List of Harry Potter cast members

Daniel Radcliffe, who portrays Harry Potter, has been the icon of the film series since the release of the first film in 2001.

The list of Harry Potter cast members is a list of actors who voiced or portrayed characters appearing in the Harry Potter film series based on the book series by J. K. Rowling. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, who have played and will play Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger in all the films, were virtually unknown when they were cast. Complementing them on screen are some of the most renowned actors of the United Kingdom and Ireland, including Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Richard Griffiths, Richard Harris, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, David Thewlis, Emma Thompson and Julie Walters.^[1][2] Seventeen actors have appeared as the same character in the first five films of the franchise, and many of these actors are expected to reappear in Half-Blood Prince.

Sometimes well-known British actors who have not appeared in the series are asked in jest why they haven't yet been cast;^[2] Bill Nighy has said, "I joked with [director David Yates] that maybe now I wouldn't be the only actor in England who hadn't been in 'Harry Potter'".^[3] Jude Law has quipped, "Nobody's asked me. I was a bit too old for Harry".^[4]

The list is sorted by film and character, as some characters have been portrayed by multiple actors. The list also includes confirmed cast members for the sixth film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, due to be released in 2009,^[5] and the seventh, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, due to be released in two parts in 2010 and 2011.

Key

• (v) indicates the actor or actress lent only his or her voice for his or her film character.
• (y) indicates the actor or actress portrayed the role in a flashback scene or when the character was young.
• (f) indicates the actor or actress did not appear in any new footage for the film; footage from an earlier film or films was used.
• A grey cell (such as the one in the "Armando Dippet" row in the "Philosopher's Stone" column) indicates the character was not in the film adaptation.
• A light grey cell under the "Half-Blood Prince" or "Deathly Hallows" heading indicates that the character does not appear in that book; a dark grey cell indicates the character does appear in that book, the source material for the adaptation, but has not yet been cast, or, if noted otherwise, will not be cast.

Notes

^A Often, minor child parts – in this case, Harry as an infant – are played by twins or triplets to avoid overworking the children.^[56][57] The given names of each of the Saunders triplets are unknown; they were credited in the film as "Saunders triplets".

^B Warwick Davis played Filius Flitwick in the first two films as an old dwarf-like man with gray hair. In preproduction for the third film, the producers told Davis there was no role for Flitwick, but that they would like to have him play somebody else, at least for a cameo. Davis played a much younger-looking man with black hair and a moustache who directed the choir at the Hogwarts Welcome Feast, and was credited as portraying "Wizard". During preproduction for the fourth film, director Mike Newell told Davis he wanted to keep his look from the last film, but make this the new look for Flitwick. Davis now considers the character he has played some relative of Flitwick,^[20] though he is still credited as "Filius Flitwick".

^C A scene with Peeves was filmed for Philosopher's Stone, but ended up being cut from the theatrical version.^[58][59]

^D Nigel is not a character from the books, but the role he plays is similar to that of the Creevey brothers, who have not appeared in the films (except for the second film, when Colin appeared so that he could be petrified as part of the plot.)

^E Robert Knox was stabbed to death on 24 May 2008, before Half-Blood Prince was released.^[60]

^F The character played by Ryan Nelson was billed as "Slightly Creepy Boy" when a promotional photo of Dumbledore's Army was released.^[61] There has been no word from Warner Bros. whether there is a correlation to a named character from the books, or if his character's name is indeed "Slightly Creepy Boy".

^G Michael Gambon replaced Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore from Prisoner of Azkaban onwards after Harris' death.^[62]

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