Richard E. Grant
Known for acting · Born 5 May 1957 · 69 · Mbabane, Swaziland [now Eswatini]
238 credits
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
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2018
The Hitman's Bodyguard
2017
Withnail & I
1987
Saltburn
2023
Dom Hemingway
2013
Jackie
2016
The Little Vampire
2000
Warlock
1989
L.A. Story
1991
Penelope
2007
Nuremberg
2025
Hudson Hawk
1991
Acting (237)
2027Up Against ItDr. AbarasFilm
2026Ladies FirstPigeon ManFilm
2026Savage HouseSir Chauncey SavageFilm
2026The Other Bennet SisterMr. Bennet · 3 episodesSeries
2026Confessions II – The FilmSelfFilm
2026WildwoodOwl Rex (voice)Film
2026Merry Christmas Aubrey FlintMr. HopkinsFilm
2026WickerDoctorFilm
2026Richard E. Grant's Very Modern OdysseySelf - Presenter · 4 episodesSeries
2025NurembergSir David Maxwell-FyfeFilm
2025The Thursday Murder ClubBobby TannerFilm
2025Death of a UnicornOdellFilm
2025Too MuchJonno Ratigan · 10 episodesSeries
2025100 Nights of HeroBirdmanFilm
2025The Celebrity TraitorsSelf - ContestantSeries
2024ArgylleDirector FowlerFilm
2024NautilusThe White Rajah · 2 episodesSeries
2024The FranchisePeter Fairchild · 8 episodesSeries
2024Doctor Who at the PromsThe Doctor (archive footage)Film
2024Mozart: Rise of a GeniusSelf · 3 episodesSeries
2023SaltburnSir James CattonFilm
2023The LessonJ.M. SinclairFilm
2023The Coronation ConcertSelfFilm
2022PersuasionSir Walter ElliotFilm
2022SuspectHarry · 8 episodesSeries
2022RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The WorldSelf - Guest JudgeSeries
2022Ant & Dec's Limitless WinSelfSeries
2022FranklySelfSeries
2022A Royal Grand DesignHostFilm
2021LokiClassic Loki · 2 episodesSeries
2021Hitman's Wife's BodyguardSeifertFilm
2021Robin RobinMagpie (voice)Film
2021Marvel Studios AssembledSelf - Classic LokiSeries
2021The OutlawsThe Earl · 4 episodesSeries
2021Everybody's Talking About JamieHugo Battersby / Loco ChanelleFilm
2021Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!Self - ActorFilm
2021The Spine of NightThe Guardian (voice)Film
2021An Audience with AdeleSelfFilm
2021Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day SpecialClassic Loki (archive footage)Film
2021Agatha & Poirot: Partners in CrimeSelf - HostFilm
2021Write Around the World with Richard E GrantSelf - Presenter · 3 episodesSeries
2021MoleyThe Gardener (voice) · 52 episodesSeries
2020Dispatches from ElsewhereOctavio · 10 episodesSeries
2020The Skywalker LegacySelfFilm
2020Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music HallSelfFilm
2020Michael McIntyre's The WheelSelf - ExpertSeries
2020Between the CoversSelfSeries
2019Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerAllegiant General PrydeFilm
2019Palm BeachBillyFilm
2019An Accidental StudioSelfFilm
2019Master Moley by Royal InvitationThe Gardener (voice)Film
20197 Up & MeSelfFilm
2019The Space: Theatre of Survivalas SelfFilm
2018The Nutcracker and the Four RealmsShiverFilm
2018Can You Ever Forgive Me?Jack HockFilm
2018Hang UpsLeonard Conrad · 3 episodesSeries
2017LoganDr. RiceFilm
2017The Hitman's BodyguardSeifertFilm
2017A Series of Unfortunate EventsMan with Beard But No Hair · 3 episodesSeries
2017Their FinestRoger SwainFilm
2017Making 'Logan'SelfFilm
2017Tate Britain's Great Art WalksSelfSeries
2016JackieBill WaltonFilm
2016The Last DragonslayerDragon (voice)Film
2015DigIan Margrove · 10 episodesSeries
2015Queen & CountryMajor CrossFilm
2015Jekyll and HydeSir Roger Bulstrode · 10 episodesSeries
2015TeethFilm
2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelfSeries
2015The Gospel of LukeNarrator (voice) – New International VersionFilm
