Harry Potter has won millions of hearts all over the world and still continues to do that to this day. Like they say a great art piece doesn’t ever get old. Harry Potter started off as a book by J.K. Rowling in 1997 and soon after its publication became the best seller.
Recognizing the immense potential in the story, movie makers became interested, and eventually, in 2001, the first Harry Potter movie was released. This lead to an even higher spike in the popularity of Harry Potter and ultimately to 7 more films being made. All of which played their parts and were phenomenally well done. The role played by the actors in the films was nothing less than remarkable. They built a connection with the audience that would without a doubt be hard to forget. So, today we decided to take a look at the amazing cast of The Harry Potter Movies. So without further ado, lets get right to it.
| Characters | Real Names Of The Characters |
|---|---|
| Introduced in The Philosopher’s Stone | |
| Harry Potter | Danial RadCliffe |
| Katie Bell | Emily Dale |
| The Bloody Baron | Terence Bayler |
| Susan Bones | Eleanor Columbus |
| Vincent Crabbe | Jamie Waylett |
| Dedalus Diggle | David Brett |
| Albus Dumbledore | Richard Harris, later played by Michael Gambon |
| Dudley Dursley | Harry Melling |
| Petunia Dursley | Fiona Shaw |
| Vernon Dursley | Richard Griffiths |
| The Fat Friar | Simon Fisher-Becker |
| The Fat Lady | Elizabeth Spriggs |
| Marcus Flint | Jamie Yeates |
| Argus Filch | David Bradley |
| Seamus Finnigan | Devon Murray |
| Filius Flitwick | Warwick Davis |
| Firenze | Ray Fearon |
| Food Trolley Lady | Jean Southern, later played by Margery Mason |
| Gregory Goyle | Joshua Herdman |
| Hermione Granger | Emma Watson |
| The Grey Lady | Nina Young |
| Griphook | Verne Troyer Warwick Davis |
| Rubeus Hagrid | Robbie Coltrane |
| Terence Higgs | Will Theakston |
| Rolanda Hooch | Zoë Wanamaker |
| Angelina Johnson | Danielle Tabor later played by Tianna Benjamin |
| Lee Jordan | Luke Youngblood |
| Neville Longbottom | Matthew Lewis |
| Draco Malfoy | Tom Felton |
| Minerva McGonagall | Maggie Smith |
| Nearly Headless Nick | John Cleese |
| Garrick Ollivander | John Hurt |
| Peeves | Rik Mayall |
| James Potter | Adrian Rawlins |
| Lily Potter | Geraldine Somerville |
| Adrian Pucey | Scot Fearn |
| Quirinus Quirrell | Ian Hart |
| Severus Snape | Alan Rickman |
| Sorting Hat | Leslie Phillips |
| Alicia Spinnet | Leilah Sutherland, later played by Rochelle Douglas |
| Station Guard | Harry Taylor |
| Dean Thomas | Alfred Enoch |
| Tom | Derek Deadman later Jim Tavare |
| Lord VoldemortTom Riddle | Richard Bremmer, later played by Ralph Fiennes |
| Fred Weasley | James Phelps |
| George Weasley | Oliver Phelps |
| Ginny Weasley | Bonnie Wright |
| Molly Weasley | Julie Walters |
| Percy Weasley | Chris Rankin |
| Ron Weasley | Rupert Grint |
| Oliver Wood | Sean Biggerstaff |
| Introduced in The Chamber of Secrets | |
| Hannah Abbott | Charlotte Skeoch |
| Aragog | Julian Glover |
| Miles Bletchley | David Churchyard |
| Mr. Borgin | Edward Tudor-Pole |
| Millicent Bulstrode | Helen Stuart |
| Penelope Clearwater | Gemma Padley |
| Colin Creevey | Hugh Mitchell |
| Armando Dippet | Alfred Burke |
| Dobby | Toby Jones |
| Justin Finch-Fletchley | Edward Randell |
| Cornelius Fudge | Robert Hardy |
| Mr. Granger | Tom Knight later played by Ian Kelley |
| Mrs. Granger | Heather Bleasdale |
| Gilderoy Lockhart | Kenneth Branagh |
| Ernie Macmillan | Louis Doyle |
| Lucius Malfoy | Jason Isaacs |
| Mr. Mason | Jim Norton |
| Mrs. Mason | Veronica Clifford |
| Moaning Myrtle | Shirley Henderson |
| Irma Pince | Sally Mortemore |
| Poppy Pomfrey | Gemma Jones |
| Pomona Sprout | Miriam Margolyes |
| Arthur Weasley | Mark Williams |
| Introduced in The Prisoner of Azkaban | |
| Sirius Black | Gary Oldman |
| Lavender Brown | Jennifer Smith later Jessie Cave |
| Sir Cadogan | Paul Whitehouse |
| Marge Dursley | Pam Ferris |
| Shrunken Head | Lenny Henry |
| Remus Lupin | David Thewlis |
| Walden Macnair | Peter Best |
| Pansy Parkinson | Genevieve Gaunt later Scarlett Byrne |
| Parvati Patil | Sitara Shah later Shefali Chowdhury |
| Peter Pettigrew | Timothy Spall |
| Ernie Prang | Jimmy Gardner |
| Madam Rosmerta | Julie Christie |
| Stan Shunpike | Lee Ingleby |
| Sybill Trelawney | Emma Thompson |
| Bill Weasley | Richard Fish later Domhnall Gleeson |
| Charlie Weasley | Alex Crockford |
| Introduced in The Goblet of Fire | |
| Heathcote Barbary | Jason Buckle |
| Frank Bryce | Eric Sykes |
| Cho Chang | Katie Leung |
| Barty Crouch Jr. | David Tennant |
