BAFTA 2023 host: Who is Richard E. Grant hosting this year’s BAFTA Film Awards?

Actor Richard E. Grant is set to host this year’s BAFTA ceremony alongside This Morning presenter Alison Hammond

The 76th British Academy Film Awards is nearly here and some of the world’s biggest film stars will be coming together to celebrate one of the biggest nights in showbiz. This year’s BAFTA Film awards will be hosted by award-winning actor Richard E. Grant.

When asked about his hosting duties, the actor said:“I feel hugely privileged to be hosting the EE BAFTAs for the first time and the opportunity to celebrate the very best of the extraordinary range of this year’s films.”

This Morning presenter Alison Hammond will be hosting the behind-the-scenes BAFTA coverage, while film critic Ali Plumb and Radio 1’s Vick Hope will host the red carpet show.

This year’s BAFTAs, which will mark the 76th ceremony, will take place in London on February 19. It’s been confirmed the final four categories will be broadcast live so viewers at home can watch the action unfold in real time.

But who is host Richard E Grant and how can you watch the BAFTA film awards 2023? Here’s everything you need to know.

Who is BAFTA host Richard E. Grant?

Richard E. Grant is a Swazi-English actor and presenter who was born in Mbabane,Eswatini (previously Swaziland), on May 5, 1957. The actor made his film debut in the comedy Withnail and I (1987), and went on to receive critical acclaim in 2018 movie Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Throughout his career, Richard has starred in a variety of supporting roles in feature films such as Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), Spice World (1997) and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). He is also known for his TV roles, including Doctor Who, Downton Abbey and Game of Thrones.

Richard married voice coach Joan Washington in 1986 and had one daughter with her, Olivia, along with stepson, Tom. Joan, after being diagnosed with stage four lung cancer, died on September 2, 2021.

Richard E Grant will host the 2023 BAFTA Film awards

Following his wife’s death, Richard released a memoir titled A Pocketful of Happiness, mostly written in the last year of his wife’s life.

BAFTA 2023 nominees 

BEST FILM

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Malte Grunert
• THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh
• ELVIS Gail Berman, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Patrick McCormick, Schuyler Weiss
• EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang
• TÁR Todd Field, Scott Lambert, Alexandra Milchan

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM 

• AFTERSUN Charlotte Wells
• THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin
• BRIAN AND CHARLES Jim Archer, Rupert Majendie, David Earl, Chris Hayward
• EMPIRE OF LIGHT Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris
• GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE Sophie Hyde, Debbie Gray, Adrian Politowski, Katy Brand
• LIVING Oliver Hermanus, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Kazuo Ishiguro
• ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Matthew Warchus, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jon Finn, Luke Kelly, Dennis Kelly
• SEE HOW THEY RUN Tom George, Gina Carter, Damian Jones, Mark Chappell
• THE SWIMMERS Sally El Hosaini, Producer(s) TBC, Jack Thorne
• THE WONDER Sebastián Lelio, Ed Guiney, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

• AFTERSUN Charlotte Wells (Writer/Director)
• BLUE JEAN Georgia Oakley (Writer/Director), Hélène Sifre (Producer)
• ELECTRIC MALADY Marie Lidén (Director)
• GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE Katy Brand (Writer)
• REBELLION Maia Kenworthy (Director)

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger, Malte Grunert
• ARGENTINA, 1985 Santiago Mitre, Producer(s) TBC
• CORSAGE Marie Kreutzer
• DECISION TO LEAVE Park Chan-wook, Ko Dae-seok
• THE QUIET GIRL Colm Bairéad, Cleona Ní Chrualaoí

DOCUMENTARY

• ALL THAT BREATHES Shaunak Sen, Teddy Leifer, Aman Man
• ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John Lyons
• FIRE OF LOVE Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, Ina Fichman
• MOONAGE DAYDREAM Brett Morgan
• NAVALNY Daniel Roher, Diane Becker, Shane Boris, Melanie Miller, Odessa Rae

ANIMATED FILM

• GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley
• MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON Dean Fleisher Camp, Andrew Goldman, Elisabeth Holm, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey
• PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH Joel Crawford, Mark Swift
• TURNING RED Domee Shi, Lindsey Collins
• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger
• THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh
• DECISION TO LEAVE Park Chan-wook
• EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
• TÁR Todd Field
• THE WOMAN KING Gina Prince-Bythewood

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh
• EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
• THE FABELMANS Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg
• TÁR Todd Field
• TRIANGLE OF SADNESS Ruben Östlund

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell
• LIVING Kazuo Ishiguro
• THE QUIET GIRL Colm Bairéad
• SHE SAID Rebecca Lenkiewicz
• THE WHALE Samuel D. Hunter

