J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter book series was adapted into eight fantasy films, starting with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and concluding with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011). They were produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. In 2016, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first spin-off in the prequel series, launched the Wizarding World shared media property.
Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger are the three main characters in the series, which was mostly produced by David Heyman and starred Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint. The films in the series were directed by David Yates, Mike Newell, Alfonso Cuarón, and Chris Columbus. Steve Kloves wrote the screenplays for seven of the movies, while Michael Goldenberg wrote the screenplay for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007).
The primary narrative, which spanned ten years of production, followed Harry's struggle to defeat Lord Voldemort.
The main cast of the Harry Potter film series
Following are the cast and characters of the Harry Potter film series who have appeared throughout the 8-part film series:
| Serial no. | Character | Played By |
| 1 | Harry Potter | Daniel Radcliffe |
| 2 | Ron Weasley | Rupert Grint |
| 3 | Hermoine Granger | Emma Watson |
| 4 | Albus Dumbledore | Richard Harris (First two films) Michael Gambon ( Films 3-8) |
| 5 | Minerva McGonagall | Maggie Smith |
| 6 | Severus Snape | Alan Rickman |
| 7 | Draco Malfoy | Tom Felton |
| 8 | Rubeus Hagrid | Robbie Coltrane |
| 9 | Argus Filch | David Bradley |
| 10 | Seamus Finnigan | Devon Murray |
| 11 | Filius Flitwick | Warwick Davis |
| 12 | Lord Voldemort (Tom Riddle) | Richard Bremmer, Ian Hart, Christian Coulson, Ralph Fiennes, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, Frank Dillane. |
| 13 | Fred Weasley | James Phelps |
| 14 | George Weasley | Oliver Phelps |
| 15 | Ginny Weasley | Bonnie Wright |
| 16 | Molly Weasley | Julie Walters |
| 17 | James Potter | Adrian Rawlins Robbie Jarvis Alfie McIlwain |
| 18 | Lily Potter | Geraldine Somerville Ellie Darcey-Alden |
| 19 | Gregory Goyle | Joshua Herdman |
Other cast members of the Harry Potter films
Here are all the cast and characters that have appeared as recurring cast in different films of the franchise:
| Serial no. | Character | Played By |
| 1 | Katie Bell | Emily Dale Georgina Leonidas |
| 2 | The Bloody Baron | Terence Bayler |
| 3 | Susan Bones | Eleanor Columbus |
| 4 | Vincent Crabbe | Jamie Waylett |
| 5 | Dedalus Diggle | David Brett |
| 6 | Dudley Dursley | Harry Melling |
| 7 | Petunia Dursley | Fiona Shaw |
| 8 | Vernon Dursley | Richard Griffiths |
| 9 | The Fat Friar | Simon Fisher Becker |
| 10 | The Fat Lady | Elizabeth Spriggs Dawn French |
| 11 | Marcus Flint | Jamie Yeates |
| 12 | Firenze | Ray Fearon |
| 13 | Griphook | Verne Troyer Warwick Davis |
| 14 | Rolanda Hooch | Zoë Wanamaker |
| 15 | Angelina Johnson | Danielle Tabor Tiana Benjamin |
| 16 | Lee Jordan | Luke Youngblood |
| 17 | Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (Nearly Headless Nick) | John Cleese |
| 18 | Garrick Olivander | John Hurt |
| 19 | Quirinus Quirrell | Ian Hart |
| 20 | Helena Ravenclaw (The Grey Lady) | Nina Young Kelly Macdonald |
| 21 | Sorting Hat | Leslie Philips |
| 22 | Dean Thomas | Alfred Enoch |
| 23 | Tom | Derek Deadman Jim Tavare |
| 24 | Percy Weasley | Chris Rankin |
| 25 | Oliver Wood | Sean Biggerstaff |
| Cast from Chamber of Secrets | ||
| 26 | Hannah Abbott | Charlotte Skeoch |
| 27 | Aragog | Julian Glover |
| 28 | Mr. Borgin | Edward Tudor-Pole |
| 29 | Lavender Brown | Kathleen Cauley Jennifer Smith Jessie Cave |
| 30 | Colin Creevy | Hugh Mitchell |
| 31 | Armando Dippet | Alfred Burke |
| 32 | Dobby | Toby Jones |
| 33 | Justin Finch-Fletchley | Edward Randell |
| 34 | Cornelius Fudge | Robert Hardy |
| 35 | Mrs Granger | Heather Bleasdale Michelle Fairley |
| 36 | Mr Granger | Tom Knight Ian Kelly |
| 37 | Gilderoy Lockhart | Kenneth Branagh |
| 38 | Lucius Malfoy | Jason Isaacs |
| 39 | Moaning Myrtle | Shirley Henderson |
| 40 | Irma Prince | Sally Mortemore |
| 41 | Poppy Pomfrey | Gemma Jones |
| 42 | Pomona Sprout | Miriam Margolyes |
| 43 | Arthur Weasley | Mark Williams |
| Cast from Prisoner of Azkaban | ||
| 44 | Sirius Black | Gary Oldman James Walters Rohan Gotobed |
| 45 | Sir Cadogan | Paul Whitehouse |
