'Harry Potter' Stars: Where Are They Now?

Over the course of 10 years, the stars of Harry Potter brought magic, mischief and more to millions of fans around the world. Based on the series of seven books by J.K.

Rowling , stars Daniel Radcliffe , Emma Watson and Rupert Grint captured the hearts of viewers between 2001 and 2011 as Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, respectively. The eight-film series raked in more than $7.5 billion worldwide, making it one of the highest-grossing film franchises of all time.



The actors have taken their careers in new directions since the final movie hit theaters, but they still have plenty of love for one another. Bonnie Wright , who played Ginny Weasley throughout the series, gushed over her colleagues while speaking to Us Weekly exclusively in February 2020. “It’s amazing,” she said of the moments she’s shared with her cast members over the years, both on and off screen.

“Very powerful.” You have successfully subscribed. By signing up, I agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive emails from Us Weekly Check our latest news in Google News Check our latest news in Apple News The franchise’s cast reunited for a retrospective special to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone , which aired in January 2022, on Max.

“It feels like no time has passed and loads of time has passed,” Watson said in the trailer. Scroll down to see what the cast of the Harry Potter franchise is up to now: Credit: SHAUN CURRY/AFP via Getty Images 'Harry Potter' Stars: Where Are They Now? Over the course of 10 years, the stars of Harry Potter brought magic, mischief and more to millions of fans around the world.Based on the series of seven books by J.

K. Rowling , stars Daniel Radcliffe , Emma Watson and Rupert Grint captured the hearts of viewers between 2001 and 2011 as Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, respectively. The eight-film series raked in more than $7.

5 billion worldwide, making it one of the highest-grossing film franchises of all time.The actors have taken their careers in new directions since the final movie hit theaters, but they still have plenty of love for one another. Bonnie Wright , who played Ginny Weasley throughout the series, gushed over her colleagues while speaking to Us Weekly exclusively in February 2020.

"It's amazing," she said of the moments she's shared with her cast members over the years, both on and off screen. "Very powerful." The franchise’s cast reunited for a retrospective special to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone , which aired in January 2022, on Max.

"It feels like no time has passed and loads of time has passed," Watson said in the trailer. Credit: Cover Images; Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) Radcliffe portrayed the titular role in all eight of the franchise’s blockbuster films and later moved onto work on smaller-scale projects, including 2013’s Horns and 2016’s Swiss Army Man . He has also starred on Broadway in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying , The Cripple of Inishmaan and The Lifespan of a Fact .

He made audiences laugh in several seasons of Miracle Workers , which started airing in 2019. In 2020, he appeared alongside Ellie Kemper in Netflix’s interactive special, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend , and Radcliffe joined Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum in the action comedy The Lost City in 2022.

In 2024, Radcliffe took home his first Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for his performance as Charley Kringas in the Broadway revival of Merrily We Roll Along . He's been dating Erin Darke since 2012. In March 2023, a rep for Radcliffe confirmed that he and Darke were expecting their first child together.

She gave birth to their little one the following April. Credit: Cover Images; Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images for Prada Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) After Harry Potter came to an end in 2011, the British actress took on roles in My Week with Marilyn (2011), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) and The Bling Ring (2013). In May 2014, Watson graduated from Brown University with a B.

A. in English literature. Three years later, she became a Disney Princess when she played Belle in the live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast .

Later, she tugged at viewers’ heartstrings as Meg March in Greta Gerwig ’s adaptation of Little Women . When not onscreen, Watson fights for gender equality with the He for She campaign and as a UN Womens Goodwill Ambassador. She also leads a feminist book club called Our Shared Shelf.

Credit: Cover Images; David M. Benett/Hoda Davaine/Dave Benett/WireImage Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) Grint was Radcliffe’s right-hand man for a decade, playing Ron Weasley with an expert balance of emotion and comic relief. His more recent roles have been a departure from the Harry Potter universe, including World War II-inspired Into the White (2012) and biographical drama CBGB (2013).

He moved to TV in 2017 with UK series Snatch and Sick Note before landing M. Night Shyamalan's Servant in 2019. He reunited with Shyamalan for the 2023 thriller film Knock at the Cabin Door .

Grint welcomed his first child with longtime girlfriend Georgia Groome in May 2020, a baby girl named Wednesday. Grint and Groome welcomed baby No. 2 , Goldie G.

, in April 2025. Credit: Warner Bros.; Jesse Grant/Getty Images for the Environmental Media Association Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) Following her time at Hogwarts, Wright transitioned from screen to stage and made her London debut in The Moment of Truth in 2013.

The next year, she participated in a celebrity charity spinoff of The Great British Bake Off . While taking small acting roles, she also stepped behind the camera, making her directorial and screenwriting debut with the 2012 short Separate We Come, Separate We Go , and has made several shorts and music videos since. The England native, who relocated to San Diego in 2022, is an environmental activist.

