Rupert Grint
{{Short description|English actor (born 1988)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Rupert Grint
| image = RupertGrint2018.jpg
| caption = Grint in 2018
| birth_name = Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1988|8|24}}
| birth_place = Harlow, Essex, England{{cite web|title=Rupert Grint biography|url=http://www.biography.com/people/rupert-grint-6428|publisher=biography.com|access-date=26 October 2013|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225133322/https://www.biography.com/people/rupert-grint-6428|url-status=live}}
| education = Richard Hale School
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1999–present
| partner = Georgia Groome (2011–present)
| children = 2
| signature = Rupert_Grint_signature.svg
}}
Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint{{cite web |title=Ron Weasley (Note: Click appropriate actor's image, click "Actor Bio") |publisher=Warner Bros. |url=http://harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk/gobletoffire/master/index.html |access-date=8 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060410152155/http://harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk/gobletoffire/master/index.html |archive-date=10 April 2006 |url-status=dead }} ({{IPAc-en|ɡ|ɹ|ɪ|n|t|audio=En-us-Grint.oga}}; born 24 August 1988) is an English actor. He rose to fame for his role as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film series, for which he was cast at age eleven, having previously acted only in school plays and his local theatre group. Grint portrayed Weasley in all eight films in the series, beginning with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and concluding with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011). Since then, he has continued to work in film, television, and theatre.
Beginning in 2002, Grint began to work outside of the Harry Potter franchise, with a co-leading role in Thunderpants. He starred in the dramedy Driving Lessons (2006) and the drama Cherrybomb (2009) and co-starred in the comedy Wild Target (2010). After the Harry Potter series concluded, he appeared in the films Into the White (2012), Charlie Countryman (2013), CBGB (2013), Moonwalkers (2015), and Knock at the Cabin (2023). Grint made his stage debut in 2013 in Mojo at the Harold Pinter Theatre. He executive-produced and starred in the television series Snatch, based on the film of the same name. He has also starred in the black comedy series Sick Note, the mystery thriller miniseries The ABC Murders, and the psychological horror series Servant.
Early life
Grint was born on 24 August 1988 in Harlow, Essex, to Nigel Grint, a dealer in racing memorabilia, and Joanne Grint (née Parsons). He is the eldest of five siblings.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/02/AR2006110200428.html |first=Michael |last=O'Sullivan |title=Rupert Grint: In the Driver's Seat Now |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=6 November 2006 |access-date=8 June 2011 |archive-date=21 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021221447/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/02/AR2006110200428.html |url-status=live }} He has said that his earliest goal in life was to become an ice cream man. He grew up in Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire,{{cite web |url=https://www.hertfordshirelife.co.uk/out-about/places/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-watton-at-stone-1-4422452 |title=Things You Might Not Know About Watton-st-Stone |author= |website=www.hertfordshirelife.co.uk/ |date=17 February 2016 |access-date=2 May 2020 |archive-date=31 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031173516/https://www.hertfordshirelife.co.uk/out-about/places/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-watton-at-stone-1-4422452 |url-status=dead }} and was educated at Richard Hale School, in Hertford.{{cite news |title=Harry Potter star's 'disgust' at schoolfriend's sex charge |url=https://metro.co.uk/2007/09/04/harry-potter-stars-disgust-at-schoolfriends-sex-charge-88680/ |work=Metro.co.uk |date=4 September 2007 |access-date=18 October 2021 |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023906/https://metro.co.uk/2007/09/04/harry-potter-stars-disgust-at-schoolfriends-sex-charge-88680/ |url-status=live }} Grint was raised a Catholic and said he "feared God" as a child.{{Cite news |last=McGrath |first=Nick |date=2018-12-01 |title=Rupert Grint: 'The line between Ron Weasley and me got thinner with each film' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/dec/01/rupert-grint-harry-potter-the-line-between-ron-weasley-and-me-was-thinner-with-each-film |access-date=2024-02-14 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
While in school, he took an avid interest in theatre. 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 a nativity play. He continued participating in school plays as he moved into secondary school. Nonetheless, he had never acted professionally prior to the Harry Potter series. He left school at sixteen to focus on his acting career, saying he "didn't really like school that much".{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3666174/How-Harry-Potter-and-friends-grew-up.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3666174/How-Harry-Potter-and-friends-grew-up.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=How Harry Potter and friends grew up |first=John |last=Hiscock |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=29 June 2007 |access-date=6 June 2011 |location=London}}{{cbignore}}
Career
=1999–2011: ''Harry Potter'' and worldwide recognition=
Starting in 1999, casting began for the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the best-selling novel by J. K. Rowling. Rowling insisted the cast be British and assisted Susie Figgis and director Chris Columbus in casting the roles.{{cite news |url=http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/034/034099p1.html |title=Chris Columbus Talks Potter |access-date=6 June 2011 |first=Brian |last=Linder |date=30 March 2000 |work=IGN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206110502/http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/034/034099p1.html |archive-date=6 December 2008 }} Grint, a fan of the book series, chose to audition for the role of Ron Weasley, one of Harry Potter's best friends at Hogwarts. 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, and the casting team asked for a meeting with him.{{cite news|last=Palmer|first=Martyn|title=When Danny Met Harry |work=The Times |location=UK |publisher=Times Newspapers |date=3 November 2001 |pages=28–30 (Times Magazine supplement)}} In August 2000, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Grint were selected to play Harry, Hermione Granger, and Ron.{{cite web|url=http://movies.warnerbros.com/pub/movie/releases/harrycast.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070404184713/http://movies.warnerbros.com/pub/movie/releases/harrycast.html|archive-date=4 April 2007 |publisher=Warner Bros. |title=Daniel Radcliff, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson Bring Harry, Ron and Hermione to Life for Warner Bros. Pictures Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |date=21 August 2000 |access-date=6 June 2011}} Grint is the oldest member of the trio.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rupert-grint-teenage-ice-cream-man/ |title=Rupert Grint: Teenage Ice Cream Man |date=17 July 2007 |access-date=6 June 2011 |work=CBS News |publisher=CBS Interactive Inc |archive-date=9 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009214112/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rupert-grint-teenage-ice-cream-man/ |url-status=live }} The release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 2001 was Grint's debut screen performance.{{Cite web |last=Tinoco |first=Armando |date=2023-02-01 |title=Rupert Grint Says Filming 'Harry Potter' Was "Suffocating" & Questioned Continuing To Act After Saga Ended |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/rupert-grint-filming-harry-potter-suffocating-questioned-continuing-acting-1235247106/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=17 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217101812/https://deadline.com/2023/02/rupert-grint-filming-harry-potter-suffocating-questioned-continuing-acting-1235247106/ |url-status=live }} Breaking records for opening-day sales and opening-weekend takings, it was the year's highest-grossing film.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2001&p=.htm |title=2001 Worldwide Grosses |work=Box Office Mojo |access-date=6 June 2011 |archive-date=10 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410133146/http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2001&p=.htm |url-status=live }} With a total of US$974 million in its theatrical run, it stands as the series' second most commercially successful entry. It was critically well-received, scoring mainly positive reviews. However, a number of critics found the adaption's faithfulness to the book both its best and worst quality. Grint won a Satellite Award in the category of Outstanding New Talent, and a Young Artist Award for Most Promising Young Newcomer.
