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Movie 3 - HP & the Prisoner of Azkaban
Movie 1- HP & the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone
Movie 2 - HP & the Chamber of Secrets
Actor pictures - Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Tom Felton,
Sean Biggerstaff, James & Oliver Phelps, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith,
Miriam Margoyles, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane, Keneth Branagh,
Jason Isaacs.

 

Movie 1-Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Click to see bio and picture:

Students:
Harry Potter - Daniel Radcliffe
Ron Weasley - Rupert Grint
Hermione Granger - Emma Watson
Draco Malfoy - Tom Felton
Neville Longbottom - Matthew Lewis
Seamus Finnigan - Devon Murray
Dean Thomas - Alfie Enoch
Fred Weasley - James Phelps
George Weasley - Oliver Phelps
Percy Weasley - Chris Rankin
Ginny Weasley - Bonnie Wright
Oliver Wood - Sean Biggerstaff
Lee Jordan - Luke Youngblood
Vincent Crabbe - James Waylett
Gregory Goyle - Joshua Herdman
Katie Bell - Emily Dale
Angelina Johnson - Danielle Tabor
Alicia Spinnet - Leila Sutherland
Marcus Flint - Jamie Yeates
Terrence Higgs - Will Theakson

Teachers and Hogwarts personel:
Rubeus Hagrid - Robbie Coltrane
Prof.
Albus Dumbledore - Richard Harris
Prof. Severus Snape - Alan Rickman
Prof. Minerva Mcgonagall - Maggie Smith
Prof. Slatero Quirrel - Ian Hart
Prof. Filius Flitwick - Warwick Davis
Madam Xiomara Hooch - Zoe Wannamaker
Argus Filch - David Bradley

Hogwarts ghosts:
Sir Nicholas De Mimsy-Porpington - John Cleese
The Bloody Baron - Terence Bayler
The Fat Friar - Simon Fisher-Becker
The Grey Lady - Nina Young

Other:
Mr. Ollivander - John Hurt
Vernon Dursley - Richard Griffiths
Petunia Dursley - Fiona Shaw
Dudley Dursley - Harry Melling
Lilly Potter - Geraldine Somerville
James Potter - Adrian Rawlins
Molly Weasley - Julie Walters
Lord Voldemort - Richard Bremmer
The Fat Lady - Elizabeth Spriggs
Griphook (Gringotts Goblin) - Verne Troyer
Gringotts Goblin1 - Rusty Goffe
Grigotts Goblin2 - Mike Edmonds
Hedwig - Ook the owl
Voice of The Sorting Hat - Leslie Phillips

The crew

Director - Chris Columbus
Producer - David Heyman
Production Company -Warner Brothers
Screenplay - Steve Kloves
Composer - John Williams
Director of Photography - John Seale
Production Designer - Stuart Craig
Costume Designer - Judianna Makovsky
Editor - Richard Francis-Bruce

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Movie 2-Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
( Cast and crew that appear for the 1st time in this movie are given links - not old cast and crew)

Click to see bio :

Students:
Harry Potter - Daniel Radcliffe
Ron Weasley - Rupert Grint
Hermione Granger - Emma Watson
Draco Malfoy - Tom Felton
Neville Longbottom - Matthew Lewis
Seamus Finnigan - Devon Murray
Dean Thomas - Alfie Enoch
Fred Weasley - James Phelps
George Weasley - Oliver Phelps
Percy Weasley - Chris Rankin
Ginny Weasley - Bonnie Wright
Oliver Wood - Sean Biggerstaff
Lee Jordan - Luke Youngblood
Vincent Crabbe - James Waylett
Gregory Goyle - Joshua Herdman
Katie Bell - Emily Dale
Angelina Johnson - Danielle Tabor
Alicia Spinnet - Leila Sutherland
Marcus Flint - Jamie Yeates
Terrence Higgs - Will Theakson
Pansy Parkinson - Unknown

