Harry Potter actors
by golden-ludo77 | created - 03 Sep 2015 | updated - 10 Dec 2016 | Public[UC]
1. Robert Hardy
Actor | Sense and Sensibility
One of England's most successful and enduring character actors, with a prolific screen career on television and in films, Robert Hardy was acclaimed for his versatility and the depth of his performances.
Born in Cheltenham in 1925, he studied at Oxford University and, in 1949, he joined the ...
Oct 29 1925
Cornelius Fudge in:
- The Chamber of Secrets;
- The Prisoner of Azkaban;
- The Goblet of Fire;
- The Order of the Phoenix.
2. Richard Harris
Actor | Unforgiven
Richard St John Harris was born on October 1, 1930 in Limerick, Ireland, to a farming family, one of nine children born to Mildred (Harty) and Ivan Harris. He attended Crescent College, a Jesuit school, and was an excellent rugby player, with a strong passion for literature. Unfortunately, a bout ...
Oct 1 1930 - Oct 25 2002
Albus Dumbledore in:
- The Philosopher's Stone;
- The Chamber of Secrets.
3. Maggie Smith
Actress | Gosford Park
One of the world's most famous and distinguished actresses, Dame Maggie Smith was born Margaret Natalie Smith in Essex. Her Scottish mother, Margaret (Hutton), worked as a secretary, and her English father, Nathaniel Smith, was a teacher at Oxford University. Smith has been married twice: to actor ...
Dec 28 1934
Minerva McGonagall in:
- The Philosopher's Stone;
- The Chamber of Secrets;
- The Prisoner of Azkaban;
- The Goblet of Fire;
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Half-Blood Prince;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
4. Michael Gambon
Actor | Gosford Park
Sir Michael Gambon was born in Cabra, Dublin, Ireland, to Mary (Hoare), a seamstress, and Edward Gambon, an engineer. After joining the National Theatre, under the Artistic Directorship of Sir Laurence Olivier, Gambon went on to appear in a number of leading roles in plays written by Alan Ayckbourn...
Oct 19 1940
Albus Dumbledore in:
- The Prisoner of Azkaban;
- The Goblet of Fire;
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Half-Blood Prince;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
5. Alan Rickman
Actor | Die Hard
Alan Rickman was born on a council estate in Acton, West London, to Margaret Doreen Rose (Bartlett), of English and Welsh descent, and Bernard Rickman, of Irish descent, who worked at a factory. Alan Rickman had an older brother (David), a younger brother (Michael), and a younger sister (Sheila). ...
Feb 21 1946 - Jan 14 2016
Severus Snape in:
- The Philosopher's Stone;
- The Chamber of Secrets;
- The Prisoner of Azkaban;
- The Goblet of Fire;
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Half-Blood Prince;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
6. Richard Griffiths
Actor | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The avuncular star character actor Richard Griffiths grew up in a council flat in less than prosperous conditions, the son of deaf and volatile parents in a dysfunctional family setting. According to an article in the Telegraph newspaper, his father Thomas was a steelworker 'who fought in pubs for ...
Jul 31 1947 - Mar 28 2013
Uncle Vernon in:
- The Philosopher's Stone;
- The Chamber of Secrets;
- The Prisoner of Azkaban;
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1.
7. George Harris
Actor | Raiders of the Lost Ark
George Harris was born on October 20, 1949 in Grenada, British West Indies [now Grenada]. He is an actor and producer, known for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and Layer Cake (2004).
Oct 20 1949
Kingsley Shacklebolt in:
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
8. Bill Nighy
Actor | Love Actually
Bill Nighy is an award-winning British character actor. He was born William Francis Nighy on December 12, 1949 in Caterham, Surrey, England, to Catherine Josephine (Whittaker), a psychiatric nurse from Glasgow, and Alfred Martin Nighy, who was English-born and managed a garage in Croydon.
At school,...
Dec 12 1949
Rufus Scrimgeour in:
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1.
9. Robbie Coltrane
Actor | Cracker
Robbie Coltrane, one of Britain's most popular comedians who was head of debating society at school and won prizes for his art, is now a film star who played in two James Bond films and in the "Harry Potter" franchise.
Coltrane was born Anthony Robert McMillan on March 30, 1950, in Rutherglen, a ...
Mar 30 1950
Rubeus Hagrid in:
- The Philosopher's Stone;
- The Chamber of Secrets;
- The Prisoner of Azkaban;
- The Goblet of Fire;
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Half-Blood Prince;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
10. Ciarán Hinds
Actor | Belfast
Ciarán Hinds was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on February 9, 1953. He was one of five children and the only son. His father was a doctor who hoped to have Ciarán follow in his footsteps, but that was not to be. It was his mother Moya, an amateur actress, who was the real influence behind his ...
