HBO’s Harry Potter Cast vs. the Movies: See Every Character Side by Side
It’s been only 15 years since Warner Bros. released Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, yet a fresh adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s massively popular novels is coming this Christmas.
For HBO’s new TV series version of the Harry Potter saga, each book following the boy wizard’s Hogwarts journey being adapted into a full season. The major roles from Rowling’s first two novels — Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — has been recast with different actors than those who played the characters in the Warner Bros. films. The adult actors are often much younger than their film counterparts, as the show is sticking closer to the characters’ ages in the books.
Below are all the actors who have been announced, with photos showing them side by side with their film version counterparts.
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Harry Potter
Image Credit: Everett Collection; Aidan Monaghan/HBO Movies: Daniel Radcliffe / Show: Dominic McLaughlin
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Hermione Granger
Movies: Emma Watson / Show: Arabella Stanton
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Ron Weasley
Image Credit: Everett Collection; Courtesy of HBO Movies: Rubert Grint / Show: Alastair Stout
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Headmaster Albus Dumbledore
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection (2); Courtesy of HBO (Or, if we’re being formal about things: Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore).
The movies: Richard Harris and Michael-Gambon / Show: John Lithgow
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Professor Minerva McGonagall
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection; Courtesy of HBO Movies: Maggie Smith / Show: Janet McTeer
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Professor Severus Snape
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection; Courtesy of HBO Movies: Alan Rickman / Show: Paapa Essiedu
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Gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection; Courtesy of HBO Movies: Robbie Coltrane / Show: Nick Frost
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Molly Weasley
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection; Courtesy of HBO Movies: Julie Walters / Show: Katherine Parkinson
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Draco Malfoy
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection; Courtesy of HBO Movies: Tom Felton / Show: Lox Pratt
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Lucius Malfoy
Image Credit: Everett Collection; Autumn DeWilde Movies: Jason Isaacs / Show: Johnny Flynn
Lucius doesn’t appear in the first Harry Potter film (or book), but he’s one of a few characters that are among the first season’s cast that don’t show up until later in the film series (others include Parvati Patil and Cornelius Fudge).
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Neville Longbottom
Image Credit: Everett Collection; Courtesy HBO Movies: Matthew Lewis / Show: Rory Wilmot
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Dudley Dursley
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection; Courtesy of HBO Movies: Harry Melling / Show: Amos Kitson
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Fred and George Weasley
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Courtesy Everett Collection; Courtesy of HBO Movies: James and Oliver Phelps / Show: Tristan and Gabriel Harland
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Ginny Weasley
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Courtesy Everett Collection; Courtesy of HBO; Emily Goldie Movies: Bonnie Wright / Show: Gracie Cochrane for season one and Bonnie Hill for season two — the first recasting of the series.
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Percy Weasley
Image Credit: Murray Close/Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collection; Courtesy of HBO Movies: Chris Rankin / Show: Ruari Spooner
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Madam Rolanda Hooch
Image Credit: Everett Collection; Phil Sharp Movies: Zoe Wanamaker / Show: Louise Brealey
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Garrick Ollivander
Image Credit: Everett Collection; Asia Werbel Movies: John Hurt / Show: Anton Lesser
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Seamus Finnigan
Image Credit: Everett Collection; Courtesy Movies: Devon Murray / Show: Leo Earley
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Parvati Patil
Image Credit: Everett Collection; Courtesy Movies: Shefali Chowdhury and Alessia Leoni
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Vernon and Petunia Dursley
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection; Courtesy of HBO Movies: Richard Griffiths, Fiona Shaw / Show: Daniel Rigby, Bel Powley
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Minister Cornelius Fudge
Image Credit: Everett Collection; Courtesy of Subject Movies: Robert Hardy / Show: Bertie Carvel
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Arthur Weasley
Image Credit: Warner Bros. Ent. All rights reserved./Courtesy Everett Collection; Kate Green/Getty Images Movies: Mark Williams / Show: Rafe Spall
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Professor Quirinus Quirrell
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection; Courtesy of HBO Movies: Ian Hart / Show: Luke Thallon
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Caretaker Argus Filch
Image Credit: Everett Collection; Mike Marsland Movies: David Bradley / Show: Paul Whitehouse
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Lily Potter
Image Credit: Karwai Tang/WireImage Movies: Geraldine Somerville / Show: Hannah Chinn
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James Potter
Image Credit: Karwai Tang/WireImage; Harry Livingstone Movies: Adrian Rawlins / Show: Jasper Talbot (both Lily and James are closer to the ages in the books — 21 — than the actors in the films)
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Professor Filius Flitwick
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection; Jordan Pettitt - Pool/Getty Images Movie: Warwick Davis / Show: Also Warwick Davis! The only original cast member to return and reprise their movie role.
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Tom Riddle
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Courtesy Everett Collection Movies: Christian Coulson, Show: Billy Barratt (for season two of the Harry Potter series based on Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)
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Moaning Myrtle
Image Credit: Murray Close/ Getty Images; Yellow Belly Photo Movies: Shirley Henderson / Show: Molly Hewitt (for season two)
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Colin Creevey
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection; Wilding Movies: Hugh Mitchell / Show: Jasper Ambrose
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Professor Gilderoy Lockhart
Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Courtesy Everett Collection; Kristina Bumphrey/Variety/Getty Images Movies: Kenneth Branagh / Show: Kit Harington (season two)
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Lord Voldemort
Image Credit: Everett Collection; Getty Images Movies: Ralph Fiennes / Show …
Nobody has yet been announced for the franchise’s biggest villain, but an interesting question is: When will the main actor for the role first show up? In the films, Fiennes didn’t appear until the forth movie, Goblet of Fire, as that’s when Voldemort first takes human form. But his face appears at the end of the first film (played by Richard Bremmer), and in the second film, he appears as his younger self, Tom Riddle (played by Christian Peter Coulson). Given the production has cast several roles that didn’t appear until the latter films, it wouldn’t be at all surprising if the production has quietly already cast an actor to play Voldemort throughout the entire series.
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