Richard E. Grant

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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

Game of Thrones

Izembaro

Logan

Dr. Rice

Loki

Classic Loki

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Allegiant General Pryde

The Simpsons

British Voice / Julian (voice)

Corpse Bride

Barkis Bittern (voice)

About Time

Lawyer in Play (uncredited)

The Hitman's Bodyguard

Seifert

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Wildwood MOVIE	(voice)
2026	Savage House MOVIE	Sir Chauncey Savage
2026	The Other Bennet Sister TV	Mr. Bennet
2026	Wicker MOVIE	Doctor
2025	100 Nights of Hero MOVIE	Birdman
2025	Nuremberg MOVIE	Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
2025	The Thursday Murder Club MOVIE	Bobby Tanner
2025	Too Much TV	Jonno Ratigan
2025	Death of a Unicorn MOVIE	Odell
2024	Doctor Who at the Proms MOVIE	The Doctor (archive footage)
2024	Nautilus TV	The White Rajah
2024	The Franchise TV	Peter Fairchild
2024	Argylle MOVIE	Director Fowler
2023	Saltburn MOVIE	Sir James Catton
2023	The Lesson MOVIE	J.M. Sinclair
2023	The Coronation Concert MOVIE	Self
2022	Frankly TV	Self
2022	A Royal Grand Design MOVIE	Host
2022	Persuasion MOVIE	Sir Walter Elliot
2022	Suspect TV	Harry
2022	RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World TV	Self - Guest Judge
2022	Ant & Dec's Limitless Win TV	Self
2021	An Audience with Adele MOVIE	Self
2021	Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special MOVIE	Classic Loki (archive footage)
2021	The Spine of Night MOVIE	The Guardian (voice)
2021	The Outlaws TV	The Earl
2021	Robin Robin MOVIE	Magpie (voice)
2021	Moley TV	The Gardener (voice)
2021	Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! MOVIE	Self - Actor
2021	Everybody's Talking About Jamie MOVIE	Hugo Battersby / Loco Chanelle
2021	Write Around the World with Richard E Grant TV	Self - Presenter
2021	Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard MOVIE	Seifert
2021	Loki TV	Classic Loki
2021	Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime MOVIE	Self - Host
2021	Marvel Studios Assembled TV	Self - Classic Loki
2020	Michael McIntyre's The Wheel TV	Self - Expert
2020	Between the Covers TV	Self
2020	Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall MOVIE	Self
2020	The Skywalker Legacy MOVIE	Self
2020	Dispatches from Elsewhere TV	Octavio
2019	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker MOVIE	Allegiant General Pryde
2019	Master Moley by Royal Invitation MOVIE	The Gardener (voice)
2019	Palm Beach MOVIE	Billy
2019	An Accidental Studio MOVIE	Self
2019	The Space: Theatre of Survival MOVIE	as Self
2019	7 Up & Me MOVIE	Self
2018	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms MOVIE	Shiver
2018	Can You Ever Forgive Me? MOVIE	Jack Hock
2018	Hang Ups TV	Leonard Conrad
2017	The Hitman's Bodyguard MOVIE	Seifert
2017	Making 'Logan' MOVIE	Self
2017	Tate Britain's Great Art Walks TV	Self
2017	Logan MOVIE	Dr. Rice
2017	Their Finest MOVIE	Roger Swain
2017	A Series of Unfortunate Events TV	Man with Beard But No Hair
2016	The Last Dragonslayer MOVIE	Dragon (voice)
2016	Jackie MOVIE	Bill Walton
2015	Jekyll and Hyde TV	Sir Roger Bulstrode
2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter TV	Self
2015	Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked MOVIE	The Duke of Wellington
2015	Dig TV	Ian Margrove
2015	The Secret World of Lewis Carroll MOVIE	Himself - Actor
2015	Teeth MOVIE	Self
2015	Queen & Country MOVIE	Major Cross
2015	The Gospel of Luke MOVIE	Narrator (voice) – New International Version
