Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 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: 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: December 22, 1962

How can one man be so despicable in Schindler's List and so debonair in The English Patient? A seemingly inborn ability to delve into the strengths and (many) weaknesses of each character he ...

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: November 9, 1955

Born in Dublin, Brendan Gleeson started performing as a child in local stage productions. While furthering his studies at University College, he underwent an audition for the National Theatre of ...

Date Of Birth: June 6, 1963

Born in Liverpool, England, Isaacs attended Bristol University where in addition to studying the law, he also managed to direct and/or star in over twenty theater productions. Upon graduation, he ...

Date Of Birth: March 21, 1958

Gary Oldman's perceptions of life were skewed at an early age when his father, an alcoholic welder, left home one day when Oldman was only seven years old never to return again. His childhood ...

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: April 15, 1959

Thompson was born in Paddington, England. Acting was in her blood as her father was a stage director and her mother an actress. Thompson started acting while she was still a child and later, when ...

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: 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: January 9, 1956

This native of England became good friends with the likes of great British actors such as Emma Thompson, Hugh Lauri and Stephen Fry while attending Cambridge University. With the drama ...

Date Of Birth: July 10, 1958

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: June 27, 1989

Born in Yorkshire, England, Matthew Lewis was an avid Harry Potter fan long before he landed the pivotal role of Neville Longbottom at age 11 in the first movie, Harry Potter the Philosopher's Stone. ...

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 ...