Acting · Mbabane, Swaziland [now Eswatini] · Born May 5, 1957
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).
Rose's Baby
2027
as Dr. Abaras
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
2026
as Mr. Hopkins
MovieWicker
2026
as Doctor
MovieWildwood
2026
as (voice)
MovieSavage House
2026
as Sir Chauncey Savage
MovieConfessions II – The Film
2026
as Self
MovieLadies First
2026
as Pigeon Man
TVThe Other Bennet Sister
2026
as Mr. Bennet
Movie100 Nights of Hero
2025
as Birdman
MovieNuremberg
2025
as Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
TVThe Celebrity Traitors
2025
as Self - Contestant
MovieThe Thursday Murder Club
2025
as Bobby Tanner
TVToo Much
2025
as Jonno Ratigan
MovieDeath of a Unicorn
2025
as Odell
MovieDoctor Who at the Proms
2024
as The Doctor (archive footage)
TVNautilus
2024
as The White Rajah
TVThe Franchise
2024
as Peter Fairchild
MovieArgylle
2024
as Director Fowler
MovieSaltburn
2023
as Sir James Catton
MovieThe Lesson
2023
as J.M. Sinclair
MovieThe Coronation Concert
2023
as Self
TVFrankly
2022
as Self
MovieA Royal Grand Design
2022
as Host
MoviePersuasion
2022
as Sir Walter Elliot
TVSuspect
2022
as Harry
TVRuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World
2022
as Self - Guest Judge
TVAnt & Dec's Limitless Win
2022
as Self
MovieAn Audience with Adele
2021
as Self
MovieMarvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
as Classic Loki (archive footage)
MovieThe Spine of Night
2021
as The Guardian (voice)
TVThe Outlaws
2021
as The Earl
MovieRobin Robin
2021
as Magpie (voice)
TVMoley
2021
as The Gardener (voice)
MovieAttack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021
as Self - Actor
MovieEverybody's Talking About Jamie
2021
as Hugo Battersby / Loco Chanelle
TVWrite Around the World with Richard E Grant
2021
as Self - Presenter
MovieHitman's Wife's Bodyguard
2021
as Seifert
TVLoki
2021
as Classic Loki
MovieAgatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime
2021
as Self - Host
TVMarvel Studios Assembled
2021
as Self - Classic Loki
TVMichael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020
as Self - Expert
TVBetween the Covers
2020
as Self
MovieBen Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
2020
as Self
MovieThe Skywalker Legacy
2020
as Self
TVDispatches from Elsewhere
2020
as Octavio
MovieStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
as Allegiant General Pryde
MovieMaster Moley by Royal Invitation
2019
as The Gardener (voice)
MoviePalm Beach
2019
as Billy
MovieAn Accidental Studio
2019
as Self
MovieThe Space: Theatre of Survival
2019
as as Self
Movie7 Up & Me
2019
as Self
MovieThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
as Shiver
MovieCan You Ever Forgive Me?
