Noticing HP Actors in Other Movies

Now that we have reached book six the vast majority of the characters have been introduced, and in some cases killed off. More over with the films teetering on the half-way-point many of the characters have been or are currently being casted. Though the younger characters are for the most part new to the the level that the Harry Potter films. However, those playing the adult characters are for the most part veterans of the screen.

So I am sitting here watching TNT and the broadcast of The Patriot. And I keep saying to myself there is something blatantly obvious about the actor playing the british Calvary officer in the way he looked and acted, but most importantly spoke. So I go to wikipedia.org and low and behold my suspicions are correct, he is played by none other than Jason Isaacs, and then after further digging, I realize that in my utmost stupidity, he was also in Armageddon as Dr. Ronald Quincy. In the Patriot his character's name is Col. William Tavington.

Any way here is my question, have you ever had one of these moments when you are watching a movie (live or animated) and you know you recognize one of the actors/actresses (by look or voice), who was also in one of the Harry Potter films, and you just can not put your finger on who they are, thus driving you crazy until you do figure out who that actor or actress is?

Yes. In fact, a few nights ago, I was watching Disney's "The Road to El Dorado" and I was listening to Miguel (the blond guy from Spain with the English accent) and I thought he sounded kind of familiar. I brushed it off as just coincidence because I'd seen the movie a bunch of times before, but then I was watching it on Media Player on my computer and Media Player showed "Kenneth Branagh" as one of the actors in this movie. I thought I had misread the name, but I looked on IMDB and, sure enough, Kenneth Branagh played the voice of Miguel, as well as Professor Lockhart in CoS. By the way, Kenneth doesn't seem to have signed up for a part in OotP, so I guess the Hospital scene is out, or at least his part in it... unless they get someone else to play Lockhart for that movie. :(

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Hardly anybody has been listed for OOTP on IMDB yet. Just the trio and Jason Isaacs have "officially" signed up for the movie according to that site.

I was watching the film "Galaxy Troopers", a sci-fi comedy once. This was after SS/PS was released. When Alan Rickman's character appeared, I realized who he was and I started squealing and pointing at the screen! I was like "That's Snape!"

ROFL. Rupert Grint in the Thunderpants trailer. I watched it for a minute and then when his name came up i was like, WHAT THE-!

He looked so nerdy :D

Also Arthur Weasley was in an advertisement. I only realized it was him at the end.

I was watching the film "Galaxy Troopers", a sci-fi comedy once. This was after SS/PS was released. When Alan Rickman's character appeared, I realized who he was and I started squealing and pointing at the screen! I was like "That's Snape!"

Huh? Do you mean Galaxy Quest? Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?

Oh I meant "Galaxy Quest." sorry.

Ok, tis is. Worry, you must not.

when I watch "Dragonheart" I know John Isaacs played on that movie right after his character came up. But when I saw King Einon he looked familiar. I wait 'till the credit and name "David Thewlis" came up. He played Lupin in PoA

A long time ago I saw "Sister Act" on T.V. and I noticed that the head nun was no other than the lady that played as Professor McGongle. I also noticed that she has played in a lot of other movies but I cant remember the names of them right now.

A long time ago I saw "Sister Act" on T.V. and I noticed that the head nun was no other than the lady that played as Professor McGongle. I also noticed that she has played in a lot of other movies but I cant remember the names of them right now.
thats the only one ive noticed too

Oh, definitely, it's happened to me a lot when I didn't realise the same actors who are in the Harry Potter movies were also in a different movie. Mostly with Alan Rickman and Maggie Smith.

In "Chicken Run" Timothy Spall (Peter Pettigrew) does the voice of one of the rats. He was also in "A Series of Unfortunate Events" as the attorney who is in charge of the kids.

Alan Rickman (Snape) has done lots of movies including Die Hard, Galaxy Quest, Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves, and many many more....

Michael Gambon (Dumbledore) played the General in "Toys" with Robin Williams. He also plays the editor in "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow".

Gary Oldman was in "Bram Stoker's Dracula", "Batman Begins", "Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead", "The Fifth Element", "Lost in Space", and many more.

Robert Hardy (Cornelius Fudge) was in BBC's "All Creatures Great and Small" series.

And Maggie Smith's (McGonnagal's) resume is so long that you would be better off just to go to www.imdb.com/search and look her up! :)

Alan Rickman (Snape) has done lots of movies including Die Hard, Galaxy Quest, Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves, and many many more....

Gary Oldman was in "Bram Stoker's Dracula", "Batman Begins", "Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead", "The Fifth Element", "Lost in Space", and many more.

And Maggie Smith's (McGonnagal's) resume is so long that you would be better off just to go to www.imdb.com/search (www,imdb.com/search) and look her up! :)

These three I knew from before HP ever came out, Alan Rickman I'd seen in all of those (cept HG to the Galaxy as it wasn't out yet), and I'm a big Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves fan so I've always seen Rickman as a baddy. And don't forget he played in Love Actually, along with Emma Thompson.

As for Oldman, I knew him from the Fifth Element and I honestly can't see him as a good character ever since, and even as Sirius, even though I know how good he is, he creeps me out!

And I actually knew Daniel Radcliffe before he started playing in HP. I remember when they were starting the casting, there was an article that said it was between Daniel Radcliffe and Haley Joel Osment (back when Spielberg was considered as director and American actors were being considered) and I can't remember who I though would be best for the role, but I knew Daniel from "David Copperfield", in which Maggie Smith played too.

Oh and I saw Julie Walters in "Calendar Girls! Not quite the same type of movie as Harry Potter! :lol:

yeah, happened to me watchin "Love Actually" lol, i was like....hold on..is that...snape??

lol...he;s funny as in that movie

Gary Oldman is in "Batman Begins"??!? What scene?! I don't remember seeing him.

Gary Oldman is in "Batman Begins"??!? What scene?! I don't remember seeing him.

He is Comissioner Gordon.

In "Chicken Run" Timothy Spall (Peter Pettigrew) does the voice of one of the rats. He was also in "A Series of Unfortunate Events" as the attorney who is in charge of the kids.

Alan Rickman (Snape) has done lots of movies including Die Hard, Galaxy Quest, Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves, and many many more....

Michael Gambon (Dumbledore) played the General in "Toys" with Robin Williams. He also plays the editor in "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow".

Gary Oldman was in "Bram Stoker's Dracula", "Batman Begins", "Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead", "The Fifth Element", "Lost in Space", and many more.

Robert Hardy (Cornelius Fudge) was in BBC's "All Creatures Great and Small" series.

And Maggie Smith's (McGonnagal's) resume is so long that you would be better off just to go to www.imdb.com/search and look her up! :)

Spall as a rat in Chicken Run, did not know that. Regardless, talk about irony.

Gary Oldman is in "Batman Begins"??!? What scene?! I don't remember seeing him.
He plays Lt. Jim Gordon, who later becomes Comissioner Gordon....

......Oops - I was about 2 minutes too late.

yeah, happened to me watchin "Love Actually" lol, i was like....hold on..is that...snape??

lol...he;s funny as in that movie

Saw him there as well, my mom likes him.. Professor trelawney was there to.. Snape's wife, to be exact.. At first I didn't notice, I just saw it in the credits..

well she is about to be a hp actor so i'm going to say Imelda Staunton. I love her as the nurse in Shakespeare in Love. Today I saw Nanny McPhee and she is the cook in that! I really like her. And Emma Thompson is in that too!! She was very good. I remember her in Much Ado About Nothing with Professor Lockhart, er Hamlet, er Kenneth Branagh. I wish Derek Jacobi would get a role in the movies, i just love him (not sure who he could possible be though :()

I was watching the King and I tom Felton looks so diffrent.

Miranda Richardson (Rita Skeeter) also has a long list of appearances under her belt. Again go to http://imdb.com/search to find out more about all of her movie and TV credits.

Since Harry Potter is so important to most of us here, I'm very pleased that the franchise has been able to attract such wonderful talent when making movies out of our favorite novels. :clap:

I'm also sure that many of the actors are pleased to have been a part of HP, especially the younger ones (like Rupert, Emma W. and Tom F.) who are just starting their careers. It doesn't appear to have harmed any of the veteran actors, either. A lot of them seem to be experiencing a 're-awakening' of their careers after some dry spells. :agree:

'David Copperfield' has loads of Potter actors in it, Daniel Radcliffe, Maggie Smith, Zoe Wanamaker and Imelda Staunton in it!! Bizarre.

