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Paapa Essiedu
| Plays | Severus Snape |
| Born | 1990, London |
| Age when filming began | 34 or 35 (July 2025) |
| Age at the premiere | 35 or 36 (25 December 2026) |
| From | England |
| Casting announced | 14 April 2025 |
| IMDb | Paapa Essiedu |
Photo: HBO
Paapa Essiedu plays Severus Snape. He made his name on stage as the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Hamlet in 2016, and on television in I May Destroy You, which earned him Emmy and BAFTA nominations. HBO announced his casting on 14 April 2025.
How the books describe Severus Snape, and every difference so far, is on the character page.
Other roles
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Hamlet (RSC) | Hamlet |
| 2020 | I May Destroy You | Kwame |
| 2020–2022 | Gangs of London | Alex Wallace |
| 2022–2023 | The Lazarus Project | George |
| 2022 | Men | James |
In interviews
“I first came to this story through the books,” he told Time [TVLine].
He told Vanity Fair that he read Deathly Hallows so quickly that it did not sink in: see our article.
Sources: Wikipedia.
More of the cast
Dominic McLaughlin · Arabella Stanton · Alastair Stout · John Lithgow · Janet McTeer · Nick Frost · Lox Pratt · Daniel Rigby · Bel Powley · Amos Kitson · Rory Wilmot · Luke Thallon · Katherine Parkinson · Ruari Spooner · Gracie Cochrane · Anton Lesser · Warwick Davis · Sirine Saba · Louise Brealey · Orson Matthews · Paul Whitehouse · Johnny Flynn · Kit Harington · Rafe Spall. See also the ages of the cast and the full cast.
