Jun 06, 2017
Jason Isaacs, who celebrates his 54th birthday today, has become a pop culture icon of late between his performance as NDE-obsessed scientist Dr. Hunter Hap in the Netflix sci-fi drama The OA, to his upcoming role as Captain Lorca in the first CBS All Access series Star Trek: Discovery and of course as Harry Potter …read more!
May 26, 2017
Portraying the nefarious Bellatrix Lestrange throughout the Harry Potter films, Helena Bonham Carter turns 52 today! The series would’ve never been the same if she hadn’t played Bellatrix with such enthusiasm. via GIPHY While the films have been over for a good while now, it doesn’t mean that Bellatrix isn’t just as scary as she’s …read more!
May 24, 2017
Today we celebrate the 68th birthday of the talented British actor James “Jim” Broadbent, best known to the Potter fandom as Potions Professor Horace Slughorn. Whether this head of Slytherin was loathed, adored or something in between, the actor brought J.K. Rowling’s character to life in all of his humanness, (when he wasn’t a chair). …read more!
May 13, 2017
Today Zoe Wanamaker celebrates another year, and we celebrate her long career in television and film. We know her as the no-nonsense Madam Hooch from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, but she has worked steadily in the industry since the early 1970s. She perfectly embodied the Quidditch teacher and, as such, made her expectations abundantly clear to the first …read more!
May 13, 2017
Robert Pattinson turns 31 today, and we’re going to celebrate like students cheering Cedric Diggory’s selection as Hogwarts Champion! The role of Diggory in the Harry Potter series is, after all, the one that brought Pattinson to our attention. Pattinson played the part of the beloved Hufflepuff and accomplished wizard with an understated charm, making Diggory’s easy …read more!
May 12, 2017
Domhnall Gleeson, who celebrates his 34th birthday today, may be best known to Harry Potter fans as eldest Weasley brother Bill, victim of a mauling by werewolf Fenrir Greyback and husband to the beautifully bewitching Beauxbaton Triwizard champion, Fleur Delacour, but this Potter alum has been one of the busiest of the bunch the past …read more!
May 05, 2017
Jessie Cave, best known to the Potter fandom as Ron’s infatuated girlfriend, Lavender Brown, from Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, celebrates her 30th birthday today. That life-changing role, complete with puppy dog gazes and a knack for snogging, must have been in the stars for the young actress. According to a 2015 interview …read more!
Apr 18, 2017
Who are we celebrating today?! The Doctor, that’s who. David Tennant turns 46, and we’re duly impressed by how much he’s already accomplished in his acting career, racking up three decades of steady work in theater, television, and film. Tennant is best known to Potter fans as the sly and squirrelly Barty Crouch Jr., a devoted …read more!
Apr 17, 2017
Today the Harry Potter fandom celebrates David Bradley’s 75th year! Portraying the character of Argus Filch across eight films was by no means glamorous, but Bradley did it with aplomb, embracing every unlikeable quality and somehow managing to make him more empathetic than he might otherwise have been. So we can’t celebrate the man without also celebrating …read more!
Apr 15, 2017
Today we celebrate the birthday of award-winning British actress, screenwriter and activist, Emma Thompson, who coincidentally shares a birthday with the other Harry Potter “Emma”, and her recent Beauty and the Beast co-star, Emma Watson. As most Potterheads know, Thompson played Hogwarts wacky Divination Professor Sybil Trelawney in Prisoner of Azkaban, Order of the Phoenix …read more!