Revelio! The new Harry Potter cast has been revealed for all seven audiobooks.
Entertainment Weekly has learned that a new group of actors are taking over the iconic roles for Pottermore Publishing and Audible’s productions of J.K. Rowling’s original seven books about the young boy wizard.
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‘Harry Potter’ audiobook cast revealed
House alum Hugh Laurie stars as Albus Dumbledore, with Succession alum Matthew Macfadyen playing Lord Voldemort, Sound of Metal star Riz Ahmed as Professor Snape, Doctor Who alum Michelle Gomez as Professor McGonagall, and The Good Wife alum Cush Jumbo as the narrator.
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Hugh Laurie cast in ‘Harry Potter’ audiobooks
“I’m honoured to have been trusted with the keys to Albus Dumbledore, and thrilled to be able to take him around the track of this beautiful incarnation by Pottermore and Audible,” Laurie said in a statement. “I’m also deeply conscious of previous drivers Richard Harris, Michael Gambon, Jude Law, and the iconic narrations by Jim Dale and m’colleague Sir Stephen Fry. Just below the horizon, but headed our way, is the rough beast John Lithgow, his hour come ’round at last. This is great company, and it’s a privilege to be among their number.”
Meanwhile two groups of young actors will portray the main trio of wizards across the seven audiobooks: Frankie Treadaway, Max Lester, and Arabella Stanton will play Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger respectively in the first three, while Jaxon Knopf, Rhys Mulligan, and Nina Barker-Francis will take over the roles of older Harry, Ron, and Hermione respectively beginning in the fourth through to the seventh and final audiobook.
If Stanton’s name sounds familiar, that’s because she will also play Hermione in the upcoming HBO TV series. Gotta love that synergy! Stanton will be seen onscreen alongside Dominic McLaughlin as Harry and Alastair Stout as Ron, as well as Lithgow as Dumbledore.
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Matthew Macfadyen joins ‘Harry Potter’ audiobooks
Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions feature over 200 actors performing the stories with “immersive audio entertainment through high-quality sound design in Dolby Atmos, stunning scoring … original music, and real-world sound capture,” according to the official release. Production is “nearly wrapped” now, with over 2,000 recording hours logged so far.
Additional cast members will be announced at a later date.
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Cush Jumbo joins ‘Harry Potter’ audiobooks
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These new audiobooks join the previously-released single-voice recordings by Dale and Fry, which first debuted in 1999. The original recordings will still be available for listeners as “classic editions,” along with the complete Harry Potter audiobook collection on Audible featuring The Tales of Beedle the Bard performed by Jason Isaacs, Warwick Davis, Jude Law, and a full cast; Quidditch Through the Ages performed by Andrew Lincoln; From The Wizarding Archive featuring Evanna Lynch; Harry Potter: A History of Magic performed by Natalie Dormer; and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them performed by Eddie Redmayne.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone will debut first on Tuesday, Nov. 4, with each of the remaining six audiobooks releasing monthly after that: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on Dec. 16; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban on Jan. 13, 2026; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on Feb. 10, 2026; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on March 10, 2026; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on April 14, 2026; and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on May 12, 2026.
All seven audiobooks are available for pre-order now.
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