In an interview with Screen Rant, Lithgow said that he has accepted the role of the Hogwarts head wizard in HBO’s forthcoming series: “I’ll be about 87 years old at the wrap party.”

There’s a new Albus Dumbledore coming to the small screen. John Lithgow has confirmed that he will portray the Hogwarts headmaster in HBO’s upcoming “Harry Potter” series, which will begin filming this summer. Lithgow will become the first American ...

The HBO reboot of the Harry Potter series may have its first cast member. John Lithgow announced he'll be playing Dumbledore, but why is social media split?

John Lithgow has played everything from Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha to an extraterrestrial patriarch in 3rd Rock from the Sun. Next he will be the powerful, wise, and compassionate professor Dumbledore in HBO’s Harry Potter TV show. He confirmed the casting in a recent interview, saying it will “define me for the last chapter of my life.”

For years on World Book Day, children have turned up to class dressed as their favourite book characters. But this year, an entire school in Essex was transformed into the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, as featured in the Harry Potter books and films.

For those who need a refresher, Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (yes, that’s his full name) is the wise and beloved headmaster of Hogwarts. Originally played by Richard Harris in the first two Harry Potter films, the role was later ...

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has a new headmaster, according to a new interview from Screenrant.

The main trio of Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, and Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley were all from the UK, but Lithgow is American. Casting this time around is much wider than the first eight films.

John Lithgow has seemingly confirmed his role as Albus Dumbledore in HBO's upcoming Harry Potter TV series. The 79-year-old actor revealed the offer w

From voicing the evil Lord Farquaad, adjusting to human life as Dick Solomon, to now the great Professor Dumbledore, John Lithgow has done it all