The Harry Potter movies feature dozens of essential characters, but there are still some important stars that the movies ...

John Lithgow has done everything from Broadway shows to The Crown, where he won an Emmy for his role as Winston Churchill.

while most of the characters higher up on this list are much older as well. Snape, on the other hand, was 31 years old when Harry Potter first enrolled at Hogwarts, and only 38 when he died.

Fans of the franchise have been buzzing ever since they found out that Harry, Ron, Hermione as well as the rest of the characters would ... attention back to Harry Potter." Casey Bloys, chairman ...