Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Best Acting Ensemble "Gosford Park" 2001
Florida Film Critics Circle Award Best Ensemble "Gosford Park" 2001
Online Film Critics Society Award Best Ensemble "Gosford Park" 2001
Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture "Gosford Park" 2001
2008 Co-starred in "Penelope"; produced by and co-starred Reese Witherspoon
2006 Feature writing and directing debut with "Wah-Wah" an autobiographical piece about growing up in Swaziland at the time of independence
2005 Voiced Barkis Bittern in Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride"
2004 Cast in the final two episodes of "Frasier" (NBC)
2003 Cast in Stephen Fry's "Bright Young Things"
2001 Portrayed a lecherous footman in Robert Altman's "Gosford Park"
1999 Played title role in three TV-movies (aired on A&E in the USA) based on "The Scarlet Pimpernel"
1999 Cast as Bob Cratchit in the TNT remake of "A Christmas Carol"
1998 Co-starred as the manager of the Spice Girls in "Spiceworld"
1998 Published first novel "By Design"
1997 Starred opposite Helen Bonham Carter in "A Merry War/Keep the Aspidistra Flying"
1996 Published memoir "With Nails: The Film Diaries of Richard E Grant"
1995 Starred as a widower raising a baby in "Jack and Sarah"
1994 Had small role in Altman's "Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter)"
1993 Returned to the stage as Algernon Moncrieff in a revival of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"
1992 Had supporting role in Robert Altman's superb Hollywood satire "The Player"
1991 Offered a comically villainous turn in "Hudson Hawk"
1989 American feature debut, "Warlock"
1988 American TV debut, "Codename: Kyril" (Showtime)
1988 Reteamed with Bruce Robinson for "How to Get Ahead in Advertising"
1986 Feature acting debut, "Withnail and I"; directed by Bruce Robinson
1985 British TV-movie debut, "Honest, Decent and True"
1984 Began appearing at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park
1982 Moved to London from Swaziland
1980 Appeared in David Hare's "Fanshen" in Cape Town
1979 Formed touring Troupe Theatre Company with actors from Cape Town University and Cape Town's Space Theatre
Born and raised in Mbabane, Swaziland
While an undergraduate at Univeristy of Cape Town, dropped surname
Worked as a "dogsbody" on Jonathan Miller's production of "Hamlet" at the Donmar Warehouse
Worked as a waiter at Covent Garden
British TV series debut, "Sweet Sixteen"