Richard E. Grant

Acting

Born: 1957-05-05

From: Mbabane, Swaziland [now Eswatini]

Gender: Male

Popularity: 2.6

Also Known As

Richard EsterhuysenRichard Grant Esterhuysen

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).

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Awards & Nominations0 won · 2 nominated

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

2019

Nominated

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award

Hudson Hawk

1992

Richard E. Grant

Also Known As

Biography

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Awards & Nominations0 won · 2 nominated

Acting209 titles

An Evening with Lily Savage

Pink Floyd: The Story

The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey

Wicker

An Audience with Elton John

Victoria's Secrets

Confessions II

Butter

Game of Thrones

The Other Bennet Sister

An Audience with Adele

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

The Gospel of Luke

Loki

The Celebrity Traitors

The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody

Downton Abbey

Calliope

The Legends of Treasure Island

The Man Who Married Himself

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

The Simpsons

About Time

The Legends of Treasure Island

QI

Logan

The Skywalker Legacy

Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall

Posh Nosh

Would I Lie to You?

Agatha Christie's Marple

Hard Times

Doctor Who: The Snowmen

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Shooting Stars

Frasier

Corpse Bride

Nuremberg

A Royal Scandal

The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'

Doctor Who

Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

7 Up & Me

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Absolutely Fabulous

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

Natural World

The Outlaws

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Let Them Eat Cake

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Player

Withnail & I

Doctor Who at the Proms

Marvel Studios Assembled

The Graham Norton Show

8 Out of 10 Cats

Have I Got News for You

Omnibus

Screen Two

The Age of Innocence

Twelfth Night

A Christmas Carol

Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

Saltburn

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

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

Thieves in the Night

Robin Robin

Bed

The Crimson Petal and the White

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka

Rab C. Nesbitt

Gadget Man