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