Richard E. Grant
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).
229 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 229
Game of Thrones
2011
The Simpsons
1989
Ladies First
2026
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Doctor Who
2005
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Frasier
1993
Have I Got News for You
1990
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The One Show
2006
Downton Abbey
2010
QI
2003
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Loki
2021
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Natural World
1983
8 Out of 10 Cats
2005
Omnibus
1967
A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017
Girls
2012
Screen Two
1985
Would I Lie to You?
2007
No Hiding Place
1959
Nuremberg
2025
An Audience with...
1978
Logan
2017
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
About Time
2013
Corpse Bride
2005
Performance
1991
Parkinson
1998
Playhouse Presents
2012
Trial & Retribution
1997
Marvel Studios Assembled
2021
Soccer AM
1995
Room 101
1994
The Outlaws
2021
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020
Shooting Stars
1993
Death of a Unicorn
2025
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
The Hitman's Bodyguard
2017
Saltburn
2023
Nautilus
2024
The Heaven and Earth Show
1998
Too Much
2025
The Other Bennet Sister
2026
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
2021
The Franchise
2024
Argylle
2024
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World
2022
Between the Covers
2020
The Thursday Murder Club
2025
Suspect
2022
Rab C. Nesbitt
1990
Dispatches from Elsewhere
2020
Moley
2021
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006
Gosford Park
2001
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
The Player
1992
Psychobitches
2013
Gadget Man
2012
Dig
2015
Karaoke
1996
The Iron Lady
2011
The Age of Innocence
1993
Home Farm Twins
1999
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999
The Crimson Petal and the White
2011
Henry & June
1990
Hudson Hawk
1991
Wildwood
2026
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993
Hang Ups
2018
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
2017
Aspel & Company
1984
Spice World
1997
Zambezia
2012
Jekyll and Hyde
2015
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
Penelope
2007
The Fear
2012
Ant & Dec's Limitless Win
2022
The Kumars
2014
Jackie
2016
Khumba
2013
The Celebrity Traitors
2025
The Nutcracker
2010
Persuasion
2022
Their Finest
2017
Posh Nosh
2003
Savage House
2026
A Christmas Carol
1999
The Little Vampire
2000
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2018
Withnail & I
1987
Warlock
1989
Twelfth Night
1996
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
2003
Let Them Eat Cake
1999
Frankly
2022
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
The Portrait of a Lady
1996
Above and Beyond
2006
L.A. Story
1991
Captain Star
1997
Bright Young Things
2003
Queen & Country
2015
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006
Wicker
2026
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
2021
Hard Times
1994
Dom Hemingway
2013
Foster
2011
Mountains of the Moon
1990
Horrid Henry: The Movie
2011
Robin Robin
2021
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
The Match
1999
100 Nights of Hero
2025
The Miracle Maker
2000
The Skywalker Legacy
2020
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
The Spine of Night
2021
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989
Jack & Sarah
1995
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
2020
Palm Beach
2019
The Last Dragonslayer
2016
Codename: Kyril
1988
An Audience with Adele
2021
St. Ives
1998
Love Hurts
2009
The Serpent's Kiss
1997
Colour Me Kubrick
2005
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999
Doctor Who: The Snowmen
2012
Tooth
2004
The Lesson
2023
The Coronation Concert
2023
The Hound of the Baskervilles
2002
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993
Monsieur N.
2003
Filth and Wisdom
2008
Sherlock: Case of Evil
2002
Strictly Sinatra
2001
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
Here Is the News
1989
Fado!
—
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
1997
Vem Var Dracula
1996
Making 'Logan'
2017
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021
Lizzie's Pictures
1987
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1997
Codename: Kyril
1988
The Honey Wars
—
90 Days in Hollywood
2004
An Audience with Elton John
1997
The Last Fashion Show
2011
Garden of Eden
2008
The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson
1999
Hard Times
1994
The Cold Light of Day
1996
Write Around the World with Richard E Grant
2021
How to Stop Being a Loser
2011
Butter
1994
An Accidental Studio
2019
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
2013
Kath & Kimderella
2012
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
2019
Hidden City
1987
The Queen of Fashion
—
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009
First Night
2010
For No Good Reason
2012
Calliope
1994
The Story of an African Farm
2004
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
1995
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
1989
The Gospel of Luke
2015
Suddenly, Last Summer
1993
Treasure Island
1997
7 Up & Me
2019
Honest Decent & True
1986
The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey
2012
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993
A Royal Scandal
1997
The Man Who Married Himself
2010
Food of Love
1997
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019
Elementary My Dear Viewer
2007
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
2004
The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'
2005
Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked
2015
Always Crashing in the Same Car
2007
The Friday Night Project
2005
Cash in Hand
1998
Rose's Baby
2027
Robert Altman in England
2002
Thieves in the Night
1989
Victoria's Secrets
2000
Pulp: The Story of Common People
2006
The Secret World of Lewis Carroll
2015
An Evening with Lily Savage
1996
Hildegarde
2001
Wittgenstein's Poker
—
The Man Who Stole Portugal
—
Bed
1995
Cuckoo
2010
Empire of the Censors
1995
The Other Side
1992
I Demand to Have Some Booze!
1999
Withnail and Us
1999
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
—
Words of the Titanic
2012
Cherrywood Cannon
2012
Margot & Rudi
—
Pink Floyd: The Story
1994
A Royal Grand Design
2022
Teeth
2015
Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime
2021
Dirty Weekenders in France
2014
