Richard E. Grant
Acting • Born 1957-05-05
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).
Filmography
227 credits
L.A. Story
Movie • 1991
Roland Mackey
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
Movie • 2021
Self - Actor
The Story of an African Farm
Movie • 2004
Bonaparte Blenkins
Prêt-à-Porter
Movie • 1994
Cort Romney
Jack & Sarah
Movie • 1995
Jack
The Player
Movie • 1992
Tom Oakley
Corpse Bride
Movie • 2005
Barkis Bittern (voice)
The Age of Innocence
Movie • 1993
Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts
Gosford Park
Movie • 2001
George
The Miracle Maker
Movie • 2000
John The Baptist (voice)
Warlock
Movie • 1989
Giles Redferne
The Little Vampire
Movie • 2000
Frederick Sackville-Bagg
Penelope
Movie • 2007
Franklin Wilhern
Garden of Eden
Movie • 2008
Colonel Philip Boyle
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
Movie • 2006
Self
Love Hurts
Movie • 2009
Ben Bingham
Hudson Hawk
Movie • 1991
Darwin Mayflower
Mountains of the Moon
Movie • 1990
Oliphant
Withnail & I
Movie • 1987
Withnail
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Movie • 2021
Classic Loki (archive footage)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie • 2002
Jack Stapleton
Calliope
Movie • 1994
The Producer
The Match
Movie • 1999
Gorgeous Gus
An Audience with Adele
Movie • 2021
Self
The Portrait of a Lady
Movie • 1996
Lord Warburton
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Movie • 1989
Denis Dimbleby Bagley
An Evening with Lily Savage
Movie • 1996
Self - Audience Member
Twelfth Night
Movie • 1996
Sir Andrew Aguecheek
A Christmas Carol
Movie • 1999
Bob Cratchit
Monsieur N.
Movie • 2003
Hudson Lowe
Horrid Henry: The Movie
Movie • 2011
Vic Van Wrinkle
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
Movie • 1993
Franz Kafka
The Serpent's Kiss
Movie • 1997
James Fitzmaurice
The Cold Light of Day
Movie • 1996
Viktor Marek
Henry & June
Movie • 1990
Hugo Guiler
St. Ives
Movie • 1998
Major Farquhar Chevening
Foster
Movie • 2011
Mr. Potts
The Coronation Concert
Movie • 2023
Self
The Last Fashion Show
Movie • 2011
Federico Marinoni
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Movie • 1997
Gordon Comstock
Jackboots on Whitehall
Movie • 2010
The Vicar (voice)
The Space: Theatre of Survival
Movie • 2019
as Self
How to Stop Being a Loser
Movie • 2011
Ian
Hildegarde
Movie • 2001
Wolf
Zambezia
Movie • 2012
Cecil (voice)
Withnail and Us
Movie • 1999
Self
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
Movie • 2019
The Gardener (voice)
The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson
Movie • 1999
Self
Empire of the Censors
Movie • 1995
Self - Host
Dom Hemingway
Movie • 2013
Dickie Black
I Demand to Have Some Booze!