2015The Secret World of Lewis CarrollHimself - ActorFilm
2015Wellington: The Iron Duke UnmaskedThe Duke of WellingtonFilm
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelfSeries
2014The KumarsSelfSeries
2014Dirty Weekenders in FranceSelf - PresenterFilm
2013About TimeLawyer in Play (uncredited)Film
2013Dom HemingwayDickie BlackFilm
2013KhumbaBradley (voice)Film
2013PsychobitchesMatthew HopkinsSeries
2013Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie PhillipsSelf / Larry OliphantFilm
2013Angel in the HouseFilm
2012GirlsJasper · 5 episodesSeries
2012ZambeziaCecil (voice)Film
2012Doctor Who: The SnowmenDr. Walter SimeonFilm
2012For No Good ReasonSelfFilm
2012Gadget ManSeries
2012Kath & KimderellaAlain the PageFilm
2012The FearSeb Whiting · 4 episodesSeries
2012The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest JourneyNarratorFilm
2012Playhouse PresentsStephen / TonySeries
2012Words of the TitanicReaderFilm
2012Cherrywood Cannon(Voice)Film
2011Game of ThronesIzembaro · 3 episodesSeries
2011The Iron LadyMichael HeseltineFilm
2011FosterMr. PottsFilm
2011Horrid Henry: The MovieVic Van WrinkleFilm
2011The Last Fashion ShowFederico MarinoniFilm
2011The Crimson Petal and the WhiteDoctor Curlew · 4 episodesSeries
2011How to Stop Being a LoserIanFilm
2010Downton AbbeySimon Bricker · 4 episodesSeries
2010The NutcrackerFatherFilm
2010Jackboots on WhitehallThe Vicar (voice)Film
2010CuckooProfessor Julius GreengrassFilm
2010First NightAdamFilm
2010The Man Who Married HimselfOlivierFilm
2009Love HurtsBen BinghamFilm
2009Victoria Wood: Seen on TVSelfFilm
2008Filth and WisdomProf FlynnFilm
2008Garden of EdenColonel Philip BoyleFilm
2007PenelopeFranklin WilhernFilm
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2007Would I Lie to You?SelfSeries
2007The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'Self (archive footage)Film
2007Always Crashing in the Same CarJames BoothFilm
2007British Film ForeverSeries
2007Elementary My Dear ViewerSelf - PresenterFilm
2006Garfield: A Tail of Two KittiesPreston (voice)Film
2006The One ShowSelf - GuestSeries
2006The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the HallSelfFilm
2006Above and BeyondDon Bennett · 2 episodesSeries
2006Pulp: The Story of Common PeopleNarratorFilm
2005Corpse BrideBarkis Bittern (voice)Film
2005Doctor WhoThe Great Intelligence, Dr SimeonSeries
2005Colour Me KubrickJasperFilm
20058 Out of 10 CatsSelfSeries
2005The Friday Night ProjectSelfSeries
2005The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'NarratorFilm
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleRaymond WestSeries
2004The Story of Bohemian RhapsodyNarrator (voice)Film
2004ToothJarvis JarvisFilm
2004The Story of an African FarmBonaparte BlenkinsFilm
200490 Days in Hollywood · 13 episodesSeries
2003QISelfSeries
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - GuestSeries
2003Bright Young ThingsFather RothschildFilm
2003Monsieur N.Hudson LoweFilm
2003Doctor Who: Scream of the ShalkaThe Doctor (voice) · 6 episodesSeries
2003Posh NoshSimon Marchmont · 9 episodesSeries
2003Doctor Who: The Scream of the ShalkaThe DoctorFilm
2002Sherlock: Case of EvilMycroftFilm
2002The Hound of the BaskervillesJack StapletonFilm
2002Ant & Dec's Saturday Night TakeawaySelf - Guest AnnouncerSeries
2002The Making of Gosford ParkSelfFilm
2002Robert Altman in EnglandSelfFilm
2001Gosford ParkGeorgeFilm
2001We Know Where You Live. Live!SelfFilm
2001Strictly SinatraHimselfFilm
2001HildegardeWolfFilm
2000The Little VampireFrederick Sackville-BaggFilm
2000The Miracle MakerJohn The Baptist (voice)Film
2000Victoria Wood with All the TrimmingsVarious CharactersFilm