Feb 9 1953
Aberforth Dumbledore in:
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
11. Brendan Gleeson
Actor | The Guard
Brendan Gleeson was born in Dublin, Ireland, to Pat and Frank Gleeson. From a very young age, he loved to learn, especially reading classical text in and outside the classroom. He took great attention to Irish play writers such as Samuel Beckett, which eventually led to him performing in his high ...
Mar 29 1955
Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody in:
- The Goblet of Fire;
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1.
12. Imelda Staunton
Actress | Vera Drake
Imelda Staunton is an English actress and singer from Archway, London. Her ancestry is primarily Irish. She has worked extensively in theater, and has won 4 Laurence Olivier Awards; 3 for leading roles and one for a supporting role. Her best known role in films has been the recurring villain ...
Jan 9 1956
Dolores Umbridge in:
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1.
13. Gary Oldman
Actor | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Gary Oldman is a talented English movie star and character actor, renowned for his expressive acting style. One of the most celebrated thespians of his generation, with a diverse career encompassing theatre, film and television, he is known for his roles as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), ...
Mar 21 1958
Sirius Black in:
- The Prisoner of Azkaban;
- The Goblet of Fire;
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
14. Fiona Shaw
Actress | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Shaw was already an accomplished theater actress when director Jim Sheridan awarded her a role in his film, My Left Foot (1989). The film is a telling of Christy Brown (Daniel Day-Lewis), an Irishman disgruntled with his confinement to a body horribly crippled by cerebral palsy but who found ...
Jul 10 1958
Petunia Dursley in:
- The Philosopher's Stone;
- The Chamber of Secrets;
- The Prisoner of Azkaban;
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1.
15. Peter Mullan
Actor | The Magdalene Sisters
He was interested in directing films at the age of 19 and he made several shorts. As he wasn't admitted to the National Film School, he decided to dedicate himself to acting, and made his debut in the theatre in 1988 before moving to cinema and television. Fame came with the parts he played in such...
Nov 2 1959
Death Eater Yaxley in:
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1.
16. Ralph Fiennes
Actor | The Constant Gardener
Actor Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born on December 22, 1962 in Suffolk, England, to Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne (Lash), a novelist, and Mark Fiennes, a photographer. He is the eldest of six children. Four of his siblings are also in the arts: Martha Fiennes, a director; Magnus ...
Dec 22 1962
Lord Voldemort in:
- The Goblet of Fire;
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
17. David Thewlis
Actor | Naked
David Thewlis was born David Wheeler in 1963 in Blackpool, Lancashire, to Maureen (Thewlis) and Alec Raymond Wheeler, and lived with his parents above their combination wallpaper and toy shop during his childhood. Originally, he came to London with his band Door 66, however he changed his plans and...
Mar 20 1963
Remus Lupin in:
- The Prisoner of Azkaban;
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Half-Blood Prince;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
18. Jason Isaacs
Actor | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Jason Isaacs was born in Liverpool. He studied law at Bristol University but fell in love with the theatre and directed, produced and appeared in dozens of productions there, at the National Student Theatre Festival and at the Edinburgh Festival. He graduated in 1985 but then attended the Royal ...
Jun 6 1963
Lucius Malfoy in:
- The Chamber of Secrets;
- The Goblet of Fire;
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
19. Helena Bonham Carter
Actress | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Helena Bonham Carter is an actress of great versatility, one of the UK's finest and most successful.
Bonham Carter was born May 26, 1966 in Golders Green, London, England, the youngest of three children of Elena (née Propper de Callejón), a psychotherapist, and Raymond Bonham Carter, a merchant ...
May 26 1966
Bellatrix Lestrange in:
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Half-Blood Prince;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
20. Rhys Ifans
Actor | The Amazing Spider-Man
Rhys Ifans was born and raised in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, the son of teacher parents, Beti Wyn (Davies) and Eirwyn Evans. He was educated in two Welsh language schools - Ysgol Pentrecelyn, where his mother taught, and Ysgol Maes Garmon. During his childhood, Ifans showed an interest in...
Jul 22 1967
Xenophilius Lovegood in:
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1.
21. Toby Jones
Actor | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Widely regarded as one of the greatest stage and screen actors both in his native Great Britain and internationally, Toby Edward Heslewood Jones was born on September 7, 1966 in Hammersmith, London. His parents, Freddie Jones and Jennie Heslewood, are actors as well. Toby has two brothers: Rupert, ...
Sep 7 1967
Dobby (voice) in:
- The Chamber of Secrets;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1.
22. Helen McCrory
Actress | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Award-winning actress Helen Elizabeth McCrory was born in London, England, to Welsh-born Anne (Morgans) and Scottish-born Iain McCrory, a diplomat from Glasgow. After training at the Drama Centre London, Helen began her career on stage in the UK and won the Manchester Evening News' Best Actress ...
