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40-889: Richard Grant may refer to: Richard E. Grant (born 1957), British-Swazi actor Richard E. Grant (paleontologist) (1927–1995), American paleontologist Richard Grant (author) (born 1952), science fiction and fantasy author Richard Grant (writer) (born 1963), travel writer Richard Grant (diplomat) , New Zealand diplomat; see List of ambassadors of New Zealand Richard Grant (cricketer) (born 1984), Welsh cricketer Richard P. Grant , British biologist Richard W. Grant (1862–1939), architect based in Beatrice, Nebraska Richard le Grant , Archbishop of Canterbury from 1229 to 1231 Dick Grant (1878–1958), American track and field athlete See also [ edit ] Richie Grant (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

80-611: A BBC interview, he again mentioned his "disastrous" relationship with Mention-Schaar. He related that he had received only five emails from her in the last two months of pre-production, and that she rarely turned up on the set at all. She failed to obtain clearance firstly for song rights and secondly to film in Swaziland. For the last infraction, Grant was eventually forced to meet with the King of Eswatini to seek clemency . During an interview with an Australian chat show, he mentioned that Wah-Wah

120-540: A park with her students, Lemon discreetly approaches and tries to take a photo to prove the curse has been lifted. He ultimately decides against it upon seeing how happy they are and leaves them alone. The production of Penelope started in January 2006 in London and Pinewood Studios , Buckinghamshire . The film's screenplay was written by Leslie Caveny . A novelization of the film was written by Marilyn Kaye . It premiered at

160-424: A Lady (1996), The Little Vampire (2000), Gosford Park (2001), Penelope (2006), The Iron Lady (2011), Jackie (2016), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), and Saltburn (2023). He is also known for his roles in television, including Frasier (2004), Dig (2015), Game of Thrones (2016), Hang Ups (2018), A Series of Unfortunate Events (2019), and Suspect (2022). Grant

200-428: A Lady , Spice World , Gosford Park , Bright Young Things , and Penelope . While filming L.A. Story with Steve Martin , the pair communicated by fax . 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

240-409: 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 . Grant stated in subsequent interviews that she was a "control freak out of control", and he would "never see her again as long as [he] live[s]." In

280-458: A daily diary, which he has continued to do ever since. Grant attended secondary school at Waterford Kamhlaba United World College of Southern Africa , an independent school near Mbabane. In May 1976, he arrived at the University of Cape Town to study English and drama . He adopted his stage name (truncating his Afrikaans-sounding surname to a single letter) when he moved to Britain in 1982,

320-559: A heartbroken Clara to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff. Her enraged mother, the town witch , places a curse on the Wilhern bloodline; the next Wilhern daughter will be born with the face of a pig , only to become human when "one of her own kind" learns to love her. However, the Wilherns only give birth to sons for five generations until the birth of Franklin and Jessica Wilhern's child, Penelope. Ashamed of her daughter's face and afraid of

360-565: A media scandal , Jessica claims that Penelope died as an infant and hides her away in their mansion . After Penelope's eighteenth birthday, Jessica hires a matchmaker , Wanda, and begins seeking out suitors , believing the love of another blue blood is the only way to lift the curse. Seven years later, all of Penelope's suitors have fled in terror upon seeing her face, including Edward Humphrey Vanderman III. Edwards conspires with tabloid reporter Lemon to photograph Penelope to prove her existence and hires young blue blood Max Campion to pose as

400-594: A mile long – none of it rewritten, and bearing just the right amount of acid and alkaline." In 1995, Grant starred as the titular character in Peter Capaldi 's short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life . The film won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film . In 1996, he portrayed Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Trevor Nunn 's Twelfth Night . He released a single and accompanying video "To Be Or Not To Be" with Orpheus in 1997. Grant has twice portrayed

440-629: A music video, when short-lived Bristol band The Chemists hired him to appear in their video for "This City"; the band split the same year. This appearance followed Grant's involvement with the band the previous year, in which he spoke the lyrics to "This City" to background music as part of the intro and outro tracks on their only album, Theories of Dr Lovelock . In March 2013, Grant starred as intelligence analyst Brian Jones in David Morley 's radio drama The Iraq Dossier with Peter Firth , Anton Lesser , David Caves , and Lindsay Duncan . It recounted

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480-435: A new suitor, planting a camera in his jacket. After having conversations through a one-way mirror , Max and Penelope develop genuine feelings for each other. When Max sees her face, he is shocked — but not frightened — and accidentally triggers the camera. Regretful of his attempts to exploit Penelope, Max calls off his agreement with Lemon and Edward and destroys the camera. Penelope begs him to marry her, promising it will lift

520-399: A pig mask. Johnny kisses Penelope and apologizes for not having the power to break the curse, but she takes off her mask and reveals that she held the power all along. The Wilhern's butler Jake, revealed to be the witch who cast the original curse, casts one final spell to render Jessica mute for an indeterminate amount of time before quitting his position. While Johnny and Penelope are at