We have "Black Beauty" (made in 1994) and the cab driver is Lupin!

"Sense and Sensiblility" - another Rickman film, he plays dashing Colonel Brandon- big age difference between him and Kate Winslet's character!

"Chicken Run" I never realized that about the rat- funny!

And as far as "the Patriot" that is one of my favorite movies, and when I first saw CoS, I thought they couldn't find anyone better to do "evil " than Jason Issacs.

The adult cast is a who's who of British talent with a slew of knights, dames and otherwise Royally and industry recognised thesps.

I simply loved David Thewlis in Dragonheart... he was so cool in that movie...

One of the reasons I got Batman Begins was because Gary Oldman is in it... and if they make him look like that for Sirius in movie 5... it would be sooo cool! He kind of looks like how I picture... Wedding!Sirius... you know?

The guy that plays Peter Pettigrew is also in The Last Samurai... he looks so different there!

And also... the lady who played Aunt Marge (Pam Ferris)... is the Headmistress from Matilda... I didn't know that until recently, and I really wanted Pam Ferris to play Umbridge... aw well...

Arthur Weasley played a role as one of the villains in "101 Dalmatians" the movie
Kenneth Brannaght I love his " Frankenstein" movie, director and leading actor

Had no idea Tom Felton was the kid of "The King and I". Really? I was thinking about that, I knew it, there was something familiar with that kid.

I was watching the King and I tom Felton looks so diffrent.

I know! but I saw a looong time ago when it came out, before HP so I don't really remember him hehe

My sister was watching some stupid old Monty Python show, and I was on the computer. I was semi-listening and I heard a voice that sounded like Nearly Headless Nick . I looked up but I didnt see him, yet I kept hearing him. Finally I got so fed up I told my mom(another HP obsesser) and she told me that the actor on Monty Python was also Nearly Headless Nick. I knew it! :)

Sleepy Hollow (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162661/) must be the coolest town ever, considering the town council includes Dumbledore and Uncle Vernon, along with Ed Rooney, Emperor Palpatine, and Alfred the butler. Plus, Sleepy Hollow features Miranda Richardson, as Michael Gambon's wife! Anyone up for a Dumbledore/Rita Skeeter pairing?

Julian Glover, who voices Aragog, is also in a James Bond movie (For Your Eyes Only), a Star Wars movie (Empire Strikes Back) and an Indiana Jones movie (Last Crusade). He plays a bad guy in each one.

And it's not exactly a movie, nor is the actor actually in Harry Potter, but I just discovered that Rik Mayall, who was cast as Peeves, plays Harod in the version of Jesus Christ: Superstar that I listen to. Although I agree that cutting Peeves was a good decision, his voice is perfect.

Miriam Margolies, Professor Sprout, was in Cold Comfort Farm. It took a while because they look different in other roles.

So I am sitting here watching TNT and the broadcast of The Patriot. And I keep saying to myself there is something blatantly obvious about the actor playing the british Calvary officer in the way he looked and acted, but most importantly spoke. So I go to wikipedia.org and low and behold my suspicions are correct, he is played by none other than Jason Isaacs, and then after further digging, I realize that in my utmost stupidity, he was also in Armageddon as Dr. Ronald Quincy. In the Patriot his character's name is Col. William Tavington.


That's pretty funny, because yesterday I was watching TNT thinking the same exact thing. That British officer does look familiar doesn't he? :lol:
It's interesting how he always seems to play the bad guys. His character was supposed to get killed off, but he faked his death so that he could get back at the other characters in the movie.

yeah, happened to me watchin "Love Actually" lol, i was like....hold on..is that...snape??

lol...he;s funny as in that movie

Isn't it weird that in this film and HP he plays someone nasty?In "Love Actually" he was having an affair with his wife which I class as pretty nasty:lol:

Tom Felton and Mark Williams in "The Borrowers"--omg red headed Tom Felton! He was ADORABLE!!

Alan Rickman in "Die Hard"--the minute I heard his voice I was like "OMG IT'S SNAPE!!!!!!!!!!"

Julie Walters in "Billy Elliott"--it took me a while to recognize her as the dance teacher. It was just such a change from Mrs. Weasley!

David Thewlis in "Seven Years in Tibet"--he had the same mustache! I was referring to him as "Lupin" the whole movie!

I was watching this british show called "My Family" and one of the main characters looked SO familiar to me. I looked it up and realized "OMG IT'S MADAME HOOCH!"

Isn't it weird that in this film and HP he plays someone nasty?In "Love Actually" he was having an affair with his wife which I class as pretty nasty:lol:


I've never seen Alan Rickman play someone nice, actually. In Die Hard he's a terrorist and in Robin Hood he's the vile Duke of Nottingham who wants Robin Hood killed so...

Oh man I loved Rickman in Robin Hood - he more than makes up for Costner!!

Wierdest sighting ever was Richard Griffiths (Vernon Dursley) in a training video that I had to watch when I was moonlighting over the holidays at Famous Barr. I was all excited and everyone just looked at me like I had sprouted a third head. But I guess everyone has to get there start somewhere, right?

I also watched this one Irish leperchaun/fairie film... and Zoe Wannamaker (Madam Hooch) was in the movie... I only watched it cause she was in the movie... she played a leperchaun... I think it was "Legend of the Leperchauns" or something....

I only just noticed the other day that Emma Thompson is "Nanny McPhee." ^.^

I caught a few minutes of The Last Sammurai and I saw the actor who plays Wormtail. I couldn't put my finger on it for a bit, then it dawned on me.

Richard Harris in The Count of Monte Cristo. Funny thing is that he looked a tiny bit like Dumbledore (white hair and beard).

Just caught Brendan Gleeson (Mad Eye Moody) in 28 days later on tv...

I caught a few minutes of The Last Sammurai and I saw the actor who plays Wormtail. I couldn't put my finger on it for a bit, then it dawned on me.

That would be Timothy Spall.

so far ive seen rickman in a few movies... 1 of which also has tim allen in it i cant remember the name tho... something about space... they were on a tv show and some aliens came and thought it was real and wanted them to help them beat some big grasshopper lookin thing... then i saw him in another movie i dont know the name of it tho... it was about god had gone missing or something... alan was supposedly the voice of god... it had chris rock in it as well... then i saw mr dursley in a movie the other day where on the show "roseanne", it was played by roseannes husband... the husband was next inline to be king of england... dursley was his secretary or something... ive seen snape in more movies than nething tho... and who is emma thompson??? i dont know a lot of the hp characters real names xcept the major 1s like emma and daniel and rupert.. and tom and alan... thats all i know...

im waqtching die hard right now when do u c him?

nvm i know who he is now... duh... i havnt really watched it b4 i didnt know he was the main terrorist

so far ive seen rickman in a few movies... 1 of which also has tim allen in it i cant remember the name tho... something about space... they were on a tv show and some aliens came and thought it was real and wanted them to help them beat some big grasshopper lookin thing...
"Galaxy Quest". Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, and Tony Shaloub are there too.
then i saw him in another movie i dont know the name of it tho... it was about god had gone missing or something... alan was supposedly the voice of god... it had chris rock in it as well...
"Dogma". God was played by Alanis Morisette. A Jay and Silent Bob movie.
then i saw mr dursley in a movie the other day where on the show "roseanne", it was played by roseannes husband... the husband was next inline to be king of england... dursley was his secretary or something...
"King Ralph". John Goodman is the main character, and Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon) is there along with John Hurt (who plays Olivander in 'The Sorcerer's Stone')
....who is emma thompson???
She plays Trelawney in 'The Prisoner of Azkaban'.

---You're welcome. ;)

Ian Hart has popped up three times in the one week: A Cock and Bull Story (as a passively irate scriptwriter with jug ears and seven kids), Breakfast on Pluto (nearly stealing the end of the movie as a jug-eared, mustacheoed copper) and The Virgin Queen (with a beard and little cap resting on said jug ears).

I'm getting rather fond of him. He and David Thewlis have very similar qualities as actors.