She is a Greenpeace ambassador and founded her online platform Go Gently to help others looking to stop climate change. She released her first book, Go Gently: Actionable Steps to Nurture Yourself and the Planet , in April 2022. Wright was previously engaged to Harry Potter costar Jamie Campbell Bower , but the pair called it quits in 2011 after six months.

She went Instagram official with Andrew Lococo in late 2020, and they married in March 2022 shortly after Wright relocated to California to live with her love. The actress announced in April 2023 that she was pregnant with her and Lococo’s first child by sharing pics of her baby bump via Instagram . Wright gave birth to son Elio Ocean in September 2023.

Credit: Warner Bros.; Mike Marsland/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Studio Tour London Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) Besides his work in the Harry Potter series, Felton is best known for 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes and 2017’s Feed , written and produced by Troian Bellisario .

He also appeared as Julian Albert on the CW’s The Flash in 2016 and 2017. He went on to star in the sci-fi series Origin in 2018 and lent his voice to Netflix's A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting in 2020. Felton previously dated stunt assistant Jade Olivia Gordon , whom he met while filming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , from 2008 to 2016.

The Flash alum released his debut memoir, Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard , in October 2022. Among the many revelations in the book , the actor revealed his battle with substance abuse, sharing that he has been to rehab three times. Felton also recalled two instances with the law while filming the Harry Potter franchise: one being caught stealing a DVD of "adult content" from a CD/DVD store when he was 14, and the other being arrested for weed possession, though Warner Bros.

were kept in the dark about the drama. Credit: Warner Bros.; Jun Sato/WireImage Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) The Brit portrayed unexpected hero Neville Longbottom in each of the Harry Potter films, making a triumphant final appearance in the Battle of Hogwarts in the eighth movie.

He later played Jamie Bradley in BBC One’s The Syndicate and Corporal Gordon "Towerblock" House in the BBC Three comedy drama Bluestone 42 . In May 2018, he married Angela Jones . Credit: Warner Bros.

; Taylor Hill/Getty Images Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort) Already an established name before joining the Harry Potter cast, Fiennes starred in 1993’s Schindler's List , 2002’s Maid in Manhattan and 2008’s In Bruges . When H arry Potter came to an end, he moved onto another major franchise, playing Gareth Mallory / M opposite Daniel Craig in the James Bond series. He also appeared in 2014's The Grand Budapest Hotel and 2021's The King's Man .

Credit: Cover Images; Karwai Tang/WireImage Maggie Smith (Professor McGonagall) The dame has had an impressive career in theater, film and television — and is one of the most recognizable stars in the U.K. From 2010 to 2015, she starred as Lady Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey .

The role earned her three Emmys and the third Golden Globe of her career. She reprised her role for the 2019 film and the 2022 sequel, Downton Abbey: A New Era. Smith’s sons, Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin , announced in September 2024 that she had died at age 89.

Credit: Warner Bros.; Tristar Media/Getty Images Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) The Irish actress rose to prominence after playing quirky outcast Luna Lovegood and later lent her voice to a number of Harry Potter tie-in video games. In 2012, she appeared in the final popular web musical from StarKid Productions, A Very Potter Senior Year .

Lynch joined the cast of Dancing With the Stars for season 27 in 2018, finishing in third place with partner Keo Motsepe . In 2019, Lynch and Daniella Monet co-founded Kinder Beauty Box, a monthly subscription for vegan and cruelty-free makeup. The animal activist released her memoir, The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting , in October 2021.

Credit: Warner Bros.; Joe Maher/Getty Images Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange) The Oscar nominee has starred in independent movies and major blockbusters alike and was cast to play Princess Margaret in Netflix’s The Crown in 2018. Before splitting from longtime partner Tim Burton in 2014, she appeared in several of his films, including Big Fish (2003), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and Alice in Wonderland (2010).

The exes share son Billy Raymond Burton and daughter Nell Burton. Credit: Cover Images; Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for The National Lottery Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) Other than playing Draco Malfoy’s father, Isaacs is best known for roles in The Patriot (2000), Peter Pan (2003) and Fury (2014). In 2018, he starred in a film adaptation of A.

S. Byatt’s Medusa’s Ankles directed by Harry Potter costar Bonnie Wright. He joined the cast of the CBS medical drama Good Sam in 2022.

Isaacs has been married to Emma Hewitt since 2001. They share two children: daughters Lily and Ruby. Credit: Warner Bros.

; Amy Sussman/Getty Images Gary Oldman (Sirius Black) Oldman made his first appearance in the Harry Potter series in its third film, the Prisoner of Azkaban , playing Harry’s godfather Sirius Black. Throughout his storied career, the actor has won an Academy Award, three BAFTAs, two Critics' Choice Awards, a Golden Globe and a SAG Award. He has been married five times: to Lesley Manville from 1987 to 1990, Uma Thurman from 1990 to 1992, Donya Fiorentino from 1997 to 2001, Alexandra Edenborough from 2008 to 2015 and to Gisele Schmidt in 2017.

Credit: Warner Bros.; Desiree Navarro/WireImage Alan Rickman (Severus Snape) A former member of the U.K.

