Richard E. Grant

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).

Filmography (226 Appearances)

Savage House

Upcoming (2026)

Wildwood

Upcoming (2026)

Fado!

TBA

Ladies First

TBA

Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint

TBA

Rose's Baby

TBA

The Honey Wars

TBA

The Queen of Fashion

TBA

Wittgenstein's Poker

TBA

The Other Bennet Sister

2026

Wicker

2026

100 Nights of Hero

2025

Nuremberg

2025

The Thursday Murder Club

2025

Too Much

2025

Death of a Unicorn

2025

Doctor Who at the Proms

2024

Nautilus

2024

The Franchise

2024

Argylle

2024

Saltburn

2023

The Lesson

2023

The Coronation Concert

2023

Frankly

2022

A Royal Grand Design

2022

Persuasion

2022

Suspect

2022

RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World

2022

Ant & Dec's Limitless Win

2022

An Audience with Adele

2021

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

2021

The Spine of Night

2021

The Outlaws

2021

Robin Robin

2021

Moley

2021

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

2021

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

2021

Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

2021

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

2021

Loki

2021

Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime

2021

Marvel Studios Assembled

2021

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

2020

Between the Covers

2020

Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall

2020

The Skywalker Legacy

2020

Dispatches from Elsewhere

2020

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019

Master Moley by Royal Invitation

2019

Palm Beach

2019

An Accidental Studio

2019

The Space: Theatre of Survival

2019

7 Up & Me

2019

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

2018

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

2018

Hang Ups

2018

The Hitman's Bodyguard

2017

Making 'Logan'

2017

Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

2017

Logan

2017

Their Finest

2017

A Series of Unfortunate Events

2017

The Last Dragonslayer

2016

Jackie

2016

Jekyll and Hyde

2015

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015

Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked

2015

Dig

2015

The Secret World of Lewis Carroll

2015

Teeth

2015

Queen & Country

2015

The Gospel of Luke

2015

Dirty Weekenders in France

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

The Kumars

2014

Dom Hemingway

2013

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

2013

About Time

2013

Khumba

2013

Psychobitches

2013

Doctor Who: The Snowmen

2012

The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey

2012

The Fear

2012

Gadget Man

2012

For No Good Reason

2012

Kath & Kimderella

2012

Zambezia

2012

Words of the Titanic

2012

Girls

2012

Playhouse Presents

2012

Cherrywood Cannon

2012

The Iron Lady

2011

How to Stop Being a Loser

2011

Horrid Henry: The Movie

2011

Game of Thrones

2011

The Crimson Petal and the White

2011

The Last Fashion Show

2011

Foster

2011

Cuckoo

2010

The Nutcracker

2010

First Night

2010

Jackboots on Whitehall

2010

Downton Abbey

2010

The Man Who Married Himself

2010

Victoria Wood: Seen on TV

2009

Love Hurts

2009

Filth and Wisdom

2008

Garden of Eden

2008

Elementary My Dear Viewer

2007

Penelope

2007

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

2007

Would I Lie to You?

2007

Always Crashing in the Same Car

2007

The Graham Norton Show

2007

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

2006

Above and Beyond

2006

The One Show

2006

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

2006

Pulp: The Story of Common People

2006

The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'

2005

Colour Me Kubrick

2005

Corpse Bride

2005

8 Out of 10 Cats

2005

Doctor Who

2005

The Friday Night Project

2005

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody

2004

The Story of an African Farm

2004

Tooth

2004

90 Days in Hollywood

2004

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka

2003

Bright Young Things

2003

QI

2003

Posh Nosh

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

Monsieur N.

2003

The Hound of the Baskervilles

2002

Sherlock: Case of Evil

2002

The Making of Gosford Park

2002

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

2002

Robert Altman in England

2002

Gosford Park

2001

Hildegarde

2001

Strictly Sinatra

2001

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000

The Little Vampire

2000

The Miracle Maker

2000

Victoria's Secrets

2000

A Christmas Carol

1999

Let Them Eat Cake

1999

The Match

1999

Withnail and Us

1999

The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson

1999

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

1999

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1999

Home Farm Twins

1999

I Demand to Have Some Booze!

1999

The Heaven and Earth Show

1998

Parkinson

1998

Cash in Hand

1998

St. Ives

1998

Spice World

1997

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

1997

Trial & Retribution

1997

Food of Love

1997

A Royal Scandal

1997

An Audience with Elton John

1997

Treasure Island

1997

Captain Star

1997

The Serpent's Kiss

1997

Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

1997

An Evening with Lily Savage

1996

Twelfth Night

1996

The Portrait of a Lady

1996

Vem Var Dracula

1996

The Cold Light of Day

1996

Karaoke

1996

Dalziel & Pascoe

1996

Bed

1995

Soccer AM

1995

Jack & Sarah

1995

Empire of the Censors

1995

Prêt-à-Porter

1994

Pink Floyd: The Story

1994

Room 101

1994

Hard Times

1994

Hard Times

1994

Calliope

1994

Butter

1994

Shooting Stars

1993

Frasier

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

The Legends of Treasure Island

1993

The Age of Innocence

1993

The Legends of Treasure Island

1993

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

1993

Suddenly, Last Summer

1993

Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

1993

Bram Stoker's Dracula

1992

Absolutely Fabulous

1992

The Other Side

1992

The Player

1992

Performance

1991

Hudson Hawk

1991

L.A. Story

1991

Henry & June

1990

Have I Got News for You

1990

Rab C. Nesbitt

1990

Mountains of the Moon

1990

The Simpsons

1989

Thieves in the Night

1989

Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)

1989

Warlock

1989

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

1989

Here Is the News

1989

Codename: Kyril

1988

Codename: Kyril

1988

Hidden City

1987

Withnail & I

1987

Lizzie's Pictures

1987

Honest Decent & True

1986 Debut

Aspel & Company

1984

Natural World

1983

An Audience with...

1978

Omnibus

1967

No Hiding Place

1959
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