Ian Hart has popped up three times in the one week: A Cock and Bull Story (as a passively irate scriptwriter with jug ears and seven kids), Breakfast on Pluto (nearly stealing the end of the movie as a jug-eared, mustacheoed copper) and The Virgin Queen (with a beard and little cap resting on said jug ears).
I saw the Virgin Queen (the one made in England and aired on PBS on Masterpiece Theatre with Ann Marie Duff?), and my grandma gave it to me on dvd for christmas! Which character was he in Virgin Queen?

I remember freaking out when I saw Timothy Spall in A Series of Unfortunate Events. It was just really unexpected for my friends and I and it was pretty hilarious. In fact, the same thing happened when I saw Gary Oldman in Batman Begins.

I noticed Tom Felton in "Anna and the King" as Jodie Foster's son.

The guy who playes Lucius (I forget his name) is the "bad guy" in The Patriot (with Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger). I couldn't place where I'd seen him for the longest time and then it dawned on me.
Also, Lockheart (Kenneth Branaugh) and Robbie Coltraine are in Henry V. Branaugh's also in Much Ado About Nothing playing Benedict opposite his real life ex-wife. I think he directed both, too.

I saw the Virgin Queen (the one made in England and aired on PBS on Masterpiece Theatre with Ann Marie Duff?), and my grandma gave it to me on dvd for christmas! Which character was he in Virgin Queen?

One of the Queen's advisors with a fussy gingery beard.

One of the Queen's advisors with a fussy gingery beard.
ahh i see now. he is sir william!! oh my he looks so different. he was really good in it though!

i have seen movies with actresses and actors that are in harry potter movies ive seen alan rickman and i just forgot her name but the lady that plays McGonagall but i have never seen a movie were i couldnt figure out the actor or actress

I think that is Maggie Smith.

I just caught Fiona Shaw (Mrs Dursley) in Three Men and a Little Lady...

Last year in English we watched Sense and Sensibility, and Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson were in it. And a couple years before that we watched Much Ado About Nothing with Kenneth Branagh.

I just caught the last part of the original Die Hard, and Alan Rickman plays the villian. Boy did he look different. He has a great line of dialogue, but I can't say it here. lol

I'm fairly well acquainted with movies, so usually I'm not confused as to who is who.

I was watching the movie Timeline and I noticed a guy who looked very familiar...it wasn't until I watched the movie for the second time that I realized it was David Thewlis the actor who plays Professor Lupin.

I remember seeing Alan Rickman in Dogma and Galaxy Quest as well

I had to watch Mary Shelly's Frankenstein last year in english class and Kenneth Branagh played Doctor Frankenstein

watched Sleepy Hollow this evening and I saw Michael Gambon (new Dumbly), Miranda Richardson (Rita Skeeter) and Richard Griffiths (Uncle Dursley)

I saw Miranda Richardson in the Parent Trap

I saw Miranda Richardson in the Parent Trap
That was her sister, Natasha, who was also in Blow Dry with Alan Rickman.

Sorry of someone mentioned this already, but I was watching Sense and Sensibility last night, and I was so suprised to see how many HP actors are in there!

Alan Rickman, the actor that plays Fudge, the actress that plays Madame Pomfrey, and even the actress that played The Fat Lady portrait in the first (and 2nd?) movies. Oh, and Emma Thompson of course.

I saw Miranda Richardson in the Parent Trap

I think you mean Natasha Richardson. I used to mix them up too.

I keep on visioning Snape and Trelawney when I watched Love Actually on TV. It was strange.

I saw Ana and the King the other day on TV. It was so weird. There is this scene when Anas son has a fight with the kings son, and I kept telling: Draco, that's not Harry!!! :rolleyes: *hopelessly obsessed* (Tom Felton plays Jodie Fosters son)

Actually I remember one now, I did not notice immediately. It is the actor of Arthur Weasley, who plays the stuttering actor in Shakespeare in Love.

I just saw Basic Instinct 2's trailer and David Thewlis (Lupin) plays in it... Looks weird though...


And it's Julie Walters birthday today :p and mine ;)

It took me a couple of times to realize that it was Alan Rickman as "The voice of GOD" in Dogma. It was interesting to see Maggie smith in "Divine Secrets of the YA-YA Sisterhood". I love her in "HOOK". I Absolutely LOVE Gary Oldman. He in in most of my fave movies. Air Force One, Dracula, Fifth Element. (Fifth Element is on of my alltime faves!!)

Also, seeing Robbie Coltrane in Ocean's Twelve was pretty cool. When we went to see it, I told my friend I thought it was him and she thought I was nuts!!

That was her sister, Natasha, who was also in Blow Dry with Alan Rickman.

Are they sisters? I didn't think they were. Isn't it Natasha and Joely Richardson that are sisters?

Actually I remember one now, I did not notice immediately. It is the actor of Arthur Weasley, who plays the stuttering actor in Shakespeare in Love. It's not a movie, but has anyone else noticed Mark Williams (Mr Weasley) in the TV adverts from The Link? When I saw one of the ads the other day I was like "Ohmigod it's Mr Weasley!!!" And then I got a load of funny looks from my family....... :p

OH MY GOSH!!!! How could I forget another of my fave movies!! The Scarlet Letter. A fine performance by Gary oldman int that movie. I love it.

Robbie Coltrane is also in Nuns On The Run, and National Lampoon's European Vacation...the bathroom scene with Beverly D'Angelo.

Maggie Smith in Clash Of The Titans!!! Love that movie...as cheesy as it is...

And Alan Rickman...never realized before how much he is in that I like, safe to say he is one of my fave actors...Robin Hood, Love Actually, Dogma, Die Hard, Sense and Sensibility...

And I can't believe that the guy who plays Arthur Weasley was the one in Shakespeare In Love...I knew I saw him in something!!!

Jason Isaacs(Lucius Malfoy).... He was in Armageddon, The Patriot...Of course, nowhere does he look as good as he does with the long blond hair *sigh*

I totally play that whole six degrees of game with the actors from HP.

I totally play that whole six degrees of game with the actors from HP.


I do too. you can get to almost any actor in the world with it!

What his name who plays Lupin, is in Basic Instinct. The funny part about it, is that he is so easy to recognize as he extremely similar to how he does in POA.

I do too. you can get to almost any actor in the world with it!


I just started a thread for that in the games section...


Lets see...

Micheal Gambdon and MAggie Smith were in Gosferd Park recently. The Dame MAggie Smith has been in a number of movies, my favorite being Evil under the sun, where she matches snarky wit with the other queen of snide, Diana Rigg.

Alan Rickman is probably the best known in american films, and was also the voice of Marvin the Depressed Robot in Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy.

Kenneth Branagh and his former wife Emma Thompson were in a few movies together, including Dead Again, along with Derek Jacobi (who isn't in Harry Potter but should be)

Robbie Coltrane is another one who's been in many films, including Krull

Jason Isaacs is also in a lot of american pictures, my favorite being Event Horizon.

Ollivander is played by John Hurt, who provided the voice of Aragorn in the cartoon version of Lord of the Rings (the 70s have a lot ot answer for kids) and the chest cavity for the alien in Alien.

Ray Fiennes, Lord Voldemort, was in the Avengers, but we'll forgive him.

David Tennent, Barty Crouch Jr is the new Doctor Who.

Julian Glover has been in several movies and television, including a couple of Doctor Who episodes, and was also in Diamonds are Forever (making that two Bond movies)

Warwick Davis, aka prof Flitwick was in Willow as the title character and also played an ewok and then a homicidal leprechaun.

Rosmerta is played by Julie Christie, with an acting resume as long as my arm, including Farenheit 451, Dragonheart, Doctor Zhivvago and Troy

Now for some more obscure...

Miranda Richardson played Queen Elizabeth in the second series of Blackadder, along iwth Stephen Fry who reads for the audio books.

Mark Williams (Arthur Weasley) was in the pilot of Red Dwarf as Olaf Peterson.

Tom Felton (malfoy) was also in an episode of "Second Sight" with the very yummy Clive Owen, and I was very impressed with his performance.

Julian Glover was in the Harry Potter movies? Which one(s)?

Julian Glover was in the Harry Potter movies? Which one(s)?


Apparently he did the voice of Aragoth (?) the spider, I didn't know that either until I read this thread.

i remember watching 'Dogma' and i was trying to remember where i had heard the Metatron guy and halfway through the movie, i was like, "that's Snape!"
did anyone else know that Brendan Gleeson was in "The Village"? i found that out in the opening credits.

