<P> James and Oliver were born in the Sutton Coldfield area of Birmingham, England on 25 February 1986 . They are the only sons of Susan (née Spare) and Martyn Phelps . James is the younger of the two by 13 minutes . Growing up, they attended Little Sutton Primary School and the Arthur Terry Secondary School . As they spent an extensive amount of time shooting for Harry Potter, the twins were tutored on set, along with their fellow school - age cast friends . </P> <P> In 2000, at age 14, the twins skipped school exams to attend an open audition, despite having no previous acting experience, and, after about six auditions, were cast as Fred and George Weasley in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone . They went on to portray their characters in all of the subsequent Harry Potter films . </P> <P> Outside of acting, James has worked as a runner on the set of Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince and other film productions, such as The Da Vinci Code . In 2009, the twins appeared as brothers in the fifth episode of the third season of the TV series Kingdom . In 2012, they starred in A Mind's Eye, a short documentary film based on the philosophical ideas of Plato . </P> <P> The brothers have also been involved in the Harry Potter Exhibition; they were present during its 2009 official opening in Chicago, and have since followed its tour around different cities and countries to promote it . Their second tour was a solo one around Thailand . </P>

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