He passed away in 2016 at the age of 86. Actor Sir John Hurt brought the character of wandmaker Ollivander to life in the Harry Potter films. He died of pancreatic cancer in early 2017 ...

Hazel died in 2016. An epochal character in the first Harry Potter, John Hurt played the wonderful Garrick Ollivander, the famous wand-maker. Ollivander had a shop in Diagon Alley but the ...

John Lithgow is among the first actors to be cast in HBO's upcoming Harry Potter reboot series. He will play Professor Albus ...

While on the 'SmartLess' podcast, the veteran actor talked about taking on the role of the Hogwarts headmaster for the reboot series and why he isn't fazed by the traveling for it.