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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
<html> <head> <title>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban <nobr>(31-May-2004)</nobr></b></font><p> <img src="t.harry-potter-azkaban-1.jpg" height=220 width=154 hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> <a href="/people/179/000160696/">Alfonso Cuar髇</a><p><b>Writer:</b> <a href="/people/875/000174353/">Steve Kloves</a><p><b>From novel:</b> <i>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</i> by <a href="/people/510/000022444/">J. K. Rowling</a><p><b>Music by:</b> John Williams<p><b>Producers:</b> David Heyman; <a href="/people/610/000025535/">Chris Columbus</a>; Mark Radcliffe<p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/809/000083560/">Fantasy</a>, <a href="/lists/790/000206172/">Harry Potter</a><p><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/half-star-20.png"></div><p>Third entry in the <i>Harry Potter</i> book-to-film franchise follows the famed wizard as he gears up for his third challenge-filled year at Hogwarts.<p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">ABSTRACT</font><br>Fresh off yet another awful summer at Privet Drive, Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for his third year of wizard training, only to learn that Voldemort confidant Sirius Black has escaped his prison cell in Azkaban with a wish to eliminate him. Soon enough, our young hero finds himself squaring off against a cast of nefarious Dementors ostensibly tasked with guarding the school as he attempts to survive another year filled with ghoulish obstacles and Sirius' looming specter.<p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/701/000131308/"><font size=-1>David Bradley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Apr-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Argus Filch in <i>Harry Potter</i> films</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/801/000063612/"><font size=-1>Julie Christie</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Apr-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Darling</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/657/000064465/"><font size=-1>Robbie Coltrane</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Mar-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Hagrid in the <i>Harry Potter</i> films</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/522/000108198/"><font size=-1>Warwick Davis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Feb-1970</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/019/000052860/"><font size=-1>Tom Felton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Sep-1987</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Draco Malfoy in <i>Harry Potter</i> films</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/594/000134192/"><font size=-1>Pam Ferris</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-May-1948</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Darling Buds of May</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/824/000103515/"><font size=-1>Dawn French</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Oct-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>French and Saunders</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/352/000099055/"><font size=-1>Michael Gambon</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Oct-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Singing Detective</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/386/000130993/"><font size=-1>Richard Griffiths</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Jul-1947</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Mar-2013</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The History Boys</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/038/000028951/"><font size=-1>Rupert Grint</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Aug-1988</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Ron Weasley in the <i> Harry Potter</i> series</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/305/000130912/"><font size=-1>Robert Hardy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Oct-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Aug-2017</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>All Creatures Great and Small</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/826/000103517/"><font size=-1>Lenny Henry</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Aug-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Lenny Henry Show</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/392/000159912/"><font size=-1>Matthew Lewis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Jun-1989</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Neville Longbottom in <i>Harry Potter</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/881/000160401/"><font size=-1>Harry Melling</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Mar-1989</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Dudley Dursley on <i>Harry Potter</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/340/000160857/"><font size=-1>Devon Murray</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Oct-1988</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Seamus Finnigan in <i>Harry Potter</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/550/000022484/"><font size=-1>Gary Oldman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Mar-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Sid Vicious in <i>Sid and Nancy</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/618/000160138/"><font size=-1>James Phelps</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Feb-1986</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Fred Weasley in <i>Harry Potter</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/619/000160139/"><font size=-1>Oliver Phelps</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Feb-1986</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>George Weasley in <i>Harry Potter</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/037/000028950/"><font size=-1>Daniel Radcliffe</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Jul-1989</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Harry Potter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/532/000024460/"><font size=-1>Alan Rickman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Feb-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jan-2016</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Die