Line #24 Creator/RichardEGrant


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3	->''"Dick Grant is one of my favorite people to work with. Anyone who can match me stroke for stroke when I go over the top is a man I admire. He's a true scenery chewer's scenery chewer!"''
4	-->-- '''Creator/AnthonyHopkins'''
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6	Richard E. Grant (born Richard Grant Esterhuysen; 5 May 1957) is a British actor of Afrikaner descent born and raised in the small African country of Swaziland (today UsefulNotes/{{eSwatini}}). One of his earliest, and still one of his best-known, roles was as Withnail in ''Film/WithnailAndI''. Other notable roles include the villain in ''Film/HudsonHawk'', the hero in ''Film/Warlock1989'', Dr Seward in ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', and the title character in the 1999 TV version of ''Series/TheScarletPimpernel''. His performance in ''Film/CanYouEverForgiveMe'' was widely praised and earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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8	He has played two different and non-canonical versions of [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]], first in the charity spoof ''Recap/DoctorWhoTheCurseOfFatalDeath'', and then in the animated [[Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse expanded universe]] special ''WebAnimation/ScreamOfTheShalka'' (which was ''this'' close to becoming canon, had the 2005 revival not happened). An incarnation of the Master, appearing in the novel ''The Infinity Doctors'' in the Literature/PastDoctorAdventures range, was also modelled after him. He was eventually cast as the villain in the 2012 Christmas Special, "[[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen The Snowmen]]" -- which means he played an alternate Ninth and an alternate Tenth Doctor, before fighting the Eleventh.
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10	He's also appeared in two different Literature/SherlockHolmes' adaptations playing Mycroft Holmes in ''Film/SherlockCaseOfEvil'' and Jack Stapleton in the 2002 adaptation of ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles''. Sadly he's never gotten a chance to play the Great Detective himself.
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12	Grant has been an avid diarist since childhood (ever since he [[PrimalScene caught his mother cheating on his father]] [[AutoErotica in the back of a car]]), and has published the diaries he's made during filmmaking in two books, ''With Nails'' and ''The Wah-Wah Diaries''. He's also written a satirical novel on the making of a disaster movie, ''By Design''. He is now [[https://twitter.com/RichardEGrant on Twitter too]].
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14	He also wrote and directed the 2005 film ''Wah-Wah'', inspired by his own childhood experiences.
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16	On September 3, 2021, Grant announced the [[https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/sep/03/richard-e-grant-says-he-is-heartbroken-at-death-of-wife-joan-washington passing]] of Joan Washington, his wife of 35 years, with whom he had one daughter and a stepson. In 2022, he published ''A Pocketful of Happiness'', a collection of the diaries he kept during her illness.
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18	[[folder:Works on TV Tropes]]
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20	* ''Film/WithnailAndI''
21	* ''Film/HowToGetAheadInAdvertising''
22	* ''Film/Warlock1989''
23	* ''Film/HenryAndJune''
24	* ''Film/HudsonHawk''
25	* ''Film/LAStory''
26	* ''Film/ThePlayer''
27	* ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' - as Dr. Jack Seward
28	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendsOfTreasureIsland'' - as Long John Silver in Season 1 (Voice)
29	* ''Series/TheScarletPimpernel''
30	* ''Film/JackAndSarah''
31	* ''Film/FranzKafkasItsAWonderfulLife''
32	* ''Film/PretAPorter''
33	* ''WesternAnimation/OscarsOrchestra'' Kevin/[[TheatrePhantom The Phantom]]
34	* ''Film/SpiceWorld''
35	* ''Film/AChristmasCarol1999'' - as Bob Crachitt
36	* ''Film/GosfordPark''
37	* ''Film/SherlockCaseOfEvil''
38	* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainStar''
39	* ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride''
40	* ''Film/ColourMeKubrick''
41	* ''Film/Penelope2006''
42	* ''Film/TheIronLady''
43	* ''Series/DoctorWho''
44	** ''WebAnimation/ScreamOfTheShalka''
45	** ''Recap/DoctorWhoTheCurseOfFatalDeath''
46	** "[[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen The Snowmen]]"
47	** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E6TheBellsOfSaintJohn The Bells of Saint John]]"
48	** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor The Name of the Doctor]]"
49	* ''Film/AlwaysCrashingInTheSameCar''
50	* ''Film/HorridHenryTheMovie''
51	* ''Film/DomHemingway''
52	* ''Series/PoshNosh''
53	* ''Series/DowntonAbbey''
54	* ''Series/{{Jekyll and Hyde\|2015}}''
55	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' - as Izembaro
56	* ''Film/{{Logan}}''
57	* ''Film/TheirFinest''
58	* ''Film/TheNutcrackerAndTheFourRealms''
59	* ''Film/CanYouEverForgiveMe''
60	* ''Series/{{A Series of Unfortunate Events\|2017}}''
61	* ''Series/DispatchesFromElsewhere''
62	* ''[[Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker]]'' - as Allegiant General Enric Pryde
63	* ''[[VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet Sackboy: A Big Adventure]]''
64	* ''Series/{{Loki\|2021}}'' - as Classic Loki
65	* ''WesternAnimation/RobinRobin''
66	* ''Film/{{Persuasion\|2022}}''
67	* ''Film/{{Saltburn}}''
68	* ''Film/{{Argylle}}''
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71	!!Tropes relating to Richard E. Grant's works:
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73	%%Tropes relating to a specific role or work go on that work's page, please.
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75	%%* EvilBrit: In a few of his roles.
76	%%* EvilSoundsDeep: His rich, smooth voice is put to good use in many of his roles.
77	* FauxAffablyEvil: He's very skilled at playing seemingly polite and classy characters who are monstrous underneath.
78	* IAmVeryBritish: He's well-known for his posh, Received Pronunciation accent.
79	* LargeHam: Creator/AnthonyHopkins acknowledges that Grant is "a scenery chewer's scenery chewer", as can be seen from the top quote.
80	* MeanCharacterNiceActor: He's a good guy who happens to be very good at portraying the absolute worst of humanity.
81	* PromotedFanboy: He watched ''Film/ANewHope'' back during its theatrical debut when he was 20, becoming a fan of the franchise afterwards. When Creator/JJAbrams approached him to play Allegiant General Enric Pryde in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'', he jumped on without hesitation. In fact, Grant was so excited, he more than once asked to be pinched in the shoulder, just to assure himself that he really was on the film.
82	* StageNames: Created by swapping his middle and last names (he started life as Richard Grant Esterhuysen).
83	%%* TotallyRadical: He once made a dance version of [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} "To Be or Not To Be"]].
84	%%* VillainousCheekbones: Has a striking pair and puts them to good use when needed.

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