Movie • 1999
Self
Khumba
Movie • 2013
Bradley (voice)
Here Is the News
Movie • 1989
David Dunhill
First Night
Movie • 2010
Adam
Robert Altman in England
Movie • 2002
Himself
The Lesson
Movie • 2023
J.M. Sinclair
Queen & Country
Movie • 2015
Major Cross
A Royal Grand Design
Movie • 2022
Host
Death of a Unicorn
Movie • 2025
Odell
For No Good Reason
Movie • 2012
Self
Saltburn
Movie • 2023
Sir James Catton
Dirty Weekenders in France
Movie • 2014
Self - Presenter
The Other Side
Movie • 1992
Sherlock Holmes
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
Movie • 1989
Berg
Hard Times
Movie • 1994
James Harthouse
The Legends of Treasure Island
Movie • 1993
Long John Silver (voice)
Wildwood
Movie • 2026
(voice)
Vem Var Dracula
Movie • 1996
Self
Words of the Titanic
Movie • 2012
Reader
Argylle
Movie • 2024
Director Fowler
The Gospel of Luke
Movie • 2015
Narrator (voice) – New International Version
Honest Decent & True
Movie • 1986
Moonee Livingstone
Nuremberg
Movie • 2025
Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
Teeth
Movie • 2015
The Man Who Married Himself
Movie • 2010
Olivier
Savage House
Movie • 2026
Sir Chauncey Savage
Sherlock: Case of Evil
Movie • 2002
Mycroft
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Movie • 1999
The Quite Handsome Doctor
A Royal Scandal
Movie • 1997
George, Prince of Wales
Treasure Island
Movie • 1997
Long John Silver
Doctor Who: The Snowmen
Movie • 2012
Dr. Walter Simeon
Bright Young Things
Movie • 2003
Father Rothschild
Cuckoo
Movie • 2010
Professor Julius Greengrass
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Movie • 2000
Various Characters
The Queen of Fashion
Movie
Evelyn Delves Broughton
Wittgenstein's Poker
Movie
Ludwig Wittgenstein (voice)
Spice World
Movie • 1997
Clifford
Filth and Wisdom
Movie • 2008
Prof Flynn
The Secret World of Lewis Carroll
Movie • 2015
Himself - Actor
The Thursday Murder Club
Movie • 2025
Bobby Tanner
Logan
Movie • 2017
Dr. Rice
Always Crashing in the Same Car
Movie • 2007
James Booth
The Iron Lady
Movie • 2011
Michael Heseltine
Their Finest
Movie • 2017
Roger Swain
An Audience with Elton John
Movie • 1997
Self
Suddenly, Last Summer
Movie • 1993
George Holly
Jackie
Movie • 2016
Bill Walton
Hidden City
Movie • 1987
Brewster
Strictly Sinatra
Movie • 2001
Himself
The Last Dragonslayer
Movie • 2016
Dragon (voice)
The Nutcracker
Movie • 2010
Father
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Movie • 2017
Seifert
Colour Me Kubrick
Movie • 2005
Jasper
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
Movie • 1997
Self
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Movie • 2018
Jack Hock
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Movie • 2018
Shiver
Food of Love
Movie • 1997
Alex Salmon
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
Movie • 1993
Self
Cash in Hand
Movie • 1998
Sir Harry Parkins
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Movie • 2019
Allegiant General Pryde
About Time
Movie • 2013
Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked
Movie • 2015
The Duke of Wellington
Codename: Kyril
Movie • 1988
Laurence Sculby
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Movie • 2021
Seifert
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
Movie • 2013
Self / Larry Oliphant
An Accidental Studio
Movie • 2019
Self
The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'
Movie • 2005
Narrator
7 Up & Me
Movie • 2019
Self
Pink Floyd: The Story
Movie • 1994
Narrator (voice)
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Movie • 2021
Hugo Battersby / Loco Chanelle
Kath & Kimderella
Movie • 2012
Alain the Page
Cherrywood Cannon
Movie • 2012
(Voice)
Pulp: The Story of Common People
Movie • 2006
Narrator
Palm Beach
Movie • 2019
Billy
The Skywalker Legacy
Movie • 2020
Self
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Movie • 1992
Dr. Jack Seward
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
Movie • 2020
Self
Thieves in the Night
Movie • 1989
Joseph
The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey
Movie • 2012
Narrator
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Movie • 2006
Preston (voice)
Robin Robin
Movie • 2021
Magpie (voice)
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
The Making of Gosford Park
Movie • 2002
Self
Butter
Movie • 1994
Gerrard
The Spine of Night
Movie • 2021
The Guardian (voice)
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
Movie • 2004
Narrator (voice)
Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime
Movie • 2021
Self - Host
Persuasion
Movie • 2022
Sir Walter Elliot
Fado!
