Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002 premiere
by nightopeningfan | created - 10 Apr 2020 | updated - 11 Apr 2020 | PublicSunday November 3rd, ODEON Luxe Leicester Square 22-24 Leicester Square, West End, London WC2H 7LQ, United Kingdom
1. Daniel Radcliffe
Actor | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born on July 23, 1989 in Fulham, London, England, to casting agent Marcia Gresham (née Jacobson) and literary agent Alan Radcliffe. His father is from a Northern Irish Protestant background, while his mother was born in South Africa, to a Jewish family (from Lithuania, ...
2. J.K. Rowling
Writer | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Joanne Rowling was born in Yate, near Bristol, a few miles south of a town called Dursley ("Harry Potter"'s Muggle-family). Her father Peter Rowling was an engineer for Rolls Royce in Bristol at this time. Her mother, Anne, was half-French and half-Scottish. They met on a train as it left King's ...
3. Neil Murray
Self | J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
Neil Murray has been married to J.K. Rowling since December 26, 2001. They have two children.
4. Emma Watson
Actress | The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Paris, France, to British parents, Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson, both lawyers. She moved to Oxfordshire when she was five, where she attended the Dragon School. From the age of six, Emma knew that she wanted to be an actress and, for a number of years,...
5. Robbie Coltrane
Actor | Cracker
Robbie Coltrane, one of Britain's most popular comedians who was head of debating society at school and won prizes for his art, is now a film star who played in two James Bond films and in the "Harry Potter" franchise.
Coltrane was born Anthony Robert McMillan on March 30, 1950, in Rutherglen, a ...
6. Chris Columbus
Producer | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Ohio, Chris Columbus was first inspired to make movies after seeing "The Godfather" at age 15. After enrolling at NYU film school, he sold his first screenplay (never produced) while a sophomore there. After graduation Columbus tried to sell his fourth script, "...
7. Patsy Kensit
Actress | Lethal Weapon 2
Patsy started acting at 4 as the daughter of Robert Redford and Mia Farrow in The Great Gatsby and continued to study acting and working during school holidays. In 1973 she was in the television productions of For the Love of Ada and King Arthur and at 8 she spent 9 months in Russia with Elizabeth ...
8. Kenneth Branagh
Actor | Henry V
Kenneth Charles Branagh was born on December 10, 1960, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to parents William Branagh, a plumber and carpenter, and Frances (Harper), both born in 1930. He has two siblings, William Branagh, Jr. (born 1955) and Joyce Branagh (born 1970). When he was nine, his family ...
9. Rupert Grint
Actor | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint was born in Harlow, Essex, England, the elder son of Joanne (Parsons) and Nigel Grint, who dealt in memorabilia. The first of 5 children, Rupert has one brother and three sisters.
Rupert grew up in Hertfordshire, the English county directly to the north of London, ...
10. Ross Kemp
Actor | EastEnders
Ross Kemp was born on July 21, 1964 in Barking, Essex, England. His mother, Jean, was a hairdresser and his father, John, was a policeman with the Metropolitan Police force. He has a brother named Darren who is a documentary producer for the BBC.
Ross attended Shenfield High School, where he is ...
11. Alan Rickman
Actor | Die Hard
Alan Rickman was born on a council estate in Acton, West London, to Margaret Doreen Rose (Bartlett), of English and Welsh descent, and Bernard Rickman, of Irish descent, who worked at a factory. Alan Rickman had an older brother (David), a younger brother (Michael), and a younger sister (Sheila). ...
12. Richard Griffiths
Actor | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The avuncular star character actor Richard Griffiths grew up in a council flat in less than prosperous conditions, the son of deaf and volatile parents in a dysfunctional family setting. According to an article in the Telegraph newspaper, his father Thomas was a steelworker 'who fought in pubs for ...
13. Oliver Phelps
Actor | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Oliver Phelps was born about 13 minutes before his twin brother, James Phelps. He has always loved acting and appeared in many high school drama productions. In 2000 he and his brother were picked to play Fred (James) and George (Oliver) Weasley in the film adaptations of the Harry Potter book ...
14. James Phelps
Actor | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
James Phelps was born on February 25, 1986 in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001).
15. Vinnie Jones
Actor | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Vincent Peter Jones was born on January 5, 1965 in Watford, England. He first came to public notice as a professional footballer, playing in the English Football League. Noted as one of football's hard men, he leaped to fame when a photographer, at a match, snapped him "marking" Newcastle United's ...
16. Miriam Margolyes
Actress | The Age of Innocence
A veteran of stage and screen, award-winning actress Miriam Margolyes has achieved success on both sides of the Atlantic. Winner of the BAFTA Best Supporting Actress award in 1993 for The Age of Innocence (1993), she received Best Supporting Actress at the 1989 LA Critics Circle Awards for her role...
