Richard E. Grant

Personal context

Summary

Richard E. Grant is a Swazi-born British actor known for his breakout role in Withnail and I and later work in Gosford Park, Logan, and Can You Ever Forgive Me? His screen roles range from comic eccentrics to dramatic character parts, and he has also written and directed. Grant publicly criticized the Oscars’ omission of female directors in 2019, saying he was shocked given the energy around #MeToo, and has campaigned against Brexit and for tactical voting to prevent a Conservative majority. He has also spoken in defense of freedom of speech, drawing on his upbringing in Swaziland; no public statements on DEI or identity politics as goals of his own work are on record.