Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint born August 24 1988 is an English actor Grint rose to fame for his role as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film series He was cast as Weasley at age eleven having previously acted only in school plays and his local theatre group Since then he continued his work on film television and theatre Beginning in 2002 he began to work outside of the Harry Potter franchise with a coleading role in Thunderpants He has had starring roles in Driving Lessons a dramedy released in 2006 and Cherrybomb a limitedrelease drama film in 2010 He costarred with Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt in the comedy Wild Target His first film project after the Harry Potter series was a supporting role in the 2012 antiwar film Into the White In 2013 his film CBGB was released and he was cast in CBSs new show Super Clyde He made his stage debut in Jez Butterworths Mojo in October 2013 at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London In 2014 he voiced the character of Josh in Postman Pat The Movie and from 2017 to 2018 he executiveproduced and starred in the television series Snatch based on the film of the same name Since 2019 he stars in the Apple TV psychological horror series Servant