Richard E. Grant

ActorDirectorWriter May 5 (age 68) Mbabane, Swaziland [now Eswatini] 1959–2026 (67 year career)

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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 Su…

Known For

Film

Logan

Dr. Rice

Film

About Time

Lawyer in Play (uncredited)

Film

Corpse Bride

Barkis Bittern (voice)

Film

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Dr. Jack Seward

Film

The Hitman's Bodyguard

Seifert

Film

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Allegiant General Pryde

Film

Saltburn

Sir James Catton

Film

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Seifert

Filmography

Acting (228)

Movies (153)

Savage House

2026

as Sir Chauncey Savage

Wicker

2026

as Doctor

Wildwood

2026 Upcoming

as (voice)

Oct 23

Nuremberg

2025

as Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe

7.4

Death of a Unicorn

2025

as Odell

6.4

The Thursday Murder Club

as Bobby Tanner

100 Nights of Hero

as Birdman

Argylle

as Director Fowler

Doctor Who at the Proms

2024

as The Doctor (archive footage)

Saltburn

as Sir James Catton

The Lesson

as J.M. Sinclair

The Coronation Concert

as Self

Persuasion

as Sir Walter Elliot

A Royal Grand Design

as Host

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

2021

as Seifert

6.7

An Audience with Adele

2021

as Self

8.4

Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime

as Self - Host

Robin Robin

as Magpie (voice)

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

2021

as Self - Actor

5.9

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

2021

as Hugo Battersby / Loco Chanelle

6.2

The Spine of Night

2021

as The Guardian (voice)

6.0

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

2021

as Classic Loki (archive footage)

6.9

The Skywalker Legacy

2020

as Self

7.8

Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall

2020

as Self

7.7

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019

as Allegiant General Pryde

6.3

The Space: Theatre of Survival

2019

as as Self

Palm Beach

as Billy

7 Up & Me

as Self

An Accidental Studio

as Self

Master Moley by Royal Invitation

2019

as The Gardener (voice)

5.8

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

2018

as Shiver

6.1

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

as Jack Hock

Logan

as Dr. Rice

The Hitman's Bodyguard

as Seifert

Their Finest

as Roger Swain

A Series of Unfortunate Events

2017

as Man with Beard But No Hair

10.0

Making 'Logan'

2017

as Self

Jackie

2016

as Bill Walton

6.5

The Last Dragonslayer

2016

as Dragon (voice)

5.9

The Gospel of Luke

2015

as Narrator (voice) – New International Version

Queen & Country

as Major Cross

Teeth

The Secret World of Lewis Carroll

2015

as Himself - Actor

6.0

Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked

2015

as The Duke of Wellington

Dirty Weekenders in France

2014

as Self - Presenter

About Time

2013

as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)

Khumba

as Bradley (voice)

Dom Hemingway

as Dickie Black

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

2013

as Self / Larry Oliphant

8.3

The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey

as Narrator

Zambezia

as Cecil (voice)

Doctor Who: The Snowmen

as Dr. Walter Simeon

Kath & Kimderella

as Alain the Page

Cherrywood Cannon

as (Voice)

For No Good Reason

2012

as Self

6.8

Words of the Titanic

2012

as Reader

Foster

as Mr. Potts

The Iron Lady

as Michael Heseltine

Horrid Henry: The Movie

2011

as Vic Van Wrinkle

5.2

The Last Fashion Show

2011

as Federico Marinoni

4.8

How to Stop Being a Loser

as Ian

The Nutcracker

as Father

Cuckoo

as Professor Julius Greengrass

4.5

Jackboots on Whitehall

as The Vicar (voice)

First Night

as Adam

The Man Who Married Himself

2010

as Olivier

8.0

Victoria Wood: Seen on TV

Love Hurts

as Ben Bingham

Garden of Eden

as Colonel Philip Boyle

Filth and Wisdom

as Prof Flynn

Penelope

as Franklin Wilhern

The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'

2007

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Elementary My Dear Viewer

2007

as Self - Presenter

Always Crashing in the Same Car

2007

as James Booth

6.7

Pulp: The Story of Common People

2006

as Narrator

6.0

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

2006

as Preston (voice)

5.6

Above and Beyond

2006

The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall

2006

as Self

5.3

Corpse Bride

2005

as Barkis Bittern (voice)

7.6

Colour Me Kubrick

2005

as Jasper

5.7

The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'

as Narrator

Tooth

as Jarvis Jarvis

The Story of an African Farm

2004

as Bonaparte Blenkins

4.9

The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody

as Narrator (voice)

Monsieur N.

as Hudson Lowe

Bright Young Things

as Father Rothschild

The Hound of the Baskervilles

2002

as Jack Stapleton

6.1

Sherlock: Case of Evil

2002

as Mycroft

6.1

Robert Altman in England

2002

as Himself

The Making of Gosford Park

as Self

Gosford Park

as George

Hildegarde

as Wolf

Strictly Sinatra

as Himself

The Little Vampire

as Frederick Sackville-Bagg

6.9

The Miracle Maker

2000

as John The Baptist (voice)

6.1

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000

as Various Characters

6.5

A Christmas Carol

1999

as Bob Cratchit

7.0

The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson

1999

as Self

I Demand to Have Some Booze!

