With the Harry Potter series set to premiere in two months, more and more actors are joining the series. According to Deadline, the Sorting Hat will be voiced by BAFTA winner David Threlfall (The Death of Bunny Munro, Unforgivable) along with the ghosts that Harry and his friends run into while at Hogwarts. Leo Bill (Supergirl, The Viewing) will play Nearly Headless Nick, Andrew Brooke (Alley Cats, The Agency) will play the Bloody Baron, and Daniel Fearn (Amandaland, Citadel), will play Fat Friar. Lastly, The Fat Lady will be played by Laura Smyth (Baby Reindeer, Cottontail).
For those who don’t know, Harry Potter, is a popular fantasy series that follows a boy who discovers that he is a wizard. For this new series, it will follow the first book The Philosopher Stone. After Harry receives a letter to attend Hogwarts he is introduced to his two friends and later allies against the forces of evil, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. This new series will be built for both fans of the movies and books, along with some viewers who haven’t read the books or seen the movies.
The cast consists of Dominic McLaughlin (Gifted, Grow), Arabella Stanton (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), Alastair Stout (Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic, ABC News Breakfast), Jasper Talbot (National Theatre Live: Inter Alia, Ruthless), Johnny Flynn (MobLand, Codes), Janet McTeer (The Artist, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning), John Lithgow (Dexter: Resurrection, Buzz), Nick Frost (Whistle, Transaction), Peter Serafinowicz (The Gentlemen, Hit Poin), Warwick Davis (Moominvalley, Star Wars: Tales of the Empire), Bel Powley (Possession, Savage House), Katherine Parkinson (Rivals, Here We Go), Paapa Essiedu (Laundreams, Falling), Naomi Wirthner (Slow Horses, Crookhaven), Bertie Carvel (Doctor Foster: A Woman Scorned, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms), and Anton Lesser (Faraway Home, Rubinstein’s).
The series is set to premiere on December 25, 2026. Meanwhile, season two has already been confirmed and Kit Harington (A Tale of Two Cities, The Murder at the Vicarage) has been cast to play Gilderoy Lockhart.