17 'Harry Potter' stars, ranked from least to most successful

Chris Rankin played the prefect Percy Weasley successful 4 films. He now useful down the scenes.

Rankin, 42, has had a fewer insignificant acting credits since "Deathly Hallows Part 2," and he has 50,200 followers connected Instagram.

But he's been credited arsenic a accumulation coordinator connected successful shows for illustration "Downton Abbey" and "A Discovery of Witches," truthful while he doesn't person the aforesaid level of accepted Hollywood success, he's been busy. He did not look successful the HBO Max reunion, "Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts," successful 2022.

Devon Murray played Seamus Finnigan successful each 8 movies, but he hasn't done overmuch extracurricular "Potter." In general, he seems to beryllium much willing successful crypto than acting.

Murray, 37, has only 1 movie quality to his sanction aft "Potter" ended successful 2011, an uncredited domiciled successful 2018's "Damo & Ivor: The Movie." He besides appeared successful a 2017 euphony video for "Every Time You Need Me" by Simonna.

On the societal media front, Murray has astir 169,000 followers connected Instagram and 235,800 connected X, but overall, he is still known mostly for blowing worldly up arsenic Seamus. He besides did not look successful the HBO Max reunion.

Josh Herdman played Goyle successful each 8 films, and he has continued to act.

Herdman, 38, is simply a master MMA combatant arsenic good arsenic an actor. Since "Potter" ended, he's secured a fewer acting credits successful the bid "Marcella" and "Alex Rider" successful 2020. He besides appeared successful the 2018 movie "Robin Hood" starring Taron Egerton.

Most recently, he appeared successful 2 episodes of "Andor" and 2 episodes of the Starz adjustment of "The Man Who Fell to Earth."

Herdman has less social-media followers than Murray (125,000 connected Instagram), but his continued acting career and fighting profession put him successful front.

Herdman did not return for the reunion.

Oliver and James Phelps, who played the Weasley twins successful each the films, are excessively overmuch of a portion to separate.

The Phelps twins, 40, person sporadically continued to enactment together, seldom appearing successful things without each other. While they haven't acted overmuch since the extremity of the films, they've capitalized connected their "Potter" fame, and each has complete 2 cardinal followers connected Instagram (James has 2.4; Oliver has 2.3).

Their on-screen appearances see the 2021 psychological scary movie "Last Night successful Soho," directed by Edgar Wright. The 2 besides appeared arsenic themselves successful the docuseries "The Cars That Made Britain Great" and are the hosts of the "Potter"-themed baking show, "Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking" connected Food Network. Season 3 premieres this vacation season.

The twins besides cohosted a podcast together, "Normal Not Normal," that saw them "talk to a star-studded action of friends, colleagues, and individual heroes who stepped into the limelight astatine a young age, and find retired what 'normal' intends to them." It ended successful 2023.

Of course, they besides popped up astatine the opening of the caller "Potter" taxable parkland astatine Epic Universe successful Orlando.

Hilariously, the Phelpses did appear successful the HBO Max special, but their sanction labels were swapped.

While Wright, 35, hasn't appeared successful immoderate blockbuster films lately, her clout has only grown since playing the youngest Weasley. In summation to the aggregate indie films she's acted in ("The Sea," "After the Dark," "Before I Sleep"), she's besides go a head and founded her ain accumulation company, BonBonLumiere. She besides has a cool 3.7 cardinal followers connected Instagram.

Her directorial debut, a short called "Separate We Come, Separate We Go," starred her "Potter" costar David Thewlis and received affirmative reviews astatine its premiere astatine the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. Most recently, she's focused connected directing euphony videos. 

She's been little engaged since 2018, however, truthful we can't put her higher than immoderate of her costars who are still moving constantly. Wright had a mini domiciled successful the "Potter" reunion successful 2022.

Evanna Lynch played the lovably loony Luna Lovegood for 4 films.

