Feminist Hermione, a criminal and an MMA fighter. What the actors from “Harry Potter” look like nowadays

To receive a letter from Hogwarts, to get to the secret platform 9 ¾, to fly on a broomstick, to wave a wand with a shout: “Expelliarmus” and, of course, to help Harry Potter to defeat the one who cannot be named. Not so long ago, this was the dream of almost every child. And many adults went headlong into the wonderful world of magic, created by J.K. Rowling.

A real gift for fans of “Harry Potter” was the screen adaptation of books about the young wizard. The first movie of the saga, “The Philosopher’s Stone”, was released in 2001, and the final series saw the light in 2011. All ten years of viewers with interest followed as brilliant British actors embody on the screen favorite book images. The performers of the main roles grew up before our eyes, and their experienced colleagues grew old and even died.
We tell you how the lives of actors from “Harry Potter”. How they look now and what they do.

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel grew up in parallel with his hero. In the last episode he starred already 20-year-old young actor with rabid popularity and large fees. After “Harry Potter” Radcliffe experienced problems with alcohol, but found the strength to overcome addiction. To his credit, Daniel did not join the huge number of star child actors who disappeared from the radar after growing up.

Now Radcliffe a lot of acting in theater and film, takes an active civic position and defends the rights of the LGBT community. Some movie works of Daniel, such as, for example, “Illusion of Deception-2” or the series “The Miracle Workers”, received high marks from critics. Although viewers will always associate him with the touching Harry, the actor himself on this occasion is not complex and gladly recalls his most stellar role.

Emma Watson

Cute nerd-excellent Hermione has always surpassed her friends in academic performance. Here and in the profession of actress Emma Watson at the moment has achieved more than her colleagues on the set. Her filmography looks impressive even without “Harry Potter”, and the standout, of course, is the role of Belle in “Beauty and the Beast”.

As a teenager, Watson tried her hand at modeling. Now she has expensive advertising contracts, shoots for fashion magazines. Emma manages to combine work with the protection of women’s rights and as a UN Goodwill Ambassador travels around the world. She is often called one of the most stylish actresses of our time, and in the media every now and then there are rumors of her novels. Once she was even attributed a relationship with Prince Harry, but this information was denied by Watson herself.

Clumsy and always getting into trouble Ron Weasley complemented Harry and Hermione. After filming in “Harry Potter” Grint was firmly determined to continue his acting career and for the sake of it even dropped out of school, but really large and notable roles in his filmography is almost none. Nevertheless, Rupert is not discouraged. He starred in film and theater, participates in fashion shows, records music, acts as a director and producer.

Grint admits that earned in the movie franchise about Harry Potter money to him enough for more than one life. Despite this, the actor leads a modest lifestyle and prefers to rarely leave the house.

Tom Felton

Felton perfectly coped with a difficult task. His Draco Malfoy disgusted the audience brought him two awards MTV Movie Awards in the category “Best Villain”. All the more amazing to learn that in life Tom Felton is just a soul. The actor has a heart for dogs, does charity work. Tom has a serious active hobbies. He often plays golf and is engaged in sport fishing.

Outwardly since the time of “Harry Potter” Felton has changed quite a lot. He wears a beard and glasses, and instead of licked back hair on his head there is a “creative mess”. And even though the fame of Harry Potter’s opponent still haunts him to this day, Felton’s work list is regularly updated.

Jamie Waylett

One of the two boogeymen who always followed Malfoy, on the screen looked very organically in the role of a bully. It turned out that Jamie Waylett even almost did not have to play. Attentive viewers noticed that in the last two Potter movies Vincent Crabb was not. The reason for Jamie’s departure from the project is quite respectable – at that time he was a defendant in a drug possession case. Then the colorful big man avoided imprisonment, but in 2012 still went to jail for participation in riots and growing cannabis.

After serving two years, Waylett was released and lives a normal life. The role of the thug Crabb remained the only one for him.

Joshua Herdman

No less interesting turns prepared fate and for another “bodyguard” Draco Malfoy. Joshua Herdman in all eight episodes of “Potteriana” played Gregory Goyle, but at the end of the project offers to shoot him rarely came to him. After five years of jiu-jitsu classes, the guy made his debut in mixed martial arts and achieved victory in his first fight. Since 2016, Joshua still several times went into the octagon, but so far his sports career is not called successful. As for the movie, Herdman continues to appear on the screen from time to time. For example, in 2018, the textured actor starred in an episode of the movie Robin Hood.

Matthew Lewis

Who is really unrecognizable is Neville Dolgopups. The ridiculously chubby Harry Potter classmate has grown into a tall trim handsome man. Big roles after the famous saga he has not yet had, but in good ribbons he now and then appears.

The secret of transformation Lewis is a love of sports. The actor spends a lot of time in the gym, plays rugby. In addition, Matthew is a big fan of basketball and baseball.

Robbie Coltrane

On the account of Coltrane by the time of the release of “Harry Potter” was a few dozen works in films and TV series, including the role of Russian associate of James Bond Valentin Zhukovsky, but the world fame to him brought the good giant Hagrid – an older friend of Harry and his friends. Recently, the actor celebrated his 70th birthday. After “Harry Potter” he starred in a couple of movies, but still continues to work on television.

Maggie Smith

Without a doubt, the most prominent actress of the “Harry Potter” film series is Maggie Smith. The two-time Oscar winner brilliantly played a strict but fair deputy headmaster of Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall. During the filming of the sixth episode Smith was diagnosed with breast cancer, but the actress decided not to interrupt work on the movie.

Interestingly, 85-year-old Smith is still the most sought-after actress among the stars of “Harry Potter”. Among her recent work deserves special attention to the series “Downton Abbey”, where Maggie Smith brilliantly embodied the image of prim English lady. The work of an elderly actress envied by many young actors.