Aug 17 1968
Narcissa Malfoy in:
- The Half-Blood Prince;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
23. Warwick Davis
Actor | Willow
English actor Warwick Davis was born in Epsom, Surrey, England, the son of Susan J. (Pain) and Ashley Davis, an insurance broker. Davis was born with the condition spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenital (SED), which caused his dwarfism. He was educated at City of London Freemen's School. When he ...
Feb 3 1970
Filius Flitwick in:
- The Philosopher's Stone;
- The Chamber of Secrets;
- The Prisoner of Azkaban;
- The Goblet of Fire;
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Half-Blood Prince;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
Griphook in:
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
Goblin Bank Teller in:
- The Philosopher's Stone.
24. Natalia Tena
Actress | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Natalia Gastiain Tena is an English actress and musician. She played Nymphadora Tonks in the Harry Potter film series, and the wildling Osha in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011).
Tena is also the lead singer and accordionist of Molotov Jukebox. The band released their debut album Carnival Flower...
Nov 1 1984
Nymphadora Tonks in:
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Half-Blood Prince;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
25. Tom Felton
Actor | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Tom Felton was born in Epsom, Surrey, to Sharon and Peter Felton. He has been acting since he was 8 years old at the suggestion of an actress friend of his family who recognized Felton's theatrical qualities. Felton met with an agent, and two weeks later, after auditioning with over 400 other ...
Sep 22 1987
Draco Malfoy in:
- The Philosopher's Stone;
- The Chamber of Secrets;
- The Prisoner of Azkaban;
- The Goblet of Fire;
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Half-Blood Prince;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
26. Rupert Grint
Actor | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint was born in Harlow, Essex, England, the elder son of Joanne (Parsons) and Nigel Grint, who dealt in memorabilia. The first of 5 children, Rupert has one brother and three sisters.
Rupert grew up in Hertfordshire, the English county directly to the north of London, ...
Aug 24 1988
Ron Weasley in:
- The Philosopher's Stone;
- The Chamber of Secrets;
- The Prisoner of Azkaban;
- The Goblet of Fire;
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Half-Blood Prince;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
27. Harry Melling
Actor | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Melling started acting at the age of 10 in the Harry Potter films playing the role of Dudley Dursley.
In his mid-teens he joined the National Youth Theatre appearing in a number of shows including "The Master and Margarita".
Harry at the age of 18 attended the LAMDA (London Academy Of Music and...
Mar 13 1989
Dudley Dursley in:
- The Philosopher's Stone;
- The Chamber of Secrets;
- The Prisoner of Azkaban;
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1.
28. Matthew Lewis
Actor | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Matthew Lewis was born on June 27, 1989 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011), Me Before You (2016) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001). He has been married to Angela Jones since May 28, 2018.
Jun 27 1989
Neville Longbottom in:
- The Philosopher's Stone;
- The Chamber of Secrets;
- The Prisoner of Azkaban;
- The Goblet of Fire;
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Half-Blood Prince;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
29. Daniel Radcliffe
Actor | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born on July 23, 1989 in Fulham, London, England, to casting agent Marcia Gresham (née Jacobson) and literary agent Alan Radcliffe. His father is from a Northern Irish Protestant background, while his mother was born in South Africa, to a Jewish family (from Lithuania, ...
Jul 23 1989
Harry Potter in:
- The Philosopher's Stone;
- The Chamber of Secrets;
- The Prisoner of Azkaban;
- The Goblet of Fire;
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Half-Blood Prince;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
30. Emma Watson
Actress | The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Paris, France, to British parents, Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson, both lawyers. She moved to Oxfordshire when she was five, where she attended the Dragon School. From the age of six, Emma knew that she wanted to be an actress and, for a number of years,...
Apr 15 1990
Hermione Granger in:
- The Philosopher's Stone;
- The Chamber of Secrets;
- The Prisoner of Azkaban;
- The Goblet of Fire;
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Half-Blood Prince;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
31. Bonnie Wright
Actress | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Bonnie Francesca Wright was born on February 17, 1991 to jewelers Gary Wright and Sheila Teague. Her debut performance was in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) as Ron Weasley's little sister Ginny Weasley. Bonnie tried out for the film due to her older brother Lewis mentioning she ...
Feb 17 1991
Ginny Weasley in:
- The Philosopher's Stone;
- The Chamber of Secrets;
- The Prisoner of Azkaban;
- The Goblet of Fire;
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Half-Blood Prince;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
32. Evanna Lynch
Actress | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Evanna Patricia Lynch is an Irish actress. Born in the town of Termonfeckin in Ireland, she is one of four children to Donal and Marguerite Lynch. Her acting career began in 2007 when she competed in an open audition against nearly 15,000 girls, and won the coveted role of Luna Lovegood in the "...
Aug 16 1991
Luna Lovegood in:
- The Order of the Phoenix;
- The Half-Blood Prince;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 1;
- The Deathly Hallows: part 2.
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