Chris Rankin

Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person Chris Rankin is a New Zealand–born British actor, director, and producer who is best known for playing Percy Weasley in the Harry Potter film franchise.

Early life

Rankin was adopted.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Rankin lived in Rothesay Bay until he was six, attending Kristin School in Albany. He and his parents subsequently moved to Norfolk in the United Kingdom, where he attended Northgate High School in Dereham.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His mother, Marilyn Rankin, works at a school, among other things.

Career

Rankin began acting at the age of eleven. He attended Shipdham Primary School, Northgate High School, and Dereham Sixth Form College. At Northgate High School he appeared in school plays of Bugsy Malone and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His professional acting career began when he won the role of Percy Weasley in September 2000 and he has since appeared in film, TV and theatre. In the Harry Potter series, he is a brother of Harry Potter's best friend, Ron Weasley.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Rankin is the co-founder of a theatre company, Painted Horse UK. He re-appeared in the final two films of the Harry Potter film franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2, after his character's absence from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and only a brief non-speaking role in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Outside of the Harry Potter films, Rankin has also been seen in the TV mini-series The Rotters' Club<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Channel 5's Victoria Cross Heroes in which he played Evelyn Wood.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2002 he worked as an usher at UCI Cinemas.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On stage, Chris has played a variety of roles in pantomimes across the country, as well as Edgar Linton in Wuthering Heights,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Eilert Loevborg in Hedda Gabler,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Young Syrian in Salomé.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2009, Rankin starred in and produced a YouTube video titled "LifeHack", directed by Thomas "TomSka" Ridgewell, in which he played a vigilante hacker who accesses people's personal photos to find a missing woman.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref> He also appeared as Mycroft Holmes in the Hillywood Show's "Sherlock" parody in 2016.<ref name="mtv">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He completed his study at the University of Lincoln in 2011.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Following starring in the Harry Potter films, Rankin worked in kitchens and in a bar.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=Y>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Rankin also worked in film and television and as a production coordinator on Atlantis and Downton Abbey.<ref name=Y/>

Film, television and stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Percy Weasley
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Percy Weasley
2002-2003	Jack and The Beanstalk	Jack
2003	A Taste of Honey	Geoff
2004	Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Percy Weasley
2005	The Rotters' Club
2006	Explode, Chapter Two: Into the Fold	Chris Haines
2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Percy Weasley
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	Percy Weasley	Uncredited cameo appearance
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Percy Weasley
2011	Total Wipeout	Himself / Contestant	Series 5: Celebrity Special 2
2013	The Stone<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || || Pre-production
2015	The Bastard Executioner		Assistant Production Coordinator
2018	The Wizard of Oz	Scarecrow
2024	Dick Wittington	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||

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