Former Harry Potter star became a CAGE FIGHTER after appearing in the blockbuster film franchise

A erstwhile histrion who starred successful the Harry Potter movie franchise has taken connected an improbable caller vocation aft appearing arsenic Gregory Goyle. 

Josh Herdman, 37, appeared successful each 8 movies passim the series, which became 1 of the astir fashionable series of films passim the 2000s. 

After initially being considered arsenic Harry's spoiled relative Dudley Dursley at the property of 13, helium would alternatively spell connected to play Goyle, a sidekick of the series' antagonist Draco Malfoy. 

In 2018, helium besides appeared as Righteous successful the 2018 movie Robin Hood, which featured the likes of Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx and Jamie Dornan. 

But helium would spell connected to research a unexpectedly antithetic way aft practising the athletics of jiujitsu - opting to effort his manus successful mixed martial arts. 

Speaking successful 2016, helium told Addicted MMA On the Road, via BBC News: 'I chose MMA due to the fact that I emotion the sport. It's raw, breathtaking and unpredictable,'

'I find it much absorbing than boxing though I admit the quality and creation successful boxing.

'It besides made consciousness to determination onto MMA due to the fact that of my jujitsu training.

'I would similar a fewer amateur fights archetypal to get maine started and wherever it goes from there, who knows?'

Herdman has 2 sons, with whom helium has posted pictures of him moving retired alongside arsenic helium keeps successful shape. 

His task came arsenic a chap Harry Potter prima looked unrecognisable pursuing a two-year spell successful prison. 

Jamie Waylett, who played Goyle and Malfoy's accomplice Vincent Crabbe, has had a turbulent clip of things, including a brushwood with the law. 

He was portion of Slytherin location and was contiguous for six retired of the 8 films that spanned crossed 10 years.

But Waylett was absent from the last 2 movies aft being arrested successful 2009 for increasing marijuana successful his household location and aboriginal pleading blameworthy to the possession of cannabis and possession of a knife.

Waylett was 20 years aged astatine the clip and was ordered to bash 120 hours of unpaid work.

In 2012 helium was arrested for his information successful the London riots the erstwhile twelvemonth implicit charges of 'violent disorder, having an nonfiction with intent to destruct oregon harm property, and receiving stolen goods' and sentenced to 2 years successful prison.