Richard E. Grant (born as Richard Grant Esterhuysen on 5th May, 1957; Mbabane, Swaziland) is a veteran British actor who appears in Series 5 of Downton Abbey as Simon Bricker.
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- Grant had previously starred alongside Maggie Smith and Jeremy Swift in Julian Fellowes's Gosford Park as first footman George.
- Elizabeth McGovern and Grant co-starred in The Scarlet Pimpernel, with Grant in the title role and McGovern playing his wife.
- Grant appeared in the movie Cuckoo which also starred Antonia Bernath.