Richard E. Grant
Richard E. Grant (born Richard Grant Esterhuysen; 5 May 1957) is a Swazi-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.
Acted in
Nautilus
2024
as The White Rajah
The Franchise
2024
as Peter Fairchild
Argylle
2024
as Director Fowler
Saltburn
2023
as Sir James Catton
The Lesson
2023
as J.M. Sinclair
The Coronation Concert
2023
as Self
A Royal Grand Design
2022
as Host
Persuasion
2022
as Sir Walter Elliot
Suspect
2022
as Harry
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World
2022
as Self - Guest Judge
Ant & Dec's Limitless Win
2022
as Self
An Audience with Adele
2021
as Self
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
as Classic Loki (archive footage)
The Spine of Night
2021
as The Guardian
The Outlaws
2021
as The Earl
Robin Robin
2021
as Magpie (voice)
Moley
2021
as The Gardener (voice)
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021
as Self - Actor
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
2021
as Hugo Battersby / Loco Chanelle
Write Around the World with Richard E Grant
2021
as Self - Presenter
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
2021
as Seifert
Loki
2021
as Classic Loki
Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime
2021
as Self - Host
Marvel Studios Assembled
2021
as Self - Classic Loki
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020
as Self - Expert
Master Moley By Royal Invitation
2020
as The Gardener (voice)
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
2020
as Self
The Skywalker Legacy
2020
as Self
Dispatches from Elsewhere
2020
as Octavio
Groundhog Dave 2
2020
as Groundhog Dave
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
as Allegiant General Pryde
Palm Beach
2019
as Billy
An Accidental Studio
2019
as Self
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019
as as Self
7 Up & Me
2019
as Self
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
as Shiver
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2018
as Jack Hock
Hang Ups
2018
as Leonard Conrad
The Hitman's Bodyguard
2017
as Seifert
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
2017
as Self
Logan
2017
as Dr. Zander Rice
Their Finest
2017
as Roger Swain
A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017
as Man with Beard But No Hair
The Last Dragonslayer
2016
as Dragon (voice)
Jackie
2016
as Bill Walton
Jekyll and Hyde
2015
as Sir Roger Bulstrode
Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked
2015
as The Duke of Wellington
Dig
2015
as Ian Margrove
The Secret World of Lewis Carroll
2015
as Himself - Actor
Teeth
2015
Queen & Country
2015
as Major Cross
The Gospel of Luke
2015
as Narrator (voice) – New International Version
Dirty Weekenders in France
2014
as Self - Presenter
Dom Hemingway
2013
as Dickie Black
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
2013
as Self / Larry Oliphant
About Time
2013
as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
Khumba
2013
as Bradley (voice)
Doctor Who: The Snowmen
2012
as Dr. Walter Simeon
The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey
2012
as Narrator
The Fear
2012
as Seb Whiting
Gadget Man
2012
For No Good Reason
2012
as Self
Kath & Kimderella
2012
as Alain the Page
Zambezia
2012
as Cecil (voice)
Words of the Titanic
2012
as Reader
Girls
2012
as Jasper
Cherrywood Cannon
2012
as (Voice)
The Iron Lady
2011
as Michael Heseltine
How to Stop Being a Loser
2011
as Ian
Horrid Henry: The Movie
2011
as Vic Van Wrinkle
Game of Thrones
2011
as Izembaro
The Crimson Petal and the White
2011
as Doctor Curlew
Nothing Under the Dress - The Last Show
2011
as Federico Marinoni
Foster
2011
as Mr. Potts
Cuckoo
2010
as Professor Julius Greengrass
The Nutcracker: The Untold Story
2010
as Father
First Night
2010
as Adam
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
as The Vicar (voice)
Downton Abbey
2010
as Simon Bricker
The Man Who Married Himself
2010
as Olivier
Love Hurts
2009
as Ben Bingham
Filth and Wisdom
2008
as Prof Flynn
Garden of Eden
2008
as Colonel Philip Boyle
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Would I Lie to You?
