. Zander Rice
2017 -- Their Finest | Roger Swain
2016 -- The Last Dragonslayer | Dragon (voice)
2016 -- Jackie | Bill Walton
2015 -- Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked | The Duke of Wellington
2015 -- The Secret World of Lewis Carroll | Himself - Actor
2015 -- Teeth |
2015 -- Queen & Country | Major Cross
2015 -- The Gospel of Luke | Narrator (voice) – New International Version
2014 -- Dirty Weekenders in France | Self - Presenter
2013 -- Dom Hemingway | Dickie Black
2013 -- Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips | Self / Larry Oliphant
2013 -- About Time | Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
2013 -- Khumba | Bradley (voice)
2012 -- Doctor Who: The Snowmen | Dr. Walter Simeon
2012 -- The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey | Narrator
2012 -- For No Good Reason | Self
2012 -- Kath & Kimderella | Alain the Page
2012 -- Zambezia | Cecil (voice)
2012 -- Words of the Titanic | Reader
2012 -- Cherrywood Cannon | (Voice)
2011 -- The Iron Lady | Michael Heseltine
2011 -- How to Stop Being a Loser | Ian
2011 -- Horrid Henry: The Movie | Vic Van Wrinkle
2011 -- The Last Fashion Show | Federico Marinoni
2011 -- Foster | Mr. Potts
2010 -- Cuckoo | Professor Julius Greengrass
2010 -- The Nutcracker | Father
2010 -- First Night | Adam
2010 -- Jackboots on Whitehall | The Vicar (voice)
2010 -- The Man Who Married Himself | Olivier
2009 -- Love Hurts | Ben Bingham
2008 -- Filth and Wisdom | Prof Flynn
2008 -- Garden of Eden | Colonel Philip Boyle
2007 -- The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' | Self (archive footage)
2007 -- Always Crashing in the Same Car | James Booth
2006 -- The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall | Self
2006 -- Above and Beyond |
2006 -- Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties | Preston (voice)
2006 -- Penelope | Franklin Wilhern
2006 -- Pulp: The Story of Common People | Narrator
2005 -- The Story of ‘Fairytale of New York’ | Narrator
2005 -- Colour Me Kubrick | Jasper
2005 -- Corpse Bride | Barkis Bittern (voice)
2004 -- The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody | Narrator (voice)
2004 -- The Story of an African Farm | Bonaparte Blenkins
2003 -- Bright Young Things | Father Rothschild
2003 -- Monsieur N. | Hudson Lowe
2002 -- The Hound of the Baskervilles | Jack Stapleton
2002 -- Sherlock: Case of Evil | Mycroft
2002 -- The Making of 'Gosford Park' | Self
2002 -- Robert Altman in England | Himself
2001 -- Gosford Park | George
2001 -- Hildegarde | Wolf
2001 -- Strictly Sinatra | Himself
2000 -- Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | Various Characters
2000 -- The Little Vampire | Frederick Sackville-Bagg
2000 -- The Miracle Maker | John The Baptist (voice)
1999 -- A Christmas Carol | Bob Cratchit
1999 -- The Match | Gorgeous Gus
1999 -- Withnail and Us | Self
1999 -- The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson | Self
1999 -- Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death | The Quite Handsome Doctor
1999 -- I Demand to Have Some Booze! | Self
1998 -- Cash in Hand | Sir Harry Parkins
1998 -- St. Ives | Major Farquhar Chevening
1997 -- Spice World | Clifford
1997 -- Keep the Aspidistra Flying | Gordon Comstock
1997 -- Food of Love | Alex Salmon
1997 -- A Royal Scandal | George, Prince of Wales
1997 -- An Audience with Elton John | Self
1997 -- Treasure Island | Long John Silver
1997 -- The Serpent's Kiss | James Fitzmaurice
1997 -- Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady | Self
1996 -- An Evening with Lily Savage | Self - Audience Member
1996 -- Twelfth Night | Sir Andrew Aguecheek
1996 -- The Portrait of a Lady | Lord Warburton
1996 -- In Search of Dracula | Self
1996 -- The Cold Light of Day | Viktor Marek
1995 -- Jack & Sarah | Jack
1995 -- Empire of the Censors | Self - Host
1994 -- Prêt-à-Porter | Cort Romney
1994 -- Pink Floyd: The Story | Narrator (voice)
1994 -- Hard Times | James Harthouse
1994 -- Calliope | The Producer
1994 -- Butter | Gerrard
1993 -- The Legends of Treasure Island | Long John Silver (voice)
1993 -- The Age of Innocence | Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts
1993 -- Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' | Self
1993 -- Suddenly, Last Summer | George Holly
1993 -- Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life | Franz Kafka
1992 -- Bram Stoker's Dracula | Dr. Jack Seward
1992 -- The Other Side | Sherlock Holmes
1992 -- The Player | Tom Oakley
1991 -- Hudson Hawk | Darwin Mayflower
1991 -- L.A. Story | Roland Mackey
1990 -- Henry & June | Hugo Guiler
1990 -- Mountains of the Moon | Oliphant
1989 -- Thieves in the Night | Joseph
1989 -- Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother) | Berg
1989 -- Warlock | Giles Redferne
1989 -- How to Get Ahead in Advertising | Denis Dimbleby Bagley
1989 -- Here Is the News | David Dunhill
1988 -- Codename: Kyril | Laurence Sculby
1987 -- Hidden City | Brewster
1987 -- Withnail & I | Withnail
1986 -- Honest Decent & True | Moonee Livingstone
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