Richard E. Grant

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard E. Grant
Occupation	Explorer
Date Of Birth	May 5, 1957(1957-05-05)
Age	67
Birthplace	Mbabane
Country	Eswatini
Birth City	Hhohho Region
Horoscope	Taurus

Richard E. Grant Biography

Richard E. Grant is one of the most popular and richest Explorer who was born on May 5, 1957 in Mbabane, Hhohho Region, Eswatini. Richard E. Grant, born Richard Grant Esterhuysen on 5 May 1957, is a Swazi-British actor. His film debut was as Withnail in Withnail and I (1987). He has also played prominent roles in movies such as How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989), Hudson Hawk (91), The Player (1992), Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), The Age of Innocence (93), Spice World (1997), Spice World (2001), Gosford Park (1991), The Iron Lady (2011) and Logan (2017).

Grant starred in Peter Capaldi’s 1995 short film Franz Kafka’s it’s a wonderful life as the titular character. The 1995 Academy Award was won for Best Live Action Short Film. He starred as Sir Andrew Aguecheek, in Trevor Nunn’s 1996 film Twelfth Night. In 1997, he released “To Be Or Not To Be” and a video accompanying it with Orpheus.

Grant wrote and directed the 2005 film Wah-Wah, loosely based on his own childhood experiences. A screenwriter recommended he write a screenplay after reading Grant’s memoirs of his Withnail and I experience. The film took him over seven years to complete, and starred Nicholas Hoult in the lead role, with Gabriel Byrne, Miranda Richardson, Julie Walters and Emily Watson. Grant kept a diary of the experience, later published as a book (The Wah-Wah Diaries). The book received positive reviews from critics, many of whom were impressed by the honesty of the tale, especially in regard to his difficult relationship with the “inexperienced” producer Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar.

On 1 December 2006, Grant turned real-life investigator when, with the help of the BBC’s Newsnight, he exposed a $98 million scam to sell a bogus AIDS cure.

Grant’s first movie role was as the intoxicated title character in Withnail and I (1987). Grant began appearing in Hollywood films shortly after this film. He quickly established himself as a strong character actor in many films, including blockbuster studio films and small independent films. Grant has played strong supporting roles over the last 20 years in films such as Henry & June and L.A. Story.

Richard E. Grant Net Worth

Richard E. Grant is one of the richest Explorer from Eswatini. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard E. Grant 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Grant was an original member of the Space Theatre Company, Cape Town, before he moved to London in 1982. Later, Grant stated that he grew up in Swaziland during the 1960s. My family spoke a type of English that was similar to the 1960s. People were shocked when I arrived in England. Charles Sturridge, the director of Brideshead Revisited, stated that English is spoken like someone from 1950s.

Grant was married to Joan Washington, a voice coach, in 1986. They have one daughter, Olivia, as well as a stepson, Tom. Grant is a teetotaller. Grant has an intolerance to alcohol. His body doesn’t have the enzymes necessary to break down alcohol. He can only drink alcohol for 10 minutes, then he becomes violently ill for 24 hours. Bruce Robinson, the director of the film Withnail, made Grant consume half a bottle vodka and a bottle champagne over the course of the night to give him the feeling of being drunk. He “developed a rhapsodic love” for Barbra Streisand at the age of 12 and is still a huge fan. He visited Streisand’s New York City, including her childhood home, high school, and Village Vanguard.

In 2003 Grant costarred in Posh Nosh, a spoof of cooking shows on BBC.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Richard E. Grant Dating?

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Grant made his first official Doctor Who appearance in the 2012 Christmas special, titled “The Snowmen”, in which he plays the villain, Walter Simeon. During the episode Simeon is erased from his body and it is taken over by the Great Intelligence, voiced in that episode by Ian McKellen until the takeover. The Great Intelligence is one of the Second Doctor’s most infamous villains and, was last seen in The Abominable Snowmen and The Web of Fear. Grant reprises the role in “The Bells of Saint John” and in the series 7 finale, “The Name of the Doctor”.

Facts & Trivia

Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Explorer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Eswatini. Richard E. Grant celebrates birthday on May 5 of every year.

While filming L.A. Story with Steve Martin, the pair communicated by fax in what became for both a hilarious dialogue. Martin wrote: “I kept these faxes, which grew to a stack more than 2 inches thick, because they entertained me, and because I thought they were valuable aesthetic chunks from a screeching mind, a stream-of-consciousness faucet spewing sentences – sometimes a mile long – none of it rewritten, and bearing just the right amount of acid and alkaline.”

Are Richard E. Grant and Hugh Grant related?

You may think that these two have the same surname, but actually, they don’t. The star was actually born Richard Grant Esterhuysen and adopted his stage name upon registering with Equity. This means that he has no relation to BAFTA-winning actor Hugh.

What is Richard E. Grant best known for?

Richard E Grant is perhaps best known for his breakout role in the 1987 movie Withnail and I , where he played the titular Withnail opposite Paul McGann. He also achieved recognition as John Seward in 1992’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

Why does Richard E. Grant wear three watches?

Grant is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). He used to wear a watch on each wrist, one given to him by his dying father , permanently set on Swaziland time.

Is Richard E. Grant teetotal?

Grant has been teetotal since he was 17 , and was told he was allergic to alcohol after becoming spectacularly ill. The one exception was the occasion that Bruce Robinson insisted his star go on a 12-hour drinking binge, famously mixing vodka with champagne, to get closer to the role of Withnail.

Does Hugh Grant have a brother?

James Grant