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Off the Cuff

A new series of The Scarlet Pimpernel is in the offing, according to The Stage.

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• Background
• Roles: Television
• Roles: Film
• Roles: Theatre
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• Snippets
• Contact address

• Born 5th May 1957 in Mbabane, Swaziland
• Full name: Richard Grant Esterhuysen
• He studied drama at Cape Town University, before moving to London
• Married to Joan Washington, with one daughter Olivia

• I Love 1987: is the narrator/linkman, doing a fair bit of reminiscing about Withnail and I
• Let Them Eat Cake (1999): Monsieur Vigée-Lebrun and having immense fun parodying the whole Scarlet Pimpernel genre
• Trial and Retribution (1999): Stephen Warrington
• A Christmas Carol: Bob Cratchett. This also featured BluSher Dominic West
• Honest, Decent & True: Moonee Livingstone
• Codename: Kyril: Sculby
• Suddenly, Last Summer: George Holly
• Hard Times: Harthouse
• A Royal Scandal: George, Prince of Wales
• Karaoke: Nick Balmer
• Cold Lazarus: Nick Balmer
• Captain Star: the voice of Captain Jim Star
• The Scarlet Pimpernel: Percy Blakeney - surely a perfect role for Richard? The tailors enjoyed this one v. much...perfect Sunday evening entertainment.

• The Richard E Grant Temple is the only site dedicated to the glory that is Richard. It's well designed and must contain everything you could ever want to know about the man.
• Richard is a member of the League of Obscure British Actors (minimal, only contains further links and no pictures)

• Richard has also written two books, Withnails (pretty damned brilliant film diaries, read them now!) and By Design (amusing story about the filming of a Titantic type disaster movie that's set in space - the movie, not the book). Keep writing, Richard - we v. much enjoy your work!

• Gosforth Park (2001): George (1st Footman)
• Hildegarde (2001): Wolf
• The Little Vampire (2000): Frederick Sackville-Bagg
• The Match (1999): George Gus
• St. Ives (1998): Major Chevening
• The Serpent's Kiss (1997): James Fitzmaurice
• Food of Love (1997): Alex Salmon
• Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997): Gordon Comstock
• Spice World (1997): Richard starred as Clifford in this really appallingly bad film. I still can't quite believe that the tailors went to see this in the cinema.
• The Portrait of a Lady (1996): Lord Warburton
• Twelfth Night (1996): Sir Andrew Aguecheek
• Jack and Sarah (1995): Jack
• In the Cold Light of Day (1994): Viktor Marek
• Pr�t-�-Porter (1994): Cort Romney
• The Age of Innocence (1993): Larry Lefferts
• Calliope (1993): the Producer
• Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993): Franz Kafka
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992): Doctor Jack Seward
• The Player (1992): Tom Oakley. One of the best films ever?
• Hudson Hawk (1991): Darwin Mayflower. One of the worst films ever?!
• L.A. Story (1991): Roland Mackey
• Henry & June (1990): Hugo Guiler
• Mountains of the Moon (1990): Larry Oliphant
• Warlock (1989): Redferne
• How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989): Bagley
• Killing Dad (1989): Ali Berg
• Hidden City (1988): Brewster
• Withnail and I (1987): Withnail

The Gallery

Click here to get to the Blueshirts collection of Richard pictures.