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Richard E. Grant

Grant as The Voice for"2+2+2" at Heavy Entertainment, London.
Born Richard Grant Esterhuysen
May 5, 1957 (1957-05-05) (age 51)
Mbabane, Swaziland
Years active 1987 – present
Spouse(s) Joan Washington (1986-)

Richard E. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Mbabane, with an estimated population of 70000 (2003 is the Capital of Swaziland. The Kingdom of Swaziland is a country located in Southern Africa centred at approximately 26o49'S 31o38'E Events January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago Illinois, to Grant (born May 5, 1957) is a British actor perhaps most well known for portraying the world-weary, drug-crazed alcoholic Withnail in Withnail and I. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Acting is the work of an Actor or Actress, which is a person in Theatre, Television, Film, or any other Storytelling Withnail and I is a British film made in 1986 by Handmade Films.

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Biography

Early life

Grant was born Richard Grant Esterhuysen in Mbabane, Swaziland. Mbabane, with an estimated population of 70000 (2003 is the Capital of Swaziland. The Kingdom of Swaziland is a country located in Southern Africa centred at approximately 26o49'S 31o38'E He adopted the name Richard E Grant as an adult when he moved to the UK and registered with the British Actors' Equity Association. Equity (formerly British Actors' Equity Association) is the Actors Trade union in the United Kingdom His father was Henrik Esterhuysen, a head of education for the British government administration in Swaziland. The Kingdom of Swaziland is a country located in Southern Africa centred at approximately 26o49'S 31o38'E His mother was the local ballet teacher. [1][2] He attended primary school at St Marks, a local government school in Mbabane that had only recently become racially integrated, and went on to secondary school at Waterford Kamhlaba, just outside Mbabane, where he was a day scholar. Waterford Kamhlaba United World College of Southern Africa (UWCSA is one of the twelve international United World Colleges and is located in Mbabane, Swaziland At the age of nine, he witnessed an adulterous relationship between his mother and another man that subsequently led to the break-up of his parents' marriage. Adultery is the voluntary Sexual intercourse between a married person and another person who is not his or her Spouse, though in many places it is This event stimulated him to keep a daily diary, which he has continued to do ever since. He wears a watch on each wrist, one given to him by his dying father, permanently set on Swaziland time. [3] He studied English and Drama at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and moved to London in 1982. The University of Cape Town ( UCT) is a Public university located on the Rhodes Estate on the slopes of Devil's Peak, in Cape Town The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.

His father was an Afrikaner, working in Swaziland; his mother a white South African of German extraction. Richard went to boarding school in South Africa, then university and began his acting career there (before arriving in the UK, with a South African accent), and his family retained their strong South African ties. Q "I rew 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 the 1950s'. (Interview with Valerie Lawson of the Sydney Morning Herald on 04/06/08. )

Career

He is a successful author, with works such as By Design calling on his Hollywood experience. He is most famous for his role as the drunk Withnail in Withnail and I. Withnail and I is a British film made in 1986 by Handmade Films. He has twice portrayed the Doctor from Doctor Who, unofficially on both occasions. The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also features in Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. 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. Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death is a four-episode special of Doctor Who made for the Red Nose Day charity He also voiced a version of the Ninth Doctor for the BBC original animated webcast Scream of the Shalka. Scream of the Shalka is a flash -animated serial based on the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who.

