Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1957-05-05
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Gospel of Luke
- A Pocketful of Happiness
- With Nails
- Pocketful of Happiness
- By Design Audio
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Mbabane, Swaziland [now Eswatini]
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…
Known for
- Rose's Baby — Dr. Abaras2027
- Wildwood — (voice)2026
- Savage House — Sir Chauncey Savage2026
- Ladies First — Pigeon Man2026
- Wicker — Doctor2026
- The Other Bennet Sister — Mr. Bennet2026
- Death of a Unicorn — Odell2025
- Nuremberg — Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe2025
- The Thursday Murder Club — Bobby Tanner2025
- 100 Nights of Hero — Birdman2025
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 570
- Total plays
- 2,630
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Measurement of Observer Agreement for Categorical Data
· 1977 · cited 61,419x
- The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools
· 2009 · cited 57,940x
- Fast and accurate short read alignment with Burrows–Wheeler transform
· 2009 · cited 46,605x
- ImageNet: A large-scale hierarchical image database
· 2009 · cited 46,001x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,243x
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Key facts
- Born
- Richard Grant Esterhuysen , ( 1957-05-05 ) 5 May 1957 (age 69) , Mbabane , Swaziland (now Eswatini )
- Other name
- Richard Grant
- Citizenship
- Swazi, British
- Education
- University of Cape Town
- Occupations
- Actor , presenter , perfumer
- Years active
- 1980–present
- Spouse
- Joan Washington ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1986 ; died 2021 )
- Awards
- Full list
- Website
- www .richard-e-grant .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 5 May 1957
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Eswatini
- Place of birth
- Mbabane
- Occupation
- perfumer
- Educated at
- Waterford Kamhlaba
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- Shakespearean comedy
- Official website
- www.richard-e-grant.com
Article
Richard E. Grant (born Richard Grant Esterhuysen; 5 May 1957) is a Swazi-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 How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989), 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 Doctor Who (1999, 2003, 2012-13, 2024), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999-2000) Frasier (2004), Dig (2015), Game of Thrones (2016), Hang Ups (2018), A Series of Unfortunate Events (2019), and Suspect (2022).
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