Also returning for his second year at Hogwarts is Harry's best friend Ron Weasley, who rescues Harry from the Dursley home in his father's flying car. As an ominous dark force threatens Hogwarts and pal Harry, Ron rises to the challenge, once again proving his loyalty and bravery.
RUPERT GRINT again plays the youngest Weasley brother and best friend to Harry Potter. Although, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was Rupert first foray into the world of professional acting, his natural talent has earned him worldwide critical and public acclaim and a British Critic's Circle nomination for Best Newcomer.
Since filming the first Harry Potter film, he has gone onto to star along side Simon Callow and Stephen Fry as a young madcap professor in Peter Howitt's Thunderpants.
Rupert is 13 years old and is the eldest of five children. Prior to winning the role of Ron Weasley, he performed in school productions and with the local theatre drama group. Productions included the role of the gangster Rooster in Annie and a production of Peter Pan and Rumplestiltskin in the Grimm Tales.