LEADING ACTRESS

• CATE BLANCHETT Tár
• VIOLA DAVIS The Woman King
• DANIELLE DEADWYLER Till
• ANA DE ARMAS Blonde
• EMMA THOMPSON Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
• MICHELLE YEOH Everything Everywhere All At Once

LEADING ACTOR

• AUSTIN BUTLER Elvis
• COLIN FARRELL The Banshees of Inisherin
• BRENDAN FRASER The Whale
• DARYL McCORMACK Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
• PAUL MESCAL Aftersun
• BILL NIGHY Living

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• ANGELA BASSETT Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• HONG CHAU The Whale
• KERRY CONDON The Banshees of Inisherin
• DOLLY DE LEON Triangle of Sadness
• JAMIE LEE CURTIS Everything Everywhere All At Once
• CAREY MULLIGAN She Said

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• BRENDAN GLEESON The Banshees of Inisherin
• BARRY KEOGHAN The Banshees of Inisherin
• KE HUY QUAN Everything Everywhere All At Once
• EDDIE REDMAYNE The Good Nurse
• ALBRECHT SCHUCH All Quiet on the Western Front
• MICHEAL WARD Empire of Light

ORIGINAL SCORE

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Volker Bertelmann
• BABYLON Justin Hurwitz
• THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Carter Burwell
• EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Son Lux
• GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO Alexandre Desplat

CASTING

• AFTERSUN Lucy Pardee
• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Simone Bär
• ELVIS Nikki Barrett, Denise Chamian
• EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Sarah Halley Finn
• TRIANGLE OF SADNESS Pauline Hansson

CINEMATOGRAPHY 

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT James Friend
• THE BATMAN Greig Fraser
• ELVIS Mandy Walker
• EMPIRE OF LIGHT Roger Deakins
• TOP GUN: MAVERICK Claudio Miranda

EDITING

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Sven Budelmann
• THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
• ELVIS Jonathan Redmond, Matt Villa
• EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Paul Rogers
• TOP GUN: MAVERICK Eddie Hamilton

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Christian M. Goldbreck, Ernestine Hipper
• BABYLON Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino
• THE BATMAN James Chinlund, Lee Sandales
• ELVIS Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn
• GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO Curt Enderle, Guy Davis

COSTUME DESIGN

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Lisy Christl
• AMSTERDAM J.R. Hawbaker, Albert Wolsky
• BABYLON Mary Zophres
• ELVIS Catherine Martin
• MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS Jenny Beavan

MAKE UP & HAIR

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Heike Merker
• THE BATMAN Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, Zoe Tahir
• ELVIS Jason Baird, Mark Coulier, Louise Coulston, Shane Thomas
• ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Naomi Donne, Barrie Gower, Sharon Martin
• THE WHALE Anne Marie Bradley, Judy Chin, Adrien Morot

SOUND

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Lars Ginzsel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil, Markus Stemler
• AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Julian Howarth, Gary Summers, Gwendoyln Yates Whittle
• ELVIS Michael Keller, David Lee, Andy Nelson, Wayne Pashley
• TÁR Deb Adair, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Steve Single, Roland Winke 
• TOP GUN: MAVERICK Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Mark Taylor, Mark Weingarten

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Markus Frank, Kamil Jafar, Viktor Müller, Frank Petzoid
• AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon
• THE BATMAN Russell Earl, Dan Lemmon, Anders Langlands, Dominic Tuohy
• EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Benjamin Brewer, Ethan Feldbau, Jonathan Kombrinck, Zak Stoltz
• TOP GUN: MAVERICK Seth Hill, Scott R. Fisher, Bryan Litson, Ryan Tudhope

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

• THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy, Cara Speller, Hannah Minghella
• MIDDLE WATCH John Stevenson, Aiesha Penwarden, Giles Healy
• YOUR MOUNTAIN IS WAITING Hannah Jacobs, Zoe Muslim, Harriet Gillian

BRITISH SHORT FILM

• THE BALLAD OF OLIVE MORRIS Alex Kayode-Kay
• BAZIGAGA Jo Ingabire Moys, Stephanie Charmail
• BUS GIRL Jessica Henwick, Louise Palmkvist Hansen
• A DRIFTING UP Jacob Lee
• AN IRISH GOODBYE Tom Berkeley, Ross White

EE RISING STAR

• Aimee Lou Wood
• Daryl McCormack
• Emma Mackey
• Naomi Ackie
• Sheila Atim

How to watch the BAFTA film awards 2023 on TV

The BAFTAs 2023 will take place on Sunday, February 19, at 7pm. Film fans will be able to tune into the ceremony on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.