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).
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- 2025 · Nuremberg as Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
- 2025 · The Thursday Murder Club as Bobby Tanner
- 2025 · Death of a Unicorn as Odell
- 2024 · Nautilus as The White Rajah
- 2024 · Argylle as Director Fowler
- 2023 · Saltburn as Sir James Catton
- 2021 · Robin Robin as Magpie (voice)
- 2021 · Moley as The Gardener (voice)
- 2021 · Loki as Classic Loki
- 2021 · Marvel Studios Assembled as Self - Classic Loki
- 2020 · Michael McIntyre's The Wheel as Self - Expert
- 2019 · Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Allegiant General Pryde
- 2017 · Logan as Dr. Rice
- 2017 · A Series of Unfortunate Events as Man with Beard But No Hair
- 2016 · Jackie as Bill Walton
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · About Time as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
- 2012 · Kath & Kimderella as Alain the Page
- 2012 · Girls as Jasper
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as Izembaro
- 2010 · The Nutcracker as Father
- 2010 · Downton Abbey as Simon Bricker
- 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall as Self
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2005 · Corpse Bride as Barkis Bittern (voice)
- 2005 · 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
- 2005 · Doctor Who as The Great Intelligence
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Dr Simeon
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Raymond West
- 2003 · QI as Self
- 2002 · Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self - Guest Announcer
- 1999 · A Christmas Carol as Bob Cratchit
- 1998 · The Heaven and Earth Show as
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1998 · Cash in Hand as Sir Harry Parkins
- 1997 · Spice World as Clifford
- 1997 · Trial & Retribution as
- 1996 · Dalziel & Pascoe as
- 1995 · Soccer AM as Self
- 1993 · Shooting Stars as Self
- 1993 · Frasier as Stephen Moon
- 1992 · Absolutely Fabulous as Dream Justin
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self
- 1989 · The Simpsons as British Voice / Julian (voice)
- 1983 · Natural World as
- Future · Ladies First as
- 1994 · Room 101 as Self
- 1992 · Bram Stoker's Dracula as Dr. Jack Seward
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1967 · Omnibus as Narrator (voice)
- 1959 · No Hiding Place as
- Future · The Honey Wars as (voice)
- 2025 · 100 Nights of Hero as Birdman
- 2025 · Too Much as Jonno Ratigan
- 2024 · The Franchise as Peter Fairchild
- 2023 · The Lesson as J.M. Sinclair
- 2022 · Persuasion as Sir Walter Elliot
- 2022 · Suspect as Harry
- 2021 · The Outlaws as The Earl
- 2021 · Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard as Seifert
- 2020 · Between the Covers as Self
- 2019 · Palm Beach as Billy
- 2018 · The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Shiver
- 2018 · Hang Ups as Leonard Conrad
- 2017 · The Hitman's Bodyguard as Seifert
- 2017 · Their Finest as Roger Swain
- 2016 · The Last Dragonslayer as Dragon (voice)
- 2015 · Dig as Ian Margrove
- 2013 · Dom Hemingway as Dickie Black
- 2013 · Khumba as Bradley (voice)
- 2012 · The Fear as Seb Whiting
- 2012 · Gadget Man as
- 2012 · Zambezia as Cecil (voice)
- 2011 · The Iron Lady as Michael Heseltine
- 2011 · Foster as Mr. Potts
- 2010 · First Night as Adam
- 2009 · Love Hurts as Ben Bingham
- 2007 · Penelope as Franklin Wilhern
- 2007 · Always Crashing in the Same Car as James Booth
- 2006 · Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties as Preston (voice)
- 2003 · Monsieur N. as Hudson Lowe
- 2001 · Gosford Park as George
- 2001 · Hildegarde as Wolf
- 2001 · Strictly Sinatra as Himself
- 2000 · The Little Vampire as Frederick Sackville-Bagg
- 1999 · The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson as Self
- 1998 · St. Ives as Major Farquhar Chevening
- 1997 · The Serpent's Kiss as James Fitzmaurice
- 1996 · The Cold Light of Day as Viktor Marek
- 1996 · Karaoke as Nick Balmer
- 1994 · Hard Times as James Harthouse
- 1994 · Calliope as The Producer
- 1994 · Butter as Gerrard
- 1993 · The Legends of Treasure Island as Long John Silver (voice)
- 1993 · The Age of Innocence as Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts
- 1993 · Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' as Self
- 1991 · Performance as Nurse/Bed Head
- 1991 · Performance as George Holly
- 1991 · Hudson Hawk as Darwin Mayflower
- 1990 · Henry & June as Hugo Guiler
- 1990 · Rab C. Nesbitt as Chingford Steel
- Future · Wildwood as (voice)
- 1991 · L.A. Story as Roland Mackey
- 1990 · Mountains of the Moon as Oliphant
- 1989 · Warlock as Giles Redferne
- 1987 · Hidden City as Brewster
- 1984 · Aspel & Company as
- Future · Fado! as
- 2023 · The Coronation Concert as Self
- 2022 · Frankly as Self
- 2022 · RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World as Self - Guest Judge
- 2022 · Ant & Dec's Limitless Win as Self
- 2021 · An Audience with Adele as Self
- 2021 · Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Classic Loki (archive footage)
- 2021 · The Spine of Night as The Guardian (voice)
- 2021 · Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! as Self - Actor
