Character↕ | Played By (Films)↕ | Hogwarts House↕ | Role↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Harry Potter | Daniel Radcliffe | Gryffindor | The Boy Who Lived / The Chosen One | Surviving the Killing Curse, defeating Voldemort, Expelliarmus, scar on forehead |
Hermione Granger | Emma Watson | Gryffindor | Brightest Witch of Her Age | It's leviOsa not levioSA, time-turner, punching Malfoy, carrying the trio |
Ron Weasley | Rupert Grint | Gryffindor | Harry's Best Friend | Chess sacrifice, loyalty despite insecurity, destroying the locket Horcrux |
Albus Dumbledore | Richard Harris / Michael Gambon | Gryffindor | Headmaster of Hogwarts | It does not do to dwell on dreams, master plan, Elder Wand, killed by Snape |
Severus Snape | Alan Rickman | Slytherin | Potions Master / Double Agent | Always, protecting Harry for Lily, greatest twist in the series, turn to page 394 |
Lord Voldemort | Ralph Fiennes | Slytherin | Dark Lord | He Who Must Not Be Named, Horcruxes, nose-less face, Avada Kedavra |
Draco Malfoy | Tom Felton | Slytherin | Harry's Rival | My father will hear about this, chosen for impossible task, lowering his wand |
Sirius Black | Gary Oldman | Gryffindor | Harry's Godfather / Animagus | Wrongly imprisoned in Azkaban, dog Animagus form, falling through the veil |
Rubeus Hagrid | Robbie Coltrane | Gryffindor (expelled) | Keeper of Keys and Grounds | You're a wizard Harry, love of dangerous creatures, shouldn't have said that |
Neville Longbottom | Matthew Lewis | Gryffindor | Underdog Hero | Killing Nagini, biggest glow-up in fiction, standing up to his friends and enemies |
Luna Lovegood | Evanna Lynch | Ravenclaw | Eccentric Believer | Nargles, Spectrespecs, radish earrings, saying what nobody else will |
Ginny Weasley | Bonnie Wright | Gryffindor | Harry's Wife / Quidditch Star | Chamber of Secrets possession, powerful Bat-Bogey Hex, Dumbledore's Army |
Dobby | Toby Jones (voice/mo-cap) | None (House-elf) | Free Elf | Dobby is free!, sock freedom, saving everyone at Malfoy Manor, dying a free elf |
Minerva McGonagall | Maggie Smith | Gryffindor | Transfiguration Professor / Headmistress | Have a biscuit Potter, I've always wanted to use that spell, fierce and fair |
Bellatrix Lestrange | Helena Bonham Carter | Slytherin | Death Eater | I killed Sirius Black!, torturing Neville's parents, unhinged devotion to Voldemort |
Remus Lupin | David Thewlis | Gryffindor | Defence Professor / Werewolf | Best Defence teacher, Marauder, werewolf secret, dying in the Battle of Hogwarts |
Fred & George Weasley | James & Oliver Phelps | Gryffindor | Pranksters / Entrepreneurs | Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, swamp escape from Umbridge, Fred's devastating death |
Dolores Umbridge | Imelda Staunton | Slytherin | Ministry Bureaucrat / Hogwarts Tyrant | Hem hem, most hated character in fiction, I must not tell lies, pink cardigan evil |
Cedric Diggory | Robert Pattinson | Hufflepuff | Triwizard Champion | The true Hogwarts champion, killed by Wormtail, take my body back |
Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody | Brendan Gleeson | Unknown | Auror | Constant vigilance!, magical eye, impersonated by Barty Crouch Jr. for a year |
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