A year later, Grint again starred as Ron in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). It opened to positive reviews and critics generally enjoyed the lead actors' performances. Both Los Angeles Times and New York Magazine observed that Grint and his peers had matured between films,{{cite news|title=Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-turan15nov15,0,1767241.story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228225730/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-turan15nov15%2C0%2C1767241.story |archive-date=28 December 2005 |access-date=22 September 2007 |date=15 November 2002 |first=Kenneth |last=Turan |work=Los Angeles Times |url-status=dead }} with the latter pointing out that Grint had become "more proficient" and said they missed "the amateurish ardour" the actor and Watson carried in Philosopher's Stone.{{cite web |url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/n_7986/ |title=Chamber Made |first=Peter |last=Rainer |work=New York |date=16 January 2003 |access-date=6 June 2011 |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023909/https://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/n_7986/ |url-status=live }} Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) was released on 31 May in the UK. The film sees all three of its lead characters hover on the brink of adolescence, "and while they look braver and more capable than before, the dangers they face seem far more grave and their vulnerability more intense."{{cite news|title=Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Film review |work=The New York Times |author=A. O. Scott |date=3 June 2004 |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=4&res=980DE2D81431F930A35755C0A9629C8B63&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin |access-date=23 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080525113330/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review_r%3D4%26res%3D980DE2D81431F930A35755C0A9629C8B63%26oref%3Dslogin%26oref%3Dslogin%26oref%3Dslogin%26oref%3Dslogin |archive-date=25 May 2008 |url-status=dead }} Alfonso Cuarón took over direction for Prisoner of Azkaban, which remains the lowest-grossing Harry Potter film with US$795 million in revenue.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12621-2004Jun3.html |title=Cuaron's Magic Touch |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=4 June 2004 |first=Nicole |last=Arthur |access-date=6 June 2011 |archive-date=11 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111201757/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12621-2004Jun3.html |url-status=live }} Nonetheless, it was the second highest-grossing movie of 2004, behind Shrek 2.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2004&p=.htm |title=2004 WORLDWIDE GROSSES |work=Box Office Mojo |access-date=6 June 2011 |archive-date=1 December 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051201144152/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2004&p=.htm |url-status=live }}
File:Rupert Grint.jpg premiere of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in 2007]]
In 2005, Grint reprised his role for the fourth film in the series{{spaced ndash}} Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The adaptation, unlike previous films, explored romantic elements and included more humour. In a 2005 interview with IGN, all three lead actors singled out humour as a reason for the film's success.{{cite web |title=Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/667/667146p2.html |date=15 November 2005 |access-date=6 June 2011 |work=IGN |archive-date=14 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214110902/http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/11/17/interview-daniel-radcliffe-emma-watson-and-rupert-grint?page=2 |url-status=live }} It was directed by Mike Newell, whom Grint characterised as "really loud and not afraid to swear at you, but he was really cool". Goblet of Fire is one of the series' best-reviewed instalments, and is noted for its characters' maturity and sophistication, darker and more complex plotline, and the quality of the screenplay and lead actors' performances.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_potter_and_the_goblet_of_fire/ |title=Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) |work=Rotten Tomatoes |date=18 November 2005 |publisher=Flixster |access-date=6 June 2011 |archive-date=15 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215215814/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_potter_and_the_goblet_of_fire/ |url-status=live }}
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth film in the Harry Potter franchise, was released to cinemas in 2007. A huge financial success, it set a record worldwide opening-weekend gross of US$394 million, superseding Spider-Man 3.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/worldwideopenings.htm |title=All Time worldwide opening records |work=Box Office Mojo |access-date=25 September 2007 |archive-date=23 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623165250/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/worldwideopenings.htm |url-status=live }} It was directed by a new filmmaker, David Yates,{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/pr/?id=1657&p=.htm |title=David Yates to Direct 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' |work=Box Office Mojo |date=19 January 2005 |access-date=6 June 2011}} who directed all of the subsequent Potter films. Grint said the laid-back director was "really good" and helped keep the material fresh.{{cite web |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/798/798993p1.html |title=Interview with Rupert Grint |work=IGN |date=26 June 2007 |access-date=6 June 2011 |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023911/https://www.ign.com/movies |url-status=live }} Grint and his Harry Potter co-stars left imprints of their hands, feet and wands in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.{{cite web |title=Hollywood Blvd Celebrates Potter's 'Wands of Fame' |publisher=CBS |work=KCBS-TV |date=9 July 2007|url=http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_190124828.html |access-date=10 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927183346/http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_190124828.html |archive-date = 27 September 2007}}
On 15 July 2009, the series' sixth instalment, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, was released and again set box office records.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1616302/harry-potter-breaks-midnight-records.jhtml |title='Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' Breaks Midnight Records |work=MTV |date=15 July 2009 |first=Adam |last=Rosenberg |access-date=28 May 2011 |archive-date=15 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715080636/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1616302/harry-potter-breaks-midnight-records.jhtml |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2604&p=.htm |work=Box Office Mojo |first=Brandon |last=Grey |title=Sixth 'Harry Potter' Posts Franchise-Best Opening Day |date=16 July 2009 |access-date=28 May 2011 |archive-date=15 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515095757/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2604&p=.htm |url-status=live }} In its theatrical run, it earned US$933 million ticket sales. It is also one of the most positively reviewed Harry Potter films, with critics praising its "emotionally satisfying" story, direction, cinematography, visual design and music.{{cite news |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_potter_and_the_half_blood_prince/news/1831803/tomatometer_watch_how_good_is_harry_potter_and_the_half-blood_prince/ |title=How Good is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince? |first=Jen |last=Yamato |work=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Flixster |access-date=2 June 2011 |archive-date=1 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501122150/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_potter_and_the_half_blood_prince/news/1831803/tomatometer_watch_how_good_is_harry_potter_and_the_half-blood_prince/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince |title=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |work=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive Inc |access-date=2 June 2011 |archive-date=5 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005221130/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince |url-status=live }} Grint observed a change in Ron in this entry, pointing out that his once insecure, often overshadowed character started to become more secure and even began to show a dark side. He found it fun to personify a more emotional Ron. Between 2009 and 2010, Grint's work received three award nominations, including one win—an Otto Award from the German magazine Bravo.
File:Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson & Rupert Grint colour.jpg (left) and Emma Watson (middle) at the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in 2011]]
Despite the previous films' successes, the franchise's future was put into question when the three lead actors had reservations about signing on for the final two films.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1553722/20070302/story.jhtml |title=Harry Potter Will Be Played by Daniel Radcliffe in Final Two Flicks |date=2 March 2007 |work=MTV |access-date=28 May 2011 |archive-date=10 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510132047/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1553722/20070302/story.jhtml |url-status=dead }} However, by March 2007, Grint agreed to return for the last installments.{{Cite news |title=Gang's all here |work=The New York Times |date=24 March 2007 |first=Peter |last=Edidin}} For financial and scripting reasons, the final book was divided into two films, shot back-to-back,{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22200 |title=Potter Producer Talks Deathly Hallows |access-date=6 June 2011 |date=14 March 2008 |first=Olly |last=Richards |publisher=Bauer Consumer Media |work=Empire |archive-date=10 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710192807/http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22200 |url-status=live }} with filming concluding in June 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1641985/daniel-radcliffe-recalls-weeping-during-final-harry-potter-shoot.jhtml |first=Eric |last=Ditzian |title=Daniel Radcliffe Recalls 'Weeping' During Final 'Harry Potter' Shoot |work=MTV |date=21 June 2010 |access-date=6 June 2011 |archive-date=29 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529170321/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1641985/daniel-radcliffe-recalls-weeping-during-final-harry-potter-shoot.jhtml |url-status=dead }} After completing the final film, Grint said: "I mean it literally has been my childhood, and suddenly it all came down to really just one random scene, with us jumping through a fireplace, and then it was over. ...it's very odd. Because suddenly it was all over, just like that. It was really emotional for all of us, realising that we're never going to be doing this again."{{cite web |last=Whitty |first=Stephen |date=19 November 2010 |title=Rupert Grint interview: 'Potter' star chats about famed role in blockbuster series |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/movies/index.ssf/2010/11/harry_potter_and_the_deathly_hollows_part_1_rupert_grint_interview.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511145146/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/movies/index.ssf/2010/11/harry_potter_and_the_deathly_hollows_part_1_rupert_grint_interview.html |archive-date=11 May 2012 |access-date=6 June 2011 |publisher=New Jersey On-Line}}
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) was released in November and grossed over US$950 million.{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/people/RGRIN.php |title=Rupert Grint |work=The-Numbers.com |publisher=Nash Information Services, LLC |access-date=6 June 2011 |archive-date=25 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825140404/http://www.the-numbers.com/people/RGRIN.php |url-status=live }} It set several box office records{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2992&p=.htm |first=Ray |last=Subers |title=Around-the-World Roundup: 'Deathly Hallows' Scores Top Non-Summer Opening Ever |work=Box Office Mojo |date=21 November 2010 |access-date=28 May 2011 |archive-date=15 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515041724/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2992&p=.htm |url-status=live }} and received mostly favourable reviews.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/rupert_grint/ |title=Rupert Grint |work=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Flixster |access-date=28 May 2011 |archive-date=26 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126121857/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/rupert_grint |url-status=live }} Grint's portrayal of Ron again earned him critical praise. Reviewing the adaption for Slate, Dana Stevens called all three of the leads "terrific".{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2275444/ |title=Harry Casts a Spell |first=Dana |last=Stevens |work=Slate |date=18 November 2010 |access-date=6 June 2011 |archive-date=14 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714025600/http://www.slate.com/id/2275444/ |url-status=live }} Although he disliked the film, Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal wrote that "Grint has grown up to be a skilful actor who knows the value of a slow burn".{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704104104575622452675925176?mod=WSJ_ArtsEnt_LifestyleArtEnt_2 |title='Harry Potter' and the Endless Ending |first=Joe |last=Morgenstern |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=18 November 2010 |access-date=6 June 2011 |archive-date=24 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124111215/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704104104575622452675925176?mod=WSJ_ArtsEnt_LifestyleArtEnt_2 |url-status=live }} Grint's performance brought him nominations from the MTV Movie Awards and National Movie Awards for Best Fight and Performance of the Year in 2011. He reprised his role for the seventh time in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, the final Harry Potter instalment. It resumed from where the previous film left off, and included a lot of action, whereas Part 1 had focused more on character development.{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/daniel-radcliffe-differences-deathly-hallow-48562 |first=Kimberly |last=Nordyke |title=Daniel Radcliffe on the Differences Between 'Deathly Hallow' Parts 1 and 2 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=26 November 2010 |access-date=6 June 2011 |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023910/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/daniel-radcliffe-differences-deathly-hallow-48562/ |url-status=live }} Grint, along with the film, was critically acclaimed: Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post wrote, "Who could have predicted that Radcliffe, Grint and Watson would turn out to be good actors?".{{cite news|last=Hornaday|first=Ann|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2,1158848/critic-review.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713230633/http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2,1158848/critic-review.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2011|title=Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=13 July 2011|access-date=4 September 2011}} The film broke several box office records, including biggest midnight release,{{cite web|last=Gray|first=Brandon|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3210&p=.htm|title='Harry Potter' Conjures Opening Day Record|website=Box Office Mojo|date=16 July 2011|access-date=4 September 2011|archive-date=8 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908120805/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3210&p=.htm|url-status=live}} biggest first-day opening, and biggest opening-weekend.{{cite web|last=Gray|first=Brandon|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3211&p=.htm|title=Weekend Report: 'Harry' Makes History|website=Box Office Mojo|date=18 July 2011|access-date=4 September 2011|archive-date=19 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719091100/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3211&p=.htm|url-status=live}} Deathly Hallows – Part 2 became the fourth highest-grossing film of all time.
Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling gave a speech at the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 on 7 July 2011 in London. She said that there were seven Harry Potter film series cast members whom she called "The Big Seven"; Grint was one of them, with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch and Bonnie Wright.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QnyKZe6VBA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/7QnyKZe6VBA| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=J.K. Rowling's Emotional Speech at the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 London Premiere|last=tzekoulis|date=7 July 2011|access-date=2 October 2016|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
=2002–2011: Concurrent film work during ''Harry Potter''=
In 2002, Grint starred in his first non-Harry Potter film, Thunderpants, which revolves around Patrick (played by Bruce Cook) whose remarkable capacity for flatulence scores him a job as an astronaut. In this film, Grint played the co-lead role of Alan, an anosmic boy who is Patrick's only friend. It was generally ignored by critics and audiences. Most critics who did take notice of it did not respond well to it, with one writing: "This film should be shown in prisons so that inmates have a good reason to never return."{{cite news |title=Review: Thunderpants |first=Ian |last=Waldron-Mantgani |publisher=UK Critic |date=28 May 2002}} Grint also appeared in Driving Lessons, a comedy drama released in 2006, starring opposite Julie Walters. It met with a mixed reception by critics, but his portrayal of an oppressed teenage boy was generally praised. Alt Film Guide's Andre Soares wrote: "Grint, on the other hand, is a revelation . . . [He] displays an innate naturalness mixed with personal charisma that turn a potentially pathetic Christian freak into a humorous, thoroughly likable – if more than a little awkward – young man".{{cite web |url=http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/driving-lessons-jeremy-brock/ |title=DRIVING LESSONS – Rupert Grint, Julie Walters |publisher=Alt Film Guide |date=28 September 2006 |access-date=8 June 2011 |archive-date=11 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211235958/http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/driving-lessons-jeremy-brock/ |url-status=live }}
In July 2008, it was announced that Grint would star in the drama film Cherrybomb with Robert Sheehan and Kimberley Nixon. Grint found shooting this film very different from the Harry Potter films, as he had to adjust to doing a dozen scenes per day. Grint's character—Malachy, a worker at Belfast—goes to great lengths to impress his boss's daughter, with whom he is infatuated. This film, like his next project, involved him playing violent roles.{{cite web |url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/09/29/rupert-grint-gets-bloody-for-cherrybomb-check-out-exclusive-photos/ |title=Rupert Grint Gets Bloody for 'Cherrybomb' – Check Out Exclusive Photos! |first=Jennifer |last=Vineyard |work=MTV |date=29 September 2008 |access-date=8 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312113057/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/09/29/rupert-grint-gets-bloody-for-cherrybomb-check-out-exclusive-photos |archive-date=12 March 2010 }} Despite premiering at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival, the film was initially unable to find a distributor. An online campaign by Grint's fans was credited with helping to secure a distribution deal in the UK in 2010.{{cite news |title=Fans secure film deal for Grint |work=BBC News |date=5 October 2009 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8291429.stm |access-date=8 June 2011 |archive-date=8 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008035345/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8291429.stm |url-status=live }}
Jonathan Lynn directed Grint in Wild Target, a 2010 comedy thriller, where he starred with Emily Blunt and Bill Nighy. A remake of the 1993 French film Cible Emouvante, it was made on a relatively small budget of US$8 million.{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/cinemanx-boards-trio-1117986003/ |title=CinemaNX boards trio |work=Variety |date=18 May 2008 |first=Adam |last=Dawtrey |access-date=7 June 2011 |archive-date=21 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221160748/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117986003.html?categoryId=19&cs=1 |url-status=live }} It was a commercial failure, earning only US$3.4 million,{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=wildtarget.htm |title=Wild Target |work=Box Office Mojo |access-date=7 June 2011 |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023917/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3212543489/ |url-status=live }} and garnered mostly negative reviews in the media, which criticised it for dishonouring the original film and wasting the comedic potential of its cast.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wild_target/ |title=Wild Target (2009) |work=Rotten Tomatoes |date=29 October 2010 |publisher=Flixster |access-date=7 June 2011 |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023918/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wild_target |url-status=live }} However, Grint also attracted some positive notice: "It's nice to see Rupert Grint perform well in a role other than that of Ron Weasley, and it's clear that he's got a career ahead of him."{{cite web |url=http://bestforfilm.com/film-reviews/comedy/wild-target/ |title=Wild Target review – Best For Film – Film reviews and movie news |publisher=Bestforfilm.com |date=24 June 2010 |access-date=9 October 2011 |archive-date=30 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130004207/http://bestforfilm.com/film-reviews/comedy/wild-target/ |url-status=live }}
In January 2011, Grint made a cameo appearance on the BBC popular comedy show Come Fly with Me, starring comedy duo Matt Lucas and David Walliams (Little Britain).{{cite web |url=http://teenstarsworld.com/2010/12/21/rupert-grint-cameo-appearance-fly/ |title=Rupert Grint Cameo Appearance In "Come fly with me" |work=Teen Stars World |publisher=Flixster |access-date=15 January 2011 |archive-date=17 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717092902/http://teenstarsworld.com/2010/12/21/rupert-grint-cameo-appearance-fly/ |url-status=live }} In March 2011, he was cast as the lead character in the small-budget anti-war Norwegian film Into the White, directed by Petter Næss.{{cite web |url=http://www.harrypotterfans.com/2011/03/rupert-grint-to-star-in-comrade/ |title=Rupert Grint to star in Comrade |publisher=Harry Potter Fans |date=24 March 2011 |access-date=9 November 2011 |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023921/http://www.harrypotterfans.com/2011/03/rupert-grint-to-star-in-comrade/ |url-status=live }} Principal photography started in April, and the film, which was shot on location, was released in 2012. It is based on a real incident that took place on 27 April 1940, when German Luftwaffe pilot Horst Schopis's bomber was shot down at Grotli by a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Blackburn Skua, which then crash-landed. The several German and British crew members found shelter by chance during a harsh winter there.{{cite web |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/rupert-grint-starts-shooting-norwegian-wwii-epic-comrade/5025865.article |first=Rossing |last=Jensen |title=Rupert Grint starts shooting Norwegian WWII epic Comrade |work=Screen Daily |date=6 April 2011 |access-date=7 June 2011 |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023925/https://www.screendaily.com/production/rupert-grint-starts-shooting-norwegian-wwii-epic-comrade/5025865.article |url-status=live }}
