Photo: Greg2600 / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Richard E. Grant fascinates me because he treats a career as a long act of gratitude. Born in Mbabane, far from any film industry, he turned an outsider's hunger into Withnail, one of cinema's great debuts, then spent decades being reliably brilliant in other people's stories. When recognition finally flooded in for Can You Ever Forgive Me?, he greeted it with an unguarded joy most actors are too cool to show. I find that openness — the diaries, the giddy enthusiasm, the refusal to become jaded — more remarkable than the awards. He reminds me that delight is a professional skill.
Overview
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Richard E. Grant
- Name (Japanese)
- リチャード・E・グラント
- Reading
- りちゃーど・E・ぐらんと
- Born
- May 5, 1957 (age 69)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rooster
- Origin
- Mbabane, Eswatini
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- explorer / diarist / paleontologist / stage actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Cape Town
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.