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Quick Facts:
Name: Rupert Grint
Age: 13
Birthday: November, 1988
StarSign: Scorpio
Hair: Red
Eyes: Green
Hometown: Hertfordshire, England
Parents: Jo Grint (34, homemaker), Nigel (38, race-car memorabilia dealer)
Siblings: 1 brother, (14 plus) 3 sisters, (3, ? and 11)
Fears: Spiders, Darkness
Role Model: Jim Carrey


Favorites:
Movies: All Jim Carrey movies, especially Ace Ventura, The Mask and The Grinch. 'They're really funny.'
Subject: Chemistry 'You get to mix potions and stuff. It came in handy with the movie.'
Hobbies: Swimming, Bike Riding, Soccer
Music: All kinds, especially rap


Harry Potter Favorites:
Character: Ron Weasley Sometimes you feel so sorry for him because he's always getting stuff from his brothers. And he's got a fat, lazy rat.'
Word: Voldemort 'I like the way it sounds in your mouth. But I really shouldn't say that.'
Book: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Scene/Set: Inside the train and , Chess scene, and Devil's Snare 'It's amazing... brilliant!'
Line: Bloody brilliant!


Filmography:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) .... Ronald Weasley 
Thunderpants (2002) .... 
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) .... Ronald Weasley 


Other Facts:

Play credits include: a fish in Noah's Ark, Rooster in Annie, a donkey in a nativity play, a chorus part in Cinderella, and Rumplestiltskin in Grimm Tales.
One of his audition tapes for Harry Potter was a rap about how he'd like to be Ron, dressed as his female drama teacher.
Along with Harry Potter co-star Emma Watson, played many tricks on Daniel Radcliffe.
How Rupert would like the Harry Potter books to end: I want Ron to stand up to Malfoy and punish him.
If Rupert could have a magic power, he would want to levitate.
Rupert's favorite trick in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was the invisibility cloak.
In Rupert's upcoming movie Thunderpants, he had to have his hair permed and wear fake teeth.
Found out at same time as co-star Emma Watson that they had gotten parts in Harry Potter.
Has a sweet tooth, he loves candy.
Newcomer Rupert Grint plays the youngest Weasley brother and best friend to Harry Potter.
Rupert is now 13 years old and is the eldest of five children. He has performed in school productions and with the local theatre drama group. Recent productions include the role of the gangster Rooster in Annie and a production of Peter Pan. At school he played the role of Rumplestiltskin in the Grimm Tales and Mystic Meg for a talent show!
Rupert auditioned for the role of Ron Weasley in Harry Potter after watching an appeal by the casting director on the BBC television show Newsround. Rupert will be playing Ron again in the second film, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.