In August 2011, Grint did a photo shoot with his friend and Harry Potter co-star Tom Felton in Los Angeles for the autumn/winter collection of the fashion label Band of Outsiders.{{Cite web|url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/fashion/530725/harry-potter-stars-give-modelling-a-whirl.html#index=1|title=Harry Potter stars give modelling a whirl|website=Marie Claire|date=September 2011|access-date=18 March 2016|archive-date=12 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812064825/http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/fashion/530725/harry-potter-stars-give-modelling-a-whirl.html#index=1|url-status=dead}} In September 2011, it was announced that Grint would voice a character in the film adaptation of Postman Pat along with David Tennant, Stephen Mangan and Jim Broadbent; it was released in May 2014.{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rupert-grint-joins-voice-cast-236308 |title=Rupert Grint Joins Voice Cast for Big-Screen Version of British Kids' TV Show 'Postman Pat' |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=16 September 2011 |access-date=9 October 2011 |first=Stuart |last=Kemp |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023922/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rupert-grint-joins-voice-cast-236308/ |url-status=live }} Grint also appears in the music video for Ed Sheeran's song "Lego House", released on 20 October 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.theroundtableonline.com/2011/10/music-video-ed-sheeran-lego-house-starring-rupert-grint/ |title=Music Video: Ed Sheeran "Lego House" Starring Rupert Grint |work=The Round Table Online |publisher=Associated Newspapers Ltd |date=21 October 2011 |access-date=21 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124161351/http://www.theroundtableonline.com/2011/10/music-video-ed-sheeran-lego-house-starring-rupert-grint/ |archive-date=24 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}
=2012–present: Further work, theatre, and television=
In March 2012, the "Visit Britain" TV ad was released, featuring Grint alongside Julie Walters, Michelle Dockery and Stephen Fry, promoting holidaying at home in the UK. Later that month, Variety reported that Grint had been cast alongside Chloë Grace Moretz in The Drummer, a biopic film about drummer Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys. That day, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed it and announced that filming would begin 15 June 2012 in California and Savannah, Georgia.{{cite news | url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/moretz-grint-join-drummer-cast-1118051474/ | work=Variety | first=Andrew | last=Stewart | title=Moretz, Grint join 'Drummer' cast | date=14 March 2012 | access-date=20 February 2020 | archive-date=21 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023922/https://variety.com/2012/film/news/moretz-grint-join-drummer-cast-1118051474/ | url-status=live }}{{cite news|title=chloe moretz rupert grint join beach boy biopic|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chloe-moretz-rupert-grint-join-beach-boy-biopic-300173|access-date=5 February 2016|archive-date=21 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023922/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/chloe-moretz-rupert-grint-join-beach-boy-biopic-300173/|url-status=live}}
File:Rupert Grint on March 31, 2012.jpg
On 25 July 2012, Grint carried the 2012 London Olympic torch during the Olympic Torch Relay, part of the London 2012 Summer Olympics. He told the BBC News that it was an "overwhelming" experience that he "hoped to remember forever",[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18981568 Harry Potter star Rupert Grint carries Olympic Flame] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023926/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-18981568 |date=21 January 2023 }}. BBC. Retrieved on 25 July 2012 and told The Daily Telegraph, "It was amazing, it was really overwhelming. It's just such an honour to be a part of this. I'm really proud".[https://web.archive.org/web/20120726053023/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympicsvideo/9427062/London-2012-Olympics-Harry-Potter-star-Rupert-Grint-carries-torch.html "London 2012 Olympics: Harry Potter star Rupert Grint carries torch"]. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on 26 July 2012 In October 2012, he narrated We Are Aliens, a 25-minute 3D Planetarium Fulldome film about the possibility of other intelligent life in the universe.{{cite web|url=http://wearealiens.com/2012/10/meet-our-narrator/|title=Meet our Narrator|date=10 December 2012|access-date=1 May 2013|archive-date=1 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201020057/http://wearealiens.com/2012/10/meet-our-narrator/|url-status=dead}}
On 13 February 2013, The Hollywood Reporter's Live Feed announced that Grint would star in a television pilot for CBS called Super Clyde.{{cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|title='Harry Potter's' Rupert Grint to Star in CBS' Greg Garcia Comedy 'Super Clyde'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/harry-potter-rupert-grint-super-clyde-greg-garcia-cbs-421404|access-date=1 May 2013|newspaper=Hollywood Reporter|date=13 February 2013|archive-date=21 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023922/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/harry-potter-rupert-grint-super-clyde-greg-garcia-cbs-421404/|url-status=live}} It did not become a series. In July 2013, it was confirmed that Grint would make his stage debut in the second run of Jez Butterworth's black comedy Mojo, with Grint playing Sweets, a hood who "pops amphetamines like Smarties" and "does a sort of double act, full of comic menace". The play, which also starred Brendan Coyle, Ben Whishaw and Daniel Mays, was based on real-life events, and ran from 26 October 2013 to 8 February 2014 at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London.[http://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/rupert-grint-confirmed-for-west-end-london-debut-in-mojo-october-26-a-94029/ "Rupert Grint Confirmed For West End London Debut In Mojo October 26"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125092542/https://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/rupert-grint-confirmed-for-west-end-london-debut-in-mojo-october-26-a-94029/ |date=25 November 2022 }}, SnitchSeeker.com, Retrieved on 25 July 2013 Grint won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best London Newcomer for his role.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/10656543/Daniel-Radcliffe-and-Rupert-Grint-win-at-WhatsOnStage-Awards.html Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint win at WhatsOnStage Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927143958/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/10656543/Daniel-Radcliffe-and-Rupert-Grint-win-at-WhatsOnStage-Awards.html |date=27 September 2022 }}, telegraph.co.uk, Retrieved on 26 February 2014
File:It's Only a Play Gerald Schoenfeld at the Theatre New York, New York December 21, 2014 Matinee 02.jpg at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in 2014]]
