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Richard E. Grant
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Richard E. Grant (born Richard Grant Esterhuysen; May 5, 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard E. Grant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Richard E. Grant (born Richard Grant Esterhuysen; May 5, 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard E. Grant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Simpsons
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Frasier
The Graham Norton Show
Doctor Who
Performance
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Omnibus
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Agatha Christie's Marple
The One Show
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Downton Abbey
Parkinson
Soccer AM
Marvel Studios Assembled
Would I Lie to You?
The Heaven and Earth Show
Game of Thrones
Room 101
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World
Girls
The Outlaws
Absolutely Fabulous
Wheel of Fortune
Dalziel & Pascoe
Rab C. Nesbitt
Nautilus
Let Them Eat Cake
About Time
Doctor Who at the Proms
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Gosford Park
Bright Young Things
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
The Skywalker Legacy
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
Argylle
The Secret World of Lewis Carroll
The Thursday Murder Club
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
The Franchise
Corpse Bride
Loki
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Logan
The Nutcracker
Spice World
The Miracle Maker
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Jackie
Honest Decent & True
Hudson Hawk
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Dispatches from Elsewhere
Suspect
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Persuasion
Suddenly, Last Summer
Saltburn
Death of a Unicorn
The Brave and the Bold
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Too Much
Home Farm Twins
Hard Times
Dom Hemingway
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Karaoke
Robin Robin
Write Around the World with Richard E Grant
Empire of the Censors
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
A Royal Scandal
Pulp: The Story of Common People
The Lesson
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
The Scarlet Pimpernel
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