Richard E. Grant

Richard E. Grant (born 5 May 1957) is an English actor, screenwriter and director. Grant was born Richard Grant Esterhuysen in Mbabane, Swaziland. He adopted the surname Grant when he moved to the UK as an adult and registered with the British Actors' Equity Association. His father was Henrik Esterhuysen, a man of Afrikaner extraction, who was head of education for the British government administration in the British Protectorate of Swaziland. Hi... more

Richard E. Grant (born 5 May 1957) is an English actor, screenwriter and director. Grant was born Richard Grant Esterhuysen in Mbabane, Swaziland. He adopted the surname Grant when he moved to the UK as an adult and registered with the British Actors' Equity Association. His father was Henrik Esterhuysen, a man of Afrikaner extraction, who was head of education for the British government administration in the British Protectorate of Swaziland. His mother was a local ballet teacher of South African and German extraction. As a young child, Grant went to primary school at St Marks, a local government school in Mbabane that had only recently become racially integrated. 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. This event inspired 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,... less