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Richard E. Grant Barely Survived Childhood. Now He's Thriving As An Actor

Richard E. Grant plays Jack Hock, the sidekick to literary forger Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) in Can You Ever Forgive Me? Mary Cybulski/Twentieth Century Fox hide caption

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Richard E. Grant Barely Survived Childhood. Now He's Thriving As An Actor

The self-described "lifelong character actor" plays an alcoholic sidekick in the film Can You Ever Forgive Me? Through Grant is allergic to alcohol, he grew up in Swaziland with an alcoholic father.

Richard E. Grant Barely Survived Childhood. Now He's Thriving As An Actor

Richard E. Grant plays Jack Hock, the sidekick to literary forger Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) in Can You Ever Forgive Me? Mary Cybulski/Twentieth Century Fox hide caption

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Richard E. Grant Barely Survived Childhood. Now He's Thriving As An Actor

Richard E. Grant Barely Survived Childhood. Now He's Thriving As An Actor

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