Brendan joined the cast first in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney Which ‘Harry Potter’ cast members are related in real-lifeĮven the biggest Harry Potter enthusiasts may not know that Brendan Gleeson and Domhnall Gleeson are father and son.
Cast of harry potter tv#
She played the cruel Miss Murdstone in the David Copperfield TV production (with Daniel Radcliffe in the lead role).Domhnall Gleeson and Brendan Gleeson | Alberto E. Played by Zoe Wanamaker, a fierce-eyed, thin-lipped actress who was born in America but grew up in Britain. Madam Hooch: Short, gray-haired, hawk-eyed teacher of broomstick flight for Quidditch. Played by Rik Mayall, a brash British comedic actor and recording artist whose roles range from Robin Hood in the historical spoof Blackadder: Back and Forth to the voice of pompous Toad in a cartoon TV version of The Wind in the Willows. Peeves, the Poltergeist: Rude troublemaker with an evil cackle. She was honored by Queen Elizabeth in 1999 with the Order of the British Empire, and was nominated last year for an Oscar for playing the tough-talking dance teacher in Billy Elliot. Played by Julie Walters, a bold, brassy British actress. Molly Weasley: Plump, kind, wizard mom of all the red-headed Weasleys.
He also played gadget inventor R in the recent James Bond movies.
Cast of harry potter series#
Played by John Cleese, a tall British comedian known for his silliness as part of the Monty Python troupe, the inept hotel keeper in the TV series Fawlty Towers and the lovelorn upper-class twit in A Fish Called Wanda. Nearly Headless Nick: Ghost who 400 years ago wasn't quite beheaded. Played by Ian Hart, a British actor who twice played Beatle John Lennon - in The Hours and Times and Backbeat. Professor Quirrell: Pale, twitchy, turban-wearing teacher of defense against the dark arts. He was a wild-living but brilliant crime-solver in the British television series Cracker. Played Tweedledum in a TV version of Alice in Wonderland. Played by Robbie Coltrane, a huge, over-the-top Scottish comedian. Rubeus Hagrid: Giant, bushy-bearded, dragon-loving Hogwarts groundskeeper. He was the alien doctor in sci-fi spoof Galaxy Quest, the evil Sheriff of Nottingham in Kevin Costner's Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and the terrorist leader in Die Hard. Played by Alan Rickman, a British actor adept at playing smirking, arrogant villains. Severus Snape: Cold-eyed, pale-skinned, sarcastic Slytherin housemaster and potions professor. More recent films include The Secret Garden, A Room With a View and Tea With Mussolini. She won two acting Oscars - for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and California Suite. Played by Maggie Smith, a sharp-featured, red-headed British star who was honored by Queen Elizabeth with the title Dame. Minerva McGonagall: Stern Hogwarts deputy headmistress and transfiguration professor. He recently played the dying emperor Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator. Played by Harry Melling, 12, a young unknown actor picked to fill out the role.Īlbus Dumbledore: Tall, thin, silver-haired Hogwarts headmaster, maybe "the greatest wizard of modern times." Played by Richard Harris, a tall, thin, silver-haired Irish actor. Played an energy expert in the slapstick comedy Naked Gun 21/2 and a frightened magistrate in Sleepy Hollow.ĭudley Dursley: Harry's whining, stupid, extremely fat cousin.
Played by Richard Griffiths, a red-faced British actor whose roly-poly size earned him roles as Shakespeare's famous fat rascal Sir John Falstaff and hefty Tudor monarch Henry VIII. Vernon Dursley: Harry's beefy, complaining, nasty Muggle uncle. Featured in movies My Left Foot and Jane Austen's Persuasion. Played by Fiona Shaw, a tall Irish actress best known for her stage roles, including the king in Shakespeare's Richard II.
Petunia Dursley: Harry's thin, shrill, nasty Muggle aunt. Played by Tom Felton, who was Peagreen Clock in The Borrowers and Louis, son of Jodie Foster's Victorian schoolmarm, in Anna and the King. Draco Malfoy: Harry's mean, pointy-faced Slytherin rival.
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