The release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 2001 marked Grint's debut screen performance. On 8 August 2000, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and an 11-year-old Grint were selected to play the roles of Harry, Hermione Granger, and Ron, respectively. His attempt was successful as the casting team asked for a meeting with him.
Having seen a Newsround report about the open casting, he sent in a video of himself rapping about how he wished to receive the role. Grint chose to audition for the role of Ron Weasley, one of Harry Potter's best friends at Hogwarts, and was a fan of the book series. Rowling personally insisted that the cast be British and assisted Susie Figgis and director Chris Columbus in casting the roles. Starting in 1999, casting began for the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the best-selling novel by author J. Career 2001–2011: Harry Potter and worldwide recognition He left school at age 16 to focus on his acting career, stating he "didn't really like school that much". However, Grint had never acted professionally prior to the Harry Potter series. He continued performing in school plays as he moved into secondary school. 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 another nativity play. While in school, Grint took an avid interest in theatre. He grew up in Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire and attended Richard Hale School, in Hertford. He has said that his earliest goal in life was to become an ice cream man.
Grint was born on 24 August 1988 in Harlow, Essex, to Nigel Grint (born 1963), a dealer in racing memorabilia, and Joanne Grint (née Parsons born 1967). 2.3 2012–present: further work, theatre, and television.2.2 2002–2011: Concurrent film work during Harry Potter.2.1 2001–2011: Harry Potter and worldwide recognition.Since 2011, he has been in a relationship with actress Georgia Groome, with whom he has a daughter.
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Since 2019, he stars in the Apple TV+ psychological horror series Servant.Īside from acting, Grint supports several charitable causes. In 2014, he voiced the character of Josh in Postman Pat: The Movie, and from 2017 to 2018, he executive-produced and starred in the television series Snatch, based on the film of the same name.
Grint made his stage debut in Jez Butterworth's Mojo in October 2013 at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London. In 2013, Grint's film CBGB was released and he was cast in CBS's new show Super Clyde. His first film project following the end of the Harry Potter series was the 2012 anti-war film, Into the White, in which he had a supporting role. Grint co-starred with Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt in Wild Target, a comedy. He has had starring roles in Driving Lessons, a dramedy released in 2006, and Cherrybomb, a drama film of limited release in 2010. From 2001 to 2011, he starred in all eight Harry Potter films.īeginning in 2002, Grint began to work outside of the Harry Potter franchise, playing a co-leading role in Thunderpants. Grint was cast as Ron at age eleven, having previously acted only in school plays and at his local theatre group. He rose to fame for his role as Ron Weasley, one of the three main characters in the Harry Potter film series. Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint (born 24 August 1988) is an English actor.