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Identical twins James Andrew Eric Phelps and Oliver Martyn John Phelps are English actors who play the Weasley twins Fred and George Weasley in all film versions of the Harry Potter series. They also did the voices for the twins in the video-game adaption of Harry Potter and the Order of The Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. They were born just thirteen minutes apart on 25 February, 1986 in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, with Oliver being the elder.

Both young men have always shown a great interest in acting and have been in many high school productions together.

Facts[]

  • The twins enjoy golfing, listening to rock music, playing the Xbox and PlayStation, and acting.[citation needed]
  • On one of the Harry Potter apps for iPhone, both twins were sorted into the Hufflepuff house. On Pottermore, Oliver was sorted into Gryffindor, while James remained a Hufflepuff. [citation needed]
  • They are not natural red heads but actually brunettes.
  • To tell the difference between James and Oliver is that Oliver has a mole on the side of his neck. Plus James has a smaller, rounder face and Oliver has a straighter, longer one.[citation needed]
  • When filming Fred's death scene in Deathly Hallows: Part 2, James fell asleep on the floor, and was left there as the rest of the cast went off to lunch. [citation needed]
  • James was reading the last Harry Potter book on the train in Japan. When he got to Fred's death scene, the ticket inspector came up to him and asked for his ticket, in which James said, "I just died mate, leave me alone!"[1]
  • James and Oliver traded places during a rehearsal once.[citation needed]
  • James and Oliver revealed that Rupert Grint, who portrayed Ron Weasley, has felt like a real brother from the start of the movies.[citation needed]

Quotes[]

"It was so much fun making the film on set, it was like playtime!"
— The twins on filming Harry Potter
"Working alongside such big name actors was fantastic, it hasn't really sunk in yet."
— Oliver Phelps on filming Harry Potter

Filmography[]

External links[]

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Notes and references[]

  1. Mentioned in radio interview.
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