Richard E. Grant (born Richard Grant Esterhuysen on May 5, 1957) is a British actor, born in Mbabane, Swaziland.

Grant went to university in Cape Town, South Africa and moved to London in 1982.

Films

• Withnail and I (1987)
• How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
• Mountains of the Moon (1990)
• L.A. Story (1991)
• Jack and Sarah (1995)
• Keep The Aspidistra Flying (1997) (also known in the USA as A Merry War )
• Gosford Park (2001)
• Monsieur N. (2003)

TV

• Captain Star (1997) Captain Jim Star
• The Scarlet Pimpernel (1998) as Sir Percy Blakeney
• Let Them Eat Cake (1999) Marquis de Sade
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002) Jack Stapleton
• 90 Days in Hollywood (2004) narrator

Animation

• Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (online)
• The Miracle Maker - stop motion story of Jesus Christ

Books

• With Nails : The Film Diaries of Richard E. Grant

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