The Basics
Full Name: Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint
Nicknames: Rupe, Rupes, Poop, Copper Knob
Birthdate: August 24th, 1988
Astrological Sign: Virgo
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Dragon
Birth Place: Hertfordshire, England
Nationality: British
Heritage: English (1/8th Irish)
Siblings: Rupert is the eldest of five children: One brother – James (born in 1990) and three sisters – Georgina (born in 1993), Samantha (born in 1996), and Charlotte (born in 1999)
Parents: Nigel (father) – a race car memorial dealer and Joanna (mother) – a homemaker.
School: catholic primary school, Richard Hale School, Hertford (Graduated after taking GCSEs in June 2004).
The Look
Hair color: Ginger
Eye color: blue-green (?)
Height: 5′10″
Shoe Size: 43 (Europe) / 9 (UK) / 10 (US)
Trade Marks: ginger hair; smart casual dressing (jeans, funky t-shirts, blazers, chucks). Rupert is right handed.
Tics: lip-purse while signing autographs, hands-in-pockets position, otherwise tends to touch his hair, neck and cheeks during interviews.
Rupert’s Firsts
First dream job: Ice cream man
First acting roles: School productions and local theater productions – a fish in Noah’s Ark, a donkey in a nativity play, a chorus in Cinderella, as Gangster Rooster in Annie, and as Rump in Rumplestiltskin.
First film: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
First styled photoshoot: BLAG Magazine
First book read: Each Peach Plum by Allan and Janet Ahlberg.
First Kiss: At 10 years old – “it was just a peck.”
First Car: Black Mini Cooper
First thing bought (with his HP earnings): A house for his family.