Colin Creevey - Hugh Mitchell
Justin Finch-Fletchley - Edward Randell

Teachers and Hogwarts personel:
Rubeus Hagrid - Robbie Coltrane
Prof.
Albus Dumbledore - Richard Harris
Prof. Severus Snape - Alan Rickman
Prof. Minerva Mcgonagall - Maggie Smith
Prof. Filius Flitwick - Warwick Davis
Prof. Gilderoy Lockart - Kenneth Branagh
Prof. Sprout - Miriam Margolyes
Madam Xiomara Hooch - Zoe Wannamaker
Madam Pince (Hogwarts Librarian) -
Sally Mortemore
Madam Poppy Pomfrey - Gemma Jones
Argus Filch - David Bradley

Hogwarts ghosts:
Sir Nicholas De Mimsy-Porpington - John Cleese
The Bloody Baron - Terence Bayler
The Fat Friar - Simon Fisher-Becker
The Grey Lady - Nina Young

Moaning Murtle (Ghost that haunts girs' toilet) -
Shirley Henderson

Other:
Vernon Dursley - Richard Griffiths
Petunia Dursley - Fiona Shaw
Dudley Dursley - Harry Melling
Molly Weasley - Julie Walters
Arthur Weasley - Mark Williams
Voice of Dobby - Toby Jones
Voice of Aragog - Julian Glover
Tom Riddle - Christian Coulson
Lucius Malfoy - Jason Isaacs
The Fat Lady - Elizabeth Spriggs
Hedwig - Ook the owl
Professor Dippet (previous headmaster of Hogwarts) - Alfred Burke


The crew

Director - Chris Columbus
Producer - David Heyman
Production Company -Warner Brothers
Screenplay - Steve Kloves
Composer - John Williams
Director of Photography - John Seale
Production Designer - Stuart Craig
Costume Designer - Judianna Makovsky
Editor - Richard Francis-Bruce

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Movie 1 and 2: Cast Bios/pics

Harry Potter - Daniel Radcliffe

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15 year old Dan Radcliffe stars in the coveted role of teen-wizard Harry Potter. He beat thousands of hopefuls to secure the role 'he was quite definitely born to play', as director Chris Columbus says, 'Dan walked into the room and we all knew we had found Harry.' At first his parents were reluctant to let him take up the part but were eventually convinced. Dan first appeared on our screens in December 1999 when he played the young David Copperfield in BBC television's production of David Copperfield. The drama which was directed by Simon Curtis, also starred Dame Maggie Smith and Zoe Wanamaker who now appear along side him as Professor McGonagall and Madame Hooch in Harry Potter. Prior to filming Harry Potter he made his feature film debut as Jamie Lee Curtis' and Geoffrey Rush's screen son in John Boorman's The Tailor of Panama. In 2005, Dan will begin work on the film <i>December Boys</i>, playing a 16 year old boy.

Detailed info:

Full Name: Daniel Jacob Radcliffe
Date of Birth: July 23, 1989
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Zodiac sign: Leo
Siblings: None
Parents: Marcia Gresham (casting agent) and Alan Radcliffe (literary agent with International Creative Management)
Hometown: Fulham, England
Hobbies: Playing Bass Guitar, listening to music ('old school punk-rock'), movies, 'chilling' with friends
Dislikes: Pop music ('I hate Pop music - it's not music that should be made or sold ... there should a fine on every Pop album they sell.')
Pets: Nugget and Binka (Border Collies)
Fav. Movies: What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Twelve Angry Men, Shakespeare in Love, Moulin Rouge, Apollo 13
Fav. Bands/Music: Dan's mad (no, really - raving mad) about Rock and Guitar music. He lists the Sex Pistols, The Clash, Iggy Pop, The Stranglers, Stereophonics, The Strokes (as well as about 40 others - that are changing all the time) among his favourites.
Fav. TV show: The Simpsons
Fav. Actresses: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Kate Hudson, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger
Fav. Actors: Ed Harris, Jude Law, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Bettany, Tom Hanks, Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Johnny Depp.
Fav. HP Book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Write to Dan @:

