Robbie Coltrane, the actor who so brilliantly brought to life Harry Potter’s beloved gamekeeper, Hagrid, celebrates his 67th birthday today. In honor of his special day, let’s take a look at some of his most recent work as well as a look back at how Coltrane so masterfully and memorably embodied Hogwart’s gentle giant. It’s …read more!

Sorry, Mr. Gleeson, we just can’t keep quiet knowing there’s cause for celebration! It’s a happy birthday, today, for the man who’s been in Leaky news quite often of late. So we wish Brendan Gleeson another wonderful year–and another year of enjoying him in film! To start off the revelries, we cannot fail to mention his contribution to the …read more!

Mike Newell,  acclaimed director of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, celebrates his 75th birthday today. Newell is a British director and producer of television and film who won the 1994 Best Director BAFTA for Four Weddings and a Funeral. Prior to his work in the Potterverse, Newell directed a number of other Hollywood …read more!

It’s a happy birthday for James Potter and the amazing actor who portrayed him in the Harry Potter series, Adrian Rawlins! Rawlins is not only lucky enough to share his birthday with one of the most fondly-remembered wizards of our time, but he also celebrates the wrap of his directorial debut with The Night Season.  The Night …read more!

Our beloved Gary Leonard  Oldman, who portrayed Sirius Black throughout the Harry Potter movies, turns 59 today! We’d like you all to join us here at Leaky in celebrating another year of such a talented man. It was at a young age that Gary Oldman discovered his passion for acting. After seeing the 1971 film The Raging …read more!

In honor of David Thewlis’ birthday, today, let’s celebrate not only another year, but also an excellent acting career–just another thing that gets better with age! And since we’re on topic, we’d be remiss in not mentioning the casting twist that saw Thewlis miss out on one Harry Potter role (Professor Quirrell) only to be …read more!

Steve Kloves – screenwriter of seven of eight Potter films and helping pen on Fantastic Beasts – celebrates his 57th birthday today. After such huge achievements in the movie industry, we’d like to wish him a very special day! Kloves chatted to J.K. Rowling shared a chat in 2010 about missing writing Potter, and we hope that Fantastic Beasts is …read more!

Harry Melling, best known to the Potterverse as spoiled cousin Dudley Dursley, celebrates his 28th birthday today. Since he was last seen in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Melling has been in various  BBC television series such as Just William, Garrow’s Law and the Three Musketeers, as well as a few short …read more!

Today we celebrate the birthday of Sean Biggerstaff, best known to fans as Oliver Wood. But before he won us over as captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, Biggerstaff already had envious Harry Potter connections. And since it’s his day (and you can never know too much about the Harry Potter world), let’s do a little fly-by of the career, past and …read more!

Today would have been Remus Lupin’s 57th Birthday if he had not tragically lost his life in the Battle of Hogwarts 19 years ago alongside his wife Nymphadora Tonks. Remus Lupin was a kind, brave, intelligent man. He was an incredible friend to the Marauders, a loving husband, an and a father figure for Harry when …read more!