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title: "Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Edition vs. Movie Cast"
date: 2025-12-26T10:00:00.000Z
author: Z.SHINCHVEN
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The "Full-Cast Audio Edition" refers to the major production by Audible and Pottermore Publishing, with release dates starting late 2025. This is the first English-language unabridged audio recording to feature a full cast rather than a single narrator (like the Stephen Fry or Jim Dale editions).

Below is the comparison between this **Audible Full-Cast production (2025)** and the **Warner Bros. Feature Films (2001–2011)**.

## The Golden Trio & Students

*Note: In the audio edition, the child roles are split between younger actors for Books 1–3 and older actors for Books 4–7.*

| Character | Audio Cast (Audible, 2025) | Movie Cast (Warner Bros.) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Harry Potter** | Frankie Treadaway (Bks 1-3)<br><br>Jaxon Knopf (Bks 4-7) | **Daniel Radcliffe** |
| **Ron Weasley** | Max Lester (Bks 1-3)<br><br>Rhys Mulligan (Bks 4-7) | **Rupert Grint** |
| **Hermione Granger** | Arabella Stanton (Bks 1-3)<br><br>**Nina Barker-Francis** (Bks 4-7) | **Emma Watson** |
| **Draco Malfoy** | Jude Farrant (Bks 1-3)<br><br>**Maximus Evans** (Bks 4-7) | **Tom Felton** |
| **Neville Longbottom** | Jake Sigsworth (Bks 1-3)<br><br>Archie Mountain (Bks 4-7) | **Matthew Lewis** |
| **Luna Lovegood** | Millie Gubby | **Evanna Lynch** |
| **Ginny Weasley** | Bumble Clarke | **Bonnie Wright** |
| **Fred & George Weasley** | **Hamish Lloyd Barnes** | **James & Oliver Phelps** |
| **Percy Weasley** | Tom Royal | **Chris Rankin** |
| **Dudley Dursley** | Jaiden Dosanjh | **Harry Melling** |

## Hogwarts Staff & Order of the Phoenix

| Character | Audio Cast (Audible, 2025) | Movie Cast (Warner Bros.) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Albus Dumbledore** | **Hugh Laurie** | **Richard Harris** (1-2) / **Michael Gambon** (3-8) |
| **Minerva McGonagall** | **Michelle Gomez** | **Maggie Smith** |
| **Severus Snape** | **Riz Ahmed** | **Alan Rickman** |
| **Rubeus Hagrid** | **Mark Addy** | **Robbie Coltrane** |
| **Sirius Black** | **Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù** | **Gary Oldman** |
| **Remus Lupin** | **Iwan Rheon** | **David Thewlis** |
| **Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody** | **James McAvoy** | **Brendan Gleeson** |
| **Nymphadora Tonks** | **Ambika Mod** | **Natalia Tena** |
| **Arthur Weasley** | **Simon Pegg** | **Mark Williams** |
| **Molly Weasley** | **Nina Wadia** | **Julie Walters** |
| **Bill Weasley** | **Leo Woodall** | **Domhnall Gleeson** |
| **Gilderoy Lockhart** | **Kit Harington** | **Kenneth Branagh** |
| **Horace Slughorn** | **Bill Nighy*** | **Jim Broadbent** |
| **Sybill Trelawney** | **Saoirse-Monica Jackson** | **Emma Thompson** |
| **Pomona Sprout** | **Gemma Whelan** | **Miriam Margolyes** |
| **Quirinus Quirrell** | **Sacha Dhawan** | **Ian Hart** |
| **Argus Filch** | **Adeel Akhtar** | **David Bradley** |
| **Madam Hooch** | **Tracy-Ann Oberman** | **Zoë Wanamaker** |

**Note: Bill Nighy played Rufus Scrimgeour in the films, but plays Slughorn in the audio edition.*

## Villains & Dark Forces

| Character | Audio Cast (Audible, 2025) | Movie Cast (Warner Bros.) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Lord Voldemort** | **Matthew Macfadyen** | **Ralph Fiennes** |
| **Bellatrix Lestrange** | **Ruth Wilson** | **Helena Bonham Carter** |
| **Lucius Malfoy** | **Alex Hassell** | **Jason Isaacs** |
| **Dolores Umbridge** | **Keira Knightley** | **Imelda Staunton** |
| **Petunia Dursley** | **Indira Varma** | **Fiona Shaw** |
| **Vernon Dursley** | **Jeremy Swift** | **Richard Griffiths** |

## Ghosts, Creatures & Others

| Character | Audio Cast (Audible, 2025) | Movie Cast (Warner Bros.) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Dobby** | **Daniel Mays** | **Toby Jones** (Voice) |
| **Kreacher** | **Mackenzie Crook** | **Timothy Spall** (Voice) |
| **Nearly Headless Nick** | **Stephen Mangan** | **John Cleese** |
| **Moaning Myrtle** | **Megan Richards** | **Shirley Henderson** |
| **The Sorting Hat** | **Lennie James** | **Leslie Phillips** (Voice) |
| **Rita Skeeter** | **Anna Maxwell Martin** | **Miranda Richardson** |
| **Stan Shunpike** | David Holmes* | **Lee Ingleby** |
| **Narrator** | **Cush Jumbo** | *(No narrator in films)* |

**Note: David Holmes was Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double in the films before a tragic injury on set; he returns to voice Stan Shunpike in this edition.*

## Other Notable Audio Editions

* **Jim Dale (US):** Single-voice narration (holds a Guinness World Record for creating 134 distinct character voices for *Order of the Phoenix*).
* **Stephen Fry (UK):** Single-voice narration.
* **Harry Potter and the Cursed Child:** This is a stage play, not an audiobook of the original novels, but the original West End cast included **Jamie Parker** (Harry), **Noma Dumezweni** (Hermione), and **Paul Thornley** (Ron).