Jamie Waylett

Jamie Waylett was born on 21 July 1989 in London. When Jamie was nine-years-old he was hit by a car. Doctors told his devastated parents that he had almost no chance of surviving, and if he did, he'd be brain-damaged. He was in intensive care for three days and the doctors were starting to give up hope. Then a family friend demanded that doctors check his blood, and they gave him a blood transfusion. The next day he woke up and started to improve.

Less than a year later, Jamie was back at school and the Harry Potter casting directors came to visit. He went for the part of Dudley, but they soon decided he'd be better off as Crabbe. When Jamie got the part, he didn't know what a big deal it was. He hadn't read the books and had no idea how huge they were. "I'd seen the book," he told The Leaky Cauldron. "It looked kind of boring with this kid on the front."

He quickly met Tom Felton, who plays Draco, and they sat and played PlayStation while the casting people brought in prospective kids to play Goyle. Not long later, filming started on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Now with three movies under his belt, Jamie can hardly go anywhere in his hometown of London without being mobbed by Potter fans wanting his autograph, and things will no doubt get even crazier when Azkaban is released in June.

On set, Jamie is good mates with the cast. He and Tom Felton have stayed the best of mates, as has Joshua Herdman who plays Goyle. He also keeps everyone laughing with his wicked impressions of Rupert Grint, Matthew Lewis, and directors Chris Columbus and Alfonso Cuaron.

If you would like to write Jamie Waylett a fan letter, the following address handles his fan mail:

Jamie Waylett
c/o Harry Potter Production, Leavesden Studios
PO Box 3000
Hertfordshire
WD2 7LT
United Kingdom

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