Daniel Radcliffe
c/o Warner Bros.
Leavesden Studios
P.O. Box 3000
Leavesden
Hertfordshire WD25 7LT
United Kingdom

Links:

DanRadcliffe.com
DanRadcliffe.co.uk

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Ron Weasley - Rupert Grint

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Rupert Grint plays the youngest Weasley brother and best friend to Harry Potter. Rupert is 16 years old and is the eldest of five children. He has performed in school productions and with the local theatre drama group. Recent productions include the role of the gangster Rooster in Annie and a production of Peter Pan. At school he played the role of Rumplestiltskin in the Grimm Tales and Mystic Meg for a talent show. Rupert was a huge Potter fan and auditioned for the role of Ron Weasley (his favourate character) in Harry Potter after watching an appeal by the casting director on the BBC television show Newsround - in his audition tape he dressed up as his female drama teacher, did a 'Ron' rap nad gave a Ron speech. Rupert won a number of awards for his excellent performance in HP & the Philosopher's Stone. He also recently starred in the movie Thunderpants. Rupert is like Ron in many ways - he has quite a few siblings, an exceptionally sweet tooth and a phobia of spiders.

Detailed info:

Full Name: Rupert Michael Grint
Nicknames: 'Dan, just Dan'
Date of Birth: August 24, 1988
Hair: Red
Eyes: Hazel
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Siblings: Oldest of 5. 1 brother (James), 3 sisters (Georgina, Samantha and Charlotte)
Parents: Nigel (Race-car memorial dealer) and Jo (a homemaker)
Hometown: Hertfordshire, England
Hobbies: Drawing characatures, playing PS2 and computer games, football
Fav. Movies: Jim Carey movies
Fav. Music: Rap
Fav. Actor: Jim Carrey
Fav. HP book: HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Write to Rupert @:


Rupert Grint
c/o Warner Bros.
Leavesden Studios
P.O. Box 3000
Leavesden
Hertfordshire WD25 7LT
United Kingdom

Links:

The Official Rupert Grint Site
Rupert-Grint.com
RupertGrint.net
Rupert Grint UK

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Hermione Granger - Emma Watson

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14 yr old Emma Watson plays the bookish, but kind hearted and couragious Hermione Granger. This is Emma's first foray into the world of professional acting, although her natural ability has been evident since an early age with highly praised performances in several school productions. Indeed, her talents first came to light in school plays in France and, when aged seven, Emma won top prize for poetry recital in her school's Daisy Pratt Poetry Competition for her year. She went on to co-star as Morgan La Fay in the school's production of Arthur: The Young Years and then took one of lead roles in The Happy Prince. Emma is a keen hockey and rounders player and likes to take part in all kinds of school activities including debating, sculling, tug of war and singing on the school bus!

Detailed info:

Full name: Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson
Nicknames: Em, Emms
Date of Birth: April 15, 1990
Star sign: Taurus
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: About 4'11"
Hometown: Oxfordshire, England
Parents: Chris Watson (lawyer), Jacqueline Watson (lawyer); divorced
Siblings: 1: brother Alex (3 years younger)
Hobbies: Hockey, tennis, rounders, art
Pets: 2 cats: Bubbles and Domino
Fav. Movies: Julia Roberts movies
Fav. Music: Bryan Adams, Atomic Kitten, Suzanne Vega, Dido, and Samantha Mumba
Fav. Clothing line: DKNY, Gap and Harvey Nichols
Role Models: Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Goldie Hawn, and John Cleese
Fav HP Book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Dislikes: Geography, maths, opera

Write to Emma @:

Emma Watson
c/o Warner Bros.
Leavesden Studios
P.O. Box 3000
Leavesden
Hertfordshire WD25 7LT
United Kingdom

Links:

