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Fact File

Name: Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint
Nicknames: Rupe, Rupes, Poop
Age: 21
Birthdate: August 24th, 1988
Astrological Sign: Virgo
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Dragon
Birth Place: Hertfordshire, England
Nationality: British
Heritage: Irish/English
Siblings: *Eldest of 5 children; *One brother – James (born in 1990); *Three sisters – Georgina (born in 1993), Samantha (born in 1996), and Charlotte (born in 1999)
Parents: Nigel (father) – a race car memorial dealer and Jo (mother) – a homemaker.
School: Richard Hale School, Hertford (Graduated after taking GCSEs in June 2004).
Did you know?: Rupert is right handed

The Look

Hair color: Red/Ginger
Eye color: Blue-green
Height: 5′10″
Trade Marks: Red hair; Smart casual dressing (jeans, blazers, chucks, hands in pocket).

Favorites

Personal Favorites

Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Childhood Toy: Yo-yos (Super Yo Satellite)
Favorite Cartoon Character: SpongeBob SquarePants
Favorite Simpsons character: Bart
Favorite Birthday Present: Unicycle (he got it on his 14th birthday)
Favorite Snacks: Sweets
Favorite Candy Bar: Nestle Milky Bar
Favorite Dessert: Ice cream
Favorite Ice-cream Flavor: Choco-mint
Favorite Fast-food: Hawaiian Pizza, Burger, Ham sandwiches
Favorite Fruit: Orange
Favorite Animal to Eat: Cow
Favorite Thirst-quencher: Lemonade
Favorite article of Clothing: Jeans
Favorite Catchphrase: “Wicked!”
Favorite Music: British punk rock, alternative, anything with guitar!
Favorite Musical Instrument: Guitar, would like to learn to play the Banjo
Favorite Bands: AC/DC, Foo Fighters, Velvet Revolver, Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, The Killers, Parklife and Blur.  Oasis, The Clash, Beastie Boys, Prodigy, Ocean Colour Scene, Mogwai
Favorite Books: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling.
Favorite Author: J.K. Rowling
Favorite School Subject: Art
Favorite Genre: Comedy and horror
Favorite Actors: Jim Carrey, Lee Evans and Mike Myers, Bill Murray
Favorite Actress / Celebrity Crush: Jessica Alba and Sienna Miller
Favorite Movies: Napoleon Dynamite, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Shrek, Ace Ventura, The Grinch, Dumb & Dumber, Star Wars, Eraserhead
Favorite TV Show: Big Brother (UK), Peep Show
Favorite TV Guilty Pleasure: The Joy of Painting, with Bob Ross
Favorite (secret) Girlie Movie/TV Show: Saved by the Bell
Favorite Website: eBay
Favorite Pastimes: Sleeping, drawing/sketching, playing the guitar, riding his Quad bike/unicycle
Favorite Sports: Golf, Pool, Bowling, Biking, Football, Rugby, Swimming, wishes he could do Gymnastics
Favorite Sports Team: Tottenham Hotspur (The Spurs) football/soccer team
Favorite Video Game: Need for Speed
Favorite Video Game Format: Wii
Favorite Cellphone: Motorola v3
Favorite Gadgets: iPod Nano (which he has rigged up in his car), Sony Vaio laptop, and a great new device that finds lost golf balls on the course!
Favorite Car: Hot rod
Favorite Tourist Visit in New York: The Empire State Building
Favorite British Armed Forces: Royal Air Force
Favorite Smell: Petrol

HP Favorites

Favorite HP book: Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire
Favorite HP Character: Ron Weasley
Favorite HP Scene: The Chess Scene (Sorcerer’s Stone)
Favorite HP Line: “Bloody Brilliant!”
Favorite HP Animal: Scabbers (Ron’s rat)
Favorite HP Magic Ability: Invisibility
Favorite HP magical object/transportation: Flying Car

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 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.