Known for movies
Dracula (1992)
as Dr. Jack Seward
Corpse Bride (2005)
as Barkis Bittern
Penelope (2006)
as Franklin Wilhern
Withnail & I (1987)
as Withnail
Short Info
| Spouse | Joan Washington |
| Fact | Had a piano suite composed for him by Canadian artist Emm Gryner. |
Richard E. Grant was born on May 5, 1957, in Swaziland. His parents were British expatriates. His father worked for the British government, and his mother was a homemaker. He has two sisters. He was educated at a boarding school in England.
Details about my forthcoming one man show in October-November & a link to order pre-signed copies of A POCKETFUL OF HAPPINESS https://t.co/OsrIPLoqyu pic.twitter.com/EuLoxbrG5b
— Richard E. Grant (@RichardEGrant) August 4, 2022
He then studied English and drama at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He began his acting career in theater productions in Cape Town. He later moved to London to pursue a career in film and television. He has appeared in numerous films and television shows. He is best known for his roles in the films Withnail & I (1987), How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989), The Player (1992), and Gosford Park (2001).
He has also appeared in the television series Downton Abbey (2010-2015) and Game of Thrones (2016). He has been nominated for two Academy Awards and has won a Golden Globe Award. His net worth is estimated to be $5 million.
General Info
| Full Name | Richard E. Grant |
| Height | 1.88 m |
| Profession | Screenwriter, Voice Actor, Film director, Diarist |
| Education | University of Cape Town |
Family
| Spouse | Joan Washington |
| Children | Olivia Grant |
| Parents | Leonne Esterhuysen, Henrik Esterhuysen |
| Siblings | Stuart Esterhuysen |
Accomplishments
| Awards | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble, Satellite Award for Best Ensemble – Motion Picture |
| Nominations | British Independent Film Award Douglas Hickox Award (Directorial Debut) |
| Movies | Logan, Withnail and I, Dom Hemingway, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Corpse Bride, The Little Vampire, Jackie, Penelope, The Iron Lady, Hudson Hawk, Gosford Park, Jack and Sarah, Horrid Henry: The Movie, Henry & June, Warlock, How to Get Ahead in Advertising, Khumba, Spice World, Doctor Who: The Curse of Fa... |
| TV Shows | Posh Nosh, Codename: Kyril, Scream of the Shalka, Captain Star, The Crimson Petal and the White, The Legends of Treasure Island, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Playhouse Presents, Dig, Home Farm Twins, Lizzie's Pictures, Karaoke, 90 Days in Hollywood |
Social profile links
Quotes
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on his last day's work, in November of 1990, on "Hudson Hawk" (1991)]: To top this day of release, upon landing at Heathrow, the euphoric headlines smashed out across every London paper declare that "Thatcher Is Out!". Me too, Margaret. And none too soon. She, no doubt, "out of her mind", and me, equally unhinged with joy to be FREE! Of Hungary, "Hawk" and HER!!! |
| 2 | [on Wah-Wah (2005)] Because it took so long writing it, directing it, and getting it out in the cinema, it was very satisfying to do. Being able to address my pretty dysfunctional childhood from the safety of middle age proved to be a very rewarding experience. |
| 3 | I did Hudson Hawk (1991) with the best of intentions. It had a great cast and looked great on paper and my agent said it would be a big success. You go into something thinking it's going to be the next big thing. You're wise in retrospect but I regret doing that. |
| 4 | Hollywood is fear-filled. You only need to be there when the sun is not shining to notice the grim determination and the need to be on every billboard. Every meeting has some agenda. People smile in case you might be of use 10 years down the line. If you are successful everyone is your friend. God forbid that you are in a movie that's a clunker. |
| 5 | When I see actors talking about world peace, it makes my sphincter weak. There is a difference between Emma Thompson talking about a world catastrophe and--God!--Demi Moore talking about it. Goldie Hawn talking about the elephants has a different impact than Joanna Lumley. Sometimes Hollywood doesn't seem a million miles from a Miss World contest. I just don't have strong enough mental furniture to withstand it. |
| 6 | You finish a movie and you think, there, you've done it really well, or best you can. But if you watch it, you see it was just bollocks. You have to look at the discrepancy between what you hoped and imagined and the reality of yourself and all your shortcomings. You only see your own failure. I'd rather stick with the first idea--just have the experience of working--and leave it at that. You've got to protect the old bravado. |
| 7 | What is there now? Famous people running away from explosions. That's it. They call it production values. Audiences will queue round the block to see an unimaginably highly paid film star running away from a fantastically expensive explosion. They think it's their money's worth. I despair that's what people have to do. |
| 8 | Hollywood is on what they call a shit tide, meaning a tide where stuff comes in and goes out very quickly. People come in, get a part in something, get in a magazine, then they go away and you never hear of them again. The sun shines, the level of paranoia is bottomless, and everybody you meet has an agenda. And that's it. Show business, 24 hours a day. If you're doing well, you're a target, nobody's interested in you except how you can be of use to them. And you can't engage with anyone, you can only engage with their agenda. It is all very antisex. |