All About Emma
Bewitched
Emma-Watson.org

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Draco Malfoy - Tom Felton

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17 year old Tom Felton plays Slytherin school boy Draco Malfoy. Tom has been acting professionally for eight years and was first seen on the big screen in 1996 when he played the role of Peagreen in Peter Hewitt's The Borrowers. Before the Harry Potter movies, he played the part of Jodie Foster's screen son Louis in Anna & the King. He has also appeared in two top UK television series: Bugs in which he played the role of James and Second Sight starring opposite Clive Owen as Thomas Ingham. He has also starred in two BBC Radio 4 plays playing the role of Ioeth in The Wizard of Earthsea and Hercule in Here's to Everyone. Tom first came to attention in 1995 when he featured in a number of top television commercials. He is a keen sportsman enjoying football, iceskating, roller blading, basket ball, cricket, swimming and tennis.

Detailed info:

Full Name: Thomas Felton
Age: 16
Birthday: September 22, 1987
Zodiac sign: Libra
Hair: Blonde (since it's peroxided) but originaly brown
Eyes: Blue
Hometown: Surrey, England
Siblings: 3 older brothers ages 18, 21 and 22
Hobbies: Fishing (Tom's fanatical about the sport), Football, iceskating, rollerblading, basketball, cricket, swimming, tennis.

Write to Tom @:

Tom Felton
c/o Warner Bros.
Leavesden Studios
P.O. Box 3000
Leavesden, Hertsfordshire WD2 7LT
United Kingdom

Links:

The Official Tom Felton Site
Tom Felton Online

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Neville Longbottom - Matthew Lewis



Seamus Finnigan - Devon Murray


Dean Thomas - Alfie Enoch


Fred Weasley - James Phelps


George Weasley - Oliver Phelps


Percy Weasley - Chris Rankin


Ginny Weasley - Bonnie Wright


Oliver Wood - Sean Biggerstaff


Lee Jordan - Luke Youngblood


Vincent Crabbe - James Waylett


Gregory Goyle - Joshua Herdman


Katie Bell - Emily Dale


Angelina Johnson - Danielle Tabor


Alicia Spinnet - Leila Sutherland


Marcus Flint - Jamie Yeates


Terrence Higgs - Will Theakson

Colin Creevey - Hugh Mitchell

Justin Finch-Fletchley - Edward Randell


Rubeus Hagrid - Robbie Coltrane

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Robbie Coltrane - Robbie Coltrane plays Rubeus Hagrid, the loyal keeper of the keys and grounds at Hogwarts and most importantly, friend to Harry Potter.
Robbie Coltrane is one of the UK's most prolific and respected film and television actors with a multi-award winning career spanning 20 years. His illustrious film career to date boasts 26 films including: the James Bond films The World is Not Enough and Goldeneye in which he played Valentin Zukovsky; Warner Bros' Message in a Bottle; Buddy; The Pope Must Die; Henry V; Let it Ride; Absolute Beginners; Defense of the Realm; Mona Lisa and Nuns on the Run for which he was awarded The Peter Sellers Award For Comedy at the 1991 Evening Standard British Film Awards.
Perhaps Coltrane is best known as Fitz in the internationally acclaimed and hugely popular television series Cracker. The three series of the phenomenally successful drama amassed an impressive array of awards including two BAFTA Best Drama Series Awards in 1996 and 1996; the Royal Television Society Award for Best Drama; the 1993 Broadcasting Press Guilds Award for Best Series and the US Cable Ace Awards Best Movie or Mini Series. Coltrane himself was bestowed with a staggering array of awards for his portrayal of the tough, wise cracking police psychologist, Fitz. Incredibly, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Television Actor three years in a row (1994, 1995 and 1996); Best Television Actor at the 1993 Broadcasting Press Guilds Awards; a Silver Nymph Award for Best Actor at the 1994 Monte Carlo Television Festival; Best Male Performer at the 1994 Royal Television Society Awards; FIPA's Best Actor Award and a Cable Ace Award for Best Actor in a Movie or Mini Series.
Coltrane first came to our attention in Slab Boys in 1978 at the Traverse Theatre and at Hampstead Theatre, before in the early 1980s launching himself on an unsuspecting comedy scene with appearances on Alfresco, Kick up the Eighties, Laugh I nearly Paid my Licence Fee and Saturday Night Live. He went onto make star appearances in 13 Comic Strip productions and numerous television shows including Blackadders III; Blackadder Christmas Special as well as being nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Danny McGlone in Tony Smith's Tutti Frutti.

