Rupert Grint

Rupert Grint was born on 24 August 1988, in Harlow, Essex, England. He is the eldest of five siblings, the others being James, Georgina, Samantha and Charlotte. Rupert’s father Nigel Grint used to deal in car racing memorabilia and his mother Joanne was a homemaker.

Rupert grew up in Hertfordshire, a picturesque county to the north of London which is also very near to Leavesden Film Studios. It naturally fuelled his desire of becoming an actor.

During his school days, he took a special interest in theatre and staged a number of successful plays. He enrolled himself for weekend drama classes at Top Hat Stage School and got selected to play ‘Ron’ in the Harry Potter series at the age of 11.

Rupert Grint kick-started his career with the Potter mania. After his successful entry in the first film of the Potter series, ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ (2001), Rupert took part in the audition of a British Comedy ‘Thunderpants’ in 2002 and was selected as the second lead in it.

He then starred in the Potter sequels—‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ (2002) and ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ (2004). He also completed his secondary school education from Richard Hale Secondary School in Hertford in 2004.

He started shooting for ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’ in 2005. He also worked as a voice over artist for the ‘Baggy Trousers’ series of BBC at the same time.

In 2006, Rupert shared the screen with heavy weights like Laura Linney and Julia Walters in a comedy drama ‘Driving Lessons’. The fifth film of Potter series ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’ was released in 2007. In July 2009, the sixth part of Potter series – ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ released and was a huge success.

Alongside the Potter movies, he also worked in two other movies around this time— the drama ‘Cherrybomb’ (2008) and comedy thriller ‘Wild Target’ (2010). In 2011, he made a cameo appearance in BBC popular comedy show ‘Come Fly with Me’ and starred as a lead in a Norwegian anti-war film ‘Into the White’. Grint also appeared in the music video for Ed Sheeran’s song ‘Lego House’ in the same year.

Rupert Grint came up as a fresh face when the auditions for the Harry Potter film series started and proved himself capable enough to grab the role of ‘Ron’. Even though he has acted in several other movies in addition to the Potter franchise, he is still famous for his character Ron Weasley in Potter movies.