2018
as Jack Hock
TVHang Ups
2018
as Leonard Conrad
MovieThe Hitman's Bodyguard
2017
as Seifert
MovieMaking 'Logan'
2017
as Self
TVTate Britain's Great Art Walks
2017
as Self
MovieLogan
2017
as Dr. Rice
MovieTheir Finest
2017
as Roger Swain
TVA Series of Unfortunate Events
2017
as Man with Beard But No Hair
MovieThe Last Dragonslayer
2016
as Dragon (voice)
MovieJackie
2016
as Bill Walton
TVJekyll and Hyde
2015
as Sir Roger Bulstrode
TVClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
MovieWellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked
2015
as The Duke of Wellington
TVDig
2015
as Ian Margrove
MovieThe Secret World of Lewis Carroll
2015
as Himself - Actor
MovieTeeth
2015
MovieQueen & Country
2015
as Major Cross
MovieThe Gospel of Luke
2015
as Narrator (voice) – New International Version
MovieDirty Weekenders in France
2014
as Self - Presenter
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Kumars
2014
as Self
MovieDom Hemingway
2013
as Dickie Black
MovieHello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
2013
as Self / Larry Oliphant
MovieAbout Time
2013
as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
MovieKhumba
2013
as Bradley (voice)
TVPsychobitches
2013
as Matthew Hopkins
MovieDoctor Who: The Snowmen
2012
as Dr. Walter Simeon
MovieThe Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey
2012
as Narrator
TVThe Fear
2012
as Seb Whiting
TVGadget Man
2012
MovieFor No Good Reason
2012
as Self
MovieKath & Kimderella
2012
as Alain the Page
MovieZambezia
2012
as Cecil (voice)
Words of the Titanic
2012
as Reader
TVGirls
2012
as Jasper
TVPlayhouse Presents
2012
as Stephen / Tony
MovieCherrywood Cannon
2012
as (Voice)
MovieThe Iron Lady
2011
as Michael Heseltine
MovieHow to Stop Being a Loser
2011
as Ian
MovieHorrid Henry: The Movie
2011
as Vic Van Wrinkle
TVGame of Thrones
2011
as Izembaro
TVThe Crimson Petal and the White
2011
as Doctor Curlew
MovieThe Last Fashion Show
2011
as Federico Marinoni
MovieFoster
2011
as Mr. Potts
MovieCuckoo
2010
as Professor Julius Greengrass
MovieThe Nutcracker
2010
as Father
MovieFirst Night
2010
as Adam
MovieJackboots on Whitehall
2010
as The Vicar (voice)
TVDownton Abbey
2010
as Simon Bricker
MovieThe Man Who Married Himself
2010
as Olivier
MovieVictoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009
MovieLove Hurts
2009
as Ben Bingham
MovieFilth and Wisdom
2008
as Prof Flynn
MovieGarden of Eden
2008
as Colonel Philip Boyle
MoviePenelope
2007
as Franklin Wilhern
Elementary My Dear Viewer
2007
as Self - Presenter
MovieThe Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007
as Self (archive footage)
TVBritish Film Forever
2007
TVWould I Lie to You?
2007
as Self
MovieAlways Crashing in the Same Car
2007
as James Booth
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006
as Self
TVAbove and Beyond
2006
as Don Bennett
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
MovieGarfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006
as Preston (voice)
MoviePulp: The Story of Common People
2006
as Narrator
MovieThe Story of 'Fairytale of New York'
2005
as Narrator
MovieColour Me Kubrick
2005
as Jasper
MovieCorpse Bride
2005
as Barkis Bittern (voice)
TV8 Out of 10 Cats
2005
as Self
TVDoctor Who
2005
as The Great Intelligence
TVThe Friday Night Project
2005
as Self
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Raymond West
MovieThe Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
2004
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Story of an African Farm
2004
as Bonaparte Blenkins
MovieTooth
2004
as Jarvis Jarvis
90 Days in Hollywood
2004
TVDoctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
2003
as The Doctor (voice)
MovieBright Young Things
2003
as Father Rothschild
TVQI
2003
as Self
TVPosh Nosh
2003
as Simon Marchmont
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
MovieMonsieur N.
2003
as Hudson Lowe
MovieThe Hound of the Baskervilles
2002
as Jack Stapleton
MovieSherlock: Case of Evil
2002
as Mycroft
MovieThe Making of Gosford Park
2002
as Self
TVAnt & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
as Self - Guest Announcer
Robert Altman in England
2002
as Self
MovieGosford Park
2001
as George
MovieHildegarde
2001
as Wolf
MovieStrictly Sinatra
2001
as Himself
MovieVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Various Characters
MovieThe Little Vampire
2000
as Frederick Sackville-Bagg
MovieThe Miracle Maker
2000
as John The Baptist (voice)
MovieVictoria's Secrets
2000
as Self
MovieA Christmas Carol
1999
as Bob Cratchit
TVLet Them Eat Cake
1999
MovieThe Match
1999
as Gorgeous Gus
MovieWithnail and Us
1999
as Self
MovieThe Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson
1999
as Self
MovieDoctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999
as The Quite Handsome Doctor
TVThe Scarlet Pimpernel
1999
as Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
Home Farm Twins
1999
MovieI Demand to Have Some Booze!