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Prof. Albus Dumbledore - Richard Harris

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Richard Harris played Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore, considered by many the greatest wizard of modern times.
Harris is undoubtedly one of the film industry's greatest screen legends having starred in over 70 major movies and been nominated for two Academy Awards. In addition, he is both an accomplished producer, director and also an author.
He is perhaps most recently best known for his role of Emperor in Ridley Scott's Gladiator, as well as starring in The Count of Monte Cristo, The Pearl, The Barber of Siberia, Smilla's Sense of Snow, Unforgiven, Patriot Games and The Field for which he was nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Globe. Harris has starred in many classic films including Guns of Navarone, Mutiny on the Bounty and This Sporting Life for which he received his first Academy Award nomination and BAFTA nomination, as well as winning him Best Actor at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. His portrayal of King Arthur in Camelot won Harris a Golden Globe Award, followed three years later in 1970 with one of his memorable performances in A Man Called Horse. This was followed by Return of a Man Called Horse (which he co-executive produced) and then by Triumphs of a Man Called Horse. Other major film credits include: The Hero (aka Bloomfield) which he also directed, Echoes of a Summer which he co-executive produced, The Cassandra Crossing, Gulliver's Travels, Orca, The Wild Geese and Mack the Knife. His television credits include: The Hunchback of Notre Dame; The Great Kandinsky; Maigret, the Return; Camelot (a role he also took to the stage); The Snow Goose; the Iron Harp and Ricardo. In addition to Camelot, Harris' other main stage performances include: The Ginger Man, Man Beast and Virtue and A View from the Bridge. Harris has also published two books, the novel 'Honour Bound' and a poetry compilation in the 'Membership of my Days'. Richard Harris passed away in 2002.

Michael Gamdon has been cast as the new Dumbledore.

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Prof. Severus Snape - Alan Rickman

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Alan Rickman plays Severus Snape, Potions Professor and head of Slytherin House.
Alan Rickman is one of the UK's most respected film, television and theatre actors and famed throughout the world for his performances in films as diverse as: Die Hard; An Awfully Big Adventure; Bob Roberts; Truly Madly Deeply; Close My Eyes; The January Man and Galaxy Quest.
He also starred in Mesmer for which he was named Best Actor at the Montreal Film Festival. For Sense & Sensibility and Michael Collins he received BAFTA nominations and for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves he won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. For Truly Madly Deeply, Close My Eyes and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves he was named Evening Standard Film Actor of the Year. Recent films include: Blow Dry; The Search for John Gissing and Play (directed by Anthony Mingh*lla for Beckett on Film).
For his role as the enigmatic Russian monk in HBO's Rasputin, Rickman won the 1996 Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor. Other television credits include: Benefactors; Revolutionary Witness; Spirit of Man; Pity in History; Barchester Chronicles; Busted; Therese Raquin and Romeo & Juliet. As a director Rickman's work includes Wax Acts with Ruby Wax in the West End and The Winter Guest by Sharman MacDonald at both the West Yorkshire Playhouse and the Almeida Theatre in London. He then went on to direct (and co-write with Macdonald) the feature film version of The Winter Guest starring Emma Thompson. It was an Official Selection for the Venice Film Festival winning three awards and later won Best Feature at the Chicago Film Festival. Rickman is equally famed for his theatre work. As a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company he starred in Les Liaisons Dangereuses both in the West End and on Broadway where he was nominated for a Tony Award. Other productions for the RSC include: Memphisto; Troilus and Cressida; As You Like It; Love's Labours Lost; Anthony and Cleopatra; Captain Swing and The Tempest. Most of his stage work however has been in contemporary theatre and includes: Fears and Miseries of the Third Reich at the Glasgow Citizens; The Carnation Game and The Summer Party at the Crucible Sheffield; Commitments and The Last Elephant at the Bush Theatre; Bad Language at the Hampstead Theatre Club; The Grass Widow; The Lucky Chance and The Seagull at the Royal Court. For the National Theatre Rickman starred in Anthony & Cleopatra and played the title role in Hamlet at Riverside Studios directed by Robert Sturua, the celebrated director of the Rustaveli Theatre in Georgia. Rickman has also appeared three times at the Edinburgh Festival - a double bill of The Devil is an Ass and Measure for Measure which also toured Europe; Brothers Karamazov which then toured the USSR and Yukio Ninagawa's Tango at the end of Winter which later transferred to the West End winning Rickman the Time Out Award for Best Actor. Rickman is due to star in Noel Coward's Private Lives at the Albery theatre.

