All About Harry Potter Star Rupert Grint
You might not know his name, but unless you have been living under a rock for the past nine years you would certainly know his face. Rupert Grint is mainly known for his acting as Harry Potter's Ron Weasley. Since 2001 he has been seen all over the world in the ultra successful Potter movies.
Rupert Grint was brought into the world on August 24, 1988 in Harlowe a town in the south of England. He is the eldest of five children with one brother and three other sisters making up his family. Before he was handed the role of Ron, he had only been in school performances and skits. However, since he was a huge fan of the Harry Potter books, he was eager to audition for the part.
Grint had learned about the Harry Potter try outs from the BBC online website and had his heart set on being cast as Ron. His auditioning tape consisted of him mimicking his teacher and rapping. After sending in the tape he had six more auditions where he underwent a screen test. After such a long process he was eventually given the part of Ron.
Immediately Harry Potter fans around the world took to Rupert's performance in the movies. He also got great reviews from movie critics for his portrayal of Ron. Following this he won several awards for his performances, including the Independent Press Academy's Golden Satellite-Special Achievement Award for "Outstanding New Talent".
Besides appearing in the Harry Potter movies, Rupert has also done other work keen not to rest on his laurels. In 2002 he played a whacky scientist in a film titled Thunderpants. In 2006 he worked with Julie Walters on the coming of age comedy Driving Lessons. He has also done radio work for the BBC.
Coming up there are several projects to be released or in various stages of completion and negotiation. 2010 will see the penultimate Harry Potter film released: HP and the Deathly Hallows Part One. In 2011 the final Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two. There are also two other movies waiting release - Cherrybomb and Wild Target.
Rupert Grint is beginning to make the move from children's movies to adult cinema and appears to have a bright future ahead of him. Rupert has received outstanding reviews throughout his career and has already been involved in one of the world's most successful movie franchises. In the last Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, reviewers lauded his performance as the stand out of the movie.
Rupert Grint also has an alternative career awaiting him if the acting gig doesn't work out for him as he has bought an ice cream truck. It was always his childhood dream to be an ice cream seller. It appears very remote that he will have to fall back on this though as there are several projects waiting for him to make the transition from the Harry Potter film franchise to more adult roles. Check out http://rupertgrintfansite.us/ (http://rupertgrintfansite.us/) for more info on Rupert.