I'm pretty slow at recognizing actors in different roles and the only reason I recognized Richard Harris (Dumbledore) in The Gladiator was because of his unique voice. Imagine my horror as I watched Dumbledore get choked to death by his own son. A few months later I watched Unforgiven and again recognized Harris by his voice and again to my horror I watched Dumbledore get the snot kicked out of him by Gene Hackman. :sad: I know I shouldn't refer to his other characters as Dumbledore, but I really loved his portrayal of the headmaster in the movies and it is hard for me to see him in a different role. Which is every actor's worst nightmare.....

Richard Harris in the Gladiator, Maggie Smith in a lot of other movies, Snape in Love Actually(that was extremely wierd though).....

I didn't catch this one, someone else did, but I can't recall who to give credit. Filch (David Bradley) was Noah in Blow Dry.

And there must have been the same casting director for HP as for Sense and Sensibility. Emma Thompson (Trelawney), Alan Rickman (Snape), Robert Hardy (Fudge), Gemma Jones (Poppy), Elizabeth Spriggs (original Fat Lady). I know some of that has probably been mentioned already.

Maggie Smith in Clash Of The Titans!!! Love that movie...as cheesy as it is...

You gotta' be kidding....she was in Clash of the Titans....I know it's cheesy but I LOVE that stupid movie....along with all the Sinbad flicks (three cheers for Ray Harryhausen....I love the skeleton scene in Jason and the Argonauts) Those were the days before GCI and hungarian horntails and stuff.

And was Richard Harris really in Gladiator....I'm gonna' have to check that out. I just don't remember him in it. My bad....I read somewhere that he was in "Horse" too and had the hooks stuck in his chest....I remember seeing that movie a million years ago but didn't know it was him.

So much to learn, so little time!!

Oh yeah, and didn't that little owl thingie in Clash of theTitans remind you of the Golden Snitch...or vice versa?

Loved David Thewlis in Dinotopia he was so nasty! I loved it hehe and Uncle Vernon in VIcar of Dibley as the shouting Vicar hehe and Petunia in Three men anda little lady hehe and who else have I seen...maggie smith is the yaya sisterhood hehe worst american accent ever! :D Zoe Wanamaker in my family tv series :D and I am sure i will think of someone else hehe

and on Vicar of Dibley I know his character is completly different in GOF but he still has the same accent herhe ROger Lloyd Pack :D was Barty Crouch and is also a board member of the vicarage :D hehe love that show btw ohh and dawn french as the fat lady, makes me wonder if they just stole the whole Vicar cast list hehe

I knew Daniel Rdcliffe and Maggie Smith were in David Copperfield before I saw the film, so that was no surprise for me.

When I saw a series of unfortunate events, Mr. Poe looked quite familar, and when I saw the credits, I was thinking, "oh he played Wormtail".

When I saw airforce one (which was after I saw POA), I didn't realize that the bad guy was Gary Oldman until I saw a picture of Sirius Black afterwards. I was looking at sirius black, and I was thinking, "hmmm, where have I seen him before, that face looks so familair". And the realization was so shocking, because he really scared in me in airforce 1.

A while ago I was flipping through channels and Total Eclipse was on. I have no idea that David Thewlis and Leonardo DiCaprio were in the movie together. I didn't watch the whole thing, just certain parts to the point that my hand was over my mouth in shock. People who seen this movie would know what I'm talking about. :lol:

REMUS LUPIN in basic instinct 2 coming out soon ..... be sure to wathc it ;)

I saw Gary Oldman in SIN. It is a early 90's movie, I believe. I wouldn't have wwatched it if it weren't for Gary being in it. It sure is wierd seeing him witout long straggly hair. he is sort of well groomed;). He plays a gangster type of guy. Sort of like a hitman.

I saw Miranda Richardson (Rita Skeeter) in "The Hour" last night :D

I saw Maggie Smith in Secret Garden before I watched the first Harry Potter movie. I also saw Ralph Fiennes in the movie The Maid in Manhattan.

Gary Oldman (sirius) played Comissioner Gordon in Batman Begins... (I didn't even realize it was him until the end credits)
Alan Rickman, and the guy who played Lockhart were both in Hamlet (both played the part Hamlet as wekk).. Alan rickman played him in a stage production of the play, and The Lockhart guy played him in a movie version..
Rupert Grint was in 1 or 2 really stupid kids movies.. (I can't remember the names)
Tom Felton was in "the borrowers" he played the youngest kid...

Alan Rickman was also in an episode of "King of the hill"

And.. Miranda Richardson (Rita Skeeter) played Hermione in a Harry Potter parody..

I saw Maggie Smith in Secret Garden before I watched the first Harry Potter movie. I also saw Ralph Fiennes in the movie The Maid in Manhattan.


I saw Ralph in Maid in Manhattan but when he was in it, (this was after HP) i didn't recognize him at first! It was pretty funny!

I'm just wondering- is it the same MIranda Richardson who was in The Phantom of The Opera Movie in HP? I think it is but i'm not sure!

I believe the person who plays Arthur Weasley also plays one of the bad guys in 101 dalmations.

Micheal Gambdon and MAggie Smith were in Gosferd Park recently. The Dame MAggie Smith has been in a number of movies, my favorite being Evil under the sun, where she matches snarky wit with the other queen of snide, Diana Rigg.


David Tennent, Barty Crouch Jr is the new Doctor Who.
There's a link to make here, too. David Tennant was in an episode of "The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries" (On PBS) starring Diana Rigg. :D

On a side note, when I saw that show a few days ago I kept finding unintentional Hp references all over the place. First, Tennant was in an episode, then, the chauffer's name is George Moody, and then someon mistakenly calls him Moony, and then in there's a character who is witch-like, and Diana Rigg wonders if she has a cauldron...geez, you can read HP into anything :lol:

And.. Miranda Richardson (Rita Skeeter) played Hermione in a Harry Potter parody..
I've seen that parody! The "Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan" one! :rotfl:

I was watching Only Fools and Horses last night and I laughed doubly hard at everything Trigger (who is played by Roger Lloyd-Pack, a.k.a. Crouch Sr.) said because I kept thinking of him saying "the Chinese Fireball...ooooohh!!":D

Oh, and has anyone else seen Mark Williams in those TV ads for The Link lately? When I saw him I was like "that's Mr Weasley!!!"

i've seen alan rickman in another movie...it looked kinda weird :p

Yes that's true. I saw the movie a few weeks ago and was amused to see "Arthur" as a bad guy. :lol:

I think the character name in 101 Dalmatians is Horace.

I believe the person who plays Arthur Weasley also plays one of the bad guys in 101 dalmations.


YES HE IS! I saw that the other day and i realized it and i was like YAY! The other guy is another guy i find hilarious! He's so great in House! SOOO, off subject here-

Yeah, that is a funny movie and Mark Williams is so great in it!(that is his name right?)

Robert Pattinson, AKA Cedric Diggory, is on the telly right now. "Dragon Hunter" or something like that on Sci Fi.

I flipped to the channel, got a glance and then a double take, and was like, "Cedric!". He didn't look like himself or talk like he did in Potter.

Robert Pattinson, AKA Cedric Diggory, is on the telly right now. "Dragon Hunter" or something like that on Sci Fi.

I flipped to the channel, got a glance and then a double take, and was like, "Cedric!". He didn't look like himself or talk like he did in Potter.

I... I was gonna watch that!!! Aww, drats... aw, well, I will watch it next time it goes on Sci Fi... love that channel.

Edit: On IMDB.com... it doesn't say he was on Dragon Hunter... but he is on... ... Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King

I loved Gary Oldman in "The Fifth Element". He was this mad villain so I can see why they chose him to play Sirius.

Kenneth Branagh who played Lockhart in CoS is one of my favourite actors so I was so pleased when he got that part. He played so well.
he used to be married to Emma Thompson who plays Trelawney, she played the wife of a character played by Alan Rickman in "Love Actually" and we know what role he plays in Harry Potter..Its all connected

I loved Gary Oldman in "The Fifth Element". He was this mad villain so I can see why they chose him to play Sirius.


:lol: Mad Villain?:lol:

Okay... sorta mad... but he was also very funny in the movie...

I loved Gary Oldman as Gordon in Batman Begins... he was so brilliant as Gordon. Funny too. If they keep that appearance for Gary with a change of clothing... he will be perfect as the cleaner Sirius in Order of the Phoenix.