Lynch, 35, has recovered the astir fame connected societal media — she has 3.6 cardinal followers connected Instagram — but she keeps engaged pinch different projects arsenic well. She hosted "The ChickPeeps Vegan Podcast" until 2023, and began a Substack successful 2025 called "Penfriendship."

She besides competed connected "Dancing pinch the Stars" successful 2018, finishing successful 3rd place. Acting-wise, she's appeared successful a fewer indie films and did a play successful Ireland this year, but her main attraction seems to beryllium connected different ventures.

During the 2022 reunion, Lynch shared the fascinating communicative of really she was formed arsenic Luna — for years, she was a pen pal of writer JK Rowling.

Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom, is, of course, the man down the building "Longbottoming," acknowledgment to his drastic post-"Potter" glow-up — the taste effect of that unsocial places him supra immoderate of his costars.

The 37-year-old is besides still acting regularly, however. He appeared successful the 2020 bid "All Creatures Great and Small," arsenic good arsenic the 2024 bid "Avoidance," "Ripper Street," "Happy Valley," "Me Before You," and moreover an section of "Drunk History" are among his different credits. In 2026, he starred successful the British bid "The Fortune."

Lewis besides hosted "The Official Leeds United Podcast" done 2024, and he has 2.2 cardinal Instagram followers and 1.2 cardinal X followers. He reunited pinch his chap Hogwarts classmates during the HBO Max special.

Clémence Poésy played the half-Veela, half-human Fleur Delacour successful 3 films.

Poésy, 43, has appeared successful much than 1 iconic spot — too "Potter," she had a mini arc during play 4 of "Gossip Girl" arsenic Chuck's French woman Eva, and she was successful the 2020 Christopher Nolan movie "Tenet."

Poésy besides starred successful the Apple TV+ miniseries "The Essex Serpent" alongside Tom Hiddleston and Claire Danes. From 2023 to 2024, she played Isabelle successful "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon."

Up adjacent is different Apple TV+ series, "Neuromancer," group for 2027, which besides stars Callum Turner, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Emma Laird, and Briana Middleton.

So, what she lacks successful societal media (141,000 Instagram followers), she has made up for pinch parts successful prestige projects — she besides appeared successful "127 Hours" and "In Bruges" successful betwixt her "Potter" films.

Katie Leung played Cho Chang successful 5 films, starting pinch "Goblet of Fire."

It's taken Leung, 39, a fewer years, but she's earnestly poised to go 1 of the much successful members of the "Potter" cast.

In the past fewer years, she's appeared successful "T2: Trainspotting," the Prime Video bid "The Peripheral" and "The Wheel of Time," and the BBC bid "Nightsleeper."

Leung besides had a sound domiciled successful the Netflix animated bid "Arcane," which is portion of the "League of Legends" universe. It wrapped its two-season tally successful 2024.

Of course, her largest domiciled to day was playing the villainous Lady Araminta successful season 4 of "Bridgerton," introducing her to a full caller procreation of fans.

She besides has an awesome 548,000 followers connected Instagram.

It's only up from present for Leung, though she did not return for the 20th-anniversary special.

Alfred Enoch's tally connected "How to Get Away pinch Murder" was celebrated capable that there's a important number of group who cognize him amended arsenic Wes Gibbins than Dean Thomas. The Emmy-winning show, which wrapped up its six-season tally successful May 2020, puts him successful the precocious echelon of "Potter" kid stars.

The 37-year-old continued his TV occurrence successful the Apple TV+ bid "Foundation," which costars Jared Harris and Lee Pace. He was connected the first 2 seasons.

In 2025, he appeared successful the BBC/PBS bid "Miss Austen," and earlier this year, he starred successful the Netflix miniseries "Run Away," based connected the Harlan Coben book of the aforesaid name.

Enoch was 1 of 2 chap Gryffindors from Harry's twelvemonth who returned for the special, though he didn't person a immense part.

Freddie Stroma played the annoying Cormac McLaggen for 3 films.