2014	Dirty Weekenders in France MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers TV	Self
2014	The Kumars TV	Self
2013	Dom Hemingway MOVIE	Dickie Black
2013	Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips MOVIE	Self / Larry Oliphant
2013	About Time MOVIE	Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
2013	Khumba MOVIE	Bradley (voice)
2013	Psychobitches TV	Matthew Hopkins
2012	Doctor Who: The Snowmen MOVIE	Dr. Walter Simeon
2012	The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey MOVIE	Narrator
2012	The Fear TV	Seb Whiting
2012	Gadget Man TV	Self
2012	For No Good Reason MOVIE	Self
2012	Kath & Kimderella MOVIE	Alain the Page
2012	Zambezia MOVIE	Cecil (voice)
2012	Words of the Titanic MOVIE	Reader
2012	Girls TV	Jasper
2012	Playhouse Presents TV	Stephen / Tony
2012	Cherrywood Cannon MOVIE	(Voice)
2011	The Iron Lady MOVIE	Michael Heseltine
2011	How to Stop Being a Loser MOVIE	Ian
2011	Horrid Henry: The Movie MOVIE	Vic Van Wrinkle
2011	Game of Thrones TV	Izembaro
2011	The Crimson Petal and the White TV	Doctor Curlew
2011	The Last Fashion Show MOVIE	Federico Marinoni
2011	Foster MOVIE	Mr. Potts
2010	Cuckoo MOVIE	Professor Julius Greengrass
2010	The Nutcracker MOVIE	Father
2010	First Night MOVIE	Adam
2010	Jackboots on Whitehall MOVIE	The Vicar (voice)
2010	Downton Abbey TV	Simon Bricker
2010	The Man Who Married Himself MOVIE	Olivier
2009	Victoria Wood: Seen on TV MOVIE	Self
2009	Love Hurts MOVIE	Ben Bingham
2008	Filth and Wisdom MOVIE	Prof Flynn
2008	Garden of Eden MOVIE	Colonel Philip Boyle
2007	Penelope MOVIE	Franklin Wilhern
2007	Elementary My Dear Viewer MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2007	The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2007	Would I Lie to You? TV	Self
2007	Always Crashing in the Same Car MOVIE	James Booth
2007	The Graham Norton Show TV	Self
2006	The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall MOVIE	Self
2006	Above and Beyond TV	Don Bennett
2006	The One Show TV	Self - Guest
2006	The One Show TV	Self
2006	Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties MOVIE	Preston (voice)
2006	Pulp: The Story of Common People MOVIE	Narrator
2005	The Story of 'Fairytale of New York' MOVIE	Narrator
2005	Colour Me Kubrick MOVIE	Jasper
2005	Corpse Bride MOVIE	Barkis Bittern (voice)
2005	8 Out of 10 Cats TV	Self
2005	Doctor Who TV	The Great Intelligence
2005	Doctor Who TV	Dr Simeon
2005	The Friday Night Project TV	Self
2004	Agatha Christie's Marple TV	Raymond West
2004	The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2004	The Story of an African Farm MOVIE	Bonaparte Blenkins
2004	Tooth MOVIE	Jarvis Jarvis
2004	90 Days in Hollywood TV	Self
2003	Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka TV	The Doctor (voice)
2003	Bright Young Things MOVIE	Father Rothschild
2003	QI TV	Self
2003	Posh Nosh TV	Simon Marchmont
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self - Guest
2003	Monsieur N. MOVIE	Hudson Lowe
2002	The Hound of the Baskervilles MOVIE	Jack Stapleton
2002	Sherlock: Case of Evil MOVIE	Mycroft
2002	The Making of Gosford Park MOVIE	Self
2002	Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway TV	Self - Guest Announcer
2002	Robert Altman in England MOVIE	Himself
2001	Gosford Park MOVIE	George
2001	Hildegarde MOVIE	Wolf
2001	Strictly Sinatra MOVIE	Himself
2000	Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings MOVIE	Various Characters
2000	The Little Vampire MOVIE	Frederick Sackville-Bagg
2000	The Miracle Maker MOVIE	John The Baptist (voice)
2000	Victoria's Secrets MOVIE	Self
1999	A Christmas Carol MOVIE	Bob Cratchit
1999	Let Them Eat Cake TV	Self
1999	The Match MOVIE	Gorgeous Gus