| 9 | It's a chicken-and-egg situation: You've got to get name actors in order to get the finance, and in order to get the name actors you've got to bullshit that you've got the finance, while all the time you feel the whole thing could just unravel, the wheels come off the pram, everything conspires to make you sink into a pit of self-pity and despair. |
| 10 | When an actor asks you to read his script, your heart sinks. The number of scripts I've been given by actors that are so unbelievably terrible! It's well known that actors are lousy writers. |
| 11 | I'm still star-struck. I'm thrilled to say that hasn't changed. I think it has a lot to do with coming from nowhere and going somewhere. Where I grew up all there was in live entertainment was a drive-in cinema. I'm very aware of the leap from there to here. Ultimately, I think I'm too curious and enthusiastic to take any of it for granted. |
Facts
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Attended the wedding of media mogul Rupert Murdoch to former model Jerry Hall in 2016. |
| 2 | Unlike other actors to take on the role of The Doctor ("Doctor Who") in their careers, he is the only one to play the role ("Scream of the Shalka") before returning as another major character in the series ("The Snowmen" as Dr. Simeon/The Great Intelligence). |
| 3 | He has two roles in common with his Corpse Bride (2005) co-star Christopher Lee: (1) Lee played Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962), Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991) and Incident at Victoria Falls (1992) while Grant played him in The Other Side (1992) and (2) Lee played Holmes' brother Mycroft Holmes in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) while Grant played him in Sherlock (2002). |
| 4 | According to his Wah-Wah Diaries, he was offered a major role in the remake of Flight of the Phoenix (2004). |
| 5 | The initial E in his name came about because there was already someone registered with Equity as Richard Grant. Richard was born Richard Grant Esterhuysen. So with permission of the other Richard Grant and Equity, he added the E. to his name. |
| 6 | Wears two watches. The one on his right wrist was given to him by his late father and has Swaziland time. The one on his left wrist is set to British time. |
| 7 | Loves new smells. Richard believes that smells evoke memories, so he loves to smell new books, cars, sofas, people. |
| 8 | Is allergic to alcohol. He can have a drink and keep it down for about 10 minutes, but will be severely ill for 24 hours afterward. |
| 9 | He was also the narrator/performer for Bram Stoker's Dracula Book on tape. |
| 10 | He has two roles in common with both David Collings and David Warner. (1) Collings played Bob Cratchit in Scrooge (1970), Warner played him in A Christmas Carol (1984) and Grant played him in A Christmas Carol (1999) and (2) Grant played the Doctor in Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death (1999) and Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (2003), Collings played him in the Big Finish audio drama "Full Fathom Five" and Warner played him in the Big Finish audio dramas "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Masters of War". |
| 11 | Took part in a special celebrity edition of Blind Date on The Prince's Trust 30th Birthday: Live (2006). He and actor Sir Roger Moore lost to The X Factor (2004)'s Chico Slimani, who got to date Barry Humphries. |
| 12 | He was one of the guests at Prince Charles's and Camilla Parker-Bowles' wedding |
| 13 | Had a piano suite composed for him by Canadian artist Emm Gryner. |
| 14 | Played the Doctor in a line of BBC animated Doctor Who (1963) adventures showcased on the Internet. |
| 15 | His father was the last minister of education in the British colony of Swaziland before independence in 1968. |
| 16 | Studied English and drama at university in Capetown, South Africa. |
| 17 | One stepson, Tom |
| 18 | Father of Olivia Grant. |
Pictures
Movies
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logan | 2017 | post-production | Dr. Zander Rice |
| Their Finest | 2016 | Roger Swain | |
| Jackie | 2016/V | William Walton | |
| Game of Thrones | 2016 | TV Series | Izembaro |
| Jekyll & Hyde | 2015 | TV Series | Sir Roger Bulstrode Colonel Roger Bulstrode |
| Dig | 2015 | TV Series | Ian Margrove |
| Teeth | 2015/I | Short | Narrator (voice) |
| Psychobitches | 2014 | TV Series | Matthew Hopkins |
| Downton Abbey | 2014 | TV Series | Simon Bricker |
| Queen & Country | 2014 | Major Cross | |
| The Wishing Horse | 2014 | Short | Lily's Father |
| Girls | 2014 | TV Series | Jasper |
| Dom Hemingway | 2013 | Dickie Black | |
| Khumba | 2013 | Bradley (voice) | |
| About Time | 2013/I | Lawyer in play (uncredited) | |
| Doctor Who | 2012-2013 | TV Series | Dr. Simeon The Great Intelligence |
| The '80s: The Decade That Made Us | 2013 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Narrator |
| Cherrywood Cannon | 2012 | Short voice | |
| The Fear | 2012 | TV Mini-Series | Seb Whiting |
| Kath & Kimderella | 2012 | Alain the Page | |
| Playhouse Presents | 2012 | TV Series | Stephen / Tony |
| Zambezia | 2012 | Cecil (voice) | |
| The Iron Lady | 2011 | Michael Heseltine (as Richard E Grant) | |
| Rev. | 2011 | TV Series | Marcus |
| How to Stop Being a Loser | 2011 | Ian | |
| Rab C. Nesbitt | 2011 | TV Series | Chingford Steel |