Alan Rickman in Dogma. So funny to see Snape as an angel!

I... I was gonna watch that!!! Aww, drats... aw, well, I will watch it next time it goes on Sci Fi... love that channel.

Edit: On IMDB.com... it doesn't say he was on Dragon Hunter... but he is on... ... Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King


Ah, that's the name of it, then. Scrambled my mind.

I saw the BBC's adaption of Our Mutual Friend and not only did it have David Bradley playing Rogue Riderhood he looked extacly like he does as Filch. Same clothes, hair, sneer and voice.

Also, for the 6 degree's fans, there was also Timothy Spall...looking a lot like Pettigrew (apart from the teeth).

Both Timothy and David will be in the upcoming Hott Fuzz, brought to you by the same folks who did Shaun of the Dead. Timothy's son Rafe will be in Hott Fuzz aswell, he was a hoot as the cheeky young sales assisant in Shaun of the Dead :)

The guy who plays the new Dumbledore was in Sleepy Hollow. The guy who plays Lupin was in Timeline, Kingdom of Heaven, and Dragonheart.

I remember watching "Sense and Sensibility" and thinking, goodness, Colonel Brandon has such a peculiar voice. Later when I watched HPATSS, I realized that the voice of Professor Snape was the same as Colonel Brandon! I must say that Alan Rickman is much more convincing as a mean Professor than a romantic leading man!

I also remember seeing (and hearing!) Alan Rickman's voice in a western called "Quigley Down Under" with Tom Sellack. He played the part of the bad cowboy, Elliot Marston. I must praise Alan Rickman, he's such an amazing actor with such a distinct voice, you can't help but like him!

Maggie(Professor McGonagall) in The Secret Garden

The guy who plays Mad Eye in GOF was in Lake Placid

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I had no idea.....

Why...!? Why didn't anyone tell me!?

*shakes head in shame*

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He played King Arthur in Camelot, too. He got to sing and wear far too much blue eyeliner. My mother and father saw him in person once.

Oh god I feel so old.
I remember when McArthur Park FIRST came out.....

Oh god I feel so old.
I remember when McArthur Park FIRST came out.....
So do I, and I still hate it as much as I did then.

ETA: I remember when they played the song on TotP (Top of the Pops), they had the girly dance group Pans People dancing around in raincoats with cakes in their hands. :nc:

I've seen Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman, and the late Richard Harris. I'm always fine with most of them but it's still just weird seeing Alan Rickman not as Snape.

David Thewlis always dies in the movies he's in. Well, the ones I can remember seeing him in.

Everywhere I look,Kenneth Branagh(Lockhart) is there! I was at Blockbuster the other night and I picked up about 5 movies randomly that he was in!And I am always watching movies on TV and I look online because a recognize a character, and it's always him.(kinda,it feels like it!)He's been in quite a few movies.

Yeah I was watching Peter Pan yesterday and I was like JASON!!!......as Hook...no way!!:cool: and I really cant wait til Decmeber Boys comes out it will be brilliant to see Dan in a new way after such a long time since any other films

Speaking of Jason, I just told dansprncess_1 that I turned on HGTV and there he was doing a commercial for some tv show called Brotherhood or something. And then Kenneth Brannagh (i butchered that i'm sure) was in Swing Kids as a semi bad guy and that shocked me. It goes on and on but those are the two that came to my mind.

David Thewlis always dies in the movies he's in. Well, the ones I can remember seeing him in.

Gary Oldman tends to do that too. A feat he will repeat in the role of Sirius.

I was flipping thourgh the channels once when I see Maggie Smith/McGonagall. Dressed as a nun. With Whoopie Goldburg.

You have no idea how weird that was.

It seems that movie was ''Sister Act''.

Before Harry Potter, I had a crush on Alan Rickman from Sense and Sensibility. i thought he was sooo sexy. HP kinda ruined that for me now. lol

And Jason Isaacs has been my favourite actor since before Harry Potter. He is just amazing. It was great seeing him again in Peter Pan because that was my favourite book when I was a kid.

The guy who plays the new Dumbledore was in Sleepy Hollow. The guy who plays Lupin was in Timeline, Kingdom of Heaven, and Dragonheart.

Who did Michael Gambon play in Sleepy Hollow? I love that film but never noticed he was in it.

I saw Alan Rickman in "Sense and Sensibility" the other night, I could not believe that he was actually a good guy, and rather handsome, and NOOOOOO! I'm NEVER going to be able to watch him as Snape EVER AGAIN!

Alan Rickman in Dogma. So funny to see Snape as an angel!

Not an angel, the Archangel Metatron

Yea thats really weird. I'm like, "look theres Harry Potter playing in that one movie, and Ron in that other one....wow how cool, they do magic and movies!"

Well, outside the trio and alot of the younger cast, you're talking about some of Britain's best actors/actresses. I've personally been a long time fan of Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, and Dame Maggie Smith. Some of the very best in the industry IMO:D

Well, my mom and I are in the same room, I on my laptop, and she watching an incredibly cheesy disaster movie on the sci-fi channel, and I looked up for a second, and there's why no it can't be, but it is!

DAVID THEWLIS?? with an AMERICAN ACCENT?

This is so, so wrong.

Edit: Wait, this is Timeline?

I watched Sleepy Hollow today (with Johnny Depp) and I was surprised how many Harry Potter stars are in the movie.

Michael Gambon (POA to now Dumbledore)
Miranda Richardson (Rita Skeeter-GOF)
Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon Dursley)

I was watching Empire of The Sun the other day (which I hadn't watched in about 5 years) and I noticed Miranda Richardon played a very fine part.

I saw this show the other day and there was a guy in it who looked very familiar, then I realised it was the guy who played Barty Crouch Jr!!

I watched Sister Act 2 a month ago and i was like "Hey It's Professor McGonagall!"
I also used to watch Black Beauty all the time, and i watched it the other day just for the heck of it .... and David Thewlis was in it... I had never relized that.

David Tennant (Barty Crouch Jr) and David Bradley (Filch) in Blackpool. Also, Mark Williams (Arthur Weasley) in its sequel, Viva Blackpool. He even has a blue car!

Reading Trivia in IMDB, Frances de la Tour was (Madame Maxime) was in Love Actually but her scene was cut. Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson play husband and wife in that movie.

Movie adaptations of Roald Dahl books: Helena Bonham-Carter (Bellatrix) in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Pam Farris (Aunt Marge) in Mathilda, David Thewlis (Lupin) as the voice of Earthworm in the animated James and the Giant Peach.

Mark Williams as Horace in 101 Dalmations.

The Omen has Pedja Bjelac (Karkaroff), Michael Gambon (Dumbledore) and David Thewlis.

No but i do know Dan will be playing in December Boys.

I have seen many movies with Harry Potter actors in them (Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, and Jason Isaacs especially) so I am not very surprised when I see them. It is foolish to think that HP actors only do HP movies, and since I have seen many of the actors in roles before Harry Potter I often see them as someone other than their Harry Potter character (Jason Isaacs and Maggie Smith, for example). However, I am now getting better with thinking of Isaacs as Lucius and Maggie Smith as Minerva, for I have seen them in Harry Potter more often than in anything else, now.

I do not think I have been in the situation of watching a movie and seeing a HP actor and not knowing what (s)he is from. However, I have, many times, seen Harry Potter and then watched a movie with one of the actors in it. I always receive a little jolt of surprise and delight when I see familiar faces in new movies.

I think Sense and Sensibility is the best movie to see the most amount of Hp actors.

Not an angel, the Archangel Metatron
Wait...I thought he was the Decepticon leader?

Oh, I do this all the time! A few weeks ago The Borrowers was on TV and I wasn't really watching it, but I heard a voice that sounded a lot like a squeakier version of Malfoy. Sure enough, when I looked up I saw the very young Tom Felton playing the part of Peagreen! So cute! The man who plays Arthur Weasley was in it too!:D

I learnt yesterday that Gary Oldman acted in Friends, the serie! I was so surprised! He was the guy who was in the film about the World War with Joey, just before Monica and Chandler's wedding!