In September 2013, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Grint would star in an adaptation of Macbeth called Enemy of Man, also featuring Sean Bean, Charles Dance, Jason Flemyng, James D'Arcy, Neil Maskell and Joe Gilgun, and directed by Vincent Regan.{{cite web|url=http://www.hypable.com/rupert-grint-sean-bean-macbet-enemy-of-man/|title=Rupert Grint, Sean Bean join 'Macbeth' adaptation 'Enemy of Man'|date=6 September 2013|work=hypable.com|access-date=2 October 2016|archive-date=21 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023928/https://www.hypable.com/rupert-grint-sean-bean-macbet-enemy-of-man/|url-status=live}} Filming began in January 2014 in the United Kingdom.[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toronto-rupert-grint-lined-up-622335 Toronto: Rupert Grint Lined Up for Macbeth Adaptation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124231505/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toronto-rupert-grint-lined-up-622335 |date=24 January 2021 }} The Hollywood Reporter.com, Retrieved on 6 September 2013[http://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/rupert-grint-in-hunger-tv-photo-shoot-preview-enemy-of-man-filming-in-january-2014-a-94833/ Rupert Grint in Hunger TV photo shoot preview, Enemy of Man filming in January 2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125090937/http://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/rupert-grint-in-hunger-tv-photo-shoot-preview-enemy-of-man-filming-in-january-2014-a-94833/ |date=25 November 2022 }} Snitchseeker.com, Retrieved on 6 September 2013 In June 2014, it was announced that Grint would make his Broadway debut as Frank Finger in the play It's Only a Play at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, appearing with Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Stockard Channing, and Megan Mullally. It ran from 28 August 2014 to 4 January 2015.{{Cite web |last=Quinn |first=Dave |date=22 June 2014 |title="Harry Potter" Star Rupert Grint Joins "It's Only a Play" |url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/the-scene/Harry-Potter-Star-Rupert-Grint-Joins-Its-Only-A-Play--264155021.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122215734/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/the-scene/Harry-Potter-Star-Rupert-Grint-Joins-Its-Only-A-Play--264155021.html |archive-date=22 November 2018 |access-date=22 June 2014 |website=NBC New York |publisher=NBC News}}{{cite magazine |title=Rupert Grint to Make Broadway Debut |date=17 June 2014 |first=David |last=Rooney |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rupert-grint-make-broadway-debut-712503 |access-date=27 June 2014 }}
Since 2019, Grint has starred as Julian Pearce in the Apple TV+ psychological horror series Servant. The series has been critically praised.{{cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |title='Servant' Renewed for Season 2 at Apple Ahead of Series Premiere |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/servant-renewed-season-2-apple-1203413812/ |website=Variety |date=22 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123045110/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/servant-renewed-season-2-apple-1203413812/ |archive-date=23 November 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/m-night-shyamalan-servant-second-season-1234601656/|title=M. Night Shyamalan's 'Servant' Unveils Second Season Trailer, Sets AppleTV+ Date|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Bruce|last=Haring|date=22 October 2020|access-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022143018/https://deadline.com/2020/10/m-night-shyamalan-servant-second-season-trailer-1234601656/|archive-date=22 October 2020|url-status=live}} In December 2021, the show was renewed for its fourth and final season.{{Cite web|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=2021-12-14|title='Servant' Renewed for Fourth and Final Season at Apple TV+|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/apple-tv-renews-servant-season-4-1235062033/|access-date=2022-02-13|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US|archive-date=14 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214193712/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/apple-tv-renews-servant-season-4-1235062033/|url-status=live}}
Grint starred in the 2022 Netflix anthology series Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities and in M. Night Shyamalan's 2023 thriller film Knock at the Cabin.{{cite news|last=Kroll|first=Justin|url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/rupert-grint-netflix-guillermo-del-toros-cabinet-of-curiosities-1234882400/|title=Rupert Grint Joins Ensemble Of Guillermo Del Toro's Netflix Anthology Series|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=30 November 2021|access-date=30 November 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130233023/https://deadline.com/2021/11/rupert-grint-netflix-guillermo-del-toros-cabinet-of-curiosities-1234882400/|archive-date=30 November 2021}}{{cite news|last=Kroll|first=Justin|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/rupert-grint-nikki-amuka-bird-dave-bautista-m-night-shyamalans-knock-at-the-cabin-1234934224/|title=Rupert Grint And Nikki Amuka-Bird Join Dave Bautista In M. Night Shyamalan's 'Knock At The Cabin'|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=16 February 2022|access-date=16 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216233226/https://deadline.com/2022/02/rupert-grint-nikki-amuka-bird-dave-bautista-m-night-shyamalans-knock-at-the-cabin-1234934224/|archive-date=16 February 2022}} He also reunited with multiple cast members of the Harry Potter film series for an HBO Max special, Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, which premiered on 1 January 2022.{{cite news |title=Harry Potter cast return to Hogwarts to mark 20th anniversary of first film |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/nov/17/harry-potter-cast-return-to-hogwarts-to-mark-20th-anniversary-of-first-film |access-date=24 December 2021 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121024928/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/nov/17/harry-potter-cast-return-to-hogwarts-to-mark-20th-anniversary-of-first-film |url-status=live }}
Personal life
Grint has been in a relationship with actress Georgia Groome since 2011.{{cite news|last1=Pasquini|first1=Maria|last2=Leon|first2=Anya|url=https://people.com/parents/rupert-grint-welcomes-first-child-daughter-georgia-groome/|title=Rupert Grint Is a Dad! Actor Welcomes a Daughter with Longtime Love Georgia Groome|work=People|date=7 May 2020|access-date=7 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508030534/https://people.com/parents/rupert-grint-welcomes-first-child-daughter-georgia-groome/|archive-date=8 May 2020}} They have two daughters, Wednesday, born in May 2020{{cite news|last=Calvario|first=Liz|url=https://www.etonline.com/rupert-grint-shares-first-photo-of-daughter-and-reveals-her-name-156130|title=Rupert Grint Shares First Photo of Daughter and Reveals Her Name|work=Entertainment Tonight|date=10 November 2020|access-date=10 November 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110230904/https://www.etonline.com/rupert-grint-shares-first-photo-of-daughter-and-reveals-her-name-156130|archive-date=10 November 2020}} and Goldie, born in April 2025.{{cite news|url=https://people.com/rupert-grint-and-georgia-groome-welcome-baby-no-2-girl-11722957|title=Rupert Grint and Georgia Groome Welcome 'Secret' Baby No. 2, a Girl|work=People|date=27 April 2025|access-date=28 April 2025|url-status=live}} He joined Instagram in November 2020, posting a photo of himself holding his newborn daughter. He reached one million followers within four hours and one minute of creating his account, breaking the previous Guinness World Records title for the fastest time to reach one million followers on the platform.{{cite news |last=Punt |first=Dominic |date=13 November 2020 |title=Rupert Grint shatters Instagram followers record |publisher=Guinness World Records |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2020/11/rupert-grint-shatters-instagram-followers-record-637700 |url-status=live |access-date=13 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113113052/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2020/11/rupert-grint-shatters-instagram-followers-record-637700 |archive-date=13 November 2020}}