| Horrid Henry: The Movie | 2011 | Vic Van Wrinkle | |
| Foster | 2011 | Mr. Potts | |
| Madrigal the Secret Witch | 2011 | TV Series | Narrator |
| The Crimson Petal and the White | 2011 | TV Mini-Series | Doctor Curlew |
| Sotto il vestito niente - L'ultima sfilata | 2011 | Federico Marinoni | |
| The Nutcracker in 3D | 2010 | Father | |
| The Man Who Married Himself | 2010 | Short | Oliver |
| Jackboots on Whitehall | 2010 | The Vicar (voice) | |
| First Night | 2010/I | Adam | |
| Freezing | 2009 | TV Series | Richard |
| Love Hurts | 2009/I | Ben Bingham | |
| Cuckoo | 2009 | Professor Julius Greengrass | |
| Mumbai Calling | 2008 | TV Series | Benedict Harlow |
| The Garden of Eden | 2008 | Col. Philip Boyle | |
| Filth and Wisdom | 2008 | Professor Flynn | |
| Always Crashing in the Same Car | 2007 | Short | James Booth |
| Dalziel and Pascoe | 2007 | TV Series | Lee Knight |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | 2007 | TV Series | Raymond West |
| Above and Beyond | 2006 | TV Mini-Series | Don Bennett |
| Penelope | 2006 | Franklin Wilhern | |
| Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties | 2006 | Preston (voice) | |
| Color Me Kubrick | 2005 | Jasper | |
| Corpse Bride | 2005 | Barkis Bittern (voice) | |
| Patrick Hamilton: Words, Whisky and Women | 2005 | TV Movie | Narrator (voice) |
| The Story of an African Farm | 2004 | Bonaparte Blenkins | |
| Frasier | 2004 | TV Series | Stephen Moon |
| Tooth | 2004 | Jarvis Jarvis | |
| Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka | 2003 | TV Mini-Series | The Doctor |
| Bright Young Things | 2003 | Fr Rothschild | |
| Monsieur N. | 2003 | Hudson Lowe | |
| Posh Nosh | 2003 | TV Series | Simon Marchmont |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | 2002 | TV Movie | Jack Stapleton |
| Sherlock | 2002 | TV Movie | Mycroft |
| Gosford Park: Deleted Scenes | 2002 | Video short | George |
| Gosford Park | 2001 | George | |
| Hildegarde | 2001 | Wolf | |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | 1999-2000 | TV Series | Sir Percy Blakeney The Scarlet Pimpernel |
| The Little Vampire | 2000 | Frederick Sackville-Bagg | |
| The Miracle Maker | 2000 | John the Baptist (voice) | |
| A Christmas Carol | 1999 | TV Movie | Bob Cratchit |
| Trial & Retribution | 1999 | TV Series | Stephen Warrington |
| Let Them Eat Cake | 1999 | TV Series | Monsieur Vigée-Lebrun |
| The Match | 1999 | Gorgeous Gus | |
| Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death | 1999 | TV Short | The Doctor |
| Home Farm Twins | 1999 | TV Series | Paul Baker (2005) |
| Cash in Hand | 1998 | Sir Harry Parkins | |
| St. Ives | 1998 | Major Farquhar Chevening | |
| Treasure Island | 1997 | Video | Long John Silver (voice) |
| Spice World | 1997 | Clifford | |
| Food of Love | 1997 | Alex Salmon | |
| A Royal Scandal | 1997 | TV Movie | George, prince of Wales |
| A Merry War | 1997 | Gordon Comstock | |
| The Serpent's Kiss | 1997 | James Fitzmaurice | |
| Captain Star | 1997 | TV Series | Captain Jim Star |
| Twelfth Night or What You Will | 1996 | Sir Andrew Aguecheek | |
| The Portrait of a Lady | 1996 | Lord Warburton | |
| Cold Lazarus | 1996 | TV Mini-Series | Nick Balmer |
| Karaoke | 1996 | TV Mini-Series | Nick Balmer |
| The Cold Light of Day | 1996 | Viktor Marek | |
| Performance | 1995 | TV Series | Nurse / Bedhead |
| Jack & Sarah | 1995 | Jack (as Richard E Grant) | |
| Butter | 1994 | TV Short | Gerrard |
| Ready to Wear | 1994 | Cort Romney | |
| Hard Times | 1994 | TV Mini-Series | James Harthouse |
| Calliope | 1994 | Short | The Producer |
| Absolutely Fabulous | 1994 | TV Series | Dream Justin |
| The Legends of Treasure Island | 1993 | TV Series | Long John Silver |
| The Age of Innocence | 1993 | Larry Lefferts | |
| Great Performances | 1993 | TV Series | George Holly |
| Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life | 1993 | Short | Franz Kafka |
| Pallas | 1992 | TV Series | Narrator |
| Dracula | 1992 | Dr. Jack Seward | |
| The Other Side | 1992 | TV Movie | Sherlock Holmes |
| The Player | 1992 | Tom Oakley | |
| Hudson Hawk | 1991 | Darwin Mayflower | |
| L.A. Story | 1991 | Roland Mackey | |
| Henry & June | 1990 | Hugo | |
| Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother | 1990 | Berg | |
| Mountains of the Moon | 1990 | Larry Oliphant | |
| Warlock | 1989 | Giles Redferne | |
| How to Get Ahead in Advertising | 1989 | Denis Dimbleby Bagley | |
| Screen Two | 1986-1989 | TV Series | David Dunhill / Moonee Livingstone |
| Thieves in the Night | 1988 | TV Movie | Joseph |
| Codename: Kyril | 1988 | TV Mini-Series | Sculby |
| Hidden City | 1987 | Brewster | |
| Lizzie's Pictures | 1987 | TV Mini-Series | Vernon |
| Withnail & I | 1987 | Withnail | |
| Sweet Sixteen | 1983 | TV Series | Anton |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | 1999 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life | 1993 | Short performer: "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wah-Wah | 2005 |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wah-Wah | 2005 | written by |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| About Time | 2013/I | special thanks | |
| Always Crashing in the Same Car | 2007 | Short thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Withnail and Us | 2001 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| We Know Where You Live | 2001 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Strictly Sinatra | 2001 | Himself | |
| I Love 1980's | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host |
