‘Harry Potter’ HBO Series Casts Sorting Hat, Nearly Headless Nick, and More Hogwarts Ghosts and Portraits

Oct 30, 2026 8:00am PT ‘Harry Potter’ HBO Series Casts Sorting Hat, Nearly Headless Nick, and More Hogwarts Ghosts and Portraits

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HBO‘s upcoming “Harry Potter” series is casting Revelio on some more Season 1 roles.

David Threlfall (“Shameless,” “Nightsleeper”) has been cast as the voice of the Sorting Hat, while Leo Bill (“The Living and the Dead,” “Alice in Wonderland”) will play Gryffindor House ghost Nearly Headless Nick. Andrew Brooke (“PhoneShop,” “The Agency”) will play Slytherin House ghost The Bloody Baron. Daniel Fearn (“Things You Should Have Done,” “Slow Horses”) will play The Fat Friar, house ghost for Hufflepuff. And Laura Smyth (“Baby Reindeer”) will play The Fat Lady, the portrait that guards the entrance to Gryffindor House.

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