Cast
Further information: List of Harry Potter films cast members- Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
- Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, Harry's best friend.
- Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, Harry's other best friend and the brains of the trio.
- Kenneth Branagh as Gilderoy Lockhart, a celebrity author and the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. Hugh Grant is said to have been the first choice for the role but due to reported scheduling conflicts he was unable to play the character. On 25 October 2001, Branagh was selected as Grant's replacement.
- John Cleese as Nearly Headless Nick, the Gryffindor House ghost.
- Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid, the Hogwarts groundskeeper.
- Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick, the Charms master at Hogwarts and head of House Ravenclaw.
- Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley, Harry's Muggle uncle.
- Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore, the Hogwarts headmaster and one of the greatest wizards of the age. Harris died shortly before the movie was released.
- Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy, Draco's father
- Alan Rickman as Severus Snape, the Hogwarts potions master and head of House Slytherin.
- Fiona Shaw as Petunia Dursley, Harry's Muggle aunt.
- Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall, the Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts and head of House Gryffindor.
- Julie Walters as Molly Weasley, the Weasley matriarch and a mother figure to Harry.
- David Bradley as Argus Filch, Hogwart's malicious caretaker.
- Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy a second year student and nemesis of Harry, Ron and Hermione.
- Sean Biggerstaff as Oliver Wood, captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
- Robert Hardy as Cornelius Fudge, the British Minister for Magic.
- Shirley Henderson as Moaning Myrtle, a ghost of a girl, roaming Hogwart's bathrooms.
- Gemma Jones as Poppy Pomfrey, the Matron and nurse in charge of the Hospital wing at Hogwarts.
- Miriam Margolyes as Pomona Sprout, the Herbology teacher and head of Hufflepuff House at Hogwarts.
- Mark Williams as Arthur Weasley, Ron's father and Molly's husband, who works at the Ministry of Magic
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