| So Graham Norton | 2001 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Orange British Academy Film Awards | 2001 | TV Special | Himself |
| Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | 2000 | TV Special | Various Characters |
| The 11 O'Clock Show | 2000 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Parkinson | 2000 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Priory | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| Victoria's Secrets | 2000 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Moonshot - the Spirit of 69 | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Making of Spiceworld | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | |
| An Audience with Elton John | 1997 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member (uncredited) |
| The Evening Standard Drama Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Himself |
| MTV Europe Music Awards 1996 | 1996 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The Works | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| An Evening with Lily Savage | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Audience Member |
| In Search of Dracula with Jonathan Ross | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| TFI Friday | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 49th Bafta Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Actor / Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1996 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Hotel Babylon | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
| Shooting Stars | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
| Empire of the Censors | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / Host |
| Room 101 | 1995 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Anyone for Pennis? | 1995 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Danny Baker After All | 1993 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Full Wax | 1993 | TV Series | Himself |
| Aspel & Company | 1993 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Word | 1990 | TV Series | Himself |
| Theater of Survival: Life and Times of the Space | 2017 | Documentary post-production | |
| Richard E. Grant on Ealing Comedies | 2016 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| In Conversation | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host |
| The Paul O'Grady Show | 2006-2015 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| The Secret World of Lewis Carroll | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Actor |
| Andrea Chénier: Live from the Royal Opera House | 2015 | Himself - Introduction by (as Richard E Grant) | |
| Richard E Grant's 7 Deadly Sins | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Stephen Fry: Gadget Man | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Richard E. Grant's Hotel Secrets | 2012-2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host |
| Loose Women | 2011-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| The EE British Academy Film Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Production Design and Sound |
| The Kumars | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| This Morning | 1999-2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Dirty Weekenders in France with Richard E Grant | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| McKenna | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Hello: A Portrait of Leslie Phillips | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - #MountainsOfTheMoon |
| The '80s: The Decade That Made Us | 2013 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Narrator |
| The Riviera: A History in Pictures | 2013 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| For No Good Reason | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| Words of the Titanic | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Reader |
| The A to Z of Crime | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Horrid Henry's Movie Mayhem | 2011 | TV Movie | Himself |
| A Quiet Word with... | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| The One Show | 2007-2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Fern | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Special Guest |
| The 50 Funniest Moments of 2010 | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Iron Lady: Meet the Politicians | 2011 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Would I Lie to You? | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 5 O'Clock Show | 2010 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Cutting Edge | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| Dear Diary | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The History of Safari with Richard E Grant | 2010 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Victoria Wood: Seen on TV | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Variety Club Showbiz Awards 2009 | 2009 | TV Special | Himself (as Richard E Grant) |
| 8 Out of 10 Cats | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| First Tuesday Book Club | 2007-2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Rove Live | 2008 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| 9am with David & Kim | 2008 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| A Taste of My Life | 2006-2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Film '72 | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| In Search of Perfection | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Elementary My Dear Viewer | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter (as Richard E Grant) |