1999
as Self
The Heaven and Earth Show
1998
TVParkinson
1998
as Self
MovieSt. Ives
1998
as Major Farquhar Chevening
Cash in Hand
1998
as Sir Harry Parkins
MovieSpice World
1997
as Clifford
MovieKeep the Aspidistra Flying
1997
as Gordon Comstock
MovieFood of Love
1997
as Alex Salmon
TVTrial & Retribution
1997
as Stephen Warrington
MovieA Royal Scandal
1997
as George, Prince of Wales
MovieAn Audience with Elton John
1997
as Self
Treasure Island
1997
as Long John Silver
TVCaptain Star
1997
MovieThe Serpent's Kiss
1997
as James Fitzmaurice
MoviePortrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
1997
as Self
MovieAn Evening with Lily Savage
1996
as Self - Audience Member
MovieTwelfth Night
1996
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
MovieThe Portrait of a Lady
1996
as Lord Warburton
MovieVem Var Dracula
1996
as Self
MovieThe Cold Light of Day
1996
as Viktor Marek
TVKaraoke
1996
as Nick Balmer
MovieFranz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
1995
as Franz Kafka
MovieBed
1995
as Nurse/Bed Head
TVSoccer AM
1995
as Self
MovieJack & Sarah
1995
as Jack
Empire of the Censors
1995
as Self - Host
MoviePrêt-à-Porter
1994
as Cort Romney
MoviePink Floyd: The Story
1994
as Narrator (voice)
TVRoom 101
1994
as Self
MovieHard Times
1994
as James Harthouse
TVHard Times
1994
as James Harthouse
MovieCalliope
1994
as The Producer
MovieButter
1994
as Gerrard
TVShooting Stars
1993
as Self
TVFrasier
1993
as Stephen Moon
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Age of Innocence
1993
as Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts
MovieThe Legends of Treasure Island
1993
as Long John Silver (voice)
TVThe Legends of Treasure Island
1993
as Long John Silver (voice)
MovieInnocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993
as Self
MovieSuddenly, Last Summer
1993
as George Holly
MovieBram Stoker's Dracula
1992
as Dr. Jack Seward
TVAbsolutely Fabulous
1992
as Dream Justin
The Other Side
1992
as Sherlock Holmes
MovieThe Player
1992
as Tom Oakley
TVPerformance
1991
as Nurse/Bed Head
MovieHudson Hawk
1991
as Darwin Mayflower
MovieL.A. Story
1991
as Roland Mackey
MovieHenry & June
1990
as Hugo Guiler
TVHave I Got News for You
1990
as Self
TVRab C. Nesbitt
1990
as Chingford Steel
TVThe Word
1990
MovieMountains of the Moon
1990
as Oliphant
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as British Voice / Julian (voice)
MovieThieves in the Night
1989
as Joseph
MovieKilling Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
1989
as Berg
MovieWarlock
1989
as Giles Redferne
MovieHow to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989
as Denis Dimbleby Bagley
MovieHere Is the News
1989
as David Dunhill
MovieCodename: Kyril
1988
as Laurence Sculby
TVCodename: Kyril
1988
as Sculby
MovieHidden City
1987
as Brewster
MovieWithnail & I
1987
as Withnail
Lizzie's Pictures
1987
Honest Decent & True
1986
as Moonee Livingstone
TVScreen Two
1985
as Moonee Livingstone
Aspel & Company
1984
TVNatural World
1983
TVAn Audience with...
1978
as Self
TVOmnibus
1967
as Narrator (voice)
TVNo Hiding Place
1959
The Queen of Fashion
as Evelyn Delves Broughton
Wittgenstein's Poker
as Ludwig Wittgenstein (voice)
Fado!
MovieThe Honey Wars
as (voice)
Margot & Rudi
The Man Who Stole Portugal
New Line: Independent Legacies
as Self (archive footage)
