Rupert Grint to Join Broadway Cast of ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’

Rupert Grint will join the Broadway cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child this winter. Grint, who originated the role of Ron Weasley in the eight Harry Potter films, will also play the character on stage, in the play that sees Weasley as an adult. Grint begins in the role Feb.

2, 2027 for a 17-week run through May 30.

Grint previously appeared on Broadway in the 2014 production of It’s Only a Play , opposite Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane, and appeared in the West End in Jez Butterworth’s play Mojo , opposite Ben Whishaw. In addition to his role in the Harry Potter franchise, Grint has continued onscreen working, including most recently starred in Hanna Bergholm’s film Nightborn which premiered at the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival.

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Return to Broadway

Grint will play Weasley as an adult in the play that explores the story of family, legacy, and the passage of time. Producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender stated, “In joining our extraordinary company onstage at the Lyric Theatre in New York City, Rupert is not simply revisiting a role from his past.

He is continuing a journey he began as a child and carrying it forward with all the life and experience he has gained since filming concluded.”

The addition of Grint to the cast has sent the play’s box office skyrocketing, following Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy in the films. Felton is due to continue in the play through Jan. 3, 2027.

He is continuing a journey he began as a child and carrying it forward with all the life and experience he has gained since filming concluded, including a career that has taken him from film to television to acclaimed stage work on both Broadway and the West End.

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His return creates a powerful bridge between the story audiences first fell in love with and the story of family, legacy and the passage of time that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child carries forward,” shared producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender.

Rupert Grint will join the Broadway cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child this winter. Grint, who originated the role of Ron Weasley in the eight Harry Potter films, will also play the character on stage, in the play that sees Weasley as an adult. Grint begins in the role Feb.

2, 2027 for a 17-week run through May 30. “Ron Weasley has been a part of me since I was 11 years old and I can’t wait to meet him again in this stage of life. There is something so full-circle and so special about stepping back into Ron’s shoes now when we are both fathers; it is somehow both very familiar and completely new.

And the joy of being back on Broadway, this time in a role that defined so much of my life is truly exciting,” Grint said. He is the second actor from the film franchise to join the Broadway play, after Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy in the films. Felton, whose casting has sent the play’s box office skyrocketing, is due to continue in the play through Jan.

3, 2027. Grint previously appeared on Broadway in the 2014 production of It’s Only a Play , opposite Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane, and appeared in the West End in Jez Butterworth’s play Mojo , opposite Ben Whishaw. In addition to his role in the Harry Potter franchise, Grint has continued onscreen working, including most recently starred in Hanna Bergholm’s film Nightborn which premiered at the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival.

He also stars in Paramount Pictures’ Ebenezer , which opens this fall. Previously, Grint starred in M. Night Shyamalan’s Servant on Apple TV. “In joining our extraordinary company onstage at the Lyric Theatre in New York City, Rupert is not simply revisiting a role from his past.

He is continuing a journey he began as a child and carrying it forward with all the life and experience he has gained since filming concluded, including a career that has taken him from film to television to acclaimed stage work on both Broadway and the West End. His return creates a powerful bridge between the story audiences first fell in love with and the story of family, legacy and the passage of time that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child carries forward,” stated producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender.