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      • Richard E. Grant (born Richard Grant Esterhuysen; 5 May 1957) is a Swaziland (Now Eswatini) born English actor and presenter.
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  1. Feb 17, 2023 · What is Richard E Grant's nationality and what does the 'E' stand for? Richard E Grant talks Star Wars, Barbra Streisand and singing with Kate Garraway Grant was born Richard Grant Esterhuysen in Mbabane, Swaziland.

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  3. Grant was born as Richard Grant Esterhuysen on 5 May 1957 in Mbabane, Protectorate of Swaziland (now the Kingdom of Eswatini). He is the elder child of Henrik Esterhuysen (died 1981, of lung cancer), and his wife, Leonne (died 2023).

  4. Nov 27, 2016 · Richard E. Grant is an Afrikaner in disguise. To begin with, his father carries the uber Afrikaans name “Henrik Abraham Esterhuysen”. His mother was born in South Africa and she is described as having German ancestry; it means that she is also ethnically Afrikaner.

  5. The initial E in his name came about because there was already someone registered with Equity as Richard Grant. Richard was born Richard Grant Esterhuysen. So with permission of the other Richard Grant and Equity, he added the E. to his name. Wears two watches.

    • May 5, 1957
  6. Dec 13, 2018 · And in 1963, when I began school, it was the first time that black Swati children were amongst white colonial children. So right from my first year at school it was "mixed-race," as it was called...

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  7. E is for Elusive. Richard E Grant’s most notable screen role to date is that of Withnail, the surgical spirit-swagging, chain-smoking, grimy genuis of ‘Withnail & I’.

  8. Born and raised in Swaziland, Richard E. Grant wears a watch on both wrists. One belongs to his late father and is set to Swaziland time. Richard studied drama at Cape Town University where he co-founded the Troupe Theatre Company.