
Cast
Acting
Cast
Known for
Acting
Born
1957-05-05
From
Mbabane, Swaziland [now Eswatini]
Also known as Richard Esterhuysen, Richard Grant Esterhuysen
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).

as Dr. Rice

as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)

as Barkis Bittern (voice)

as Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe

as Pigeon Man

as (voice)

as Allegiant General Pryde

as Dr. Jack Seward

as Sir James Catton

as Seifert

as Odell

as Sir Chauncey Savage

as Seifert

as Shiver

as Withnail

as Director Fowler

as Franklin Wilhern

as Michael Heseltine

as Professor Julius Greengrass

as Cecil (voice)

as Birdman

as Tom Oakley

as Bobby Tanner

as Preston (voice)

as Hugo Guiler

as Self

as Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts

as Bill Walton

as Giles Redferne

as Cort Romney

as Jack Hock

as Alex Salmon

as George

as Self

as Lord Warburton

as Doctor

as Dragon (voice)

as Bradley (voice)

as Darwin Mayflower

as Long John Silver

as Vic Van Wrinkle

as Father Rothschild

as Clifford

as Jack

as Mycroft

as Self - Actor

as Bob Cratchit

as Sir Walter Elliot

as Roger Swain

as The Doctor (archive footage)

as Frederick Sackville-Bagg

as Self (archive footage)

as John The Baptist (voice)

as J.M. Sinclair

as Dickie Black

as Magpie (voice)

as Dr. Walter Simeon

as Jarvis Jarvis

as Mr. Hopkins

as Father

as Self


as The Guardian (voice)

as Mr. Potts

as Oliphant

as Self

as Berg

as Self (archive footage)

as Gordon Comstock

as Prof Flynn

as Classic Loki (archive footage)

as The Vicar (voice)

as Roland Mackey

as Billy

as Self - Audience Member

as Jasper

as Himself

as Alain the Page

as Ian

as Sir Andrew Aguecheek

as Major Cross

as Self

as Self - Host

as (voice)

as Jack Stapleton

as Gorgeous Gus

as Narrator (voice) – New International Version

as Nurse/Bed Head

as Long John Silver (voice)

as Self

as Self

as Self

as Self

as Bonaparte Blenkins

as George Holly

as James Fitzmaurice

as Self

as The Duke of Wellington

as Ben Bingham

as Self - Presenter


as Narrator (voice)

as Host

as Moonee Livingstone

as Viktor Marek

as Denis Dimbleby Bagley

as Joseph


as Colonel Philip Boyle

as David Dunhill

as Federico Marinoni

as Hudson Lowe

as Hugo Battersby / Loco Chanelle


as Evelyn Delves Broughton

as Self

as The Quite Handsome Doctor

as Reader

as Self

as Narrator

as Major Farquhar Chevening

as Adam

as Olivier

as Himself - Actor

as George, Prince of Wales

as Self

as James Booth

as Self

as James Harthouse

as The Gardener (voice)

as Wolf

as as Self

as Self

as Various Characters

as Self / Larry Oliphant

as Brewster

as Self

as (Voice)

as Ludwig Wittgenstein (voice)

as Self

as Franz Kafka

as Gerrard

as Sherlock Holmes

as Laurence Sculby

as Self - Presenter

as Self

as Sir Harry Parkins

as Self - Host

as Self

as Narrator (voice)

as Narrator

as Narrator

as Dr. Abaras


as Self

as The Producer