Richard E. Grant

66 · Born: May 5, 1957

Personal Details

Official Socials

Born May 5, 1957 Mbabane, Swaziland

Parents

Leonne Esterhuysen
Henrik Esterhuysen

Relatives

Stuart Esterhuysen (Sibling)

Biography

Richard E. Grant (born 5 May 1957) is a Swazi and English actor and presenter. He made his film debut in the comedy Withnail and I (1987) and has had prominent roles in films such as How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989), Hudson Hawk (1991), The Player (1992), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), The Age of Innocence (1993), Spice World (1997), Gosford Park (2001), The Iron Lady (2011), Logan (2017), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), and Saltburn (2023).

Career

acting

2024

Argylle as Director Fowler

2023

Saltburn as Sir James Catton

The Lesson as J.M. Sinclair

2022

Persuasion as Sir Walter Elliot

Suspect as Harry

2021

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Everybody's Talking About Jamie as Hugo Battersby / Loco Chanelle

The Spine of Night

The Spine of Night as The Guardian

Robin Robin as Magpie (voice)

Loki as Classic Loki

Moley as The Gardener (voice)

2020

Groundhog Dave 2

Groundhog Dave 2 as Groundhog Dave

Master Moley as The Gardener (voice)

Dispatches from Elsewhere

Dispatches from Elsewhere as Octavio

2019

Palm Beach as Billy

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker as Allegiant General Pryde

A Series of Unfortunate Events

A Series of Unfortunate Events as Man with Beard But No Hair

2018

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Shiver

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Jack Hock

Hang Ups as Leonard Conrad

2017

Their Finest as Roger Swain

Logan as Dr. Rice

The Hitman's Bodyguard

The Hitman's Bodyguard as Seifert

2016

The Last Dragonslayer

The Last Dragonslayer as Dragon (voice)

Jackie as Bill Walton

2015

Queen & Country

Queen & Country as Major Cross

Dig as Ian Margrove

Jekyll and Hyde

Jekyll and Hyde as Sir Roger Bulstrode

2014

Girls as Jasper

Downton Abbey as Simon Bricker

2013

Hello: A Portrait of Leslie Phillips

Hello: A Portrait of Leslie Phillips

Dom Hemingway as Dickie Black

Khumba as Bradley (voice)

2012

Words of the Titanic

Words of the Titanic as Reader

The Wildebeest Migration

The Wildebeest Migration as Narrator

Doctor Who as Dr. Walter Simeon

Adventures in Zambezia

Adventures in Zambezia as Cecil (voice)

Kath & Kimderella

Kath & Kimderella as Alain the Page

The Fear as Seb Whiting

Doctor Who as The Great Intelligence

2011

How to Stop Being a Loser

How to Stop Being a Loser as Ian

Horrid Henry: The Movie

Horrid Henry: The Movie as Vic Van Wrinkle

Foster as Mr. Potts

The Crimson Petal and the White

The Crimson Petal and the White as Doctor Curlew

2010

First Night as Adam

Jackboots on Whitehall

Jackboots on Whitehall as The Vicar (voice)

Cuckoo as Professor Julius Greengrass

The Man Who Married Himself

The Man Who Married Himself as Olivier

The Nutcracker: The Untold Story

The Nutcracker: The Untold Story as Father

2009

Love Hurts as Ben Bingham

2008

The Garden of Eden

The Garden of Eden as Colonel Philip Boyle

Filth and Wisdom

Filth and Wisdom as Prof Flynn

2007

Always Crashing in the Same Car

Always Crashing in the Same Car as James Booth

2006

Penelope as Franklin Wilhern

Above and Beyond

Above and Beyond

Above and Beyond

Above and Beyond as Don Bennett

2005

The Story of Fairytale of New York

The Story of Fairytale of New York as Narrator

Corpse Bride as Barkis Bittern (voice)

2004

The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody

The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody as Narrator (voice)

The Story of an African Farm

The Story of an African Farm as Bonaparte Blenkins

2003

Monsieur N. as Hudson Lowe

Posh Nosh as Simon Marchmont

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka as The Doctor (voice)

Frasier as Stephen Moon

2002

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles as Jack Stapleton

Sherlock as Mycroft

2001

Hildegarde as Wolf

2000

The Little Vampire

The Little Vampire as Frederick Sackville-Bagg

The Miracle Maker

The Miracle Maker as John The Baptist

1999

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol as Bob Cratchit

The Match as Gorgeous Gus

Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death

Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death as The Doctor

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel as Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel

Trial & Retribution

Trial & Retribution

1998

St. Ives as Major Farquhar Chevening

1997

A Royal Scandal

A Royal Scandal as George, Prince of Wales

Food of Love as Alex Salmon

Spice World as Clifford

A Merry War as Gordon Comstock

The Serpent's Kiss

The Serpent's Kiss as James Fitzmaurice

1996

The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady as Lord Warburton

Twelfth Night as Sir Andrew Aguecheek

The Cold Light of Day

The Cold Light of Day as Viktor Marek

Karaoke as Nick Balmer

1995

Jack & Sarah as Jack

1994

Butter as Gerrard

Hard Times as James Harthouse

1993

The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence as Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts

Great Performances

Great Performances as George Holly

The Legends of Treasure Island

The Legends of Treasure Island as Long John Silver (voice)

1992

The Other Side as Sherlock Holmes

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Bram Stoker's Dracula as Dr. Jack Seward

The Player as Tom Oakley

1991

Hudson Hawk as Darwin Mayflower

L.A. Story as Roland Mackey

1990

Henry & June as Hugo Guiler

Mountains of the Moon

Mountains of the Moon as Oliphant

1989

Warlock as Giles Redferne

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

How to Get Ahead in Advertising as Denis Dimbleby Bagley

Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother

Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother as Berg

1987

Withnail & I as Withnail

Hidden City as Brewster

appearances

2021

Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime

Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime

Attack of the Hollywood Cliches!

Attack of the Hollywood Cliches!

Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

2020

The Skywalker Legacy

The Skywalker Legacy

2019

An Accidental Studio

An Accidental Studio

2016

A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats

A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats

2015

The Secret World of Lewis Carroll

The Secret World of Lewis Carroll

2012

For No Good Reason

For No Good Reason

2007

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

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

2003

2002

The Making of Gosford Park

The Making of Gosford Park

2001

Strictly Sinatra

Strictly Sinatra

1999

Withnail and Us

Withnail and Us

1995

Empire of the Censors

Empire of the Censors

1992

Making 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'

Making 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'

directing

2005

Wah-Wah as Director, Screenplay