They were considered one of the prominent wizarding families, although their lack of money and their sympathy for Muggle-born wizards and even Muggles made other wizards and witches view them scornfully. Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint (born 24 August 1988) is an English actor and producer. Ron Weasley. During the summer of 1997, Ron began planning ahead for his mission with Harry and Hermione. Notes. With the help of his father and Fred and George Weasley, Ron transfigured the family ghoul to resemble himself sick with spattergroit, which would serve as his alibi for not attending his seventh year of Hogwa… If we were going to go for a literal translation, then Ronald Bilius Weasley in full … Mafalda, the "Weasley Cousin" (non-canon) Rowling had created the character of a female cousin to the Weasleys for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; however, that character disappeared in rewrites. Grint was cast as Ron at the age of 11, having previously acted only in school plays and at his local theatre group.
He rose to prominence for his portrayal of Ron Weasley, one of the three main characters in the Harry Potter film series. Weasley was the surname of a pure-blood wizarding family in Great Britain. They lived in The Burrow, a ramshackle house of four or five stories “a little way outside” the village of Ottery St Catchpole. From 2001 to 2011, he starred in all eight Harry Potter films.