Richard E. Grant
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-05-05 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Mbabane, Swaziland [now Eswatini]
Also known As
Richard Esterhuysen
Ρίτσαρντ Ε. Γκραντ
Richard Grant Esterhuysen
Ричард Э. Грант
理查·E·格蘭特
理查德·格兰特
ریچارد ای گرانت
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 Supporting Actor. Grant is also known for his roles in the feature films Warlock (1989), Henry & June (1990), Hudson Hawk (1991), Bram Stoker's Dracul...
Acting
1991
as Roland Mackey
2021
as Self - Actor
2004
as Bonaparte Blenkins
1994
as Cort Romney
1995
as Jack
1992
as Tom Oakley
2005
as Barkis Bittern (voice)
1993
as Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts
2001
as George
2000
as John The Baptist (voice)
1989
as Giles Redferne
2000
as Frederick Sackville-Bagg
2006
as Franklin Wilhern
2008
as Colonel Philip Boyle
2009
as Ben Bingham
1991
as Darwin Mayflower
1990
as Oliphant
1987
as Withnail
2021
as Classic Loki (archive footage)
2002
as Jack Stapleton
1994
as The Producer
1999
as Gorgeous Gus
2021
as Self
1996
as Lord Warburton
1989
as Denis Dimbleby Bagley
1996
as Self - Audience Member
1996
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
1999
as Bob Cratchit
2003
as Hudson Lowe
2011
as Vic Van Wrinkle
1993
as Franz Kafka
1997
as James Fitzmaurice
1996
as Viktor Marek
1990
as Hugo Guiler
1998
as Major Farquhar Chevening
2011
as Mr. Potts
2023
as Self
2011
as Federico Marinoni
1997
as Gordon Comstock
2020
as Groundhog Dave (voice)
2010
as The Vicar (voice)
2019
as as Self
2011
2001
as Wolf
2012
as Cecil (voice)
1999
as Self
2019
as The Gardener (voice)
1999
1995
as Self - Host
2013
as Dickie Black
1999
as Self
2013
as Bradley (voice)
1989
as David Dunhill
2010
as Adam
2002
as Himself
2023
as J.M. Sinclair
2014
as Major Cross
2022
as Host
2025
as Odell
2006
2012
as Self
2023
as Sir James Catton
2014
as Self - Presenter
1992
as Sherlock Holmes
1989
1994
as James Harthouse
1993
as Long John Silver (voice)
-
as (voice)
1996
as Self
2012
as Reader
2024
as Director Fowler
2015
as Narrator (voice) – New International Version
1986
as Moonee Livingstone
2025
as Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
2015
2010
as Olivier
-
as Sir Chauncey Savage
2002
as Mycroft
1999
as The Quite Handsome Doctor
1997
as George, Prince of Wales
1997
as Long John Silver
2012
as Dr. Walter Simeon
2003
as Father Rothschild
2010
as Professor Julius Greengrass
2000
as Various Characters
-
as Evelyn Delves Broughton
-
as Ludwig Wittgenstein (voice)
1997
as Clifford
2008
as Prof Flynn
2015
as Himself - Actor
2017
as Dr. Rice
2007
as James Booth
2011
as Michael Heseltine
2017
as Roger Swain
1997
as Self
1993
as George Holly
2016
as Bill Walton
1987
as Brewster
2001
as Himself
2016
as Dragon (voice)
2010
as Father
2017
as Seifert
2005
as Jasper
2018
as Jack Hock
2018
as Shiver
1997
as Alex Salmon
-
as Archie McIndoe
1998
as Sir Harry Parkins
2019
as Allegiant General Pryde
2013
as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
2015
as The Duke of Wellington
1988
as Laurence Sculby
2021
as Seifert
2013
as Self / Larry Oliphant
2019
as Self
2005
as Narrator
2019
as Self
1994
as Narrator (voice)
2021
as Hugo Battersby / Loco Chanelle
2012
as Alain the Page
2012
as (Voice)
2006
as Narrator
2019
as Billy
2020
as Self
1992
as Dr. Jack Seward
2020
1989
as Joseph
2012
2006
as Preston (voice)
2021
as Magpie (voice)
2007
as Self (archive footage)
2002
as Self
1994
as Gerrard
2021
as The Guardian
2004
as Narrator (voice)
2021
as Self - Host
2022
as Sir Walter Elliot
-
as (voice)
2024
as The Doctor (archive footage)
2004
as Jarvis Jarvis
2017
as Self
2007
as Self - Presenter
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