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Prof. Minerva Mcgonagall - Maggie Smith

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Maggie Smith plays Minerva McGonagall, deputy head of Hogwarts and head of the Gryffindor house.
Dame Maggie Smith is quite simply one of the world's greatest stage and screen actresses revered both by her peers and the public alike and the recepient of countless awards, including two Academy Awards, the CBE and the DBE. Smith first appeared on stage with the Oxford University Drama Society in 1952 and then made her professional debut in New York in The New Faces 1956 Revue. She joined the Old Vic Company in 1959 and began gathering awards including the 1962 Evening Standard's Best Actress Award for her roles as Doreen in The Private Ear and Belinda in The Public Eye. She joined The National Theatre in 1963 playing Desdemona opposite Laurence Olivier's Oth*llo and went on to further success in Black Comedy, Miss Julie, The Country Wife, The Beaux Strategm and Much Ado About Nothing. But, it was in 1969 and her portrayal in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie which catapulted her into the public eye and won her an Academy Award and the Society of Film and TV Arts Best Actress Award. Further film roles followed including: Travels with my Aunt (nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress) and Death on the Nile. Then, in 1977 Smith won her second Academy Award and a Golden Globe for her role in Neil Simon's California Suite.
The accolades continued to flow with Alan Bennett's A Private Function (co-starring Michael Palin) for which she won a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, a Variety Club Award and her fifth Academy Award nomination. Further film success followed with Merchant Ivory's A Room with a View; The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress); Stephen Spielberg's Hook; Sister Act; The Secret Garden; Richard III, The First Wives Club; Washington Square; Tea with Mussolini (for which she won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress) and The Last September.
Smith has remained faithful to her stage career throughout her illustrious film and television career. She played the title role of Hedda Gabler in 1970 and won her second Variety Club Best Actress Award for her portrayal of Mrs Millamant in the Way of the World. Further stage productions include: Night and Day and Edna O'Brien's Virginia for which she received the Evening Standard Drama Award for Best Actress. Other notable productions include: The Interpreters; Infernal Machine; Coming in to Land; Lettice and Lovage (for which she won a Tony Award for Best Actress); The Importance of Being Earnest; Three Tall Women (for which she won the Evening Standard Award for Best Actress); A Delicate Balance and most recently Alan Bennett's Lady in the Van.
Major television credits include: Granada's Mrs Silly for which she won a Bafta for Best Actress; the BBC's Momento Mori; Suddenly Last Summer and Talking Heads: Bed Among the Lentils for which she won the Royal Television Society Award for Best Actress and most recently The BBC's All the King's Men and David Copperfield.
In 1970 Smith received a CBE and in 1990 she became Dame Maggie Smith when she received the DBS. She was awarded the Hamburg Shakespeare Prize in 1991, is a Fellow of the British Film Institute; was awarded a Silver Bafta in 1993, is an Hon. DLitt of Cambridge University and St. Andrews and is a patron of the Jane Austen Society.