| 46 | Marge Dursley | Pam Ferris |
| 47 | Shrunken Head | Lenny Henry |
| 48 | Remus Lupin | David Thewlis James Utechin |
| 49 | Pansy Parkinson | Genevieve Gaunt |
| 50 | Parvati Patil | Sitara Shah Shefali Chowdhury |
| 51 | Peter Pettigrew | Timothy Spall Charles Hughes |
| 52 | Ernie Prang | Jimmy Gardner |
| 53 | Madam Rosmerta | Julie Christie |
| 54 | Stan Shunpike | Lee Ingleby |
| 55 | Sybill Trelawney | Emma Thompson |
| 56 | Bill Weasley | Richard Fish Domhnall Gleeson |
| 57 | Charlie Weasley | Alex Crockford |
| Cast from Goblet of Fire | ||
| 58 | Heathcote Barbary | Jason Buckle |
| 59 | Frank Bryce | Eric Sykes |
| 60 | Cho Chang | Katie Leung |
| 61 | Barty Crouch Jr | David Tennant |
| 62 | Barty Crouch Sr | Roger Lloyd-Pack |
| 63 | Gideon Crumb | Steven Claydon |
| 64 | Roger Davies | Henry Lloyd-Hughes |
| 65 | Fleur Delacour | Clémence Poésy |
| 66 | Gabrielle Delacour | Angelica Mandy |
| 67 | Amos Diggory | Jeff Rawle |
| 68 | Cedric Diggory | Robert Pattinson |
| 69 | Kirley Duke | Jonny Greenwood |
| 70 | Igor Karkaroff | Predrag Bjelac |
| 71 | Viktor Krum | Stanislav Ianevski |
| 72 | Olympe Maxime | Frances de la Tour |
| 73 | Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody | Brendan Gleeson |
| 74 | Padma Patil | Afshan Azad |
| 75 | Rita Skeeter | Miranda Richardson |
| 76 | Orsino Thruston | Philip Selway |
| 77 | Donaghan Tremlett | Steve Mackey |
| 78 | Myron Wagtail | Jarvis Cocker |
| Cast from Order of the Phoenix | ||
| 79 | Amelia Bones | Sian Thomas |
| 80 | John Dawlish | Richard Leaf |
| 81 | Elphias Doge | Peter Cartwright David Ryall |
| 82 | Aberforth Dumbledore | Jim McManus Ciarán Hinds |
| 83 | Arabella Figg | Kathryn Hunter |
| 84 | Grawp | Tony Maudsley |
| 85 | Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank | Apple Brook |
| 86 | Mafalda Hopkirk | Jessica Hynes Sophie Thompson |
| 87 | Kreacher | Timothy Bateson Simon McBurney |
| 88 | Bellatrix Lestrange | Helena Bonham Carter |
| 89 | Alice Longbottom | Lisa Wood |
| 90 | Frank Longbottom | James Payton |
| 91 | Luna Lovegood | Evanna Lynch |
| 92 | Magorian | Michael Wildman |
| 93 | Kingsley Shacklebolt | George Harris |
| 94 | Nymphadora Tonks | Natalia Tena |
| 95 | Dolores Umbridge | Imelda Staunton |
| Cast from Half-Blood Prince | ||
| 96 | Marcus Belby | Robert Knox |
| 97 | Regulus Black | Tom Moorcroft |
| 98 | Alecto Carrow | Suzie Toase |
| 99 | Amycus Carrow | Ralph Ineson |
| 100 | Fenrir Greyback | Dave Legeno |
| 101 | Leanne | Isabella Laughland |
| 102 | Narcissa Malfoy | Helen McCrory |
| 103 | Cormac McLaggen | Freddie Stroma |
| 104 | Horace Slughorn | Jim Broadbent |
| 105 | Romilda Vane | Anna Shaffer |
| 106 | Eldred Worple | Paul Ritter |
| 107 | Blaise Zabini | Louis Cordice |
| Cast in Deathly Hallows - Part 1 | ||
| 108 | Bathilda Bagshot | Hazel Douglas |
| 109 | Charity Burbage | Carolyn Pickles |
| 110 | Mary Cattermole | Kate Fleetwood |
| 111 | Reginald Cattermole | Steffan Rhodri |
| 112 | Mundungus Fletcher | Andy Linden |
| 113 | Gregorovitch | Rade Šerbedžija |
| 114 | Gellert Grindelwald | Michael Byrne Jamie Campbell Bower |
| 115 | Xenophilius Lovegood | Rhys Ifans |
| 116 | Auntie Muriel | Matyelok Gibbs |
| 117 | Albert Runcorn | David O'Hara |
| 118 | Scabior | Nick Moran |
| 119 | Rufus Scrimgeour | Bill Nighy |
| 120 | Pius Thicknesse | Guy Henry |
| 121 | Corban Yaxley | Peter Mullan |
| Cast in Deathly Hallows - Part 2 | ||
| 122 | Bogrod | Jon Key |
| 123 | Ariana Dumbledore | Hebe Beardsall |
| 124 | Hugo Granger-Weasley | Ryan Turner |
| 125 | Rose Granger-Weasley | Helena Barlow |
| 126 | Astoria Greengrass | Jade Gordon |
| 127 | Scorpius Malfoy | Bertie Gilbert |
| 128 | Albus Severus Potter | Arthur Bowen |
| 129 | James Sirius Potter | Will Dunn |
| 130 | Lily Luna Potter | Daphne de Beistegui |
FAQs about the Harry Potter cast
Daniel Radcliffe, who portrayed Harry Potter in the Harry Potter films, is the most famous cast member of Harry Potter.
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint were the first actors to be cast in Harry Potter.
Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione Granger (Emma Watson), Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint), Ginny Weasley (Bonnie Wright), Neville Longbottom (Matthew Lewis), Luna Lovegood (Evanna Lynch), and Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) are the "big seven" in the Harry Potter series, according to an interview with J. K. Rowling.
