History Creator / RichardEGrant

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.

* ''Film/{{Penelope}}

'''Richard E. Grant''' is a British actor of Afrikaner descent born and raised in the small African country of Swaziland. 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/{{Warlock}}'', Dr Seward in ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', and the title character in the 1999 TV version of ''Series/TheScarletPimpernel''.

* ''Film/CorpseBride''

** [[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen "The Snowmen"]]
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E6TheBellsOfSaintJohn "The Bells of Saint John"]]
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor "The Name of the Doctor"]]

'''Richard E. Grant''' is a British actor of Afrikaner descent born and raised in the small African country of Swaziland. 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/{{Warlock}}'', Dr Seward in ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', and the title character in the 1999 TV version of ''Series/TheScarletPimpernel''. 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); he was eventually cast as the villain in the 2012 Christmas Special, [[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen "The Snowmen"]]. Strangely, this means he played the Ninth and Tenth Doctors, before fighting the Eleventh.

* LargeHam: AnthonyHopkins acknowledges that Grant is "a scenery chewer's scenery chewer", as can be seen from the top quote.

* LargeHam: AnthonyHopkins acknowledges that Grant is"a scenery chewer's scenery chewer", as can be seen from the top quote.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E06TheBellsOfSaintJohn "The Bells of Saint John"]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Auditioned to play Lucius Malfoy in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets''
** He also auditioned for Davy Jones in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''.

'''Richard E. Grant''' is a British actor originally from the small African nation of Swaziland. 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/{{Warlock}}'', Dr Seward in ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', and the title character in the 1999 TV version of ''Series/TheScarletPimpernel''. 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); he was eventually cast as the villain in the 2012 Christmas Special, [[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen "The Snowmen"]]. Strangely, this means he played the Ninth and Tenth Doctors, before fighting the Eleventh.

Grant has been an avid diarist since childhood, 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]].

* LargeHam: AnthonyHopkins acknowledges that grant is"a scenery chewer's scenery chewer", as can be seen from the top quote.

'''Richard E. Grant''' is a British actor originally from the small African nation of Swaziland. 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/{{Warlock}}'', Dr Seward in ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', and the title character in the 1999 TV version of ''Series/TheScarletPimpernel''. 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); he was eventually cast as the villain in the 2012 Christmas Special, [[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen "The Snowmen"]].

** ''TheCurseOfFatalDeath''
** ''[[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen The Snowmen]]''
** ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E06TheBellsOfSaintJohn The Bells Of Saint John]]''
** ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor The Name of the Doctor]]''

'''Richard E. Grant''' is a British actor originally from the small African nation of Swaziland. 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/{{Warlock}}'', Dr Seward in ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', and the title character in the 1999 TV version of ''Series/TheScarletPimpernel''. He has played two different and non-canonical versions of [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]], first in the charity spoof ''TheCurseOfFatalDeath'', 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); he was eventually cast as the villain in the 2012 Christmas Special, "[[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen The Snowmen]]".

** In further EnforcedMethodActing from the same film: In the scene where Withnail drinks lighter fuel, the rehearsal takes had used water. For the actual take, the prop was swapped for one full of ''vinegar''...

-->-- '''AnthonyHopkins'''