He wrote and directed the 2005 film, Wah-Wah, loosely based on his own childhood experiences. For the onomateopeic word see Wah-wah. Wah-Wah is a 2005 Drama film, written and directed by British In 2008, he will star in the movie adaptation of Irvine Welsh's best-selling novel Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance. Ecstasy Three Tales of Chemical Romance is a collection of three Novellas by Irvine Welsh. Irvine Welsh (born 27 September 1958 Leith, Edinburgh) is a contemporary Scottish novelist, best known for his novel Trainspotting Ecstasy Three Tales of Chemical Romance is a collection of three Novellas by Irvine Welsh. Grant appeared as "The Voice" in 2+2+2 at American Nights at The King's Head Theatre, from July 3 to July 29, 2007. The King's Head Theatre, founded in 1970 by the late Dan Crawford is an Off-West End venue in London

He has also recently co-starred in the London-based comedy Filth and Wisdom, a film which marks the directorial debut of pop singer Madonna. Filth and Wisdom ( 2008) is the first feature film directed by Madonna, starring Eugene Hütz, Holly Weston, Vicky McClure Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16 1958 known as Madonna, is an American

On the 22nd November, he gave a keynote speech at North London Collegiate School in North London as part of their Performing Arts Centre Opening Festival. [4] He will also present the 2008 Laurence Olivier Awards. The Laurence Olivier Award is regarded as the most prestigious award in British theatre and is presented in recognition of artistic achievement in London theatre [5]

On 9 October 2008, Richard E. Grant makes his music theatre debut with Opera Australia, playing the role of Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, at the Theatre Royal, Sydney. Opera Australia which is based in Sydney, is Australia 's major Opera company Henry Higgins can be The fictional character see Pygmalion or My Fair Lady The Australian politician and judge My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw 's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4

Personal life

He married Joan Washington in 1986 and has one daughter with her (Olivia) and a stepson (Tom). Grant is a teetotaler. See also Prohibition, Temperance movement Teetotalism (or T-total is the practice and promotion of complete Abstinence from Alcoholic beverages After casting him as the alcoholic Withnail, director Bruce Robinson made Grant drink a bottle of vodka in one sitting so that he had experience of the sensation. Bruce Robinson (born) is an English director and Screenwriter.

On December 1, 2006, Richard E. Grant turned real life investigator when with the help of the BBC Newsnight programme he exposed a $98 million scam to sell a bogus AIDS cure. [6][7]

He appeared on BBC1's show Saturday Kitchen on 14 July 2007, where he confessed to detesting dairy products, while his favourite food is giant prawns on a bed of rice. Saturday Kitchen is a 90 minute cookery programme broadcast which is broadcast live on BBC One on Saturday mornings

Grant is an avid follower of West Ham United, and appeared on Sky Sports' Soccer AM to show his support for the team on the morning of the 2006 FA Cup Final. } West Ham United Football Club is an English football club based in Upton Park, London Borough of Newham, East London, who have played

Filmography

Films

Television

Voice acting

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ^ Richard E. Grant Biography (1957-)
  2. ^ Richard E. Grant Biography - Yahoo! Movies
  3. ^ ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton - episode 108: Richard E. Grant (19/06/2006)
  4. ^ North London Collegiate School - an independent day school for girls from the ages of 4 to 18
  5. ^ "Playbill News: London Hairspray Breaks Record With 11 Olivier Award Nominations".
  6. ^ Swazi 'Aids cure' scam uncovered, BBC Newsnight.
  7. ^ "Richard E Grant investigates the AIDS scam", Newsnight, December 1, 2006. For the CNN programme see NewsNight with Aaron Brown Newsnight is a British daily News analysis Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

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Preceded by
Paul McGann		 The Doctor
(Shalka Doctor)
2003		 Succeeded by
Christopher Eccleston


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NAME Grant, Richard E. Paul McGann (born 14 November 1959 in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and also features in The Shalka Doctor (or the REG Doctor) is the common fan name given to the character that appeared as the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in the Christopher Eccleston (krɪstəfə ˈɛkəlstən born 16 February 1964 is an award-winning English stage, Film and Television Actor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Esterhuysen, Richard Grant
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1957-5-5
PLACE OF BIRTH Mbabane, Swaziland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Mbabane, with an estimated population of 70000 (2003 is the Capital of Swaziland. The Kingdom of Swaziland is a country located in Southern Africa centred at approximately 26o49'S 31o38'E
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