1999	Withnail and Us MOVIE	Self
1999	The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson MOVIE	Self
1999	Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death MOVIE	The Quite Handsome Doctor
1999	The Scarlet Pimpernel TV	Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999	Home Farm Twins TV	Self
1999	I Demand to Have Some Booze! MOVIE	Self
1998	The Heaven and Earth Show TV	Self
1998	Parkinson TV	Self
1998	St. Ives MOVIE	Major Farquhar Chevening
1998	Cash in Hand MOVIE	Sir Harry Parkins
1997	Spice World MOVIE	Clifford
1997	Keep the Aspidistra Flying MOVIE	Gordon Comstock
1997	Food of Love MOVIE	Alex Salmon
1997	Trial & Retribution TV	Self
1997	A Royal Scandal MOVIE	George, Prince of Wales
1997	An Audience with Elton John MOVIE	Self
1997	Treasure Island MOVIE	Long John Silver
1997	Captain Star TV	Self
1997	The Serpent's Kiss MOVIE	James Fitzmaurice
1997	Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady MOVIE	Self
1996	An Evening with Lily Savage MOVIE	Self - Audience Member
1996	Twelfth Night MOVIE	Sir Andrew Aguecheek
1996	The Portrait of a Lady MOVIE	Lord Warburton
1996	Vem Var Dracula MOVIE	Self
1996	The Cold Light of Day MOVIE	Viktor Marek
1996	Karaoke TV	Nick Balmer
1996	Dalziel & Pascoe TV	Self
1995	Bed MOVIE	Nurse/Bed Head
1995	Soccer AM TV	Self
1995	Jack & Sarah MOVIE	Jack
1995	Empire of the Censors MOVIE	Self - Host
1994	Prêt-à-Porter MOVIE	Cort Romney
1994	Pink Floyd: The Story MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1994	Room 101 TV	Self
1994	Hard Times MOVIE	James Harthouse
1994	Hard Times TV	James Harthouse
1994	Calliope MOVIE	The Producer
1994	Butter MOVIE	Gerrard
1993	Shooting Stars TV	Self
1993	Frasier TV	Stephen Moon
1993	The Age of Innocence MOVIE	Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts
1993	The Legends of Treasure Island MOVIE	Long John Silver (voice)
1993	The Legends of Treasure Island TV	Long John Silver (voice)
1993	Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' MOVIE	Self
1993	Suddenly, Last Summer MOVIE	George Holly
1993	Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life MOVIE	Franz Kafka
1992	Bram Stoker's Dracula MOVIE	Dr. Jack Seward
1992	Absolutely Fabulous TV	Dream Justin
1992	The Other Side MOVIE	Sherlock Holmes
1992	The Player MOVIE	Tom Oakley
1991	Performance TV	Nurse/Bed Head
1991	Performance TV	George Holly
1991	Hudson Hawk MOVIE	Darwin Mayflower
1991	L.A. Story MOVIE	Roland Mackey
1990	Henry & June MOVIE	Hugo Guiler
1990	Have I Got News for You TV	Self
1990	Rab C. Nesbitt TV	Chingford Steel
1990	Mountains of the Moon MOVIE	Oliphant
1989	The Simpsons TV	British Voice / Julian (voice)
1989	Thieves in the Night MOVIE	Joseph
1989	Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother) MOVIE	Berg
1989	Warlock MOVIE	Giles Redferne
1989	How to Get Ahead in Advertising MOVIE	Denis Dimbleby Bagley
1989	Here Is the News MOVIE	David Dunhill
1988	Codename: Kyril MOVIE	Laurence Sculby
1988	Codename: Kyril TV	Sculby
1987	Hidden City MOVIE	Brewster
1987	Withnail & I MOVIE	Withnail
1987	Lizzie's Pictures TV	Self
1986	Honest Decent & True MOVIE	Moonee Livingstone
1984	Aspel & Company TV	Self
1983	Natural World TV	Self
1978	An Audience with... TV	Self
1967	Omnibus TV	Narrator (voice)
1959	No Hiding Place TV	Self
	The Queen of Fashion MOVIE	Evelyn Delves Broughton
	Wittgenstein's Poker MOVIE	Ludwig Wittgenstein (voice)
	Fado! MOVIE	Self
	The Honey Wars MOVIE	(voice)
	Ladies First MOVIE	Self
	Rose's Baby MOVIE	Self
	Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint MOVIE	Mr. Hopkins

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