Selected filmography of Richard Grant

Richard Grant is a British actor of South African descent, known for his roles in many projects, including “How to succeed in advertising?”, “Whitnail and I”, “Warlock”, “Monsieur N”, “House Hemingway” and others. We can safely say That this man made a great contribution to the development of cinema. In the article we will take a closer look at his work.

Richard Grant: biography

Richard was born in 1957 in Mbabane, the capital of the Kingdom of Swaziland (South Africa). His father, Heinrich Esterheisen, was the head of the education department of the British government under the British protectorate of Swaziland.

The guy went to the local elementary school of St. Mark. He continued his studies at Waterford Kamhlaba College in the same Mbabane, and then studied English and drama at the University of Cape Town.

At the age of ten, Richard witnessed how his mother cheated on her father with his best friend. Henry found out there was a scandal that led to a divorce. This event prompted Richard to keep a diary, which he continues to fill in to this day. And he used materials from it when creating the autobiographical film Bay - bay, which he shot according to his own script in 2004. Now the actor, along with his wife Joan Washington, daughter Olivia and stepson Tom lives in the UK. They say that Richard always wears two hours. The first shows the time of the kingdom of Swaziland (a gift from his father), and the second "walk" according to the time zone of London.

Carier start

The career of the actor began even before moving to London. Richard Grant played in performances when he was a member of the troupe of The Space Theater in Cape Town. Only in 1983, becoming a British citizen, Richard began to flicker on television, starring in the comedy series Sweet Sixteen (1983). And four years later he got the main role in the British comedy drama Bruce Robinson's “Whitnail and Me” about how two unemployed London actors (Marwood and Whitnail) decide to stay in Uncle Whitnail's country house, which is gay.

In 1989, the actor played the mentally unstable advertising manager Denis Bimbleby Bagley in the fantasy comedy “How to succeed in advertising?”. Then he tried on the image of the witch hunter Giles Redfern in the mystical horror film Steve Miner “The Warlock”. He played the role of Larry Olyphant, writer, traveler and diplomat in the detective drama of Bob Reifelson's “Moon Mountains”. And a year later, in the role of Hugo, he starred in Philip Kaufman’s biographical drama “Henry and June”.

Dracula's Kiss

In 1991, actor Richard Grant played the role of Roland Mackay in Mick Jackson’s fantasy Los Angeles Story. Darwin Mayflower, the Mayflower Industries CEO, was featured in the comedy action movie The Hudson Hawk, filmed the same year by director Michael Lehmann.

The role of John Seward, the administrator of a psychiatric hospital, he got in the horror film Francis Ford Coppola's "Dracula" (1992), based on the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker. And three years later he got the role of the main character in Tim Sullivan’s romantic comedy “Jack and Sarah”.

In 1996, Richard Grant played Victor Marek in the thriller Rudolph van der Berne "Cold Light of the Day." Then he played the role of a secondary character in the drama of Philip Channel “Kiss of the Snake”. He played the role of Gordon Comstock in Robert Birman's melodrama Flowers of Love (1997). He played George Gus in the sports melodrama Michael Davis "Match" (1999). And in the role of Frederick Sackville-Bug - the father of the young vampire Rudolph appeared in the comedy horror film "Vampirenish", shot by Uli Edel in 2000.

My terrible angel

In 2003, the film with Richard Grant "Monsieur N", shot by Antoine de Cohn, was released, where the actor played Major General Sir Hudson Lowe. Three years later, he tried on the image of Franklin Wilhern in Mark Palansky’s fantasy comedy Penelope. He played the role of Professor Flynn in the comedy drama "Dirt and Wisdom", filmed by American singer Madonna in 2008. Ben Bangham - the main character played in the comedy melodrama of Barra Grant "Love Wounds" (2009). And as one of the secondary characters starred in the comedy melodrama Jonathan Newman's "My Little Angel" (2011).

In the same year, the actor took part in the production of Nick Moore's family comedy “The Terrible Henry”. Alana, a minor character, played in Ted Emery’s Australian comedy Cat and Kimderell (2012). In the image of Dicky, the best friend of the Hemingway House, recently released from prison, appeared in the crime drama Richard Shepard's "Hemingway House" (2013). Major Gross Richard Grant played in the dramatic film by John Boorman “Queen and Country” (2014). And then, together with Natalie Portman and Peter Sarsgaard, he starred in the biographical drama Pablo Larrain's Jackie (2016), where he played the role of William Walton - an American artist and journalist, as well as a Kennedy family confidant.

Logan's bodyguard

In the role of Roger Swain - an employee of the Ministry of Information, Richard performed in the military drama Lone Scherfig "Their Highlights." He played Dr. Zander Rice, the scientist who worked on the creation of Weapon X, in the superhero action movie Logan, shot by James Mangold in 2017. And in the image of Seifert, the drug addict head of the corporation and the main character’s client Mike Bryce, he starred in the crime comedy Patrick Hughes “The Bodyguard of a Killer” (2017).

In 2018, several more films will be released with Richard Grant. This is a fantasy picture by Lasse Halstrom, The Nutcracker and the Four Kingdoms. His game can also be seen in the biographical drama Mariel Heller "Can you forgive me?" Come to the end of the shooting project of Roger Donaldson's The Guinea Pig Club.