A indicates an appearance through archival footage.Philosopher's Stone was the highest-grossing Harry Potter film up until the release of the final instalment of the series, Deathly Hallows Part 2, while Prisoner of Azkaban grossed the least. An empty, dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed. The Harry Potter films have been top-rank box office hits, with all eight releases on the list of highest-grossing films worldwide.This section shows characters who have appeared in a film in the series. Rowling praised the film series' acting talent and announced that there are seven young Harry Potter cast members whom she refers to as "The Big Seven" they are Radcliffe, Grint, Watson, Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch and Bonnie Wright. Rowling gave a speech at the premiere of the final film in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, on 7 July 2011 in London. When a reporter compared Potions professor Horace Slughorn's obsession with famous names to the series' connection to "every notable British actor" in 2009, Broadbent (who plays Slughorn) said, "Well, not every actor gets invited. I was a bit too old for Harry." He would later be cast as a younger Albus Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Nighy said, "I am no longer the only English actor not to be in Harry Potter and I am very pleased." Jude Law once quipped, "Nobody's asked me. However, in 2009, Yates cast Nighy as Minister of Magic Rufus Scrimgeour in the seventh film. He is known for his work on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001). When David Yates was directing the fifth film, Bill Nighy (who knew Yates personally) said that he hoped the director would cast him in Harry Potter.
HARRY POTTER FILM NAMES MOVIE
The movie follows Harry, who gets informed that he has been enrolled into Hogwarts, a famous wizarding school. It introduces the audience to the wizarding world through the eyes of the protagonist, Harry Potter.
HARRY POTTER FILM NAMES SERIES
Some well-known British actors who have not appeared in the series were asked in jest why they had not been cast. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is the first movie in the Harry Potter Franchise. Thirteen actors appeared as the same character in all eight films of the series. Complementing them on screen are such actors as Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Richard Griffiths, Richard Harris, John Hurt, Jason Isaacs, Miriam Margolyes, Helen McCrory, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, David Thewlis, Emma Thompson, and Julie Walters, among others. When they were cast only Radcliffe had previously acted in a film.
In all the films, Daniel Radcliffe played Harry Potter, Rupert Grint played Ron Weasley and Emma Watson played Hermione Granger. 2.8 Introduced in Deathly Hallows – Part 2ĭozens of actors from the United Kingdom and Ireland portrayed or voiced characters appearing in the Harry Potter film series based on the book series by J.2.7 Introduced in Deathly Hallows – Part 1.