560-648: A year after his father's death, and registered with Equity . Grant was a member of the Space Theatre Company in Cape Town before moving to London in 1982. He later stated, "I grew up in Swaziland when it was mired in a 1960s sensibility. The kind of English spoken where I grew up was a period English sound and when I came to England people said, 'how strange'. Charles Sturridge , who directed Brideshead Revisited for TV, said, "you speak English like someone from

600-629: Is a dual citizen of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and the United Kingdom. He is fluent in Swazi , the national language of the country. He used to wear a watch on each wrist, one of which was given to him by his dying father and set to Swaziland time. In 2008, Grant told The Times that he is an atheist . He is an avid supporter of Premier League football club West Ham United . In April 2014, Grant launched his new unisex perfume , JACK, exclusively at Liberty of Regent Street, London . Grant runs

640-545: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Richard E. Grant Richard E. Grant (born Richard Grant Esterhuysen ; 5 May 1957) is a Swaziland -born English actor and presenter. He made his film debut as Withnail in the comedy Withnail and I (1987). Grant received critical acclaim for his role as Jack Hock in Marielle Heller 's drama film Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018), winning various awards including

680-663: Is erased from his body and it is taken over by the Great Intelligence , voiced by Ian McKellen in the episode until the takeover. Grant reprised the role in " The Bells of Saint John " and in the Series 7 finale, " The Name of the Doctor ". Grant appeared as "The Voice" in 2+2+2 at American Nights at The King's Head Theatre , from 3 to 29 July 2007, and in 2008 co-starred in the London-based comedy Filth and Wisdom . Grant presented

720-468: Is estranged; Grant has stated that they "never had any relationship". As a boy, Grant attended St Mark's School , a local government school in Mbabane, which had only recently become racially integrated. When Grant was 10, he witnessed, sitting in the back seat, his mother commit adultery in a car with his father's best friend, which subsequently led to his parents' divorce. This event inspired Grant to keep

760-542: Is spotted by her parents, but rushes back to the bar before they can confront her, where she faints. Annie removes the scarf to help her breathe and exposes her as the supposedly dead Penelope Wilhern to the other bar patrons. Much to Penelope's surprise, the public is fascinated and enamored with her face, and she becomes an overnight celebrity. Meanwhile, Edward’s father, having seen the public's fondness for Penelope and embarrassed by his son's vocal cruelty toward her, coerces Edward into proposing to her. Lemon discovers that

800-488: Is violently sick for up to 24 hours. After casting him as the alcoholic Withnail, director Bruce Robinson made Grant drink a bottle of champagne and half a bottle of vodka during the course of a night so he could experience drunkenness. Grant is a fan of Barbra Streisand and has done a tour of Streisand's New York , visiting her early home, her high school, and the Village Vanguard , among other places. Grant

840-546: The 2006 Toronto International Film Festival . It was also Reese Witherspoon 's first film in a producing role along with a small acting role. Shortly after, IFC Films acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film, with The Weinstein Company handling the home media and television distribution, with a planned mid-2007 release. Summit Entertainment eventually picked up United States distribution rights. Critics gave mixed reviews. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives

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880-467: The Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male . He also received Academy Award , BAFTA , Golden Globe , and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Grant is also known for his roles in the feature films Warlock (1989), Henry & June (1990), Hudson Hawk (1991), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), The Age of Innocence (1993), The Portrait of

920-516: The 1950s." Grant's first film role was the perpetually inebriated title character in the cult classic Withnail and I (1987). Following this, he started appearing in Hollywood films, taking on a range of projects from blockbuster studio movies to small independent projects. Since then, Grant has had supporting roles in the films Henry & June , L.A. Story , The Player , Bram Stoker's Dracula , The Age of Innocence , The Portrait of

960-424: 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

1000-929: The 2008 Laurence Olivier Awards . In 2008, he made his musical theatre debut with Opera Australia , playing the role of Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady at the Theatre Royal, Sydney , a role he reprised in 2017 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago . In 2009, Grant played Alain Reille in Yasmina Reza 's one-act play God of Carnage at the Theatre Royal, Bath , and subsequently at Cheltenham , Canterbury , Richmond , Brighton , and Milton Keynes . In 2010 he starred in short film The Man Who Married Himself , which won Best Comedy at LA International Shorts Festival and Rhode Island Film Festival . Later that year, he made an appearance in

1040-653: The Doctor from Doctor Who , both outside the main continuity. In the comedy sketch Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death , he portrayed a version of the Tenth Doctor , referred to as the "Quite Handsome Doctor." He also voiced a version of the Ninth Doctor for the BBC original animated webcast Scream of the Shalka . The latter had intended to be the official Ninth Doctor prior to

