Cast. Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter: A 15-year-old British wizard famous for surviving his parents' murder at the hands of Voldemort as an infant, who now enters his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley: Harry's best friend at Hogwarts.
Harry Potter's sixth year (1996) At the opening feast, Dumbledore announces that Professor Snape is taking over the Defense Against the Dark Arts post, while Horace Slughorn will be taking Snape's vacated Potions Master job. This allows Harry and Ron to take the N.E.W.T.
In her fifth year, Hermione was the driving force behind the creation of Dumbledore's Army and fought alongside fellow D.A. members in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. In her sixth year, Hermione continued her role as Prefect and fought in the Battle of the Astronomy Tower.
A student in their seventh year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was called a seventh-year (with a hyphen). Seventh-year students were usually seventeen to eighteen years of age.
Following Kingsley Shacklebolt's appointment as permanent Minister for Magic, he chose Harry to be head of the Auror department. Ron became an Auror as well, while Hermione worked her way up in the Deptartment of Magical Law Enforcement.
The cutoff date for first year students is that they have to be eleven years old on September first. If their eleventh birthday falls after that, like it was for Hermione (19 Sept), then they start Hogwarts the following year. This is why Hermione is born the year before Harry and Ron.
A student in their third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was called a third-year (with a hyphen). Third-years were 13 to 14 years of age. The third year was an important year for students, as they had to start elective courses.
A student in their sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was called a sixth-year (with a hyphen). At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, sixth-years were typically 16 to 17 years of age. This was the first year in which students advanced to N.E.W.T.
Its founder was the medieval witch Helga Hufflepuff. The emblematic animal is a badger,and yellow and black are its colours. The Head of Hufflepuff is Pomona Sprout and the Fat Friar is the House's patron ghost.
A student in their fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was called a fifth-year (with a hyphen). Fifth-years were typically 15 to 16 years of age.
Rowling said in an interview that Dumbledore was about 150 years old. However, on her website, she states that Dumbledore was born in 1881, making him either 115 or 116 at the time of his death. On 19 October 2007, Rowling was asked by a young fan whether Dumbledore finds "true love".
Rowling elaborated on Ginny's future after the release of the book, saying that after leaving Hogwarts, she joined the Holyhead Harpies and, after spending a few years as a celebrated player, retired to become the senior Quidditch correspondent at the Daily Prophet, and to start a family with Harry.
Luna married fellow naturalist Rolf Scamander, grandson of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them author Newt Scamander, considerably later in life than Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny, who all married and started families in their early-to-mid twenties.
J. K. Rowling also stated in the same interview that although Harry, Ron, and Hermione skipped their seventh year to hunt for Voldemort's Horcruxes, Hermione went back to Hogwarts to get her N.E.W.T.s and properly graduate.
Harry Potter had a few love interests during his time at Hogwarts. Though he eventually settled down with Ginny Weasley, he also had a thing for Cho Chang in his earlier school years. Then, of course, there's his secret love for Draco Malfoy… Wait, what?
In the books, Pansy Parkinson has a schoolgirl crush on Draco, and they went together to the Yule Ball. However, there was no true love between them. In the Cursed Child, Draco Malfoy's wife is Astoria Greengrass. Later, after Astoria's death, Draco says that he would “sell [his] soul for another minute with Astoria.”
Their first kiss happens on the front steps of Malfoy Manor. Harry brings Draco his wand after speaking at his trial, “This is yours; thank you.” And this time, Draco won't let him walk away. Harry turns to leave and Draco grabs his arm, turns him back and kisses him.
By Deborah Martin, Staff writerUpdated July 31, 2023 1:12 p.m. Daniel Radcliffe played Harry Potter in all of the first round of films based in the wizarding universe created by author J.K. Rowling, including "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." The character is celebrating his 43rd birthday.
Harry Potter was in his final year of school in The Deathly Hallows, and was about to turn 18 when the book ends after his victorious defeat during the Battle of Hogwarts.
Snape's true intentions were revealed in the final Harry Potter installment, showing that he was never truly evil but was instead protecting Harry from Voldemort.
