John Lithgow will be stepping into the role of Albus Dumbledore for HBO’s highly anticipated "Harry Potter" TV series.

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

More recently, Lithgow earned plaudits playing Winston Churchill on The Crown and starred alongside Jeff Bridges in The Old ...

After reports that HBO was circling John Lithgow to portray Professor Dumbledore in its upcoming “Harry Potter” series, the ...

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 ...

The actor has revealed his casting as Albus Dumbledore in HBO's TV adaptation of Harry Potter, and as he is American some aren't sure he will work.

The Crown (2016-2017) – Lithgow played Winston Churchill in the acclaimed Netflix series. The Undoing (2020) – The actor starred as Franklin Reinhardt. How I Met Your Mother (2006 ...

HBO’s Harry Potter series casts John Lithgow as Dumbledore, and the actor responds to concerns that he’s an American ...

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

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 ...

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 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 ...