HBO‘s upcoming Harry Potter TV series has confirmed several members of the core cast – including who’ll be playing Harry, Ron and Hermione. You can find them below.
The new version of the hit fantasy series will adapt J.K. Rowling’s seven books over a mammoth 10-year period. It is currently unclear how much, if at all, the show will differ from the original novels and the subsequent film adaptations.
More than 32,000 children audition for the three lead roles and Hagrid actor Nick Frost has promised he is going to be “very protective” of the young actors. The first season of Harry Potter is set to premiere in 2027 – here’s who you can expect to see in the show.
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In May, it was confirmed Dominic McLaughlin is set to play Harry Potter. Arabella Stanton will portray Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout will take on the role of Ron Weasley.
Fans will be able to watch McLaughlin later this year in Sky comedy series Grow, where he stars alongside Frost. A first-look of The Boy Who Lived was also shared in July. Stanton played Matilda in Matilda: The Musical on the stage in London from 2023-2024 while Harry Potter will be Stout’s first major role.
Luckily they’ll be joined by a number of veteran actors.
Back in February, it was reported that John Lithgow would play the role of Albus Dumbledore. HBO has since officially confirmed his casting, while also announcing Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, and Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid.
Additionally, it has been revealed that Luke Thallon will play Professor Quirinus Quirrell, the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, while Paul Whitehouse has been cast as caretaker Argus Filch.
“We’re delighted to have such extraordinary talent onboard, and we can’t wait to see them bring these beloved characters to new life,” said showrunner Francesca Gardiner and director Mark Mylod.
The roles were previously played by Richard Harris and Michael Gambon (Dumbledore), Maggie Smith (McGonagall), Alan Rickman (Snape), Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid), Ian Hart (Quirrell) and David Bradley (Filch) in the film series.
The announced cast for HBO’s Harry Potter is as follows:
Harry Potter – Dominic McLaughlin
Ron Weasley – Alastair Stout
Hermione Granger – Arabella Stanton
Draco Malfoy – Lox Pratt
Neville Longbottom – Rory Wilmot
Professor Dumbledore – John Lithgow
Hagrid – Nick Frost
Severus Snape – Paapa Essiedu
Professor McGonagall – Janet McTeer
Professor Quirrell – Luke Thallon
Lucius Malfoy – Johnny Flynn
Argus Filch – Paul Whitehouse
Mr. Ollivander – Anton Lesser
Molly Weasley – Katherine Parkinson
Madam Hooch – Louise Brealey
Petunia Dursley – Bel Powley
Vernon Dursley – Daniel Rigby
Dudley Dursley – Amos Kitson
Cornelius Fudge – Bertie Carvel
Hogwarts students
Oliver Wood – Orson Matthews
Angelina Johnson – Asha Soetan
Katie Bell – Eire Farrell
Alicia Spinnet – Serrana Su-Ling Bliss
Lee Jordan – Ethan Smith
Hufflepuff students
Hannah Abbott – India Moon is set to play Hannah Abbott
Justin Finch-Fletchley – James Trevelyan Buckle
Ernie MacMillan – Cian Eagle-Service
Susan Bones – Jazmyn Lewin
Ravenclaw students
Padma Patil – Anjula Murali
Terry Boot – Aaron Zhao
Penelope Clearwater – Scarlett Archer
Lisa Turpin – Eve Walls
Slytherin students
Marcus Flint – Oliver Croft
Graham Montague – D’Angelou Osei-Kissiedu
Adrian Pucey – Dylan Heath
Terence Higgs – Cornelius Brandreth
Miles Bletchley – Eddison Burch
Lucian Bole – James Dowell
Peregrine Derrick – Henry Medhurst
Pansy Parkinson – Laila Barwick
Lithgow recently admitted that he didn’t think his role will be a “hard job”, while also opening up about his filming schedule.
“I honestly don’t know. I mean, I was over in England for eight months for The Crown and barely came back [to the U.S.]. I think I may have come back once or twice. I imagine that I can come back much more [on this],” he told the Smartless podcast.
“You know, Dumbledore is — he’s kind of the nuclear weapon. He only goes on very, very occasionally. And I think that — I don’t think it’s gonna be that hard a job, and we’ll just go back and forth.”