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The cast

Every actor confirmed for HBO’s Harry Potter series, character by character.

71 roles · source: HarryPotter.com, 24 September 2026. The main characters have their own pages: see characters. Compare the new actors with the films in series vs films cast.

The golden trio

Harry PotterDominic McLaughlin
Hermione GrangerArabella Stanton
Ron WeasleyAlastair Stout

Hogwarts teachers

Albus DumbledoreJohn Lithgow
Minerva McGonagallJanet McTeer
Severus SnapePaapa Essiedu
Quirinus QuirrellLuke Thallon
Filius FlitwickWarwick Davis
Pomona SproutSirine Saba
Cuthbert BinnsRichard Durden
Rolanda HoochLouise Brealey
Gilderoy Lockhart (season 2)Kit Harington

Hogwarts staff

Rubeus HagridNick Frost
Argus FilchPaul Whitehouse
Poppy PomfreyBríd Brennan

The Potters

James PotterJasper Talbot
Lily PotterHannah Chinn

The Weasleys

Molly WeasleyKatherine Parkinson
Arthur Weasley (season 2)Rafe Spall
Percy WeasleyRuari Spooner
Fred WeasleyTristan Harland
George WeasleyGabriel Harland
Charlie WeasleyHarry Gilby
Ginny Weasley (season 1)Gracie Cochrane
Ginny Weasley (season 2)Bonnie Hill

The Malfoys

Draco MalfoyLox Pratt
Lucius MalfoyJohnny Flynn

The Dursleys

Vernon DursleyDaniel Rigby
Petunia DursleyBel Powley
Dudley DursleyAmos Kitson

Gryffindor students

Neville LongbottomRory Wilmot
Seamus FinniganLeo Earley
Dean ThomasElijah Oshin
Parvati PatilAlessia Leoni
Lavender BrownSienna Moosah
Oliver WoodOrson Matthews
Angelina JohnsonAsha Soetan
Katie BellEire Farrell
Alicia SpinnetSerrana Su-Ling Bliss
Lee JordanEthan Smith
Colin Creevey (season 2)Jasper Ambrose

Slytherin students

Vincent CrabbeFinn Stephens
Gregory GoyleWilliam Nash
Pansy ParkinsonLaila Barwick
Marcus FlintOliver Croft
Graham MontagueD'Angelou Osei-Kissiedu
Adrian PuceyDylan Heath
Terence HiggsCornelius Brandreth
Miles BletchleyEddison Burch
Lucian BoleJames Dowell
Peregrine DerrickHenry Medhurst
Tom Riddle (season 2)Billy Barratt

Hufflepuff students

Hannah AbbottIndia Moon
Justin Finch-FletchleyJames Trevelyan Buckle
Ernie MacmillanCian Eagle-Service
Susan BonesJazmyn Lewin

Ravenclaw students

Padma PatilAnjula Murali
Terry BootAaron Zhao
Penelope ClearwaterScarlett Archer
Lisa TurpinEve Walls

Ghosts

PeevesPeter Serafinowicz
Nearly Headless NickLeo Bill
The Bloody BaronAndrew Brooke
The Fat FriarDaniel Fearn
Moaning Myrtle (season 2)Molly Hewitt-Richards

Portraits and objects

The Fat LadyLaura Smyth
The Sorting HatDavid Threlfall

The wider wizarding world

Cornelius FudgeBertie Carvel
Garrick OllivanderAnton Lesser
GriphookLeigh Gill
Dobby (season 2)Lenny Rush

Premiere

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Snape’s skin colour

Books: Snape has “sallow skin” (PS, ch. 7).

Series: he is played by Paapa Essiedu, a Black British actor.

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Posters

Harry character poster, HBO's Harry Potter
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Latest updates

13 November 2026
New pages: a page for each actor, the ages of the cast, new scenes not in the book, houses and uniforms, magical creatures and music. More »

13 November 2026
New page: sets and filming locations, from the new Hogwarts at Leavesden to London Zoo, King’s Cross and the Cornish coast. More »

13 November 2026
Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton and Alastair Stout, the new Harry, Hermione and Ron, talked to Scholastic News about the auditions, getting the parts and filming. More »

10 November 2026
Snape actor Paapa Essiedu told Vanity Fair he still doesn’t really know what happens in Deathly Hallows, and was baffled by Dumbledore’s death. More »

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