Hard</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/258/000101952/"><font size=-1>Fiona Shaw</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Jul-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>British theatre actress</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/260/000030170/"><font size=-1>Maggie Smith</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Dec-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Prof. McGonagall in <i>Harry Potter</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/155/000049008/"><font size=-1>Timothy Spall</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Feb-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Auf Wiedersehen, Pet</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/137/000050984/"><font size=-1>David Thewlis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Mar-1963</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/627/000025552/"><font size=-1>Emma Thompson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Apr-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Howard's End</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/991/000102685/"><font size=-1>Julie Walters</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Feb-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Educating Rita</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/036/000028949/"><font size=-1>Emma Watson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Apr-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Hermione in <i>Harry Potter</i> films</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/105/000132706/"><font size=-1>Mark Williams</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1959</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Borrowers</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/193/000159713/"><font size=-1>Bonnie Wright</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Ginny Weasley in <i>Harry Potter</i></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>CAST</b></font><p><table border=0><tr><td><a href="/people/037/000028950/">Daniel Radcliffe</a></td><td> ... Harry Potter</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/038/000028951/">Rupert Grint</a></td><td> ... Ron Weasley</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/036/000028949/">Emma Watson</a></td><td> ... Hermione Granger</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/801/000063612/">Julie Christie</a></td><td> ... Mme. Rosmerta</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/657/000064465/">Robbie Coltrane</a></td><td> ... Rubeus Hagrid</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/352/000099055/">Michael Gambon</a></td><td> ... Albus Dumbledore</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/386/000130993/">Richard Griffiths</a></td><td> ... Uncle Vernon</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/550/000022484/">Gary Oldman</a></td><td> ... Sirius Black</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/532/000024460/">Alan Rickman</a></td><td> ... Prof. Severus Snape</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/258/000101952/">Fiona Shaw</a></td><td> ... Aunt Petunia</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/260/000030170/">Maggie Smith</a></td><td> ... Prof. Minerva McGonagall</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/155/000049008/">Timothy Spall</a></td><td> ... Peter Pettigrew</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/137/000050984/">David Thewlis</a></td><td> ... Prof. Lupin</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/627/000025552/">Emma Thompson</a></td><td> ... Prof. Sybil Trelawney</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/701/000131308/">David Bradley</a></td><td> ... Argus Filch</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/019/000052860/">Tom Felton</a></td><td> ... Draco Malfoy</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/594/000134192/">Pam Ferris</a></td><td> ... Aunt Marge</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/824/000103515/">Dawn French</a></td><td> ... Fat Lady in Painting</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/305/000130912/">Robert Hardy</a></td><td> ... Cornelius Fudge</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/991/000102685/">Julie Walters</a></td><td> ... Mrs. Molly Weasley</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/105/000132706/">Mark Williams</a></td><td> ... Mr. Arthur Weasley</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/881/000160401/">Harry Melling</a></td><td> ... Dudley Dursley</td></tr><tr><td>Adrian Rawlins</td><td> ... James Potter</td></tr><tr><td>Geraldine Somerville</td><td> ... Lily Potter</td></tr><tr><td>Lee Ingleby</td><td> ... Stan Shunpike</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/826/000103517/">Lenny Henry</a></td><td> ... Shrunken Head</td></tr><tr><td>Jimmy Gardner</td><td> ... Ernie the Bus Driver</td></tr><tr><td>Jim Tavare</td><td> ... Tom the Innkeeper</td></tr><tr><td>Abby Ford</td><td> ... Young Witch Maid</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/619/000160139/">Oliver Phelps</a></td><td> ... George Weasley</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/618/000160138/">James Phelps</a></td><td> ... Fred Weasley</td></tr><tr><td>Chris Rankin</td><td> ... Percy Weasley</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/193/000159713/">Bonnie Wright</a></td><td> ... Ginny Weasley</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/340/000160857/">Devon Murray</a></td><td> ... Seamus Finnegan</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/522/000108198/">Warwick Davis</a></td><td> ... Wizard</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/392/000159912/">Matthew Lewis</a></td><td> ... Neville Longbottom</td></tr><tr><td>Sitara Shah</td><td> ... Parvati Patel</td></tr><tr><td>Jennifer Smith</td><td> ... Lavender Brown</td></tr><tr><td>Bronson Webb</td><td> ... Slytherin Boy</td></tr><tr><td>Josh Herdman</td><td> ... Gregory Goyle</td></tr><tr><td>Genevieve Gaunt</td><td> ... Pansy Parkinson</td></tr><tr><td>Kandice Morris</td><td> ... Girl 1</td></tr><tr><td>Alfred Enoch</td><td> ... Dean Thomas</td></tr><tr><td>Annalisa Bugliani</td><td> ... Mother in Portrait</td></tr><tr><td>Tess Bu Cuar髇</td><td> ... Baby in Portrait</td></tr><tr><td>Violet Columbus</td><td> ... 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