Richard E. Grant
Director, Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Withnail and I (1986)
- Dir. Bruce Robinson
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths
- Anarchic cult sensation about a pair of young degenerate actors who decide to spend a soul–cleansing weekend at an Uncle's farmhouse in the…
- Warlock (1988)
- Dir. Steve Miner
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Julian Sands, Mary Woronov
- Richard E. Grant plays a witch–hunter on the tail of an evil 17th Century Warlock (Julian Sands) in this hammy fantasy adventure that enjoyed a…
- How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
- Dir. Bruce Robinson
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward
- Richard E. Grant encores for the director of WITHNAIL AND I to play a manic genius ad–man whose conscience rears its ugly head while he…
- Hudson Hawk (1990)
- Dir. Michael Lehmann
Feat. Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Sandra Bernhard…
- Good–natured adventure with Bruce Willis as a reformed cat burglar who is blackmailed to steal from the Vatican. A major box–office…
- Mountains of the Moon (1990)
- Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant…
- Ambitious saga details the quest of Sir Richard Burton to discover the source of the Nile river. Compelling personal story remains focused amid the…
- L.A. Story (1991)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Steve Martin, Richard E. Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker
- On form Steve Martin vehicle from his own script, a witty and romantic satire of life in L.A. He unashamedly pokes fun at the city's obsession with…
- Player, The (1992)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Whoopi Goldberg…
- A glittering Tinseltown satire that manages to be an intricate, clever, surprising and entertaining thriller all at the same time, with a cast of…
- Pret-a-Porter (1994)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Sophia Loren…
- Director Altman's take on the Paris fashion industry hasn't the edgy sarcasm or the incisiveness of his THE PLAYER and SHORT CUTS, but is…
- Jack and Sarah (1996)
- Dir. Tim Sullivan
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Samantha Mathis, Ian McKellen…
- The 'four weddings' formula is tweaked for another Grant – Richard E. (Withnail), who becomes an unwitting solo father after his wife dies.…
- Twelfth Night (1996)
- Dir. Trevor Nunn
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Nigel Hawthorne…
- William Shakespeare is rediscovered yet again, in one of his wittier flights of fancy, served up with such 90s icons as Helena Bonham Carter, Richard…
- Spiceworld: The Movie (1997)
- Dir. Bob Spiers
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton…
- Rocking–good time of a shallow band movie, with great costumes, sets, attitude, etc. The girls sure know how to have fun, Richard E. Grant is…
- Merry War, A (Keep the Aspidistra Flying) (1997)
- Dir. Robert Bierman
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Helena Bonham Carter
- A literate, aware version of George Orwell's early comic novel set in a stagnating 1930s Britain. Richard E Grant plays Orwell's self–parody of…
- Serpent's Kiss, The (1997)
- Dir. Phillip Rousseklot
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Greta Scacchi, Richard E. Grant…
- Ambitious period drama follows a renowned Dutch landscape gardener (McGregor) to England where he finds himself coiled in the intrigues of various…
- Scarlet Pimpernel, The (Mini Series) (1999)
- Dir. Simon Langton
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Elizabeth McGovern
- A lively television adaptation of the Baroness Orczy's famous novel set around the bloody chaos of post–revolutionary France and one English…
- A Christmas Carol (1999)
- Dir. David Hugh Jones
Feat. Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Joel Grey…
- Fine adaptation of the Dickens classic this time with Patrick Stewart as the miserly Scrooge.
- Match, The (2000)
- Dir. Mick Davis
Feat. Ian Holm, Richard E. Grant, Tom Sizemore…
- Able–footed Highland comedy based around one of those bizarre and ancient village feuds the Scottish excel at, here to be finally decided in a…
- Miracle Maker, The (2000)
- Dir. Stanislav Sokolov, Derek Hayes
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Julie Christie, William Hurt…
- Once you get used to the jerky, THUNDERBIRDS puppet–style, this version of the Bible–story is something quite unique, allowing the…
- Hildegarde (2001)
- Dir. Di Drew
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Tom Long, Tara Morice
- Three children pursue those who have stolen their loved pet duck, who seek to imprison her in their travelling nature–show. Richard E Grant is…
- Bright Young Things (2003)
- Dir. Stephen Fry
Feat. Emily Mortimer, Stephen Campbell Moore, Dan Aykroyd…
- Set among the aspirant youth of 1930s Britain, this fresh satirical comedy marks a promising debut for dir. Fry, even if the drama is sliced a little…
- QI (TV Series) (Quite Interesting) (2003-2012)
- Feat. Stephen Fry, Alan Davies, Rob Brydon…
- Stephen Fry hosts this high and low–brow quiz show where celebrity panellists earn points for knowledge and invention and are penalised for…
- Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (TV Series) (2003)
- Dir. Wilson Milam
Feat. Richard E. Grant
- Animated DOCTOR WHO series continuing the narrative of the original 1963–89 programme and DOCTOR WHO: THE MOVIE (1996), written by Doctor Who…
- Marple (TV Series) [Geraldine McEwan] (2004-2005)
- Dir. Andy Wilson, John Strickland, Charles Palmer
Feat. Geraldine McEwan, Derek Jacobi, John Hannah…
- Four episodes from the most recent adaptation of Agatha Christie's novels set around her indefatiguable elderly heroine and amateur detective Miss…
- Wah-Wah (2005)
- Dir. Richard E. Grant
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Emily Watson, Miranda Richardson…
- A caustic memoir of colonial growing pains from actor Richard E. Grant (WITHNAIL AND I), chronicling his own adolescence in Swaziland during the…
- Above and Beyond (TV Mini-Series) (2006)
- Dir. Sturla Gunnarsson
Feat. Jason Priestley, Joss Ackland, Kenneth Welsh…
- Commendable mini–series based on the true story of the Atlantic Ferry Operation in WW2 – a last–ditch aerial attack from Canada's…
- Love Hurts (2009)
- Dir. Barra Grant
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jenna Elfman…
- Richard E. Grant plays a jilted single dad who must join forces with his teenage son in order to win back his awol wife (Carrie–Anne Moss).…
- Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
- Dir. Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant…
- Batty puppet caper set in a Britain under Nazi rule, and only a rag–tag bunch of yokels and a Frenchman stand in the way. An anarchic…
- Nutcracker, The (2010)
- Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Feat. Elle Fanning, Nathan Lane, John Turturro…
- A clunky, though nonetheless eye–popping new rendering of Tchaikovsky’s ballet, with Elle Fanning as the young girl who discovers a world of…
- First Night (Cosi) (2010)
- Dir. Christopher Menaul
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Sarah Brightman, Susannah Fielding…
- Richard E. Grant plays a wealthy industrialist who fancies himself an opera tenor, using his money to assembly an ad–hoc company for a…
- Foster (2011)
- Dir. Jonathan Newman
Feat. Toni Collette, Ioan Gruffudd, Richard E. Grant…
- Grade–A weepie follows a childless couple's quest to adopt a baby, only for a precocious seven–year–old boy to turn up on their…
- Horrid Henry: The Movie (2011)
- Dir. Nick Moore
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Parminder Nagra, Theo Stevenson…
- Stink–bomb wielding Henry and his gang of pint–sized terrors fight to save their school from closure.
Cartoonish kids pic has the…