As Grint's earliest ambition was to be an ice cream man, he bought an ice cream van with the money he earned from the Harry Potter series and sold ice cream to local customers.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-15 |title=Rupert Grint, Who Earned $70 Million from Harry Potter, Quit Acting to Become an Ice Cream Salesman |url=https://fandomwire.com/rupert-grint-who-earned-70-million-from-harry-potter-quit-acting-to-become-an-ice-cream-salesman/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=fandomwire.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last1=Davies |first1=Rachael |last2=Abbott |first2=Christian |date=2022-08-25 |title=Rupert Grint bought an ice cream truck with Harry Potter fortune |url=https://www.essexlive.news/news/celebs-tv/rupert-grint-bought-kitted-out-7506346 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Essex Live |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-04-04 |title=What These Harry Potter Stars Do For Work Will Surprise You |url=https://www.elle.com.au/culture/news/harry-potter-cast-where-are-they-now-26248/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=ELLE |language=en-AU}}
He took part in the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay, carrying the flame through Hendon in northwest London to outside Middlesex University.{{cite news|url=http://news.yahoo.com/harry-potter-star-grint-carries-olympic-flame-162813845.html|title=Harry Potter star Grint carries Olympic flame|publisher=Yahoo! News|date=25 July 2012|access-date=28 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728033723/http://news.yahoo.com/harry-potter-star-grint-carries-olympic-flame-162813845.html|archive-date=28 July 2012}}
Grint is a keen football fan and an avid supporter of Tottenham Hotspur.{{Cite news |title=5 Famous Tottenham Hotspur fans |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/slideshow/football-5-famous-tottenham-hotspur-fans/5 |website=Sportskeeda |date=6 June 2014 |access-date=23 January 2021 |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121024930/https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/football-5-famous-tottenham-hotspur-fans |url-status=live }}
=Philanthropy=
Grint has supported various charitable organisations, including donating personal items{{cite web|url=http://www.ok.co.uk/posts/view/20032/Stars-donate-clothes-to-cancer-charity-auction |title=Stars donate clothes to cancer charity auction |work=OK! |date=25 March 2010 |access-date=5 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823075416/http://www.ok.co.uk/posts/view/20032/Stars-donate-clothes-to-cancer-charity-auction |archive-date=23 August 2012 }} to charity auctions. He participated in the Wacky Rally in 2010 with James and Oliver Phelps, which raised money for Britain's Royal National Lifeboat Institution.{{cite web|url=http://rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/rnli_people/celebrity-supporters/oliver-and-james-phelps |title=James and Oliver Phelps – Actors |publisher=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |access-date=5 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727011305/http://rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/rnli_people/celebrity-supporters/oliver-and-james-phelps |archive-date=27 July 2011 }} He was one of more than 40 people to produce designs for the Chrysalis Collection for Keech Hospice Care in Luton. His piece, a painted butterfly, was auctioned on eBay in March 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/news/815291-harry-potters-rupert-grint-turn-artist-for-charity#ixzz1OS1nYPCu |title=Harry Potter's Rupert Grint turn artist for charity |work=Metro |date=1 March 2010 |access-date=5 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302120644/http://metro.co.uk/2010/03/01/harry-potters-rupert-grint-turn-artist-for-charity-135398/ |archive-date= 2 March 2017}}{{Cite web | title = Keech Hospice Care | work = keech.org.uk | access-date = 13 July 2019 | url = https://www.keech.org.uk/contact-us| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330213309/https://www.keech.org.uk/contact-us |archive-date=30 March 2019}} In May 2011, with other celebrities, he took part in the "Make Mine Milk" ad campaign to promote daily milk drinking. His ads were seen on posters and the sides of thousands of buses across the United Kingdom.{{cite news |title=Rupert Grint joins celebrities backing milk campaign |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_9480000/newsid_9480100/9480155.stm |work=CBBC |publisher=BBC |date=9 May 2011 |access-date=7 May 2020 |archive-date=25 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125104743/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_9480000/newsid_9480100/9480155.stm |url-status=live }} Since 2011, he has supported the Little Star Award for Cancer Research UK. "I think that it's wonderful that Cancer Research UK is helping to bring a little bit of magic to the children's lives in this way," he said.{{Cite web |last=Dayani |first=Alison |date=21 November 2011 |title=Harry Potter star in search for courageous cancer children in Birmingham |url=http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2011/11/21/harry-potter-star-in-search-for-courageous-cancer-children-in-birmingham-97319-29810283/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723053137/http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2011/11/21/harry-potter-star-in-search-for-courageous-cancer-children-in-birmingham-97319-29810283/ |archive-date=23 July 2012 |access-date=21 November 2011 |website=Birmingham Mail}}
=Tax affairs=
In 2016, Grint lost an appeal against HMRC's decision to block his attempt to change his accounting date.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/09/harry-potter-actor-rupert-grint-loses-1m-tax-refund-case|title=Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint loses £1m tax refund case|work=The Guardian|date=9 August 2016|access-date=30 November 2024}} This move was intended to reduce his tax liability by deferring income into a lower tax year. At that time, the actor was calculated to have earned around £24 million from the Harry Potter franchise.{{Cite news |last=Sawer |first=Patrick |date=2024-11-29 |title=Rupert Grint hit with £1.8m tax bill after falling foul of Beatles clause |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/29/rupert-grint-loses-tax-row-falling-foul-beatles-clause-hmrc/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}} However, HMRC successfully argued that the change was motivated by tax avoidance rather than legitimate business reasons.
