Bio & CV

Chris Rankin was born on 8th November 1983 in Auckland, New Zealand, where he lived with his parents until he was 6 years old. They then moved back to Chris’ now native England. He found his love for acting at the age of 11, at Northgate High School in Norfolk after auditioning for, and being cast as “dead body” (and chorus) in “Bugsy Malone”. The same year he also played Edmund in “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe”. Over the next 10 years, Chris continued to work with Northgate High School and Dereham Operatic Society Youth Theatre Company on their musicals and plays. In August 2000, he auditioned for and landed the role of Percy Weasley in the “Harry Potter: movie series, which was the beginning of his professional on-camera acting career. He appears in “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s (Sorcerer’s) Stone”, “Chamber of Secrets”, “Prisoner of Azkaban”, and this summer’s upcoming “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”.

On television, Chris played Waring in the BBC adaptation of Jonathan Coe’s “The Rotter’s Club”, for FIVE and Empire Media; Henry Evelyn Wood in “Victoria Cross Heroes”, and has appeared on a number of TV shows as himself, including Hell’s Kitchen, Smile, SM:TV, CD:UK, Blue Peter, Newsround and Ministry of Mayhem.

On stage Chris has played lead roles in various productions; from ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ to Ibsen’s ‘Hedda Gabler’; from Pantomime to Oscar Wilde.

Chris can next been seen in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, to be released SUMMER 2007.

Worldwide Management: Stacey Castro Media Hollywood/London

Film
2007	Percy Weasley	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
		Warner Brothers, Dir. David Yates
2004	Percy Weasley	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
		Warner Brothers, Dir. Alfonso Cuaron
2002	Percy Weasley	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
		Warner Brothers, Dir. Chris Columbus
2001	Percy Weasley	Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
		Warner Brothers, Dir. Chris Columbus
Stage
2006/7	Dandini	Cinderella
		Paul Holman Associates, Dir. Bernard Latham
2006	Edgar Linton	Wuthering Heights
		UK Tour, Dir. Ian Dickens
2005/6	King Rat	Dick Whittington
		Paul Holman Associates, Dir. Bernard Latham
2005	Young Syrian	Salome
		Painted Horse Theatre Company, Dir. Jim Rymer
2004/5	Percy	Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
		Paul Holman Associates, Dir. Gordon Jay
2004	Eilert Loevborg	Hedda Gabler
		Painted Horse Theatre Company, Dir. Jim Rymer
2004	Various	Under Milk Wood
		New Fisher/Madder Market, Dir. Andrew Selwyn Crome
2003/4	Percy	Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
		Paul Holman Associates, Dir. Russel Lucas
2003	Geoff	A Taste of Honey
		Sheringham Little Theatre, Dir. Jim Rymer
2002/3	Percy	Jack and the Beanstalk
		Norwich Theatre Royal, Dir. Richard Gauntlet
TV
2006	Henry Evelyn	Victoria Cross Heroes
	Wood	Empire Media/Channel 5, Dir. Nicholas White
2005	Waring	The Rotter’s Club
		Company Pictures/BBC, Dir. Tony Smith

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