After months of speculation, HBO has revealed a handful of actors in the highly anticipated series.
HBO also confirmed two guest roles: Luke Thallon as Quirinus Quirrell and Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch.
A press release emphasizes how the new series will serve as a spacious vessel forJ.K.
Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2’.Credit:Warner Bros.
Mark Mylod, a key figure on HBO’sSuccession, will serve as an executive producer and direct several episodes.
Rowling will also step into an executive producer role.
Lithgowopened up about the roleon a recent episode of theSmartlesspodcast.
Richard Harris, John Lithgow, and Michael Gambon.Peter Mountain/Warner Bros.; Deadline/Deadline via Getty; Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros.
“You know, Dumbledore, he’s kind of this nuclear weapon,” Lithgow said.
“He only goes off very, very occasionally.
And I don’t think it’s gonna be that hard a job.”
Essiedu will play Severus Snape, the Slytherin anti-hero famously played by the lateAlan Rickman.
In a note to Rickman, Rowling called Snape"my most complex character."
McTeer plays Minerva McGonagall, Hogwarts professor and head of Gryffindor House.
Maggie Smithportrayed the character in the film franchise, while Fiona Glascott played a young Minerva in theFantastic Beastsfilms.
The half-giant Hagrid is among the first characters we meet in theHarry Potteruniverse.
That said, hereceived rave reviewsfor his turn as Hamlet in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2025 production.
Paapa Essiedu at 2024’s Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards; Alan Rickman as Snape.Dave Benett/Getty; Murray Close/Warner Bros.
The role was portrayed by Ian Hart in the film franchise.
He played Sir Cadogan, a knight who appears in a painting in Hogwarts' Divination corridor.
In theHarry PotterTV series, Whitehouse will play Argus Filch, the feline-loving caretaker of Hogwarts.
Janet McTeer at The Old Sessions House in London; Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall.Kate Green/Getty; Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
David Bradley played the role originally.
Nick Frost at Curzon Soho in London; Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid.Lia Toby/Getty; Peter Mountain/Warner Bros.
Luke Thallon at ‘The Tomorrow Gala For the Old Vic’; Ian Hart as Quirrell.Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty; Peter Mountain/Warner Bros.
Paul Whitehouse at a 48th Broadcasting Press Guild Awards lunch in London; David Bradley as Filch.Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty; Warner Brothers/Courtesy Everett