Yes, Stroma's quality successful "Bridgerton" bumped him up a fewer spots — really could it not? It was a awesome hit, and he played a literal prince.

But the 39-year-old has been steadily acting for years extracurricular "Bridgerton." He starred successful "Unreal," had a domiciled successful "Pitch Perfect" (No. 2 phenomenon), and appeared successful an section of "Game of Thrones" (the 3rd arena he's been progressive pinch to date). 

A 4th came successful 2022: He plays Adrian Chase, aka Vigilante, successful the HBO Max bid "Peacemaker," a spin-off focusing connected John Cena's characteristic from "The Suicide Squad." Season 2 premiered past year, and DCU main James Gunn has hinted we'll spot much of Adrian successful the future.

He besides starred successful "Time After Time" arsenic HG Wells and starred successful "The Crew," a Kevin James-led sitcom connected Netflix, which was canceled successful 2021.

While Felton, 38, is still champion known for Draco Malfoy, he's been capable to capitalize connected that successful a measurement fewer different "Potter" stars have.

Whenever he posts a throwback from the set, it makes headlines. It's helped him summation a monolithic 11.7 cardinal Instagram followers and 2.8 cardinal X followers.

Felton still acts, though — he had a saccharine arc connected "The Flash" arsenic Julian, appeared arsenic Laertes successful "Ophelia," and has been successful different indie films complete the past decade.

This year, he appeared successful the scary movie "They Will Kill You."

But astir famously, he returned to the shape domiciled of Draco successful "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" successful November 2025, and has extended his tally until January 2027 owed to celebrated demand. Per Playbill, since he joined, "Cursed Child" has "consistently been among Broadway's highest-grossing shows."

In 2022, Felton published his memoir "Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard," which was a New York Times bestseller.

Felton was besides a ample portion of the 20th-anniversary special, sharing anecdotes astir shooting scenes pinch his on-screen dad, Jason Isaacs; remembering his on-screen mother, Helen McCrory, who died successful 2021; and moreover talking astir his special enslaved pinch Emma Watson.

Harry Melling is unrecognizable from his days arsenic Dudley Dursley. You might've seen him successful "The Queen's Gambit" and not moreover realized.

Melling, 37, has go rather the character since leaving "Potter" behind. After his past quality successful "Deathly Hallows Part 1," he's appeared successful "The Lost City of Z," "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs," "His Dark Materials," "The Old Guard," "The Devil All the Time," "The Queen's Gambit," "The Tragedy of Macbeth," and "The Pale Blue Eye," among different projects — a very impressive résumé for personification who utilized to beryllium known arsenic the annoying, evil cousin.

Melling besides costarred pinch Alexander Skarsgård successful the romanticist drama "Pillion," which won a champion screenplay grant astatine the Cannes Film Festival past year, truthful it's safe to opportunity we'll only beryllium proceeding much from him. We're particularly excited to spot him enactment other Jodie Comer successful the coming movie "Stuffed."

We only sewage a glimpse of him successful aged footage successful the reunion.

Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley, is astir successful successful his autochthonal state of England.

The 38-year-old hasn't appeared successful galore films since the saga ended, but he has been successful connected TV. He starred successful (and executive produced) the Crackle bid "Snatch" alongside the early "Bridgerton" prima Phoebe Dynevor and the "Skins" heartthrob Luke Pasqualino.

He besides starred successful the Apple TV+ bid "Servant," which the scary icon M. Night Shyamalan produced, from 2019 to 2023. He teamed up pinch Shyamalan for his 2023 film, "A Knock astatine the Cabin," too.

Later this year, he'll look successful the latest retelling of "A Christmas Carol," called "Ebenezer," starring Johnny Depp arsenic the titular character. Grint will play Bob Cratchit.

In 2027, he'll erstwhile again go Ron Weasley — he's playing the characteristic connected Broadway successful "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."

He joined Instagram successful 2020 and now has complete 5.2 cardinal followers.

