Rupert Grint

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Rupert Grint (2010)

Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint (born August 24, 1988 in Harlow ) is a British actor . He was best known for the role of Ron Weasley in the film adaptations of the Harry Potter novels.

Life

Rupert Grint was born in the English county of Essex in 1988 to the housewife Jo Parsons and the souvenir dealer Nigel Grint. He has four younger siblings, a professional rallycross racing brother and three sisters. From a young age he played theater in school and with a local amateur group. In 2004 he left the Richard Hale School with a General Certificate of Secondary Education , which corresponds to a secondary school certificate . Georgia Groome has been his girlfriend since 2011. In May 2020 they became parents to a daughter.

Career

As a fan of the Harry Potter novels, Grint applied at the age of eleven with no film experience with a video in which he raps a song he wrote himself for the role of Ron Weasley in the film adaptation of the first novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone . The great success of this film led him to become known as his two fellow actors Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson . Grint himself says that he and his film character are similar in many ways - as examples he cites the red hair, the fear of spiders and his large family.

In 2002 he starred in the British comedy Thunderpants alongside Simon Callow and Stephen Fry as the cocky young professor Alan A. Allen. He then directed the Harry Potter sequels Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). This was followed by the film On the Road with Evie , in which he stood in front of the camera alongside Julie Walters and Laura Linney . In 2007 he was in the fifth Harry Potter film adaptation Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix .

In 2008, Grint was one of the best-paid young actors in Hollywood , according to Forbes Magazine . Between June 2007 and June 2008, he received fees totaling 5 million US dollars and ranked eighth. In 2009, the drama Cherrybomb , in which he plays the leading role, premiered at the Berlinale . In 2012 he played the British aviator Robert Smith in the Norwegian anti-war film Into the White . In the official Lego House music video by Ed Sheeran , Grint embodies a stalking fan .

In the film CBGB (2013) about the New York cult club of the same name , Grint played the American musician Cheetah Chrome , guitarist in the band Rocket from the Tombs and The Dead Boys . Also in 2013 he played in Charlie Countryman alongside Shia LaBeouf , Evan Rachel Wood and Mads Mikkelsen . In 2017 he was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year.

Filmography (selection)

Awards and nominations

Imprints of the hands, shoes and wands of Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater

In July 2007 Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe immortalized themselves together with prints of their hands, shoes and wands in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles .

Web links

Commons : Rupert Grint  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008 , accessed October 21, 2017.
  2. ↑ Biography , on starpulse.com, accessed November 30, 2013.
  3. ^ School leaving certificate on imdb.com, accessed on November 30, 2013.
  4. ↑ Snatch star Rupert Grint: I'll always be Ron - and that's OK , Evening Standard , 10 October 2018
  5. ↑ "Ron Weasley" is a father. In: FAZ . May 8, 2020, accessed May 22, 2020 .
  6. ↑ DVD "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire": Interview "In Conversation with the Actors" on the bonus DVD
  7. ↑ cf. Johnson, Wesley: Hollywood's Top Earners . Press Association Newsfile, July 23, 2008, 4:38 PM BST
  8. ↑ Rupert Grint signs up for 'CBGB' movie , on nme.com, accessed November 30, 2013.
  9. ↑ Two new roles for Rupert Grint , on rp-online.de, accessed on November 30, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Class of 2017". Accessed June 30, 2017. http://www.app.oscars.org/class2017/ .
  11. ^ Daniel Radcliffe: Mud hands are “cool” , accessed on February 24, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Grint, Rupert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grint, Rupert Alexander Lloyd (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Harlow , Essex