<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 2000--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Notable work </Th> <Td> Harry Potter film series </Td> </Tr> <P> Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint (born 24 August 1988) is an English actor and producer . He rose to prominence playing Ron Weasley, one of the three main characters in the Harry Potter film series . Grint was cast as Ron 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 playing as Harry Potter and Emma Watson playing as Hermione Granger . </P> <P> Beginning in 2002, Grint began to work outside of the Harry Potter franchise, playing a co-leading role in Thunderpants . He has had starring roles in Driving Lessons, a dramedy released in 2006, and Cherrybomb, a drama film of limited release in 2010 . Grint co-starred with Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt in Wild Target, a comedy . His first film project following the end of the Harry Potter series was the 2012 anti-war film, Into the White, in which he has a supporting role . In 2013, Grint's new film CBGB was released and he was cast in CBS's new show Super Clyde . Grint made his stage debut in Jez Butterworth's 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 in 2017, he starred in and was executive producer of the television series Snatch, based on the film of the same name . </P>

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