Talk:Richard E. Grant

message: I think this entry, whilst the content that is present is of sufficient quality, it does not provide a comprehensive account of Richard's career. I think this article could be significantly enhanced by further development and additional content.
--Minotaur500 23:32, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You're welcome to add content yourself... Be bold! ConDemTalk 01:45, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lack of content 

message: I think I may have read or heard somewhere that Richard had inserted the "E" into his professional name without it actually standing for anything on the basis that there was another "Richard Grant" around at the time, or registered with Equity, Or Something.  Is there any mileage to this, or is it another urban legend?  Chris cheese whine 02:42, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "E" 

message: I don't want to add it myself because I'm not familiar with the rules for providing references, but Richard E. Grant appeared in Episode 11 of Series 1 of QI 65.50.25.85 (talk) 01:07, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Appearance on QI 

message: The link to The Space goes to the wrong entry - it looks like Wikipedia doesn't have an entry currently for The Space Theater in Cape Town, South Africa. Creating a new entry seems worth doing since this article could then be correctly linked, and several other prominent South African actors and directors got their start at The Space. Mrsnooty (talk) 05:45, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Space 

message: Isn't their any better image than the one we got now. You can barely see him, because of the reflection. --Imagine Wizard (talk • contribs •  count) Iway amway Imagineway Izardway. 19:30, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Since it is a BLP, you can take one and upload it.  This is general consensus about WP:NFCC #1.  More info at WP:MCQ.  Did you notice that many actors have no image in their bio?  This is better than nothing for this article.  Don't ask me, I just work here (that's a joke, for those who didn't catch it).  —Aladdin Sane (talk) 22:08, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox picture 

message: I note the absence of The Cold Light of Day (1996) from Grant´s filmography. I´m going to try to add it, but may need help with technical aspects.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgiasouthernlynn (talk • contribs) 11:43, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cold Light of Day needs to be added to filmography 

message: The sentence in the introductory line recalls Grant's most notable role as the Spice World movie; however, Withnail and I is a particularly large cult-esque movie and films along the lines of Gosford Park and many of his voice roles are probably larger, more notable roles, for example the cult caper hudson hawk.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.112.65.184 (talk) 20:40, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most notable role 

message: I think describing Richard as 'English' is a bit of a stretch. As the article elucidates, he is of African origin, a who moved to UK as an adult and is a dual British/Swazi national.
We don't call Bob Geldof an 'English' singer do we?, although his immigration circumstances are similar.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.115.91.102 (talk) 00:55, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Richard E Grant's niche of style is his Englishness, which is how he is described/perceived by British sources instead of (in the American way) using British as a coverall.Halbared (talk) 21:54, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

text: We don't call people "English" who are born outside Britain without some very good reason and a verifiable source. The support given above - that his "niche of style is his Englishness" is irrelevant. That's his acting ability at the very least. In any case he should be described as British because that is his citizenship. I support the proposal above for Swazi-born British actor - or Swazi-born London-based actor.Riftbase (talk) 19:50, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Richard E Grant refers to himself as English, as do sources like the BBC and others. Grant's citizenship is covered in the infobox, he himself says he is English. "Somewhere back in Richard E's paternal ancestry, there were men who were Dutch or Hungarian and certainly Afrikaner. Yet he feels his father was an Englishman, working for the British government, and he, himself, is a Swazi who happens also to be English." https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/aug/06/edinburghfilmfestival2005.edinburghfilmfestivalHalbared (talk) 08:53, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nationality 

message: I remember seeing him in an OK-ish film with Denholm Elliot called Killing Dad. It's not included in his filmography. Hanoi Road (talk) 14:29, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Killing Dad 

message: Does anyone feel that the 2014 image  is useful and worth including when there are so many other, better, images already in the article? I did remove it but someone took exception and reverted. Deb (talk) 09:31, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Ugly photograph