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Chris Rankin is a New Zealand–born British actor, director, and producer who is best known for playing Percy Weasley in the Harry Potter film franchise.
Rankin is the co-founder of a theatre company, Painted Horse UK. He re-appeared in the final two films of the Harry Potter film franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2, after his character's absence from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and only a brief non-speaking role in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Outside of the Harry Potter films, Rankin has also been seen in the TV mini-series The Rotters' Club and Channel 5's Victoria Cross Heroes in which he played Evelyn Wood. In 2002 he worked as an usher at UCI Cinemas.
On stage, Chris has played a variety of roles in across the country, as well as Edgar Linton in Wuthering Heights, Eilert Loevborg in Hedda Gabler, and Young Syrian in Salomé.
In 2009, Rankin starred in and produced a YouTube video titled "LifeHack", directed by Thomas Ridgewell, in which he played a vigilante hacker who accesses people's personal photos to find a missing woman. He also appeared as Mycroft Holmes in the Hillywood Show's "Sherlock" parody in 2016.
He completed his study at the University of Lincoln in 2011.
Following starring in the Harry Potter films, Rankin worked in kitchens and in a bar.
Rankin also worked in film and television and as a production coordinator on Atlantis and Downton Abbey.
Film, television and stage
Uncredited cameo appearance Series 5: Celebrity Special 2 Pre-production Assistant Production Coordinator
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