Roman Grant
| Roman Grant | |
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| First appearance | "Pilot" |
| Last appearance | "Sacrament" |
| Created by | Mark V. Olsen |
| Portrayed by | Harry Dean Stanton |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Leader of United Effort Brotherhood polygamist sect |
| Title | Prophet of Juniper Creek (UEB Compound) |
| Family | Grant Family |
| Spouse(s) | Adaleen Grant (sixth wife) Rhonda Volmer (engaged) 13 other wives |
| Children |
Nicolette Grant Albert Grant 17 other sons 12 other daughters |
| Relatives |
Bill Henrickson (son-in-law) Wayne and Raymond Henrickson (grandchildren via Nicki) 185 other grandchildren and great-grandchildren Selma Greene (sister) Hollis Greene (brother-in-law) |
| Religion | Mormon Fundamentalism |
| Nationality | American |
Roman Grant is a fictional character in the HBO series, Big Love, and is portrayed by Harry Dean Stanton. He was the prophet of the Juniper Creek Compound, and is the father of Nicolette Grant and Alby Grant. The character is loosely based on the real life polygamist leader Rulon Jeffs.
Little is known of Grant's early life. Born c. 1927. In his younger years Roman Grant, apparently educated in and definitely skilled with finance, was the accountant for Bill Henrickson's maternal grandfather Orville Henrickson, the leader and Prophet of Juniper Creek. One night Orville and Grant went out on a trip and Orville died under very mysterious circumstances while Grant returned unharmed. Grant quickly seized the role of prophet of Juniper Creek shortly afterward. The older residents of Juniper Creek have implied Grant was responsible for his predecessor's death.
Grant has always been involved in Bill's life. Roman found Bill too much like his grandfather and a potential threat to his power so he instructed Bill's father Frank Harlow to kick Bill off the compound when Bill was only 14 years old. Nevertheless, he assisted Bill much later financially with the expenses of his first wife Barb's cancer treatment and with the opening of his first Home Plus store, the former in exchange for Bill's marrying Roman's daughter Nicki and the latter in exchange for a share of its profits (though whether this was for the first store only is a source of serious contention between the men as the store expands into a chain).
Roman loves music and has been heard singing both hymns (including The Church in the Wildwood) and folk-songs (including Big Rock Candy Mountain [in spite of its references to cigarette trees and alcohol]) for his own entertainment and that of his hosts and guests. His most prized possession is a guitar that accompanied the first Mormon pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847.
Roman was involved in the death of Kathy Marquardt, and as a result was killed by her fiancee Joey Henrickson in the final episode of season three. Joey waited for Roman in a closet in Roman's home and as Roman played the guitar, Joey emerged and then suffocated him with a pillow. This may well have major implications as Roman was to be indicted for Kathy's murder the following day thanks to new testimony from Selma Greene, unbeknownst to Joey who was taking revenge into his own hands.
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