HAPPY BIRTHDAY Rupert Grint. Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint[1] (born 24 August 1988) is an English actor who rose to prominence playing Ron Weasley, one of the three main characters in the Harry Potter film series. Grint was cast as Ron Weasley at the age of 11, having previously acted only in school plays and at his local theatre group. From 2001 to 2011, he starred in all eight Harry Potter films alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson. Beginning in 2002, Grint began to work outside of the Harry Potter franchise, taking on a co-leading role in Thunderpants. He has had starring roles in Driving Lessons, a dramedy released in 2006, and Cherrybomb, a small budgeted drama of limited release in 2010. Grint co-starred with Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt in Wild Target, a comedy. His first project following the end of the Harry Potter series was the 2012 anti-war film, Into the White, in which he stars as the main role. In 2013, Grints new film CBGB will be released and he has been cast in CBSs new pilot Super Clyde. Grint will be making his stage debut in Jez Butterworths Mojo in October 2013 at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London. On 14 March 2012 Variety reported that Grint had been cast alongside Chloë Grace Moretz in The Drummer, a biopic about drummer Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys. On the same day, Hollywood Reporter confirmed this and announced filming was scheduled to begin on 15 June 2012 in California and Savannah, Georgia[63][64] On 25 July 2012, Grint carried the 2012 London Olympic torch during the Olympic Torch Relay, which is part of 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. In interviews, Rupert told the BBC News that it was an overwhelming experience that he hoped to remember forever,[65] and told the Telegraph It was amazing, it was really overwhelming. Its just such an honour to be a part of this. Im really proud.[66] In October 2012 Grint narrated We Are Aliens, a 25min 3D Planetarium Fulldome film about the possibility of other intelligent life in our Universe.[67] On 13 February 2013,The Hollywood Reporters Live Feed announced that Grint would star in a television show on CBS called Super Clyde.[68] Grint will play the title role of Clyde, the well-meaning and sweet yet slightly neurotic guy who never feels like he really fits in. The avid comic book reader considers himself a borderline agoraphobic with mild to severe anxiety issues who wishes he were a super hero himself. When Clyde inherits a $100,000 a month inheritance from his long-dead eccentric Uncle Bill, he decides that the cash will be his secret super power and will use it only for good and reward the good-hearted. In July 2013, it was confirmed that Grint will be making his stage debut in Jez Butterworths second run of his black comedy, Mojo, playing the role as a minor hood called Sweets who pops amphetamines like Smarties and does a sort of double act, full of comic menace. Grint will be starring alongside with actors Brendan Coyle, Ben Whishaw and Daniel Mays. The play is based on real-life events, the play rehearsals will begin in September and the play to start on the 26 October 2013 at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Grint
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