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Prof. Slatero Quirrel - Ian Hart

Ian Hart plays professor Quirrell, professor of the Dark Arts and foil to Rickman's Snape.
Ian Hart is one of the most exciting and talented young actors of his generation, appearing in over 30 films since 1993 and his highly acclaimed portrayal of John Lennon in Iain Softley's story of the Beatles Backbeat. His performance catapulted him into public awareness and won him the London Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Newcomer. This was followed by roles in The Englishman who went up a Hill and Clockwork Mice, before taking the lead in Ken Loach's Land and Freedom, which won the Felix European Film of the Year Award. In 1995, Hart's talents were further acknowledged when he won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival for his role as Ginger in Thaddeus O'Sullivan's Nothing Personal.
Hart has been in popular demand ever since with lead roles in Angela Pope's Hollow Reed; Neil Jordan's Michael Collins and The Butcher Boy; Michael Radford's B Monkey; Tony Scott's Enemy of the State; Michael Winterbottom's Wonderland; Neil Jordan's The End of the Affair; Peter Capaldi's Strictly Sinatra and most recently in Stephen Frears Liam and Chen Keige's Killing me Softly.
Television credits include: the BBC's The Chain, The Marksman and The Monocled Mutineer, as well as Granada's The Travelling Man and Yorkshire television's One Summer.
Hart has also starred in several theatre productions including Kate Rowland's My Beautiful Launderette; Phillida Lloyd's Woyczeck; Pip Broughton's The Holiday and Pinocchio Boys and Bill Morrison's Breezeblock Park.

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Prof. Filius Flitwick - Warwick Davis


Prof. Gilderoy Lockart - Kenneth Branagh

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Prof. Sprout - Miriam Margolyes

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Madam Xiomara Hooch - Zoe Wannamaker


Madam Pince (Hogwarts Librarian) - Sally Mortemore

Madam Poppy Pomfrey (Hogwarts nurse) - Gemma Jones


Argus Filch - David Bradley

David Bradley plays Hogwart's ill-natured caretaker Mr Filch who prowls the corridors of the school with his mangy cat Mrs Norris.
David Bradley is an actor of unparalled standing. He is one of the UK's most distinguished and respected actors and a long standing member of both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre.
In 1990 Bradley won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as the Fool in King Lear at the National Theatre. In 1993 he won the Clarence Derwent Award for Best Supporting Actor for the roles of Polonius in Hamlet and Shallow in Henry IV PT II at the RSC (a role for which he was also nominated for a further Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role). In addition, Bradley's many other RSC theatre credits include: The Tempest; Julius Caesar; The Alchemist; Dr. Faustus; Epicoene; Cymbeline; Three Sisters; Temptation; Twelfth Night; Merry Wives of Windsor; Il Candelaio; Tartuffe; Custom of the Country; The Winter's Tale; Moliere; The Roaring Girl; Arden of Faversham; Lear; Captain Swing; The Swan Down Gloves and The Merchant of Venice.
Bradley's most recent theatre role was as God in The Mysteries at the Royal National Theatre. Other productions at the National include: The Homecoming; Mother Courage; Richard III; Measure for Measure; The Cherry Orchard; Twelfth Night; Tis Pity She's a Whore and The Front Page. West End credits include: Britannicus; Phedre and Funny Peculiar. In addition to his outstanding theatre career, Bradley 's film credits include: Udayan Prasad's Gabriel and Me; Rodney Butcher's To Catch a Falling Star; Paddy Breathnack's Blow Dry; Kristian Levring's The King is Alive; Willard Carroll's Tom's Midnight Garden; Jeroen Krabbe's Left Luggage; Rob Marchant's Kangaroo Palace and Stephen Frear's Prick Up Your Ears. Bradley is also a familiar face to television audiences throughout Britain with many starring roles and appearances in productions such as: The Way We Live Now; Station Jim; The Major of Casterbridge; The Wilsons; Vanity Fair; Where the Heart is; Our Mutual Friend; Bramwell; Reckless; Cracker; Band of Gold; Our Friends in the North; Martin Chuzzlewit; Fair Game; Full Stretch; Buddha of Surburbia; Between the Lines and Shadow of the Noose.