| Barty Crouch Sr. | Roger Lloyd-Pack |
| Gideon Crumb | Steven Claydon |
| Roger Davies | Henry Lloyd-Hughes |
| Fleur Delacour | Clémence Poésy |
| Gabrielle Delacour | Angelica Mandy |
| Amos Diggory | Jeff Rawle |
| Cedric Diggory | Robert Pattinson |
| Kirley Duke | Jonny Greenwood |
| Igor Karkaroff | Predrag Bjelac |
| Viktor Krum | Stanislav Ianevski |
| Olympe Maxime | Frances de la Tour |
| Alastor Moody | Brendan Gleeson |
| Padma Patil | Afshan Azad |
| Rita Skeeter | Miranda Richardson |
| Orsino Thruston | Phil Selway |
| Donaghan Tremlett | Steve Mackey |
| Myron Wagtail | Jarvis Cocker |
| Nigel Wolpert | William Melling |
| Introduced in The Order of the Phoenix | |
| Bane | Jason Piper |
| Phineas Nigellus Black | John Atterbury |
| Amelia Bones | Sian Thomas |
| John Dawlish | Richard Leaf |
| Elphias Doge | Peter Cartwright later played by David Ryall |
| Antonin Dolohov | Arben Bajraktaraj |
| Aberforth Dumbledore | Jim McManus later Ciarán Hinds |
| Everard | Sam Beazley |
| Arabella Figg | Kathryn Hunter |
| Grawp | Tony Maudsley |
| Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank | Apple Brook |
| Mafalda Hopkirk | Jessica Hynes later Sophie Thompson |
| Kreacher | Timothy Bateson later Simon McBurney |
| Bellatrix Lestrange | Helena Bonham Carter |
| Alice Longbottom | Lisa Wood |
| Frank Longbottom | James Payton |
| Luna Lovegood | Evanna Lynch |
| Magorian | Michael Wildman |
| Malcolm | Richard Macklin |
| Piers Polkiss | Jason Boyd |
| Kingsley Shacklebolt | George Harris |
| Zacharias Smith | Nick Shirm |
| Nymphadora Tonks | Natalia Tena |
| Travers | Tav MacDougall |
| Dolores Umbridge | Imelda Staunton |
| Emmeline Vance | Brigitte Millar |
| Introduced in The Half-Blood Prince | |
| Marcus Belby | Robert Knox |
| Regulus Black | Tom Moorcroft |
| Alecto Carrow | Suzie Toase |
| Amycus Carrow | Ralph Ineson |
| Mrs. Cole | Amelda Brown |
| Barnabas Cuffe | Roger C. Baily |
| Fenrir Greyback | Dave Legeno |
| Leanne | Isabella Laughland |
| Narcissa Malfoy | Helen McCrory |
| Cormac McLaggen | Freddie Stroma |
| Thorfinn Rowle | Rod Hunt |
| Sanguini | Charlie Bennison |
| Horace Slughorn | Jim Broadbent |
| Romilda Vane | Anna Shaffer |
| Eldred Worple | Paul Ritter |
| Blaise Zabini | Louis Cordice |
| Introduced in The Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | |
| Bathilda Bagshot | Hazel Douglas |
| Charity Burbage | Carolyn Pickles |
| Mary Cattermole | Kate Fleetwood |
| Reg Cattermole | Steffan Rhodri |
| Mundungus Fletcher | Andy Linden |
| Gregorovitch | Rade Šerbedžija |
| Gellert Grindelwald | Michael Byrne Jamie Campbell Bower |
| Xenophilius Lovegood | Rhys Ifans |
| Auntie Muriel | Matyelok Gibbs |
| Albert Runcorn | David O’Hara |
| Scabior | Nick Moran |
| Rufus Scrimgeour | Bill Nighy |
| Pius Thicknesse | Guy Henry |
| Yaxley | Peter Mullan |
| Introduced in The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | |
| Bogrod | Jon Key |
| Ariana Dumbledore | Hebe Beardsall |
| Hugo Granger-Weasley | Ryan Turner |
| Rose Granger-Weasley | Helena Barlow |
| Astoria Malfoy | Jade Gordon |
| Scorpius Malfoy | Bertie Gilbert |
| Albus Severus Potter | Arthur Bowen |
| James Sirius Potter | Will Dunn |
| Lily Luna Potter | Daphne de Beistegui |
Down Below is a video of how they look nowadays considering that the last Harry Potter Movie came out over 9 years ago
Who Produced The Harry Potter Movies?
Harry Potter Production companies include the following
- Warner Bros
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- PicturesHeyday Films
- 1492 Pictures
Who Published Harry Potter?
Harry Potter was published by 2 major publishers in the United States and the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, it was published Bloomsbury who were the very first publishers to give a chance to J.K. Rowling and her writing. And afterward, in the United States, it was published by the Scholastic press
Directors Of The Harry Potter Movies
| Name Of The Book | The Name Of The Directors |
| Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone | Chris Columbus |
| Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets | Chris Columbus |
| Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban | Alfonso Cuarón |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Mike Newell |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | David Yates |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | David Yates |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 | David Yates |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 | David Yates |
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