Movie
The Honey Wars
Movie
(voice)
Ladies First
Movie
100 Nights of Hero
Movie • 2025
Birdman
Doctor Who at the Proms
Movie • 2024
The Doctor (archive footage)
Tooth
Movie • 2004
Jarvis Jarvis
Making 'Logan'
Movie • 2017
Self
Elementary My Dear Viewer
Movie • 2007
Self - Presenter
Rose's Baby
Movie
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
Movie • 2009
Bed
Movie • 1995
Nurse/Bed Head
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
Movie
Mr. Hopkins
Wicker
Movie • 2026
Doctor
Victoria's Secrets
Movie • 2000
Self
The Scarlet Pimpernel
TV • 1999
Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
Shooting Stars
TV • 1993
Self
Captain Star
TV • 1997
Soccer AM
TV • 1995
Self
Let Them Eat Cake
TV • 1999
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
The Friday Night Project
TV • 2005
Self
Room 101
TV • 1994
Self
Dalziel & Pascoe
TV • 1996
Posh Nosh
TV • 2003
Simon Marchmont
Trial & Retribution
TV • 1997
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
The Legends of Treasure Island
TV • 1993
Long John Silver (voice)
The Heaven and Earth Show
TV • 1998
Natural World
TV • 1983
90 Days in Hollywood
TV • 2004
Lizzie's Pictures
TV • 1987
Aspel & Company
TV • 1984
Loki
TV • 2021
Classic Loki
Home Farm Twins
TV • 1999
Marvel Studios Assembled
TV • 2021
Self - Classic Loki
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
TV • 2002
Self - Guest Announcer
The Crimson Petal and the White
TV • 2011
Doctor Curlew
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
The Great Intelligence
Performance
TV • 1991
Nurse/Bed Head
Downton Abbey
TV • 2010
Simon Bricker
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Dr Simeon
Write Around the World with Richard E Grant
TV • 2021
Self - Presenter
Girls
TV • 2012
Jasper
The Kumars
TV • 2014
Self
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
TV • 2017
Self
The Fear
TV • 2012
Seb Whiting
Jekyll and Hyde
TV • 2015
Sir Roger Bulstrode
Would I Lie to You?
TV • 2007
Self
Game of Thrones
TV • 2011
Izembaro
Hard Times
TV • 1994
James Harthouse
Moley
TV • 2021
The Gardener (voice)
Frasier
TV • 1993
Stephen Moon
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
TV • 2003
The Doctor (voice)
An Audience with...
TV • 1978
Self
Rab C. Nesbitt
TV • 1990
Chingford Steel
Suspect
TV • 2022
Harry
Between the Covers
TV • 2020
Self
Dig
TV • 2015
Ian Margrove
Gadget Man
TV • 2012
QI
TV • 2003
Self
Ant & Dec's Limitless Win
TV • 2022
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Too Much
TV • 2025
Jonno Ratigan
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World
TV • 2022
Self - Guest Judge
Above and Beyond
TV • 2006
Don Bennett
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
TV • 2020
Self - Expert
Dispatches from Elsewhere
TV • 2020
Octavio
Frankly
TV • 2022
Self
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Raymond West
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
8 Out of 10 Cats
TV • 2005
Self
The Outlaws
TV • 2021
The Earl
A Series of Unfortunate Events
TV • 2017
Man with Beard But No Hair
Nautilus
TV • 2024
The White Rajah
Hang Ups
TV • 2018
Leonard Conrad
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
British Voice / Julian (voice)
The Franchise
TV • 2024
Peter Fairchild
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
Have I Got News for You
TV • 1990
Self
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
Omnibus
TV • 1967
Narrator (voice)
Performance
TV • 1991
George Holly
Codename: Kyril
TV • 1988
Sculby
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
The Other Bennet Sister
TV • 2026
Mr. Bennet
Karaoke
TV • 1996
Nick Balmer
Absolutely Fabulous
TV • 1992
Dream Justin
Psychobitches
TV • 2013
Matthew Hopkins