50 Fun Facts About Ron Weasley

Who plays Ron in all eight Harry Potter films?

He was cast at eleven having acted only in school plays and a local theatre group, and is the oldest of the trio.

Who was cast as Ron in May 2025 for the HBO Harry Potter television series?

The casting was announced on 27 May 2025.

What makes Ron unique among the trio, according to Rowling's framing of the character?

That upbringing is why he gets to explain wizarding customs and traditions to Harry and the reader.

In 2014 Rowling called Ron and Hermione's romance a form of what?

She said the pair are fundamentally incompatible in some ways but might manage with "a bit of counselling".

How many House points does Dumbledore give Ron for the chess game?

The last-minute award is part of what swings the House Cup to Gryffindor over Slytherin.

Who intercepts Ron's letters to Harry during the summer before second year?

Ron gets so worried that he, Fred and George fly to Privet Drive in their father's enchanted car.

What does Ron receive from his mother after flying the car to Hogwarts?

The shrieking letter berates him in front of the whole Great Hall.

What is Ron's worst nightmare, which he confronts in the Forbidden Forest?

The giant arachnids nearly devour the boys before the enchanted car comes to the rescue.

What rescues Ron and Harry from the giant arachnids in book two?

The Ford Anglia had gone feral in the forest after the crash into the Whomping Willow.

Where does the trio find the missing Scabbers in Prisoner of Azkaban?

He runs off again, and Ron chases him to the Whomping Willow, where a large black dog drags Ron into a tunnel.

Scabbers turns out to be which Death Eater in disguise?

Sirius Black explains it in the Shrieking Shack; Pettigrew then knocks Ron out and escapes on the way back.

Where is Ron stuck while Harry and Hermione travel back in time to save Sirius?

Pettigrew had knocked him unconscious during the escape.

Which Quidditch star leaves Ron in awe at the World Cup?

The hero worship curdles when the same player takes Hermione to the Yule Ball.

Who is Ron's date to the Yule Ball?

He spends the evening fuming about Hermione's date instead, and the pair have a heated argument afterwards.

In the Triwizard Tournament's second task, Harry must rescue Ron from where?

Ron is the thing Harry would miss most, which is why he is the one held underwater.

Which brother advises the new prefect Ron to ally himself with the Ministry's new teacher?

Ron ignores the advice and helps found Dumbledore's Army instead.

Which position does Ron play on the Gryffindor Quidditch team?

He joins in book five and helps win the Quidditch Cup, despite nerves that make him wildly inconsistent.

What does Harry pretend to slip Ron before a match in Half-Blood Prince?

Believing he has taken it, Ron plays brilliantly, and kisses Lavender Brown in the celebration that follows.

Whom does Ron kiss during the post-match celebration in book six?

Hermione becomes jealous and starts ignoring him, and he slowly tires of the relationship.

What do the chocolates Ron eats in March of sixth year contain?

Slughorn gives him the antidote and then, unknowingly, a glass of poisoned mead.

What does Harry force down Ron's throat to save him from the poisoned mead?

A panic-stricken Hermione visits him in the hospital wing, and the two reconcile.

Who unknowingly serves Ron the poisoned mead?

He had only meant to be kind after administering the love-potion antidote.

Whose possession is the locket Horcrux in when the trio raid the Ministry?

Wearing the retrieved locket sours Ron so badly that he walks out on his friends.

What object inherited from Dumbledore helps Ron find his way back to his friends?

He had regretted leaving at once but was captured by Snatchers and could not return.

Ron returns just in time to rescue Harry from what?

Harry had dived after the Sword of Gryffindor; he forgives Ron and has him destroy the locket with it.

Who ends up with the Sword of Gryffindor, forcing Ron to look for basilisk fangs instead?

Ron imitates enough Parseltongue to open the Chamber, where Hermione destroys Hufflepuff's cup.

Which Horcrux does Hermione destroy in the Chamber of Secrets after Ron opens it?

Ron gets the Chamber open by managing enough Parseltongue to mimic Harry.

What finally prompts Hermione to kiss Ron for the first time?

She drops the basilisk fangs she is carrying in the middle of the Battle of Hogwarts.

Ron teams up with Neville to defeat which werewolf during the Battle of Hogwarts?

The same battle costs Ron his brother Fred.

What are Ron and Hermione's children called in the epilogue?

Rose boards the Hogwarts Express nineteen years after Voldemort's death.

In a later interview, Rowling said the adult Ron works where?

On another occasion she said he and Harry were Aurors; the joke shop version is the one Cursed Child uses.

Which children's news programme alerted Grint to the open casting?

He sent in a photo, a self-written script and a rap explaining why he should get the part.

What unusual item did Grint include in his audition submission?

Rowling backed the casting and called him perfect for the role.

Why did Grint say he skipped the character essay Alfonso Cuarón assigned the trio?

Cuarón replied, "Okay, you do understand your character."

Grint's first-film performance earned him which Satellite Award?

He also won the Young Artist Award for Most Promising Young Newcomer.

Who played Ron in the 2016 stage debut of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child?

He opened at the Palace Theatre in London and reprised the role on Broadway at the Lyric Theater in 2018.

In Cursed Child's altered timeline, which milestone do Ron and Hermione miss?

Time-travelling Albus and Scorpius leave Ron falling for Padma Patil at the Yule Ball, until the timeline is restored.

What colour are Ron's eyes, according to Rowling?

Book one gives him the rest: tall, thin and gangling, freckles, a long nose and large hands and feet.

Where did IGN place Ron in its ranking of the best Harry Potter characters?

The writers argued he is no coward or simpleton and refuses to live in Harry's shadow.

Which magazine listed Ron and Harry among the 33 best friendships in film?

IGN separately praised Ron for overcoming his shortcomings with faithfulness and perseverance.

Who played Ron in Comic Relief's 2003 spoof The Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan?

She doubled up as J. K. Rowling in the same sketch.

In which Essex town was Grint born?

He grew up in Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire, the eldest of five siblings.

What did Grint say was his earliest ambition in life?

He later bought an ice cream van with his Potter earnings and sold ice cream to local customers.

What Guinness World Record did Grint break when he joined Instagram in 2020?

His first post, a photo with his newborn daughter, hit a million followers in four hours and one minute.

Which football club does Grint support?

He also carried the Olympic torch through Hendon during the 2012 London relay.

In which Jez Butterworth play did Grint make his stage debut in 2013?

He played Sweets at the Harold Pinter Theatre and won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best London Newcomer.

In which Apple TV+ psychological horror series did Grint star from 2019 to 2023?

He played Julian Pearce; the show was renewed for a fourth and final season in December 2021 and ended in 2023.

Who plays Ron's twin brothers Fred and George in the films?

Both twins are Gryffindor Beaters and co-owners of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes; Fred dies in the Battle of Hogwarts.

Ron's eldest brother Bill works as a curse-breaker for which institution?

Bill marries Fleur Delacour and is played by Domhnall Gleeson in the final two films.

Who plays Ron's son Hugo in Deathly Hallows – Part 2?

Helena Barlow plays his sister Rose in the same epilogue scene.