- 2021 · Everybody's Talking About Jamie as Hugo Battersby / Loco Chanelle
- 2020 · The Skywalker Legacy as Self
- 2020 · Dispatches from Elsewhere as Octavio
- 2019 · An Accidental Studio as Self
- 2017 · Tate Britain's Great Art Walks as Self
- 2015 · The Gospel of Luke as Narrator (voice) – New International Version
- 2014 · Queen & Country as Major Cross
- 2014 · The Kumars as Self
- 2011 · How to Stop Being a Loser as Ian
- 2011 · Horrid Henry: The Movie as Vic Van Wrinkle
- 2011 · The Crimson Petal and the White as Doctor Curlew
- 2010 · Cuckoo as Professor Julius Greengrass
- 2010 · Jackboots on Whitehall as The Vicar (voice)
- 2008 · Garden of Eden as Colonel Philip Boyle
- 2007 · The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · Above and Beyond as
- 2006 · Pulp: The Story of Common People as Narrator
- 2004 · The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Tooth as Jarvis Jarvis
- 2003 · Bright Young Things as Father Rothschild
- 2002 · The Hound of the Baskervilles as Jack Stapleton
- 2002 · The Making of Gosford Park as Self
- 2000 · The Miracle Maker as John The Baptist (voice)
- 1999 · Let Them Eat Cake as
- 1999 · The Match as Gorgeous Gus
- 1999 · Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death as The Quite Handsome Doctor
- 1999 · The Scarlet Pimpernel as Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
- 1999 · Home Farm Twins as
- 1997 · Keep the Aspidistra Flying as Gordon Comstock
- 1997 · A Royal Scandal as George, Prince of Wales
- 1997 · An Audience with Elton John as Self
- 1997 · Captain Star as
- 1996 · An Evening with Lily Savage as Self - Audience Member
- 1996 · Twelfth Night as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
- 1996 · The Portrait of a Lady as Lord Warburton
- 1996 · Cold Lazarus as Nick Balmer
- 1995 · Bed as Nurse/Bed Head
- 1995 · Jack & Sarah as Jack
- 1994 · Prêt-à-Porter as Cort Romney
- 1994 · Pink Floyd: The Story as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 · Hard Times as James Harthouse
- 1993 · Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life as Franz Kafka
- 1992 · The Player as Tom Oakley
- 1989 · Thieves in the Night as Joseph
- 1989 · How to Get Ahead in Advertising as Denis Dimbleby Bagley
- 1988 · Codename: Kyril as Laurence Sculby
- 1987 · Withnail & I as Withnail
- Future · Savage House as Sir Chauncey Savage
- 2024 · Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (archive footage)
- 2022 · A Royal Grand Design as Host
- 2021 · Write Around the World with Richard E Grant as Self - Presenter
- 2021 · Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime as Self - Host
- 2020 · Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall as Self
- 2020 · Groundhog Dave 2 as Groundhog Dave (voice)
- 2019 · Master Moley by Royal Invitation as The Gardener (voice)
- 2019 · The Space: Theatre of Survival as as Self
- 2019 · 7 Up & Me as Self
- 2018 · Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Jack Hock
- 2017 · Making 'Logan' as Self
- 2015 · Jekyll and Hyde as Sir Roger Bulstrode
- 2015 · Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked as The Duke of Wellington
- 2015 · The Secret World of Lewis Carroll as Himself - Actor
- 2015 · Teeth as
- 2014 · Dirty Weekenders in France as Self - Presenter
- 2013 · Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips as Self / Larry Oliphant
- 2012 · Doctor Who: The Snowmen as Dr. Walter Simeon
- 2012 · The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey as Narrator
- 2012 · For No Good Reason as Self
- 2012 · Words of the Titanic as Reader
- 2012 · Cherrywood Cannon as (Voice)
- 2011 · The Last Fashion Show as Federico Marinoni
- 2010 · The Man Who Married Himself as Olivier
- 2009 · Victoria Wood: Seen on TV as
- 2008 · Filth and Wisdom as Prof Flynn
- 2007 · Elementary My Dear Viewer as Self - Presenter
- 2006 · Above and Beyond as Don Bennett
- 2005 · The Story of ‘Fairytale of New York’ as Narrator
- 2005 · Colour Me Kubrick as Jasper
- 2005 · The Friday Night Project as Self
- 2004 · The Story of an African Farm as Bonaparte Blenkins
- 2004 · 90 Days in Hollywood as
- 2003 · Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka as The Doctor (voice)
- 2003 · Posh Nosh as Simon Marchmont
- 2002 · Sherlock: Case of Evil as Mycroft
- 2002 · Robert Altman in England as Himself
- 2000 · Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Various Characters
- 1999 · Withnail and Us as Self
- 1999 · I Demand to Have Some Booze! as Self
- 1997 · Food of Love as Alex Salmon
- 1997 · Treasure Island as Long John Silver
- 1997 · Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady as Self
- 1996 · Vem Var Dracula as Self
- 1995 · Empire of the Censors as Self - Host
- 1993 · The Legends of Treasure Island as Long John Silver (voice)
- 1993 · Suddenly, Last Summer as George Holly
- 1992 · The Other Side as Sherlock Holmes
- 1989 · Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother) as Berg
- 1989 · Here Is the News as David Dunhill
- 1988 · Codename: Kyril as Sculby
- 1987 · Lizzie's Pictures as
- 1986 · Honest Decent & True as Moonee Livingstone
- Future · The Queen of Fashion as Evelyn Delves Broughton
- Future · Rose's Baby as
- Future · Wittgenstein's Poker as Ludwig Wittgenstein (voice)