Rupert Grint

QUICK FACTS
NAME
Rupert Grint
OCCUPATION
Film Actor, Television Actor
BIRTH DATE
August 24, 1988 (age 30)
PLACE OF BIRTH
Harlow, Essex, England
FULL NAME
Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint
ZODIAC SIGN
Virgo

Biography of Rupert Grint
Film actor, TV actor, Actor (1988-)
Rupert Grint is a British actor best known for his role as Harry Potter's best friend, Ronald "Ron" Weasley in the film series based on J.K. The best-selling books of Rowling.
Synopsis
Rupert Grint was born on August 24, 1988 in Harlow, Essex, England. As a scholar, Grint was an avid fan of J.K. The Harry Potter series by Rowling. Upon hearing of an open casting call for the first Potter movie, Grint, 10, presented a self-audition video and got the role of Ronald Weasley. He has also performed in a handful of non-Potter roles, including Driving Lessons (2006) and Cherrybomb (2009).

Early life
The actor Rupert Grint was born on August 24, 1988 in Harlow, Essex, England. Rupert Grint's father, Nigel Grint, is a racing souvenir dealer, and his mother, Jo Grint, is a housewife. Rupert Grint says that his first ambition in life was to become a man of ice cream. Remember: "When I was younger I had a kind of ... [always] it seemed like a great job to be an ice cream man, and I thought, why not?" Unlike his character on the screen, Ron Weasley, Grint was a well-educated child who never showed much inclination toward mischief. "I was never the type of child that was destined to have problems," he says. "Probably the worst thing I did was steal a hairbrush and a Billy Goats Gruff book from a local store, I think I came in with the intention of cutting something and I must have panicked and grabbed the first two things I saw. A life of crime was not for me. "


'Harry Potter' movies
Grint attended Richard Hale High School in Hertfordshire. As a schoolboy, he gained a lot of attention for his rebellious bright red hair. His great-grandfather nicknamed him "Copper Knob" and his school friends called him "Ginge" (abbreviation for "ginger", British slang for redhead). Grint was an avid fan of J.K. The series of books of Harry Potter of Rowling, when it found out a call of casting for the cinematographic adaptation, decided to make an audition for the paper of the redheaded best friend of Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley. At that time, Grint's only acting experience had been in a handful of school plays, including a fish-like performance in a play about Noah's ark.

"My mom made the costume for that bubble wrap," she recalls. Despite his lack of experience as an actor, Grint did everything possible to get the role of Ron Weasley. "I sent a request and I had not received an answer," he recalls. "So I thought there was nothing to lose by being a bit inventive, my video was in three parts, there was a rap on me, I dressed as a woman and did a little sketch of the character of my drama teacher, then read something from Ron Weasley's dialogue ". His comic self-marketing paid off and Grint became the envy of redheads around the world when, at the age of 10, he got the role of Ron Weasley, a leading role in one of the most anticipated film adaptations of the history.


Grint speaks in amazement about his first experiences on the Harry Potter set. "Arriving at the Great Hall for the first time was absolutely incredible," he recalls. "All these effects with all the candles floating in the air, everything turned on and everything, food on the table, all the flames lit, it was just amazing, it was the most incredible thing I've ever seen in my life". Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone opened in 2001, breaking record-breaking single-day ticket sales in the United States. Currently, the film is the eighth highest grossing film in history, since it has sold more than $ 974 million in tickets around the world.

The remarkable success of the first Harry Potter film instantly transformed Grint, along with stars Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), into an international celebrity. Grint says he initially felt uncomfortable with his new fame. Remember: "The strangest moment was when I went back to school to finish my exams after filming the first movie, all the children clapped and applauded when I entered." However, Grint says: "I never took myself too seriously, I come from a very normal environment and I would like to think that I never stopped being normal".

Mature actor
Since then, Grint has continued to star in Ron Weasley in all the Harry Potter sequels: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). ). ), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009). Grint will also star in the next film adaptation in two parts of Harr's seventh and final book