Identical twins James Andrew Eric Phelps and Oliver Martyn John Phelps are English actors who play the Weasley twins Fred and George in all film versions of the Harry Potter series. They were born just 13 minutes apart on 25 February, 1986 in Sutton Coldfield, England, UK.
Both young men have always shown a great interest in acting and have been in many high school productions together. They are currently attending Arthur Terry School for the first year of 6th form, where they will stay until they graduate, this year. They don't know just yet what they're going to do with their lives, be it going into movies full time or going to university.
Facts
- The twins enjoy golfing, listening to rock music, playing the Xbox and PlayStation, and acting.
- On one of the Harry Potter apps for IPhone, both twins were sorted into the Hufflepuff house.
- They are not natural red heads they are actually dark brown.
- To tell the difference between James and Oliver is that Oliver has a mole on the side of his neck.
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
- "I took one look at James on the stretcher and burst into tears. I can’t even imagine how it would feel to lose him. We have done everything together since birth and to see my brother laying down on a stretcher pretending to be dead just killed me inside. After James got up and I gave him a huge hug. David said, ‘you did great, it was very believable.’ Then I told him I just thought of it as me and James not Fred and George.""
- — Oliver Phelps on his emotions pretending that James death was real to him and not as a fictional characters.
Behind the scenes
- James and Oliver also 'played' the parts of Fabian and Gideon Prewett, Fred and George's late maternal uncles in the film version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for the photograph of the original Order of the Phoenix.[1]
Filmography
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - (2001) Fred and George Weasley
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - (2002) Fred and George Weasley
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - (2004) Fred and George Weasley
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) - Fred and George Weasley
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) - Fred and George Weasley and Fabian and Gideon Prewett [1]
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) - Fred and George Weasley
- Kingdom: Epsiode #3.5 (2009) - Callum and Finlay Anderson
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
- Australia's Funniest Home Videos (2011) - James and Oliver Phelps
External links
- James and Oliver Phelps at Wikipedia
James Phelps (I) at the Internet Movie Database- Oliver Phelps at the Internet Movie Database
- James Phelps' Twitter account
- Oliver Phelps' Twitter account