I learnt yesterday that Gary Oldman acted in Friends, the serie! I was so surprised! He was the guy who was in the film about the World War with Joey, just before Monica and Chandler's wedding!
Yep! Although, I couldn't fail to notice that one as he is my favourite actor, and Friends is my fave TV programme!:lol:

It totally slipped my mind that Magge Smith was in Sister Act until I watched it the other day! Silly me!:lol:

In "A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," Alan Rickman (Snape) did the voice of Marvin the Paranoid Android, but the man inside the robot suit was Warwick Davis (Flitwick.)

Maggie Smith (McGonagall) played Medlock in "The Secret Garden." She is good at strict people, apparently...

Miranda Richardson (Rita Skeeter) was Madame Giry in "The Phantom of the Opera." Very interesting to see her singing, with a French accent...

Li'l Tom Felton was in "The Borrowers"-- when I saw PS for the first time, I couldn't stop laughing, because who could be threatened by Draco Malfoy when he's being played by PEAGREEN, of all people?

The original Dumbledore played King Arthur in "Camelot." That was very interesting, seeing a young version of Dumbledore singing and dancing and wearing excessive blue eyeliner for some reason...

I had NO IDEA that Pam Ferris (Aunt Marge) played Agatha Trunchbull. She was a fantastic actress.

Ohhhh, it's so fun to see HP actors playing other roles, especially when the roles are so different! :lol: Peagreen as Draco Malfoy :rotfl: Oh, movies are fun!

I watched The Patriot the other day and it took me a while to notice that Jason Issacs played Col. William Tavington.
I think i laughed for a moment and then shouted "MR. MALFOY!"

I don't know if anyone's heard of quest for camelot but Gary Oldman (sirius black) is the voice of Ruber and Patrick Doyle who composed the music for the 4th movie wrote all of the music for this.

Alan Rickman was in Michael Collins as Eamon De Valera, and Ian Hart - Quirrel in PS/SS - was in the same film as a Republican rebel close to Michael Collins.

John Hurt whol played Ollivander in PS/SS was Doctor Iannis, Penelope Cruz's father, in Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Jason Isaacs appeared in a few episodes of West Wing as an Irish journalist based in Gaza

The TV series Charles II : The Pride and the Passion featured
David Bradley - Filch - as a saintly magistrate working on the streets of London after the plague - very different from our "favourite" caretaker!

Sean Biggerstaff - Oliver Wood - as the younger brother of the King. I think he was called Henry, but I'm not sure. He died near the beginning.

Christian Coulson - Tom Marvolo Riddle - as James, Duke of Monmouth, the eldest illegitimate son of the King who later tried to take the crown to prevent his uncle from becoming King.

Shirley Henderson - Moaning Myrtle - as the King's consort (wife) the Portuguese Princess Catherine of Braganza.

Shirley Henderson also appeared with Gemma Jones - Madam Pomfrey - in Bridget Jones

Robbie coltrane was in a couple of Bond movies but is best known in the UK for playing Fitz - a police psychologist in Cracker.

Just remembered Shirley Henderson was also in Trainspotting where she played Ewen bremner's girlfriend

Jeff Rawle who played Amos Diggory in GoF was in a big 90s sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey set in a newsroom, and I also remember very vaguely seeing him on a kids tv show where he played a father going through a divorce. I know it was on cbbc but I can't rememer the name!

Alan Rickman (Snape)-I've seen him in: Die Hard, Galaxy Quest, Robin Hood-Prince of Theives, and Love Actually. I know he's been in loads more, but I haven't seen them...

Miranda Richardson (Rita Skeeter)-She's in the Blackadder TV series, Sleepy Hollow and there's another film I've seen her in but I can't think of the name...Phantom of the Opera that's it :lol: don't know why I couldn't think of the name for that film :S pmsl!

David Tennent (Barty Crouch Jr)-He's the new new Doctor in Doctor Who! On an interesting note, the guy who plays Barty Crouch Sr. was a bad guy in Doctor Who, he was the bad guy in the Rise of the Cybermen episodes.

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry obviously)-Saw him in David Copperfeild.

Maggie Smith (McGonnagall)-I saw her in one of her earlier films from about the 1950s/60s or something, and I recognized her straightaway, from her looks and her voice. she was a blonde! :lol: And she's in Sister act, David Copperfield and the list could go on forever...

David Thewlis (Lupin)-I saw him in the Island of Doctor Meuro (sp?) when we were watching it in school, and I went totally mad and everyone thought I was strange. Can't think why. :p

Tom Felton (Draco)-Saw him in the Borrowers! Noone believed me just because his hair was a different colour...so that obviously means, despite the fact that he looks almost exactly the same and his name is in the credits that it isn't him :huh:

Emma Thompson (Professor Trelawney)-Love, Actually and Nanny McPhee.

Michael Gambon (New Dumbledore)-Sleepy Hollow and this creepy film on TV where there was a flashback from where he was a kid and saw something that I can't write down here. I can't watch PoA and GoF without thinking of it everytime I see it now....:no:

Gary Oldman (Sirius)-Hannibal (That was really weird :|), Batman Begins and erm...I can't remember! I've seen him in other films, I just can't think of them...Oh and he was in Friends. ("I'm wearing two belts!" haha :D

Rupert Grint (Ron)-He's in Thunderpants and he's going to be in Driving Lessons with Julie Walters and an ITV drama series, also with Julie Walters. Something going on between them if you ask me :lol:

Julie Walters (Molly Weasley)-Billy Elliot, Calender Girls (:nc:) and she's going to be in Driving Lessons and the unnamed ITV drama with Rupert, as I mentioned before.

Ralph Feinnes (Voldemort)-Saw him in Maid in Manhatten (why was he in such a terrible film?), The English Patient, The Constant Gardener and Schindler's List.

Gemma Jones (Madam Pomfrey)-It drove me mad trying to think the Briget Jones' mum was, then I watched CoS and realised it was Madam Pomfrey :D And I recognized her in Shanghai Knights as Queen Victoria.

Shirley Henderson (Moaning Myrtle)-She's in an episode of Doctor Who and I think she's in Briget Jones' Diary.

Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid)-In a Bond film, thnk it's The World Is Not Enough. It's either that or Tomorrow Never Dies. Oh and in Cracker.

Helena Bonham-Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange)-She was in Fight Club! That's one of my favourite movies :D

That's all I can think of for now...

I watched Sleepy Hollow today (with Johnny Depp) and I was surprised how many Harry Potter stars are in the movie.

Michael Gambon (POA to now Dumbledore)
Miranda Richardson (Rita Skeeter-GOF)
Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon Dursley)

Oh my god I know!
I always noticed that.
I really liked Alan Rickman in Blowdry and I've also seen him in Love Actually.
Madam Pomfrey as Bridget Jones' mum! :rotfl: I love her in Bridget Jones!
And I really like Ralph Fiennes (we will never speak of "Maid in Manhattan" again)
And Moaning Myrtle is in Bridget Jones' diary as well, as stevegryffindor said. And Trainspotting.
Robbie Coltrane...he's in From Hell
I never saw Gary Oldman in Friends! :upset: but I did see him in Batman begins.
And Emma Thompson I've seen in Love Actually and Sense and Sensibility.

I love seeing HP actors in other movies, HP it's everywhere you can't escape it. :elaugh:

I have seen a lot of actors out of the Harry Potter movies in other movies.It's hard not to.


At school we were watching the film version of 'Much Ado About Nothing' and I didn't pay a lot of attentions to the names credited but immediantly I recognised Emma Thompsons voice and saw Imelda Staunton.I was very interested and then saw Kenneth Brannagh riding up on horse back!That was a great English lesson and I hate English!


I saw David Bradley in Sweeney Todd with Ray Winestone a few months ago and he reminded me of Filch then.He was a scrufy criminal and he was sort of like that when he played Noah in Blow Dry.

I watched Sleepy Hollow and that had three HP actors in it.(Micheal Gambon,Miranda Richardson and Richard Griffins.)

Sense and Sensibility had the most HP actors in it that I have seen.Emma Thompson,Alan Rickman,Robert Hardy,Imelda Staunton,Elizabeth Springs.I think that's all of them.

Maggie Smith in Sister Act(1 and 2),Hook,Keeping Mum(with Rowan Atkinson!):lol:

Alan Rickman was in fantastic in Sense and Sensibility and Love Actually

Richard Griffins was in Sleepy Hollow,Naked Gun 2 and a half,Vicar of Dibley and he likes to play holy people!

Gemma Jones in Bridget Jone's Diary was great.

