James Phelps

Birth Name:

James Andrew Eric Phelps

Birth Place:

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Profession

Actor, Producer

Planted trees at the National Forest in Leicestershire
Often works alongside his twin brother Oliver Phelps, also an actor
Rose to fame by playing the prankster Fred Weasley in all eight "Harry Potter" films
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
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․"
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

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