In 2019, HMRC brought another case against Grint.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rgkkpl0dno|title=Rupert Grint to pay £1.8m after losing tax battle|work=BBC News|first=Annabel|last=Rackham|date=29 November 2024|access-date=30 November 2024}} He was ordered to pay an additional £1.8 million in tax after losing the legal battle with HMRC. The tax authority argued that a £4.5 million sum he received should be classified as income rather than as a capital asset which is subject to much lower tax rate. This ruling increased his tax liability for the 2011–12 tax year.{{cite news|url=https://theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/30/rupert-grint-taxes-loses-legal-dispute|title=Rupert Grint ordered to pay £1.8m in taxes after losing legal dispute|work=The Guardian|first=Tom|last=Ambrose|date=30 November 2024|access-date=30 November 2024}} Grint later lost his appeal claim and was ordered to pay £1.8 million of tax liability and legal costs.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/rupert-grint-tax-lawsuit-bill-million-bebabb2e0d391a46a6c11fdc7ac81c41|title=Magic can't save 'Harry Potter' star Rupert Grint from a $2.3 million tax bill|work=Associated Press|date=30 November 2024|access-date=30 November 2024}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title !scope="col" class="unsortable"| Role !scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| scope="row"| 2001
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2002
| Alan A. Allen | |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
| rowspan="3"| Ron Weasley | |
| scope="row"| 2004
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | |
| scope="row"| 2005
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | |
| scope="row"| 2006
| Ben Marshall | |
| scope="row"| 2007
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Ron Weasley | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2009
| Malachy McKinney | |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
| Ron Weasley | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2010
| Tony | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
| rowspan="2"| Ron Weasley | |
| scope="row"| 2011
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | |
| scope="row"| 2012
| Gunner Robert Smith | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2013
| Karl | |
| CBGB
| |
| scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2014
| Josh | Voice role |
| Underdogs
| Amadeo | |
| scope="row"| 2015
| Jonny Thorpe | |
| scope="row"| 2023
| Redmond | |
| scope="row"| TBA
| Nightborn{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/goodfellas-anonymous-content-board-nightborn-from-hatching-director-exclusive/5198707.article|title=Goodfellas, Anonymous Content board 'Nightborn' from 'Hatching' director (exclusive)|first=Wendy|last=Mitchell|work=Screen Daily|date=31 October 2024|access-date=2 December 2024}} | Jon | In post-production |
=Television=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title !scope="col" class="unsortable"| Role !scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| scope="row"| 2005
| Happy Birthday Peter Pan | Voice role; Documentary special |
| scope="row"| 2011
| Himself | Season 1, Episode 3 |
| scope="row"| 2012
| Liam | Voice role; Episode: "Killer Vacation" |
| scope="row"| 2013
| Super Clyde | Clyde | Pilot |
| scope="row"| 2016
| Himself | Season 1, Episode 1 |
| scope="row"| 2017
| Episode: "Adolf the Artist" |
| scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2017–2018
| Snatch | Charlie Cavendish-Scott | Main role; also executive producer |
| Sick Note
| Daniel Glass | Main role |
| scope="row"| 2018
| The ABC Murders{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/john-malkovich-hercule-poirot-rupert-grint-agatha-christie-the-abc-murders-1202819780/|title=John Malkovich to Play Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's 'The ABC Murders'|last=Clarke|first=Stewart|work=Variety|date=23 May 2018|access-date=7 May 2020|archive-date=26 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126085810/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/john-malkovich-hercule-poirot-rupert-grint-agatha-christie-the-abc-murders-1202819780/|url-status=live}} | Inspector Crome | Miniseries |
| scope="row"| 2019–2023
| Servant | Julian Pearce | Main role |
| scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2022
| Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Himself |
| Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
| Walter Gilman | Episode: "Dreams in the Witch House" |
=Stage=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title !scope="col" class="unsortable"| Role !scope="col" class="unsortable"| Venue |
|---|
| scope="row"| 2013
| Mojo | Sweets |
| scope="row"| 2014
| Frank Finger |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title !scope="col"| Role |
|---|
| scope="row"| 2007
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | rowspan=4|Ron Weasley (voice) |
| scope="row"| 2009 |
| scope="row"| 2010 |
| scope="row"| 2011 |
=Music=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title !scope="col"| Format !scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| scope="row"| 2011
| "Lego House" | Music Video | Song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran |
| scope="row"| 2012
| "Over the Rainbow" | rowspan=2|Song | Into the White Soundtrack |
| scope="row"| 2014
| "Struck by Lightning" | Postman Pat: The Movie Soundtrack |
| scope="row"| 2021
| "The Sky Cries" | Music Video | Song by Saleka |
=Other roles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title !scope="col"| Role !scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| scope="row"| 2003
| Baggy Trousers | Molesworth (voice) | Series, BBC Radio 4 |
| scope="row"| 2006
| rowspan="2" |Ron Weasley |Pre-recorded clip |
| scope="row"| 2010
|Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey |Theme park attraction |
| scope="row"| 2011
|Smithy | rowspan="2" |Himself |Red Nose Day 2011 sketch |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" |2012
|Holidays at Home are Great |TV advertisement |
| We Are Aliens
| Narrator (voice) | The National Space Centre's Show |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" |2014
|Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts | rowspan="2" |Ron Weasley | rowspan="2" |Theme park attraction |
| Hogwarts Express |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" |2015
|Tom Gates (voice) |Audiobook series |
| Enemy of Man
|Rosse |Film concept trailer |
Awards and nominations
See also
References
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