2000Victoria's SecretsSelfFilm
1999A Christmas CarolBob CratchitFilm
1999Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal DeathThe Quite Handsome DoctorFilm
1999The MatchGorgeous GusFilm
1999Let Them Eat CakeSeries
1999The Scarlet PimpernelPercy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel · 6 episodesSeries
1999Withnail and UsSelfFilm
1999The Peculiar Memories of Bruce RobinsonSelfFilm
1999I Demand to Have Some Booze!SelfFilm
1999Home Farm Twins · 81 episodesSeries
1998St. IvesMajor Farquhar CheveningFilm
1998The Heaven and Earth ShowSeries
1998Cash in HandSir Harry ParkinsFilm
1998ParkinsonSelfSeries
1997Spice WorldCliffordFilm
1997The Serpent's KissJames FitzmauriceFilm
1997Keep the Aspidistra FlyingGordon ComstockFilm
1997Trial & RetributionStephen WarringtonSeries
1997A Royal ScandalGeorge, Prince of WalesFilm
1997Food of LoveAlex SalmonFilm
1997Captain Star · 13 episodesSeries
1997Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a LadySelfFilm
1997An Audience with Elton JohnSelfFilm
1997Treasure IslandLong John SilverFilm
1996The Portrait of a LadyLord WarburtonFilm
1996Twelfth NightSir Andrew AguecheekFilm
1996Dalziel and PascoeLee Knight · 2 episodesSeries
1996KaraokeNick Balmer · 4 episodesSeries
1996The Cold Light of DayViktor MarekFilm
1996TFI Friday · 4 episodesSeries
1996An Evening with Lily SavageSelf - Audience MemberFilm
1995Jack & SarahJackFilm
1995Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful LifeFranz KafkaFilm
1995Soccer AMSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1995Empire of the CensorsSelf - HostFilm
1995BedNurse/Bed HeadFilm
1994Prêt-à-PorterCort RomneyFilm
1994Room 101SelfSeries
1994CalliopeThe ProducerFilm
1994Pink Floyd: The StoryNarrator (voice)Film
1994ButterGerrardFilm
1994Hard TimesJames Harthouse · 4 episodesSeries
1993The Age of InnocenceLawrence "Larry" LeffertsFilm
1993FrasierStephen MoonSeries
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - GuestSeries
1993Shooting StarsSelfSeries
1993Suddenly, Last SummerGeorge HollyFilm
1993The Legends of Treasure IslandLong John Silver (voice) · 26 episodesSeries
1993Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'SelfFilm
1993The Legends of Treasure IslandLong John Silver (voice)Film
1992Bram Stoker's DraculaDr. Jack SewardFilm
1992The PlayerTom OakleyFilm
1992Absolutely FabulousDream JustinSeries
1992The Other SideSherlock HolmesFilm
1991Hudson HawkDarwin MayflowerFilm
1991L.A. StoryRoland MackeyFilm
1991PerformanceNurse/Bed Head, George HollySeries
1990Henry & JuneHugo GuilerFilm
1990Mountains of the MoonOliphantFilm
1990Have I Got News for YouSelfSeries
1990Rab C. NesbittChingford SteelSeries
1990The WordSeries
1989The SimpsonsBritish Voice / Julian (voice)Series
1989WarlockGiles RedferneFilm
1989How to Get Ahead in AdvertisingDenis Dimbleby BagleyFilm
1989Killing DadBergFilm
1989Thieves in the NightJosephFilm
1989Here Is the NewsDavid DunhillFilm
1988Codename: KyrilSculby · 2 episodesSeries
1987Withnail & IWithnailFilm
1987Hidden CityBrewsterFilm
1987Lizzie's Pictures · 4 episodesSeries
1986Honest Decent & TrueMoonee LivingstoneFilm
1985Screen TwoMoonee Livingstone, David DunhillSeries
1984Aspel & CompanySeries
1983Natural WorldSeries
1978An Audience with...SelfSeries
1967OmnibusNarrator (voice)Series
1959No Hiding PlaceSeries
—The Queen of FashionEvelyn Delves BroughtonFilm
—Wittgenstein's PokerLudwig Wittgenstein (voice)Film
—Fado!Film
—The Honey Wars(voice)Film
—Margot & RudiFilm
—The Man Who Stole PortugalFilm
—New Line: Independent LegaciesSelf (archive footage)Film
Directing (1)
2005Wah-WahDirector, ScreenplayFilm