1080-800: The HBO series Game of Thrones in Season 6 as Izembaro . In 2017, he appeared as the villainous corporate scientist Zander Rice in Logan . Grant's critically lauded performance as Jack Hock in Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018) earned him Academy Award , BAFTA , Golden Globe , and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. The part also won Grant a New York Film Critics Circle Award and several other critics awards. In 2019, Grant appeared in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker . In March 2020, Grant joined

1120-489: The United Kingdom, Ireland, and Malta. Penelope was released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 15, 2008 in the United States . It included a 2:35:1 anamorphic widescreen and an English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. The extras were a behind-the-scenes featurette, cast and crew, production notes, and world-premiere features from the upcoming Summit film Twilight as well as behind-the-scenes features and interviews from

1160-608: The cast of the Disney+ / Marvel Cinematic Universe series Loki as Classic Loki , an older variant of Loki . Grant portrays Sir Walter Elliot in Carrie Cracknell 's 2022 adaptation of Jane Austen 's Persuasion . The film was released 15 July 2022 on Netflix . In 2023 he was cast in Emerald Fennell 's psychological thriller Saltburn opposite Barry Keoghan , Jacob Elordi , and Rosamund Pike . Grant wrote and directed

1200-421: The curse, but Max declines. Tired of the matchmaking and inspired by Max's conversations about the outside world, Penelope escapes and journeys out into the city. She covers her face with a scarf in public to keep anonymous, secretly selling photos of herself to Lemon to earn money. At a local bar she frequents, she befriends delivery girl Annie, who takes her on trips around the city. After several weeks, Penelope

1240-481: The film 53% based on 128 reviews. The site's consensus reads "Though Penelope has a charming cast and an appealing message, it ultimately suffers from faulty narrative and sloppy direction." Metacritic gives the film a weighted average rating of 48%, based on 29 reviews — indicating mixed or average reviews. The film premiered September 8, 2006 at the Toronto International Film Festival . It

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1280-445: The perfume business in collaboration with his daughter. In 2022, Grant released a memoir, A Pocketful of Happiness , mostly written in the last year of his wife's life. Penelope (2006 film) Years before the events of the film, servant woman Clara falls in love with wealthy blue blood Ralph Wilhern and becomes pregnant with his child. However, at the urging of his disapproving parents, Ralph marries another woman, leading

1320-465: The real Max Campion is imprisoned for armed robbery ; the man he had been working with is actually a gambler named Johnny Martin, whom Lemon had mistaken for Max. Lemon shares this with Jessica and Wanda on Penelope's wedding day, but Jessica decides to not relay it to Penelope. At her wedding, Penelope realizes that she does not want to marry simply to break the curse. She flees from the altar, locks herself in her room, and declares that she likes herself

1360-513: The revival of the TV series. His version of the Doctor also appeared as a projection in " Rogue " (2024), during a sequence in which the faces of the Fifteenth Doctor 's previous incarnations were shown floating around his head. He 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

1400-407: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Grant&oldid=1213242408 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

1440-587: The story of how British Ministry of Defence Intelligence expert Jones had tried to warn that his government's September Dossier on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction was inaccurate. In 2014, Grant was cast on the HBO series Girls after series creator Lena Dunham saw him in Spice World . On 9 May 2015, Grant gave a reading at VE Day 70: A Party to Remember in Horse Guards Parade , London. In 2016 he joined

1480-416: The way she is. As Penelope has finally been loved by "one of her own kind" — herself — the curse is lifted, and her pig snout and ears disappear. Some time later, Penelope becomes an elementary school horticulture teacher, and the public's interest in her has begun to wane. She eventually learns the truth about Johnny's identity from Wanda and visits his apartment during a Halloween party while wearing

1520-720: Was also shown at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2007. The film opened in Russia and Ukraine in August 2007. Penelope was released in the United Kingdom on February 1, 2008. It opened in wide release in the United States and Canada on February 29, 2008. The film opened in ninth place and earned $ 3.8 million USD on its opening weekend in the United States. By October 5, 2008, the film had grossed $ 20.8 million worldwide—with $ 6.5 million in

1560-708: Was born as Richard Grant Esterhuysen on 5 May 1957 in Mbabane , Protectorate of Swaziland (now the Kingdom of Eswatini ). He is the elder child of Henrik Esterhuysen and Leonne Esterhuysen. Henrik was head of education for the British government administration in the British protectorate of Swaziland. Grant has English , Dutch/ Afrikaner , and German ancestry. He has a younger brother, Stuart, an accountant in Johannesburg , from whom he

1600-449: Was not released in France, and as a result, his producer did not make money out of it. Grant married voice coach Joan Washington in 1986 and had one daughter with her, Olivia, and a stepson, Tom. After being diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer , Washington died on 2 September 2021. Grant abstains from drinking alcohol, as he has an alcohol intolerance . If he does drink alcohol he

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