During the day special, Grint shared that he actually thought astir quitting the movies, arsenic did Emma Watson, because of the pressures of fame.

Fun truth for 2010s teens: Grint has been successful a narration pinch Georgia Groome of "Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging" since 2011. They person 2 children together.

Emma Watson, 36, went from "Harry Potter" to a Disney princess successful the live-action "Beauty and the Beast," an infamous criminal successful "Bling Ring," a beloved manic pixie dream woman successful "Perks of Being a Wallflower," and the eldest March sister successful "Little Women," among different roles.

She besides graduated from Brown University, was appointed a UN Goodwill Ambassador, launched the HeForShe campaign, is portion of the G7, and has done extended modeling.

Her effect will still beryllium felt astir the world, whether aliases not she retires from acting — her Instagram has a staggering 70.9 cardinal followers.

It's nary wonderment she almost discontinue the series, arsenic she revealed successful the special.

Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter himself, has go rather the character since leaving Hogwarts.

He's shied distant from big-budget films, alternatively focusing connected bonkers films specified arsenic "Guns Akimbo," "Swiss Army Man," and the interactive finale of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt." He besides appeared successful the magical movie "Now You See Me 2," successful which he pointedly is not a magician.

He starred successful the TBS anthology bid "Miracle Workers" from 2019 to 2023 — a clip of Radcliffe performing "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" successful resistance went viral successful 2020.

In 2022, Radcliffe co-starred pinch Channing Tatum, Brad Pitt, and Sandra Bullock successful "The Lost City" and played Weird Al Yankovic successful the biopic "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story."

He's now starring successful the breakout NBC sitcom "The Rise and Fall of Reggie Dinkins." Later this year, he'll sound the Prince successful Netflix's animated retelling of "Cinderella," called "Steps." Amanda Seyfried will sound Cinderella.

The 37-year-old has besides had a successful theatre career. He famously starred successful "Equus" and the philharmonic "How to Succeed successful Business Without Really Trying," which earned him a Grammy nod. He besides has 2 Drama Desk nominations nether his belt, and successful 2024, he won a Tony for his capacity successful the revival of "Merrily We Roll Along." He received different Tony nom successful 2026 for "Every Brilliant Thing."

Radcliffe, of course, had tons of surface clip successful the reunion, having typical moments pinch not only Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, but besides pinch Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter (whom he had a crush on), and head Chris Columbus.

Robert Pattinson, who appeared only successful "Goblet of Fire," is easy the astir successful kid prima to travel retired of "Harry Potter."

Pattinson, who does not person an Instagram account, spun his one-movie domiciled into the starring man of 1 of the other biggest franchises of the 2010s: "Twilight." Today, he's the most successful star from that franchise, too.

After a decade of distancing himself from large blockbusters by starring successful films for illustration "Good Time" and "The Lighthouse," Pattinson, 40, officially had his mainstream comeback. He starred successful "Tenet," "The King," and is Batman, for crying retired loud.

And it's only up from present for Pattinson.

This twelvemonth has been the biggest for his profession truthful far, kicking it disconnected pinch "The Drama," past going consecutive into 1 of the biggest movies of 2026, "The Odyssey." He's already been meme-ified from the trailer for "Primetime," the movie astir Chris Hansen and "To Catch a Predator," which comes retired this fall, and he's wrapping up 2026 by costarring successful "Dune: Part Three." It's the twelvemonth of RPattz!

There's nary 1 other who compares, honestly.

Gabbi Shaw is simply a newsman connected Business Insider's editorial partnerships team. She covers entertainment, travel, food, and manner for Business Insider, and Insider Inc.'s partners, including MSN, Apple News, and Yahoo.She graduated from Tulane University successful 2017 pinch a grade successful nationalist wellness and now lives successful New York City. She tin beryllium reached connected X aliases LinkedIn.Please nonstop each inquiries, comments, aliases tips to [email protected].Selected stories:

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