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Sir Nicholas De Mimsy-Porpington - John Cleese


The Bloody Baron - Terence Bayler


The Fat Friar - Simon Fisher-Becker


The Grey Lady - Nina Young


Moaning Murtle - Shirley Henderson


Mr. Ollivander - John Hurt


Vernon Dursley - Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths plays Harry's bullying Muggle Uncle Vernon, married to Petunia and the father of Dudley.
Richard Griffiths is one of the UK's most well known and loved actors, a regular face on television and in film. He has featured in a number of films over the last 20 years and is perhaps best remembered in Withnail & I and most recently in Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow. Other major film credits include; Chariots of Fire; The French Lieutenant's Woman; Ghandi; Greystoke; Gorky Park; A Private Function; Shanghai Surprise; King Ralph; Blame it on the Bellboy; Naked Gun 2; Funny Bones; Superman II and in Don Boyd's Goldeneye.
In the UK, Griffiths is a much loved character actor most famed for his BBC television series Pie in the Sky and Hope & Glory (having just completed the second series). His other main television performances in the BBC's Gormenghast; Inspector Morse; In the Red; Ted and Ralph; Amensty; Bird of Prey; The Cleopatras; Merry Wives of Windsor; The Marksman; Mr Wakefield's Crusade; LWT's Nobody's Perfect and Whoops Apocolypse; Thames TV's Ffizz; Central's A Kind of Living and Granada's El Cid. Griffiths is also an established theatre actor having performed with the RSC in The White Guard; Once in a Lifetime; Henry VIII; Volpone and Red Star. Other major stage productions include: Heartbreak House; Galileo and Rules of the Game all at the Almeida Theatre: Art; Katherine Howard; The Man Who Came to Dinner and Verdi's Messiah.

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Petunia Dursley - Fiona Shaw


Dudley Dursley - Harry Melling

12 year old Harry Melling plays Harry's spoilt Muggle cousin Dudley. This is Harry's first professional role, although his love and talent for acting was clearly evident aged just four years old when he started putting on shows for his family. By five years old he had enrolled for Saturday morning classes at The Sue Nieto Theatre School. At nine he became a member of the Millfield Theatre Youth Drama Group and appeared in Robert Hyman's original musicals House and Y3K.
It comes as no surprise that acting is Harry's main love it is most definitely in the genes. His grandfather was Patrick Troughton famed for his role as Dr. Who, his uncle is David Troughton a lead actor with the RSC and his other uncle is Michael Troughton famed for his portrayal as Piers Fletcher Dervish in The New Statesman. His cousin Sam has just started a career with the RSC, his mother is a illustrator and his father (also an illustrator) has worked on animated films.
Aside from his love of theatre and films, Harry enjoys playing the drums, watching WWF and is a keen follower of football particularly Manchester United.

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Lilly Potter - Geraldine Somerville


James Potter - Adrian Rawlins

(Picture from Mirror of Erised)


Molly Weasley - Julie Walters


Lord Voldemort - Richard Bremmer


The Fat Lady - Elizabeth Spriggs


Griphook (Gringotts Goblin) - Verne Troyer


Gringotts Goblin1- Rusty Goffe


Grigotts Goblin2 - Mike Edmonds


Hedwig - Ook the owl


Voice of The Sorting Hat - Leslie Phillips

Voice of Dobby - Toby Jones