David Thewillis was in Kingdom of Heaven that I've sort of seen.

Gary Oldman was creepy in Dracula.

Robbie Coltrane was in Fraiser and I was like 'Daphne's brother is Hagrid!'

Aunt Marge is Trunchbull!Wicked woman!

Tom Felton was so young in The Borrowers!

I saw Helena Bohem Carter in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory as Mrs Bucket.She seemed nice.She can't be nice for Bellatrix though!:no:

I only realised after I'd seen Prisoner of Azkaban that Rupert Grint was the smart kid out of Thunderpants!

Emma Thompson.I saw her in Maybe Baby and Love Actually.She was nuts in Maybe Baby!:p

Julie Walters was in Billy Elliot playing a strong Mrs Weasley like person.

John Hurt was in Valiant.I knew his voice at once.

Roger Lloyd Pack is Trigger in Only Fools And Horses.:lol:

Mark Williams in the Fast Show!Brings a tear to my eye everytime I hear him go 'Oooh!Suits you sir!':lol: I can so imagine Mr Weasley doing that!I don't know why!:lol:

These actors are fantastic!I wouldn't change their parts in the films for anything!:lol: :p

Tom Felton also plays "Louis" in Anna and the King. Who'da thunk it?

I was once watching this science documentary, E=mc^2, in science class, and the person playing Einstien's first wife was Shirley Henderson (Moaning Myrtle). At first it was her voice that caught my attention, but a fellow HP fan in the class identified her as Myrtle! I was surprised.

I watched the movie Blow Dry today with Alan Rickman. It was a really cute movie. I think the dude who plays Filch is in it too.

Snape was in a Robin Hood movie and Galaxy Quest.
The first Dumbledore was in a very good movie called The Count of Monte Cristo. So was Filch.
McGonagall was very good in Sister Act.
Lucius Malfoy was a bad guy in an old tv series called Highlander.

Dame Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, and Daniel Radcliffe play in movies together, deffo MS and AR. RH played in tons. Rupert Thunderpants with Jamie Wylett. Tom in the Borrowers. Warrwick Davis in Willow, Star Wars, and another one I can't remember, :lol: The fat lady plays in Since and Sincability with MS and AR and Emma Thompson. Emma Thomson on Nanny McPhee, SAS, and one more, I just can't remember, :lol: I know alot more acters and movies on HP just can't think, :lol: So tired, :lol:

I saw Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves when we watched it in school, Dogma, Die Hard, Love Actually and some of Quigley Down Under.
I also have seen Maggie Smith in Hook and Sister Act 2
I saw Richard Harris in Count of Monte Cristo
I also remember seeing Miranda Richardson in Empire of the Sun

I catched Moarning Myrtle in "Bridget Jones Diary".

¡¡¡I have seen HP actors in many movies!!!

I prefer to say, my favorite movie of HP actors.

Richard Griffith (Vernon Dursley), was amazing in Withnail and I, but I saw that film a long time before the HP movies, so I guess that doesn`t count. Likewise with Alan Rickman, I`d already seen alot of films with him in.
But I had no idea the guy who plays Filch was in Blow Dry (also starring Alan Rickman, Blow Dry managed to blow and suck at the same time)! He was also in Midnight Garden, and Maggie Smith was in Secret Garden.
Also Shirley Henderson (Moaning Myrtle), was in 24 Hour Party People.

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry obviously)-Saw him in David Copperfeild
As was Zoë Wanamaker as Miss Murdstone and Dawn French as Mrs. Crupp. (Dame Maggie has already been mentioned in a previous post)

There is a little known film by Kenneth Branagh called Dead Again (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101669/). He appears in that with his then wife Emma Thompson.

Richard Griffiths was in a TV series called "Pie in the Sky" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106102/), which I thought was great fun.

i've seen hagrid in i think the road to peridition. and dumbledore the 1st one in the count of montecristo and mcgonagol in the yaya sisterhood and many pther movies aswell. i've also seen snape sonewhere but i can't remeber the name of the movie.

Robbie Coltrane was an excellent Falstaff in Henry V.

Maggie Smith and Michael Gambon in Gosford Park... they both give wonderful performances, of course.

Iv'e seen Alan Rickman in Qalaxy Quest....Jason Issacs in The Patriot....Iv'e seen Gary Oldman in a movie, forgot the name it had Ian Mckellen and others. They did a great job in those!

Tom Felton also plays "Louis" in Anna and the King. Who'da thunk it?
Wow I saw alot of the movies which were mentioned here, but didn't noticed that that are the same actors. :lol:

To add to the list:

David Thewlis in "Seven years in Tibet"
Alan Rickman in "Perfume - Story of a murderer"
Zoe Wanamaker in "My family" (British TV series though)
Richard Harris in "Gladiator"

I was watching Sense and Sensibility last night -- that movie is crawling with HP actors! Madam Pomfrey, Prof Snape, Prof Umbridge, Prof Trelawney, Fudge...its like they just kept popping up! :lol:

In the 1993 version of The Secret Garden, Maggie Smith who plays McGonagall is Mrs. Medlock.

Also Patrick Doyle (composer for Goblet of Fire) composed the score for A Little Princess.

In the 1993 version of The Secret Garden, Maggie Smith who plays McGonagall is Mrs. Medlock.

I saw that pretty recently...And I saw her in Ladies in Lavender today, she was really good in that.

This may have been mentioned but when I saw the Peter Pan movie that came out a few years ago I didn't pay much attention to the guy who plays Captain Hook but then when it was on TV the other night, I realized that it was Jason Isaacs. If it hadn't been for seeing the bit of credits at the end, I probably would have watched the movie and never paid any attention to it, just like I did last time.

Who else have I seen...
-Alan Rickman is most of the movies already named. The guy is everywhere :lol:
-Jason Isaacs in Friends With Money, The Patriot, Peter Pan and Dragonheart
-Gary Oldman in Batman
-David Thewlis in Dragonheart, Kingdom of Heaven, Seven Years in Tibet (that one took a few tries because of Brad Pitt) and, after IMDB-ing to check, James and the Giant Peach
-Richard Harris in Count of Monte Cristo and Gladiator
aaaaaaaand it's mostly the same as everyone else after that.

Normally I only recognize the ones above in movies otherwise I spend the rest of the show going 'hey! It's that guy!' :lol:

Now that we have reached book six the vast majority of the characters have been introduced, and in some cases killed off. More over with the films teetering on the half-way-point many of the characters have been or are currently being casted. Though the younger characters are for the most part new to the the level that the Harry Potter films. However, those playing the adult characters are for the most part veterans of the screen.

So I am sitting here watching TNT and the broadcast of The Patriot. And I keep saying to myself there is something blatantly obvious about the actor playing the british Calvary officer in the way he looked and acted, but most importantly spoke. So I go to wikipedia.org and low and behold my suspicions are correct, he is played by none other than Jason Isaacs, and then after further digging, I realize that in my utmost stupidity, he was also in Armageddon as Dr. Ronald Quincy. In the Patriot his character's name is Col. William Tavington.

Any way here is my question, have you ever had one of these moments when you are watching a movie (live or animated) and you know you recognize one of the actors/actresses (by look or voice), who was also in one of the Harry Potter films, and you just can not put your finger on who they are, thus driving you crazy until you do figure out who that actor or actress is?



Rupert Grint and Julie Walters
plays in Driving Lessons
great movie.:lol:

but I already knew it as soon I saw it.

I've noticed that a lot of people have mentioned Sense and Sensibility for Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson, but Robert Hardy (Cornelius Fudge) is also in the film (as Sir John Middleton) and Elizabeth Spriggs (the Fat lady in P/S film) is there as well as Mrs. Jennings. I love Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman, they're in just about every British movie!!

Forgot to mention, Gemma Jones (Poppy) was in S&S too, as Emma Thompson's mother, Mrs Dashwood... It's like Harry Potter, Jane Austin Style!!

I was watching Sense and Sensibility last night -- that movie is crawling with HP actors! Madam Pomfrey, Prof Snape, Prof Umbridge, Prof Trelawney, Fudge...its like they just kept popping up! :lol:

That happens with a lot of British films, even in very small productions. :lol: In Wilbur wants to kill himself I stumbled across James Potter and Moaning Myrtle.

The most obvious one that stands out to me would be when i was watching the friends episode when chandler and monica are getting married, and joey was making a war film with a british actor. I was sat there for ages thinking "I've seen this guy somewhere before..." and then my sister walked in and said straight away "That's Gary Oldman". *smacks head* I need to pay more attention, I normally work out who they are straight away!

I rented the movie Layer Cake & didn't know any1 in it except Sienna Miller & Daniel Craig. Had absolute no clue Michael Gambon was in it & when he appeared, I had no idea who he was but when he spoke, how could any1 not recognize that voice? His voice is just so 'wOoOoo ahHhhH.' I've never seen him without his Dumbledore gear so I was very :wow: He didn't play a very nice guy in Layer Cake so it was very intriguing to see him outside of the family friendly, good guy, every1 loves him kind of role :)

The actor that I see the most is Robbie Coltrane aka Hagrid. I actually just saw him in a movie last night... Alex Rider (something Stormtrooper) and he was the prime minister. I have also noticed him in Oceans 12. It's just so crazy to see him out of the Hagrid character. But I always notice him by his voice and then I'm like it's HAGRID!

I knew of Alan Rickman, Jason Issacs, Gary Oldman, Ralph Finnes, and Emma Thompson long before Harry Potter came out. So, whenever I see any of these characters I'm not as shocked... but I am starting to associate them more with Harry Potter than I did before.

I've seen Dame Maggie Smith (McGonagall), Tom Felton (Draco), Mark Williams (Arthur Weasley), Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy), Michael Gambon (New Dumbledore), the guy who plays Lupin, Alan Rickman and probably some more in several films, and I know Dan Radcliffe has been in a couple of other films.

Everytime I see Dame Maggie Smith, I always think of The Secret Garden. Ever since that movie, I've been a fan of her :)

Everytime I see Dame Maggie Smith, I always think of The Secret Garden. Ever since that movie, I've been a fan of her :)
...me too!!

I saw Emma Thompson play a fictionalized version of Hillary Clinton in Primary Colors. I remember Robbie Coltrane from the James Bond movie "The World is not Enough," where he had less facial hair.

The only HP actor I recall seeing in a move that came out after the HP series started was Gary Oldman as Gordon in Batman Begins. He wasn't quite commissioner yet.

Jason Isaacs was in Armageddon. I believe he played the NASA science guy.

Schindler's List with Ralph Fiennes ... not that the two roles look alike at all but seeing pics of normal Ralph Fiennes at the premiers...it definitely clicked.

and Snape, I mean Alan Rickman in Love Actually was a pretty good role, far different from his evil Snapish ways....

I was skipping through channels yesterday, and I spotted Fiona Shaw (Petunia Dursley) in this hallmark movie with Christopher Walken... anyone know what it is called?

Also Fiona Shaw is in this movie... can't remember what it is called, but it has the word "September" in it. David Tennant (Barty Crouch Jr.), Maggie Smith (McGonagall), and Michael Gambon (new Dumbledore)

And Fiona is also Lena in Super Mario Bros!

i don't think anyone else has mentioned this one:
i saw alan rickman in Something The Lord Made, an amazing movie about the first heart surgery. he was excellent as Dr. Alfred Blalock. if you haven't seen it you're missing out.

Alan Rickman's
Ok, so I'm glad that I'm not the only one who has noticed that Alan Rickman is in Love Actually

Ok, so I'm glad that I'm not the only one who has noticed that Alan Rickman is in Love Actually

Also, Emma Thompson is Love Actually as well. They were married. :D

Timothy Spall
Timothy Spall is also in Rock Star with Jennifer Aniston & Mark Wahlburg - he is the manager of the band.


Emma Thompson was also in Junior & I believe in Pride & Predjudice

i was watching "love actually" and i saw snape and i did a double take and was liek hang on? did i just see what i thought i did? and i did!
also there was a one off drama on ITV called "The Bad Mothers Handbook" and i saw Robert Pattinson hes the one that plays Cedric in GoF and i was like "HAHAHAHAHA he looks like such a nerd lol HAHAHAHAHA" it was soooo funny coz in GoF he is sooo hot and then i saw him in this like hahaha hes so nerdy. but i loved the ending to that drama coz it finishes with him snogging the lead girl in the drama and i was liek "what the hell??"

i also noticed emma thompson was in "Nanny Mcphee"

and Rupert grint in "Driving lessons"

rupert grint in "thunderpants"

oh yea and in "bridget jones' diary" the actor who plays Moaning Myrtle (cant remember her name) is in that as bridgets freind

I saw a creepy film about Dracula and Sirius was Dracula. He looked really nice in that film, when Dracula wasn't being a big hairy zombie bat monster :lol:

Fiona Shaw (Petunia Dursley) is in Three Men & A Little Lady, she is the head mistress of the private school

over here in england most of the actors and actress' are on our telly alot they are all very famous people. we dont see alot of the younger actors.

i only notice the other day that angelina johnson in GOF is actually chelsea in eastenders.

I've seen Robbie Coltrane in quite a few things (I love his appearance in Blackadder :rotfl:) and Richard Harris but not many of the others I dont think.

Look out for Jason Isaacs in "Blackhawk Down", with a US Army haircut and fatigues.
Also, the guy who plays Mr. Filch, he was in the British TV series, 'Blackpool', as was David Tennant.

I noticed Robbie Coltrane in Goldeneye though.

I noticed Helena Bonham Carter in the movie Merlin. Although she isn't in the movies yet but she will be. And Miranda Richardson was Queen Mab in Merlin as well. Helena played the legendary role as Morgan Le Fay. also Maggie Smith in "The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood." Also Rupert Grint [heart!] in Driving Lessons.

I love it when that happens, it's like a little easter egg. I was watching Sleepy Hollow the other day. I saw the Inn keeper, i forget his name, I didn't recognize his face. The second he talked, i yelled "Dumbledore!" then "uh i mean Micheal Gambon" it was pretty funny.

I recently saw Alan Rickman in Perfume, it was a really great movie.

I love it when that happens, it's like a little easter egg. I was watching Sleepy Hollow the other day. I saw the Inn keeper, i forget his name, I didn't recognize his face. The second he talked, i yelled "Dumbledore!" then "uh i mean Micheal Gambon" it was pretty funny.Uncle Vernon and Rita Skeeter are in that too, I love that film! :)

Hi. I noticed McGonagall actor in many old and new movies. And also I noticed Tom Felton in another movie, where is was quite small.

I noticed Michael Gambon in Layer Cake with Daniel Craig.

Someone's probably already said it buuuuut...

Ralph Fiennes is in Schindler's List
(and he's wicked, in multiple senses, in that movie too!)

I'm sure people have pointed this out, but there are six HP actors in Sense & Sensibility.

I recently saw "The Count of Monte Cristo" with Richard Harris in it.

Someone's probably already said it buuuuut...

Ralph Fiennes is in Schindler's List
(and he's wicked, in multiple senses, in that movie too!)He was great in the English Patient too :agree:

I love Oliver Stone's JFK...and it wasnt till probably a good year after POA debuted at the box office that I realized that Gary Oldman played Lee Harvey Oswald!

Thewlis was in a Leonardo DiCaprio movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114702/). One that would fuel a thousand R/L 'ships ;)

Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson in "Much Ado About Nothing" is a warm fuzzy. Love Shakespeare movies! :love:

Well today I was watching Bridget Jones Diary, the second one, and one of her friends was played by the actress who played Moaning Myrtle. Made me laugh.

Alan Rickman seems to pop up in loads of good British films as does Maggie Smith and Emma Thompson, but I've not seen any of the "younger cast" except Rupert Grint in Driving Lessons. I spotted Gary Oldman in Air Force One and John Cleese from Rat Race, Faulty Towers and Life of Brian. I also spotted Julie Walters in Billy Elliot.
David Tennant in Doctor Who and Who do you think you are?. Dawn French I know from the Vicar of Dibley and French and Saunders. Madam Hooch (can't remember actresses name) was awesome in My Family ,Robbie Coltrane was in Cracker and I noticed a series by Mr. Weasley about trains.

Well today I was watching Bridget Jones Diary, the second one, and one of her friends was played by the actress who played Moaning Myrtle. Made me laugh.

Shirley Henderson! She was also in this cute little movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151568/) about Gilbert and Sullivan. I quite like her. :D

Just watched True Romance where Gary Oldman played a drug dealer.