RUPERT GRINT’S PROFILE

Rupert Grint was born in Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire, the eldest of five siblings. His father, Nigel Grint, is a memorabilia dealer and ex-racecar driver, and his mother, Jo (Parsons), is a homemaker.

He has one brother, James (born in 1990), and three sisters: Georgina (born in 1993), Samantha (born in 1996) and Charlotte (born in 1999).

Before being cast in Harry Potter, he had only appeared in plays for school and his local theatre group, Top Hat Stage School.

As a young child, he was once cast as a fish in a play based on the story of Noah's Ark.

Grint playing the part of Ron Weasley.A self-proclaimed fan of the Harry Potter book series, young Grint was interested in getting a role in the film. For his audition, he sent a video he made of himself, in which he dressed as his drama teacher, while rapping about how much he wanted the part and won the casting selection with it.

After completing the first Potter film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), he appeared as Alan A. Allen in the British comedy film Thunderpants (2002).

In 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2007, he again starred as Ron Weasley in the Potter sequels Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Grint also starred in the coming of age story Driving Lessons with Laura Linney and Julie Walters (who has played Mrs. Weasley in the Harry Potter movies), which was released in the summer of 2006.

Also known for his radio and television voice-over work, he appeared as Nigel Molesworth of the Baggy Trousers series for BBC Radio 4 and voiced Peter Pan in a BBC documentary.

On 9 July 2007, Grint and fellow cast-mates Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson left imprints of their hands, feet and wands in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

While directing Prisoner of Azkaban, Alfonso Cuarón is reported to have gained the strong impression that Grint is "the likely future star out of the Hogwarts trio".

In July 2004, Grint finished Richard Hale School, taking his GCSE examinations.

When not working, he enjoys learning to ride the unicycle, drawing/sketching, and playing golf.

Like Ron Weasley, he has stated that he has a fear of spiders.

With his earnings from the "Harry Potter" series, Grint purchased an ice cream van, and stated jokingly that if his career falls out after the end of the seven part series, then he'll still have the van.

According to Emma Watson from her interview with Conan O'Brien, it has all the ice cream and chocolate toppings in it.

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 Rupert Grint Information

Birth Name	Rupert Alexander-Lloyd Grint
Date of Birth	August 24, 1988
Place of Birth	Watton-at-Stone, Herfordshire, England, UK
Notable Features	Red Hair, Freckled Face
Eye Color	Green
Hair Color	Red
Heigth	5' 8" (173 cm)
Zodiac/Star sign	Virgo
Nationality	English (British, United Kingdom)
Nickname	Rupe
Family	Nigel Grint (father), Jo Parsons (mother), James (brother), Georgina (sister), Samantha (sister), Charlotte (sister)
Resides in	United Kingdom
Personal Interest/Hobbies	Football (soccer), guitar, drawing, sketching, golf, and watching Tottenham Hotspur
Charities/Causes	Rupert Grint has been known to support Sense, which is the UK's largest organisation for children and adults who are deafblind (both deaf and blind)
Other (Trivia)	Arachnophobic, can ride a unicycle, took 2 tries to pass his driving test, bought an ice cream truck

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Daniel Radcliffe Profile

• Real Name: Daniel Alan Radcliffe
• Birthday: 07/23/1989
• Birthplace: Fulham, London, England, UK
• Occupation: Actor
• Sign: Leo
• Height: 5' 8

Biography:
Although he had wanted to be an actor for as long as he could remember, November had to convince his parents to allow him to pursue his dream. The schoolboy had been encouraged to try out for a 1999 British TV version of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" but his mother and father opposed the idea. When the opportunity to audition for another of Dickens' young heroes, this time "David Copperfield" (BBC, 1999), they relented. Surviving five callbacks, Radcliffe landed the role and earned glowing notices for his work. He also displayed a poise and screen charisma and more than held his own opposite such veterans as Bob Hoskins and Maggie Smith. Still, that was a mere warm-up for his first major film role. Radcliffe landed the highly coveted part of Harry Potter, the bespectacled young wizard of the popular series of books by author J K Rowling. The young actor beat out numerous other performers (including the much rumored Gabriel Thomson, who ironically had played another Dickens hero, Pip in 1999's "Great Expectations", and Liam Aiken, who had co-starred in director Chris Columbus' "Stepmom" 1998). Radcliffe received the imprimatur of author Rowling and was expected to be a breakout when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" opened in theaters in November 2001. Indeed, the film was recieved warmly by audiences and Radcliffe became one of the best known adolescent actors of the day. Following the success of the film, Radcliffe found himself with little time to explore other roles, as he was set to reprise the bespectacled young wizard in the sequel "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (2002) as well a subsequent films in the series.

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