Rupert Grint

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.

Grint was born on 24 August 1988 in Harlow, Essex.He is the eldest of five siblings. He has said that his earliest goal in life was to become an ice cream man.While in school, he took an avid interest in theatre. He began performing in school productions and joined the Top Hat Stage and Screen School, a local theatre group that cast him as a fish in Noah's Ark and a donkey in a nativity play.  

Having seen a Newsround report about the open casting for Harry Potter films, he sent in a video of himself rapping about how he wished to receive the role, and the casting team asked for a meeting with him. In August 2000, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Grint were selected to play Harry, Hermione Granger, and Ron. Grint is the oldest member of the trio. 

Grint has been in a relationship with actress Georgia Groome since 2011. They have a daughter, born in May 2020.

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