’s Royal Shakespeare Company, Rickman made a name for himself both on the big screen and on the stage. Before portraying Hogwarts’ potions professor Severus Snape, he starred in Die Hard (1988), Love Actually (2003) and countless iconic films. Rickman died in London in January 2016, shortly after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Credit: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images Robbie Coltrane (Rubeus Hagrid) Not only did Coltrane have a recurring role in the Harry Potter series, but he also became a fixture of the Bond series, starring in GoldenEye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999). In 2006, the Scottish actor was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his work in entertainment. In 2021, he reunited with Mrs.

Weasley actress Julie Walters for Hulu's National Treasure miniseries.​ In October 2022, Coltrane's rep told Us Weekly that the actor died at age 72. "He is survived by his sister Annie Rae, his children Spencer and Alice and their mother Rhona Gemmell," the publicist shared in the statement.

Credit: Warner Bros.; Amy Sussman/Getty Images Oliver and James Phelps (Fred and George Weasley) For a decade, the twin actors stole scenes as Fred and George Weasley, Ron’s trouble-making older brothers. Since the final installment of the Harry Potter series hit theaters, the brothers have split time between California and the U.

K. The twins appeared in 2021's Last Night in Soho . Credit: Warner Bros.

; Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images David Thewlis (Remus Lupin) Thewlis originally auditioned for the role of Quirinus Quirrell in the first Harry Potter film, but later made his Hogwarts debut in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban . Other notable credits include The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) and Wonder Woman (2017). In 2018, he voiced the Shame Wizard on Netflix’s animated series Big Mouth , and he reprised the role in 2022's Human Resources .

Credit: Warner Bros.; Jeff Spicer/Getty Images Michael Gambon (Albus Dumbledore) Knighted in 1998, the Irish-British actor is a legend of stage and screen. Gambon took over the role of Hogwarts headmaster from Richard Harris, who died after the second film was released in 2002.

He has also starred in The King's Speech (2010), Churchill's Secret (2016) and Little Women (2017). He died at age 82 in September 2023. Credit: Warner Bros.

; Hoda Davaine/Dave Benett/Getty Images Katie Leung (Cho Chang) Leung made her Harry Potter debut in the fourth movie, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , as Harry’s love interest. She went on to appear in the British TV miniseries One Child and made her stage debut in Wild Swans in February 2012. Five years later, she costarred with Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan in The Foreigner .

In 2021 she lent her voice to Netflix's Arcane and appeared on PBS' crime drama Annika . Credit: Warner Bros.; Courtesy of Devon Murray/Instagram Devon Murray (Seamus Finnigan) The Irish actor is best known for his turn as Gryffindor’s goofiest student Seamus Finnigan, a role he held through all eight movies.

In 2018, he began dating Shannon McCaffrey Quinn , and the duo confirmed that they were expecting their first child together two years later. The couple welcomed their son, Cooper, in January 2021. Credit: Warner Bros.

; Karwai Tang/WireImage Alfred Enoch (Dean Thomas) After the Harry Potter series wrapped, the Brit was cast as Wes Gibbins in ABC’s acclaimed drama How to Get Away With Murder . He starred alongside Viola Davis, Jack Falahee , Aja Naomi King and more for six seasons of the Shonda Rhimes hit, which earned several Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations. He joined Apple TV+'s Foundation in 2021.

Credit: Warner Bros.; Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for BFI Harry Melling (Dudley Dursley) A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Melling appeared in five of the eight Harry Potter films as Harry’s spoiled cousin, Dudley. In 2009, Melling was almost recast after losing so much weight that he looked “unrecognizable” in the role.

More recently, he worked alongside Liam Neeson in the 2018 Coen brothers’ film T he Ballad of Buster Scruggs , and he starred opposite Anya Taylor-Joy in the 2020 Netflix hit The Queen's Gambit . Credit: Warner Bros.; Mike Marsland/WireImage Fiona Shaw (Petunia Dursley) After Harry Potter , Shaw appeared in season four of HBO’s True Blood , which aired in 2011.

She later starred in the BBC’s Killing Eve , which earned her a 2019 BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She was also nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series at the 2019 Emmys for her work on Fleabag . Credit: Warner Bros.

; Dave M. Benett/Getty Images Richard Griffiths (Vernon Dursley) Before his death in 2013, Griffiths was an acclaimed British entertainer, having won a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award throughout his career. Credit: Warner Bros.

; Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty Images Imelda Staunton (Dolores Umbridge) Her turn as pesky Defense Against the Darks Arts professor Dolores Umbridge in 2007's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix earned her nominations for British Supporting Actress of the Year at the London Film Critics Circle Awards and for Best Supporting Actress at the Saturn Awards. Since then, she’s starred in Paddington (2014) and Paddington 2 (2017) and played Queen Elizabeth II on seasons 5 and 6 of The Crown from 2022 to 2023. In order to view the gallery, please allow Manage Cookies.