Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Cast

Date Of Birth: July 23, 1989

Acting was almost inevitable for English-born Radcliffe, with a casting director mother and a father who works as a literary agent. Although he failed to get the lead role in the telefilm Oliver Twist ...

Date Of Birth: August 24, 1988

Rupert Michael Grint was born in Hertfordshire, England. From a very young age, he knew he wanted to be an actor, and took part in after school drama classes. He appeared in roles in several school ...

Date Of Birth: April 15, 1990

Prior to landing the role of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson had only appeared in school plays. She had also taken first place in a school poetry recital at ...

Date Of Birth: May 24, 1949

This Lincolnshire, England son is one of Britain's most versatile character actors, with a long list of credits ranging from screwball comedy to weighty drama. He began his acting career late when ...

Date Of Birth: May 26, 1966

Born and raised in London, Bonham Carter was educated at one of that city's foremost schools, Westminster. Befitting her double-barreled family name, Bonham Carter is a descendant of the British ...

Date Of Birth: March 30, 1950

Stocky Scottish comic actor Robbie Coltrane was trained for his craft in Glasgow and Edinburgh. During the 1970s, he toured with the San Quentin Theatre Workshop and rose to prominence as an ...

Date Of Birth: October 19, 1940

This Dublin, Ireland native moved to London, England with his family when he was five years old. Ten years later he left school and worked in a factory sweeping floors and serving tea to the ...

Date Of Birth: February 21, 1946

Alan Rickman was born to Irish and Welsh parents in Hammersmith, London, England. His father, who was a painter and decorator, died of cancer when the actor was eight, leaving behind Rickman, his ...

Date Of Birth: December 28, 1934

Stage and screen actress Maggie Smith was born in Essex, England, but moved with her family, including twin older brothers, to Oxford when she was five. She attended Oxford Playhouse School after ...

Date Of Birth: February 22, 1950

Born in Birmingham, England, Walters was an obedient daughter who trained to be a nurse at Queen Elizabeth Hospital to please her mother. Her desire to become an actress, however, overtook her and she ...

Date Of Birth: March 20, 1963

Born in Blackpool, England, Thewlis leapt into the big time with his multi award-winning performance as the vagabond with verbal diarrhea in Naked (1993). He's also a talented writer, having ...

Date Of Birth: September 22, 1987

Tom Felton has been acting professionally since the age of eight, when he starred as Peagreen Clock in Peter Hewitt's fantastical tale The Borrowers. The role brought him to the attention of director ...

Date Of Birth: August 16, 1991

Evanna Meghan Naomi Lynch was born in Termonfeckin, Ireland. A huge Harry Potter fan, she convinced her father to fly her to London to audition for the role of Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the ...

Date Of Birth: February 17, 1991

Born in London, England, Bonnie Kathleen Wright has grown up in the role of Ginny Weasley, the youngest of the Weasley siblings, in all of the Harry Potter films, taking her character from Ron's baby ...

JESSIE CAVE Jessie Cave studied Illustration and Animation at Kingston University, London, and worked backstage at various theaters before deciding to pursue an acting career. She made her ...

HERO FIENNES TIFFIN The nephew of Ralph Fiennes, Hero Fiennes Tiffin was chosen by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince director David Yates to play the young Voldemort/Tom Riddle because of his ...