Warwick Davis to Reprise Role as Professor Flitwick in HBO’s ”Harry Potter” Series
Beloved actor Warwick Davis will return to the wizarding world, reprising his role as Professor Filius Flitwick in the upcoming HBO “Harry Potter” series. The casting was revealed alongside a broader declaration of the series’ ensemble cast, confirming Davis’s continued involvement with the franchise.
Davis originally portrayed Professor Flitwick in the “Harry Potter” film series,beginning with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in 2001. His return provides a direct link to the iconic films and offers a familiar face for fans as the story is reimagined for television. The HBO series, set to premiere in 2027 on HBO and HBO Max, will be led by showrunner and writer Francesca Gardiner (“His Dark Materials,” “Killing Eve”) and director Mark mylod (“succession”).
The expansive cast also includes Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, Alastair Stout as Ron weasley, John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Nick Frost as Hagrid, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Katherine Parkinson as Molly Weasley, Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy, Johnny Flynn as Lucius Malfoy, Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil, Sienna Moosah as Lavender Brown, Bertie Carvel as Cornelius Fudge, Bel Powley as Petunia Dursley, Daniel Rigby as Vernon Dursley, Rory Wilmot as Neville Longbottom, Amos Kitson as Dudley dursley, Louise Brealey as Madam Rolanda hooch, and anton Lesser as Garrick Ollivander.
production of the series is led by Gardiner and Mylod, who also serve as executive producers alongside series author J.K. Rowling,Neil Blair and Ruth Kenley-Letts of Brontë Film and TV,and David Heyman of Heyday Films.
