Devon Murray was born in County Kildare, Ireland in October 1988. His
parents Michael and Fidelma Murray sent him to the Billie Barry when he
was six, and within two weeks he landed a Tesco television ad. Within
six months he was in his first movie, acting alongside Aidan Quinn in
This Is My Father (1998).
He then joined the National Performing Arts School and made his
breakthrough in
Angela's Ashes (1999). He also
acted with
Jane Seymour in
Yesterday's Children (2000).
He now plays Seamus Finnigan (one of Harry's Gryffindor House friends)
in the much-hyped Harry Potter series. Devon is an only child and now
lives in Celbridge, County Kildare (Ireland). He has horses, and enjoys
riding them, as well as rollerblading, skateboarding and playing on his
computer.