

Evan Agostini/Invision/APĪfter the series ended, Radcliffe starred in the horror film "The Woman in Black" (2012), the drama "Kill Your Darlings" (2013), and the rom-com "What If" (2013). 1.Daniel Radcliffe has acted on Broadway as well as in films.1.5 Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters.A light grey cell (such as the one in the "Charity Burbage" row in the "Philosopher's Stone" column) indicates the character was not in the film adaptation.( f) indicates the actor or actress did not appear in any new footage for the film footage from an earlier film or films was used.( y) indicates the actor or actress portrayed the role in a flashback scene or when the character was young.( v) indicates the actor or actress lent only his or her voice for his or her film character.The list below is sorted by film and character, as some characters have been portrayed by multiple actors. Producer David Heyman also makes a cameo appearance as a wizard featured within a magical moving portrait on the DVD of the third film, The Prisoner of Azkaban. With the exception of Chris Columbus, each director has had a cameo appearance in their respective film: Alfonso Cuarón appears as a wizard holding a candle during a scene at The Three Broomsticks in The Prisoner of Azkaban Mike Newell is heard briefly as the radio presenter in Frank Bryce's house in The Goblet of Fire and David Yates features as a wizard within a magical moving portrait in The Order of the Phoenix. When a reporter compared potions professor Horace Slughorn's obsession with famous names to the series' connection to "every notable British actor," Jim Broadbent, who plays Slughorn said, "Well, not every actor gets invited.

Nighy said, "I am no longer the only English actor not to be in Harry Potter and I am very pleased." Jude Law has quipped, "Nobody's asked me. Ironically, in 2009, Nighy was cast as Minister of Magic Rufus Scrimgeour in Deathly Hallows, which Yates directed. When David Yates was directing the fifth film, Bill Nighy, who had previously collaborated with Yates on three of his television projects, said that he joked with Yates that maybe now he wouldn't be the only actor in England who hadn't been in Harry Potter. Some well-known British actors who have not appeared in the series, are asked in jest why they have not been cast. Fourteen actors have appeared as the same character in all eight films of the franchise. 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, 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. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson have played Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger in all the films. Some of the most renowned actors of the United Kingdom and Ireland have voiced or portrayed characters appearing in the Harry Potter film series based on the book series by J. Daniel Radcliffe, who portrays Harry Potter, has been the icon of the film series since the release of the first film in 2001.
