History Creator / RupertGrint

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Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint (born August 24, 1988 in Harlow, England) is a British actor, best known for playing [[Characters/HarryPotterRonBiliusWeasley Ron Weasley]] in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films. Of the three principles, he's the most similar to his character in RealLife, including the easy-going personality, the large family, and even the fear of ginormous spiders. Grint got an audition for the part of Ron by sending in a tape of himself performing a rap while dressed as his female drama teacher. Much to the disappointment of his fans (though presumably to Grint's relief), this tape has failed to turn up on the Internet.

* ''Film/HarryPotter'' series (2001–2011) as [[Characters/HarryPotterRonBiliusWeasley Ron Weasley]]:

** His role in ''Film/Cherrybomb2009''.

!!This actor provides examples of:
* CoveredInGunge: He and Creator/EmmaWatson had this happen to them live on American TV.
* IAmNotSpock: Along with almost everyone else to act in the ''Harry Potter'' series. Might not be so bad for him considering he and Ron are basically the same person by most accounts.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Much like his character, actually. In addition to being the face of the whole franchise, Creator/DanielRadcliffe caused a stir by [[Theatre/{{Equus}} appearing naked on stage]]. Meanwhile, Creator/EmmaWatson has actually worked as a model and seems to be on the brink of a successful fashion career, to say nothing of her work for the United Nations. Poor Rupert can only compete by randomly buying an ice cream truck (and investing his ''Film/HarryPotter'' salary into massive amounts of British real estate). Interestingly, Creator/AlfonsoCuaron apparently once commented that, out of the three leads, he thought Grint had the greatest chance for post-''Potter'' success. Grint's reply: "[[SelfDeprecation I dunno, Alfonso was pretty crazy.]]" Though few of his post-''Potter'' movies have attracted the attention Radcliffe or Watson's have, he's hardly been starved for film roles. Aside from the previously mentioned ''Film/Cherrybomb2009'', he's also starred in ''Film/WildTarget'', ''Driving Lessons'' and ''Film/IntoTheWhite''. It's safe to say that his future still looks pretty bright. He's got a [[MrFanservice pretty big female fanbase]], too. [[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2020/11/rupert-grint-shatters-instagram-followers-record-637700 In late 2020, he also made the world record of reaching 1 million followers on Instagram in about four hours and one minute]].

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Much like his character, actually. In addition to being the face of the whole franchise, Creator/DanielRadcliffe caused a stir by [[Theatre/{{Equus}} appearing naked on stage]]. Meanwhile, Creator/EmmaWatson has actually worked as a model and seems to be on the brink of a successful fashion career, to say nothing of her work for the United Nations. Poor Rupert can only compete by randomly buying an ice cream truck (and investing his ''Film/HarryPotter'' salary into massive amounts of British real estate). Interestingly, Creator/AlfonsoCuaron apparently once commented that, out of the three leads, he thought Grint had the greatest chance for post-''Potter'' success. Grint's reply: "[[SelfDeprecation I dunno, Alfonso was pretty crazy.]]" Though few of his post-''Potter'' movies have attracted the attention Radcliffe or Watson's have, he's hardly been starved for film roles. Aside from the previously mentioned ''Film/Cherrybomb2009'', he's also starred in ''Film/WildTarget'', ''Driving Lessons'' and ''Film/IntoTheWhite''. It's safe to say that his future still looks pretty bright. He's got a [[MrFanservice pretty big female fanbase]], too.

His post-Potter career, like his two Potter co-stars, has found him trying several more diverse roles to avoid typecasting. He is starring in the Norwegian anti-war film ''Film/IntoTheWhite'', and has recently signed on to his first American film role in ''The Drummer'', alongside Creator/AaronEckhart and Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz. He has also starred as Jonny, the loser manager of a hippie rock band in ''Film/{{Moonwalkers}}''. He currently appears on the horror series ''Series/{{Servant}}'' and can next be seen in the anthology series ''Series/GuillermoDelTorosCabinetOfCuriosities'' and in the film ''Film/KnockAtTheCabin''.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Much like his character, actually. In addition to being the face of the whole franchise, Creator/DanielRadcliffe caused a stir by [[Theatre/{{Equus}} appearing naked on stage]]. Meanwhile, Creator/EmmaWatson has actually worked as a model and seems to be on the brink of a successful fashion career, to say nothing of her work for the United Nations. Poor Rupert can only compete by randomly buying an ice cream truck (and investing his ''Film/HarryPotter'' salary into massive amounts of British real estate). Interestingly, Creator/AlfonsoCuaron apparently once commented that, out of the three leads, he thought Grint had the greatest chance for post-''Potter'' success. Grint's reply: "[[SelfDeprecation I dunno, Alfonso was pretty crazy.]]" Though few of his post-''Potter'' movies have attracted the attention Radcliffe or Watson's have, he's hardly been starved for film roles. Aside from the previously mentioned ''Film/Cherrybomb2009'', he's also starred in ''Film/WildTarget'', ''Film/DrivingLessons'' and ''Film/IntoTheWhite''. It's safe to say that his future still looks pretty bright. He's got a [[MrFanservice pretty big female fanbase]], too.