New Dumbledore actor John Lithgow addresses the “controversy” of an American actor playing the iconic character on the Harry ...

John Lithgow has been cast as Dumbledore in HBO's Harry Potter series, raising skepticism about an American actor playing an ...

US actor John Lithgow has said he is "excited" to be playing Dumbledore in the forthcoming Harry Potter TV series, adding ...

While Lithgow is a master of accents (he earned an Emmy for playing Churchill), the authenticity of a native British performer could add an extra layer of credibility to the character. The search ...

is it possible producers just watched Lithgow as Winston Churchill in The Crown and got confused?) We’re honestly more surprised that the actor would want to commit himself to something that ...

John Lithgow let slip that he's agreed to play Professor Dumbledore in the upcoming HBO Harry Potter TV series.

Lithgow will join showrunner Francesca Gardiner and series director Mark Mylod for the upcoming series. No other cast members have been announced so far, but in September 2024, Warner Bros. announced ...

However, Lithgow has experience playing British roles, and one (Winston Churchill in "The Crown") even won him an Emmy, a SAG award and a Critics' Choice award. Casting has been underway for the ...

and Jude Law — Lithgow is an American actor who will be portraying one of the most famous wizards in recent British literary ...

AN Emmy-winning actor has CONFIRMED he will play Albus Dumbledore in HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter series. The upcoming TV series will once again be adapting J.K. Rowling’s books. One ...

Lithgow has played Winston Churchill on "The Crown" and Roald Dahl on stage. The Harry Potter films were once upon a time a depository for every British and Irish thespian in the business ...

While all of them are British or Irish and Lithgow is American, he has played British characters. He won the most recent of his six Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Winston Churchill on The Crown ...