1999

as Self

The Match

1999

as Gorgeous Gus

5.8

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

1999

as The Quite Handsome Doctor

Withnail and Us

as Self

St. Ives

as Major Farquhar Chevening

5.4

Cash in Hand

1998

as Sir Harry Parkins

Spice World

1997

as Clifford

4.9

Treasure Island

1997

as Long John Silver

The Serpent's Kiss

as James Fitzmaurice

Food of Love

as Alex Salmon

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

1997

as Gordon Comstock

5.7

A Royal Scandal

1997

as George, Prince of Wales

7.0

An Audience with Elton John

1997

as Self

Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

1997

as Self

7.5

An Evening with Lily Savage

1996

as Self - Audience Member

Vem Var Dracula

1996

as Self

The Portrait of a Lady

1996

as Lord Warburton

6.0

Twelfth Night

1996

as Sir Andrew Aguecheek

6.9

The Cold Light of Day

as Viktor Marek

Jack & Sarah

as Jack

Empire of the Censors

1995

as Self - Host

3.5

Bed

1995

as Nurse/Bed Head

Pink Floyd: The Story

as Narrator (voice)

Calliope

as The Producer

Prêt-à-Porter

as Cort Romney

Hard Times

as James Harthouse

Butter

as Gerrard

The Age of Innocence

as Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts

7.0

The Legends of Treasure Island

1993

as Long John Silver (voice)

8.0

Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

1993

as Franz Kafka

6.9

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'

1993

as Self

5.5

Suddenly, Last Summer

1993

as George Holly

6.2

Bram Stoker's Dracula

as Dr. Jack Seward

The Player

as Tom Oakley

The Other Side

as Sherlock Holmes

L.A. Story

as Roland Mackey

Hudson Hawk

as Darwin Mayflower

Henry & June

as Hugo Guiler

Mountains of the Moon

1990

as Oliphant

6.5

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

1989

as Denis Dimbleby Bagley

6.2

Here Is the News

1989

as David Dunhill

Warlock

1989

as Giles Redferne

6.3

Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)

1989

as Berg

3.0

Thieves in the Night

1989

as Joseph

Codename: Kyril

1988

as Laurence Sculby

Withnail & I

as Withnail

Hidden City

as Brewster

Honest Decent & True

as Moonee Livingstone

Ladies First

Fado!

Wittgenstein's Poker

as Ludwig Wittgenstein (voice)

The Queen of Fashion

as Evelyn Delves Broughton

The Honey Wars

as (voice)

Rose's Baby

Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint

as Mr. Hopkins

Television (75)

The Other Bennet Sister

as Mr. Bennet

Too Much

as Jonno Ratigan

Nautilus

as The White Rajah

The Franchise

as Peter Fairchild

Wheel of Fortune

as Self - Celebrity Contestant

7.0

RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World

2022

as Self - Guest Judge

6.2

Suspect

2022

as Harry

6.1

Ant & Dec's Limitless Win

as Self

Frankly

as Self

Loki

as Classic Loki

Marvel Studios Assembled

2021

as Self - Classic Loki

The Outlaws

as The Earl

Moley

as The Gardener (voice)

6.0

Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

2021

as Self - Presenter

Dispatches from Elsewhere

2020

as Octavio

6.7

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

as Self - Expert

Between the Covers

as Self

Hang Ups

as Leonard Conrad

A Series of Unfortunate Events

2017

as Man with Beard But No Hair

7.4

Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

2017

as Self

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

Dig

as Ian Margrove

Jekyll and Hyde

as Sir Roger Bulstrode

6.3

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

The Kumars

as Self

Psychobitches

as Matthew Hopkins

Girls

as Jasper

Playhouse Presents

as Stephen / Tony

Gadget Man

The Fear

as Seb Whiting

Game of Thrones

as Izembaro

The Crimson Petal and the White

as Doctor Curlew

Downton Abbey

as Simon Bricker

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Would I Lie to You?

as Self

The One Show

as Self - Guest

Above and Beyond

as Don Bennett

Doctor Who

as The Great Intelligence

7.6

8 Out of 10 Cats

2005

as Self

7.1

The Friday Night Project

2005

as Self

5.8

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Raymond West

90 Days in Hollywood

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

as Self

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka

2003

as The Doctor (voice)

6.6

Posh Nosh

2003

as Simon Marchmont

6.7

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

2002

as Self - Guest Announcer

Home Farm Twins

Let Them Eat Cake

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1999

as Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel

7.2

Parkinson

1998

as Self

The Heaven and Earth Show

Trial & Retribution

Captain Star

Dalziel & Pascoe

Karaoke

as Nick Balmer

Cold Lazarus

as Nick Balmer

Soccer AM

as Self

Room 101

as Self

Hard Times

as James Harthouse

Frasier

as Stephen Moon

Shooting Stars

as Self

The Legends of Treasure Island

1993

as Long John Silver (voice)

Absolutely Fabulous

as Dream Justin

Performance

as George Holly

Have I Got News for You

as Self

Rab C. Nesbitt

as Chingford Steel

The Simpsons

as British Voice / Julian (voice)

Codename: Kyril

as Sculby

Lizzie's Pictures

Aspel & Company

Natural World

An Audience with...

as Self

Omnibus

as Narrator (voice)

No Hiding Place

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

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Screenplay