| The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' | 2007 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Roald Dahl's Revolting Rule Book | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| British Film Forever | 2007 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| BBC Proms | 2007 | TV Series | Himself - Presenter |
| The Friday Night Project | 2007 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Chaser's War on Everything | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Clive James Talking in the Library | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Secret Policeman's Ball | 2006 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Viking Boat Race | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Enough Rope with Andrew Denton | 2006 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| 1 Leicester Square | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| HARDtalk Extra | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Have I Got News for You | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| ShortCutters | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Prince's Trust 30th Birthday: Live | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Breakfast | 2006 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Big Sky Bears | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| The King's Head: A Maverick in London | 2006 | Video documentary | Himself - Actor |
| The 50 Greatest Comedy Films | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Story of Fairytale of New York | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| The Heaven and Earth Show | 2005 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Richard & Judy | 2005 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Making of a Film Idol | 2005 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Celebrity Shark Bait | 2005 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Royal Wedding of HRH the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles | 2005 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Tubridy Tonight | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Victoria Wood: A BAFTA Tribute | 2005 | TV Movie | Himself (as Richard E Grant) |
| Wah Wah in Swaziland | 2005 | Video documentary | Himself - Producer |
| The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Christmas in Tinseltown | 2004 | TV Short documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| From the Bottom Up | 2004 | Documentary short | Father Rothschild |
| The Regency House Party | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Narrator |
| A Moose Named Madeline | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| EastEnders: Christmas Party | 2003 | TV Movie | Himself |
| QI | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| The People's Hollywood | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| The 100 Greatest Movie Stars | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do | 2003 | TV Special | Himself |
| Monsieur N, l'aventure du tournage | 2003 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Stephen Fry: Director Documentary | 2003 | Video documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Seven Days That Shook the Spice Girls | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Omnibus | 1999-2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Making of Gosford Park | 2002 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| The Kumars at No. 42 | 2001 | TV Series | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Sleep TV3 | 2015 | TV Series | Franz Kafka |
| Chelsea Lately | 2014 | TV Series | Dickie Black in 'Dom Hemingway' |
| QI Genesis | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Iron Lady: John Campbell on Thatcher | 2011 | Video documentary short | Himself / Michael Heseltine (uncredited) |
| Would I Lie to You? | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Love Off-Air | 2006 | Video documentary short | 9th Doctor |
| Flash Frames | 2006 | Video documentary short | The Doctor |
| William Shakespeare | 2000 | Documentary | Withnail |
| Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings Outtakes | 2000 | Video short | Undetermined role (uncredited) |
Awards
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Special Achievement Award | Irina Palm d'Or | First Night (2010) | |
| 2002 | Critics Choice Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Acting Ensemble | Gosford Park (2001) |
| 2002 | FFCC Award | Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Ensemble Cast | Gosford Park (2001) |
| 2002 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Ensemble | Gosford Park (2001) |
| 2002 | Special Achievement Award | Satellite Awards | Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble | Gosford Park (2001) |
| 2002 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture | Gosford Park (2001) |
| 1994 | NBR Award | National Board of Review, USA | Best Acting by an Ensemble | Prêt- (1994) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Douglas Hickox Award | British Independent Film Awards | Wah-Wah (2005) | |
| 2002 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Acting Ensemble | Gosford Park (2001) |
| 1992 | Razzie Award | Razzie Awards | Worst Supporting Actor | Hudson Hawk (1991) |
2nd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Cast Ensemble | Gosford Park (2001) |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia
