# HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Series Officially Confirms the Appearance of 5 Key Characters

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/hbos-harry-potter-series-officially-confirms-the-appearance-of-5-key-characters/
- Published: 2026-10-30T15:01:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T15:22:15+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/harry-potter-hbo-new-cast-nearly-headless-nick-sorting-hat/
- Topics: Entertainment, TV

## Key points

- HBO confirmed five new cast members for its Harry Potter series.
- David Threlfall will voice the Sorting Hat.
- The casting includes three Hogwarts ghosts and the Fat Lady.

## Summary

HBO has announced five cast members for its upcoming series adapting *Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone*. The roles include Hogwarts ghosts, the Fat Lady and the Sorting Hat, adding familiar figures from the books to the new adaptation.

Leo Bill will play Nearly Headless Nick, Andrew Brooke the Bloody Baron, Laura Smyth the Fat Lady, Daniel Fearn the Fat Friar, and David Threlfall will voice the Sorting Hat. The characters are linked to Hogwarts’ four houses or their entrances: Nick to Gryffindor, the Baron to Slytherin, the Friar to Hufflepuff, and the Fat Lady guards the entrance to Gryffindor Tower.

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