What Happened to Rupert Grint? A Dad Acting With Depp in 2026

For a decade, Rupert Grint was the funniest kid in the wizarding world. As Ron Weasley, Harry Potter’s loyal, perpetually flustered best friend, he grew up on screen in front of hundreds of millions of people. Then the films ended, and the loudest of the three young leads got noticeably quiet — no tabloid meltdowns, no reinvention tour, just steady, unshowy work. So whatever happened to Ron Weasley? As it turns out, he’s been busy: a horror-TV lead, a new dad twice over, and — in 2026 — sharing the screen with Johnny Depp. Here’s where Rupert Grint is now.

01Profile

Full name

Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint

Born

August 24, 1988 (37 years old)

Birthplace

Harlow, Essex, England

Occupation

Actor

Best known for

"Harry Potter" series (2001–2011) as Ron Weasley

Family

Partner Georgia Groome; two daughters

Grint auditioned for Ron in the most Ron way imaginable — reportedly by sending in a video of himself rapping about how badly he wanted the part. It worked. And more than two decades later, that mix of self-deprecating humor and genuine warmth still runs through everything he does.

02The Rise: Becoming Ron Weasley

A kid from Essex lands the role of a lifetime

Rupert Grint was eleven and had never acted professionally when he beat out thousands of other hopefuls to play Ron Weasley in “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” (2001). Alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, he became one-third of the most famous young trio in film history.

Ron was the audience’s way in — not the Chosen One, not the genius, just a good-hearted, easily rattled kid trying to keep up with his extraordinary friends. Grint played him with impeccable comic timing, and over eight films he grew from a scene-stealing child actor into a genuinely capable young performer. Some of the series’ biggest laughs and most quietly moving moments belonged to Ron, and Grint handled both registers with a naturalness that made the character feel like a real, exasperated teenager rather than a plot device.

Ten years, eight films

From 2001 to 2011, the Harry Potter films were a cultural juggernaut, collectively grossing billions of dollars worldwide. Grint quite literally grew up on those sets, spending his entire adolescence in the wizarding world. By the time “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2” closed out the saga in 2011, he was 22 and had never known adult life without Ron Weasley attached to his name.

03Life After Hogwarts

Where some child stars scrambled to stay famous, Grint did something quieter and, arguably, smarter: he stepped off the treadmill and took work that interested him, fame be damned.

• 2011The Harry Potter series concludes; Grint, at 22, begins carving out a post-Potter path.
• 2013Makes his stage debut in the West End play "Mojo," proving he could work outside the franchise that made him.
• 2017Stars in the acclaimed TV adaptation of Guy Ritchie's "Snatch," showing his range in a grittier register.
• 2019–2023Leads M. Night Shyamalan's psychological horror series "Servant" on Apple TV+ across four seasons, earning some of the best reviews of his career.

“Servant” turned out to be a career-defining second act. As the sardonic, wine-loving uncle Julian, Grint anchored one of the most talked-about prestige horror shows of its era for four seasons. It was proof that the kid from Harry Potter had grown into an actor who could carry an eerie, adult drama entirely on his own — and it made a compelling case that his comic instincts translated beautifully into darker, more unsettling material.

What’s notable about this stretch of Grint’s career is how deliberately un-flashy it was. He never courted the tabloids, never staged a public “grown-up” reinvention, and rarely gave interviews about his personal life. Instead, he let the work speak — a West End run here, a genre TV series there — building a résumé that gradually earned him respect as a serious actor rather than a nostalgia act. In an industry where former child stars often either burn out or cling desperately to fame, Grint’s low-key persistence stands out.

04The Quiet Family Man

Off screen, Grint has always guarded his private life fiercely — and that’s very much by design. He’s been in a long-term relationship with English actress Georgia Groome, best known for “Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging,” and the couple have kept their family firmly out of the spotlight.

In 2020, they welcomed their first daughter, Wednesday. Then, in April 2025, Grint announced the arrival of a second daughter. He shared the news in typically low-key, humorous fashion, revealing the baby’s name — a warm, minimal announcement rather than a magazine spread. In keeping with the family’s approach to privacy, the couple have shared little beyond that initial announcement, and out of respect for a young child, there’s not much more to say — nor should there be.

What’s clear is that fatherhood has become the center of Grint’s world. He’s spoken warmly about being a “girl dad,” and friends and co-stars describe a man far more interested in home life than in chasing celebrity.

05What He Is Doing Now

A busy 2026 slate

After years of picking projects carefully, Grint has a notably active stretch ahead. In February 2026, he appeared in the horror film “Nightborn,” directed by Hanna Bergholm (“Hatching”), which premiered on the festival circuit. It’s exactly the kind of unsettling, character-driven genre work he’s gravitated toward since “Servant.”

Sharing the screen with Johnny Depp

The headline project, though, is “Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol.” Directed by Ti West — the filmmaker behind the acclaimed “X” horror trilogy — and produced by Paramount, the Dickens adaptation stars Johnny Depp as Ebenezer Scrooge, with Grint taking on the role of the put-upon clerk Bob Cratchit. The film is set for release in November 2026, and it doubles as a high-profile Hollywood return for Depp. Grint has spoken publicly about the experience of working alongside him on the production, and the casting puts Grint at the center of one of the season’s most-watched releases.

Watching Johnny work was amazing — he brings something you just don’t expect to a character everyone thinks they already know. — Rupert Grint, on filming “Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol” (as reported in interviews)

Comfortable in his own skin

What’s striking about Grint now is how at ease he seems. He’s said in the past that he sometimes had complicated feelings about the all-consuming nature of Harry Potter fame, but he’s never disowned it. Instead, he’s built a career — horror, prestige TV, character roles — that lets him be an actor first and a former Weasley second, while pouring his energy into family life at home.

06Summary

Rupert Grint never had the dramatic fall or the flashy comeback — and that’s exactly the point. He walked away from the biggest franchise in film with his head down and his priorities straight, and quietly built one of the more respectable post-child-star careers around.

The loyal best friend of the wizarding world grew up into a dependable, quietly excellent character actor — and a devoted family man who’d clearly rather be at home than on a red carpet. Ron Weasley would approve.