James Phelps Biography

Fast Facts

• Planted trees at the National Forest in Leicestershire
• Rose to fame by playing the prankster Fred Weasley in all eight "Harry Potter" films
• Often works alongside his twin brother Oliver Phelps, also an actor
• Cited the Foo Fighters, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bon Jovi, the Eagles, Queen, Feeder, Guns 'N' Roses, Coldplay, AC/DC, Metallica, the Beatles, Led Zepelin, Muse, Green Day and Velvet Revolver as some of his favorite bands
• While visiting the wards on Great Ormond Street, he met a boy who had been in the hospital for seven months who told him he'd been watching the "Harry Potter" films back to back
• Considers Forrest Gump and Happy Gilmore to be his favorite movies
• Sir Michael Gambon talked him through narrating Peter and the Wolf with the Manchester Orchestra, a performance he was nervous about, on the set of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows--Part 2․"