2007
as Self
Always Crashing in the Same Car
2007
as James Booth
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006
as Self
Above and Beyond
2006
Above and Beyond
2006
as Don Bennett
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006
as Preston (voice)
Penelope
2006
as Franklin Wilhern
Pulp: The Story of Common People
2006
as Narrator
The Story of ‘Fairytale of New York’
2005
as Narrator
Colour Me Kubrick
2005
as Jasper
Corpse Bride
2005
as Barkis Bittern (voice)
8 Out of 10 Cats
2005
as Self
Doctor Who
2005
as The Great Intelligence
Doctor Who
2005
as Dr Simeon
The Friday Night Project
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Raymond West
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
2004
as Narrator (voice)
The Story of an African Farm
2004
as Bonaparte Blenkins
90 Days in Hollywood
2004
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
2003
as The Doctor (voice)
Bright Young Things
2003
as Father Rothschild
Posh Nosh
2003
as Simon Marchmont
Monsieur N.
2003
as Hudson Lowe
The Hound of the Baskervilles
2002
as Jack Stapleton
Sherlock: Case of Evil
2002
as Mycroft
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
2002
as Self
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
as Self - Guest Announcer
Robert Altman in England
2002
as Himself
Gosford Park
2001
as George
Hildegarde
2001
as Wolf
Strictly Sinatra
2001
as Himself
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Various Characters
The Little Vampire
2000
as Frederick Sackville-Bagg
The Miracle Maker
2000
as John The Baptist (voice)
A Christmas Carol
1999
as Bob Cratchit
Let Them Eat Cake
1999
The Match
1999
as Gorgeous Gus
Withnail and Us
1999
as Self
The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson
1999
as Self
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999
as The Quite Handsome Doctor
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999
as Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
Home Farm Twins
1999
I Demand to Have Some Booze!
1999
as Self
St. Ives
1998
as Major Farquhar Chevening
Cash in Hand
1998
as Sir Harry Parkins
Spice World
1997
as Clifford
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1997
as Gordon Comstock
Food of Love
1997
as Alex Salmon
Trial & Retribution
1997
A Royal Scandal
1997
as George, Prince of Wales
An Audience with Elton John
1997
as Self
Treasure Island
1997
as Long John Silver
Captain Star
1997
The Serpent's Kiss
1997
as James Fitzmaurice
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
1997
as Self
An Evening with Lily Savage
1996
as Self - Audience Member
Twelfth Night
1996
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
The Portrait of a Lady
1996
as Lord Warburton
In Search of Dracula
1996
as Self
The Cold Light of Day
1996
as Viktor Marek
Karaoke
1996
as Nick Balmer
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
Jack & Sarah
1995
as Jack
Empire of the Censors
1995
as Self - Host
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
as Cort Romney
Pink Floyd: The Story
1994
as Narrator (voice)
Hard Times
1994
as James Harthouse
Hard Times
1994
as James Harthouse
Calliope
1994
as The Producer
Butter
1994
as Gerrard
Shooting Stars
1993
as Self
Frasier
1993
as Stephen Moon
The Age of Innocence
1993
as Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993
as Long John Silver (voice)
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993
as Long John Silver (voice)
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993
as Self
Suddenly, Last Summer
1993
as George Holly
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
1993
as Franz Kafka
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
as Dr. Jack Seward
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Dream Justin
The Other Side
1992
as Sherlock Holmes
The Player
1992
as Tom Oakley
Hudson Hawk
1991
as Darwin Mayflower
Performance
1991
as Nurse
L.A. Story
1991
as Roland Mackey
Henry & June
1990
as Hugo Guiler
Rab C. Nesbitt
1990
as Chingford Steel
Mountains of the Moon
1990
as Oliphant
The Simpsons
1989
as British Voice / Julian (voice)
Thieves in the Night
1989
as Joseph
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
1989
as Berg
Warlock
1989
as Giles Redferne
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989
as Denis Dimbleby Bagley
Here Is the News
1989
as David Dunhill
Codename: Kyril
1988
as Laurence Sculby
Hidden City
1987
as Brewster
Withnail & I
1987
as Withnail
Lizzie's Pictures
1987
Honest Decent & True
1986
as Moonee Livingstone
Aspel & Company
1984
Natural World
1983
No Hiding Place
1959
The Post Office Girl
Death of a Unicorn
Wildwood
as (voice)
Nuremberg
as Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
Savage House
as Sir Chauncey Savage
The Queen of Fashion
as Evelyn Delves Broughton
Wittgenstein's Poker
as Ludwig Wittgenstein (voice)
The Thursday Murder Club
The Guinea Pig Club
as Archie McIndoe
Fado!
The Honey Wars
as (voice)