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My Take
What I admire about Rupert Grint is the quiet discipline of his career. Being cast as Ron Weasley at eleven could have defined and then destroyed him, as child stardom so often does. Instead, he played the loyal, comic, unglamorous third of that trio for a decade — arguably the hardest job in the ensemble — and emerged with his craft intact. His later choices in voice work and stage acting suggest an actor more interested in texture than spotlight. That is rare among franchise alumni. Grint strikes me as proof that the supporting player, done honestly, can outlast the hero.
Overview
Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint ( ; born 24 August 1988) is an English actor. He rose to fame for his role as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film series, for which he was cast at age eleven, having previously acted only in school plays and his local theatre group.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rupert Grint
- Name (Japanese)
- ルパート・グリント
- Reading
- るぱーと・ぐりんと
- Born
- August 24, 1988 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dragon
- Origin
- Harlow, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 173 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / child actor / voice actor / stage actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Harry Potter | — |
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.