17. Tom Felton
Actor | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Tom Felton was born in Epsom, Surrey, to Sharon and Peter Felton. He has been acting since he was 8 years old at the suggestion of an actress friend of his family who recognized Felton's theatrical qualities. Felton met with an agent, and two weeks later, after auditioning with over 400 other ...
18. Eric Idle
Actor | Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Eric Idle is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, playwright, director, and songwriter. co-creator of Monty Python on TV, stage, and five films, including The Life of Brian and The Holy Grail, which he later adapted for the stage with John Du Prez as Monty Python's Spamalot, winning the Tony...
19. Warwick Davis
Actor | Willow
English actor Warwick Davis was born in Epsom, Surrey, England, the son of Susan J. (Pain) and Ashley Davis, an insurance broker. Davis was born with the condition spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenital (SED), which caused his dwarfism. He was educated at City of London Freemen's School. When he ...
20. Samantha Davis
Actress | Through the Dragon's Eye
Samantha Davis was born on January 30, 1971. She was an actress, known for Through the Dragon's Eye (1989), ShortFellas and Honky Sausages (1999). She was married to Warwick Davis. She died on March 24, 2024.
21. Sam Torrance
Self | Dream On
Sam Torrance was born on August 24, 1953 in Largs, Scotland, UK. He has been married to Suzanne Danielle since 1988.
22. Suzanne Danielle
Actress | Flash Gordon
Suzanne Danielle was born on January 14, 1957 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Flash Gordon (1980), Carry on Emmannuelle (1978) and Doctor Who (1963). She has been married to Sam Torrance since February 14, 1995. They have three children.
23. Richard E. Grant
Actor | Gosford Park
Richard E. Grant is an actor and presenter. He made his film debut as Withnail in the comedy Withnail and I (1987). Grant received critical acclaim for his role as Jack Hock in Marielle Heller's drama film Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018), winning various awards including the Independent Spirit ...
24. Olivia Grant
Actress | Stardust
Olivia Grant was born on September 20, 1983 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Stardust (2007), All the Money in the World (2017) and Lark Rise to Candleford (2008).
25. Judy Finnigan
Actress | Ali G Indahouse
Judy Finnigan was born on May 16, 1948 in Manchester, England, UK. She is a producer and actress, known for Ali G Indahouse (2002), Extras (2005) and Fat Friends (2000). She has been married to Richard Madeley since November 21, 1986. They have two children. She was previously married to David ...
26. Richard Madeley
Actor | Ali G Indahouse
Richard Madeley was born on May 13, 1956 in Romford, Essex, England, UK. He is a producer and actor, known for Ali G Indahouse (2002), Extras (2005) and Richard & Judy (2001). He has been married to Judy Finnigan since November 21, 1986. They have two children. He was previously married to ...
27. Chloe Madeley
Self | This Is Your Life
Chloe Madeley was born on July 13, 1987 in Manchester, England, UK. She has been married to James Haskell since December 16, 2018. They have one child.
28. Jack Madeley
Animation_department | The Last Kids on Earth
Jack Madeley is known for The Last Kids on Earth (2019), Shooter (2016) and My Little Pony: The Movie (2017).
29. Nick Ross
Self | Crimewatch UK
Nick Ross was born on August 7, 1947 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Crimewatch UK (1984), Are You Being Served? (1972) and Hold the Back Page (1985). He has been married to Sarah Caplin since 1985. They have three children.
30. Michelle Collins
Actress | Two Thousand Acres of Sky
Michelle Collins was born on May 28, 1962 in Hackney, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Two Thousand Acres of Sky (2001), Doctor Who (2005) and Coronation Street (1960). She has been married to Mike Davidson since August 10, 2022.
32. Martin Kemp
Director | Stalker
Martin Kemp was born on October 10, 1961 in Islington, London, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Stalker (2010), EastEnders (1985) and The Krays (1990). He has been married to Shirlie Kemp since November 14, 1988. They have two children.
33. Harley Moon Kemp
Camera_department | Stalker
Harley Moon Kemp is known for Stalker (2010), Nothing But Thieves: Impossible (2020) and Karma Magnet (2008).
34. Roman Kemp
Actor | Pitch Invasion TV
Roman Kemp was born on January 28, 1993 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Pitch Invasion TV (2013), Ever Since (2014) and Fifa 14 (2013).
35. Maggie Smith
Actress | Gosford Park
One of the world's most famous and distinguished actresses, Dame Maggie Smith was born Margaret Natalie Smith in Essex. Her Scottish mother, Margaret (Hutton), worked as a secretary, and her English father, Nathaniel Smith, was a teacher at Oxford University. Smith has been married twice: to actor ...
36. Julie Walters
Actress | Billy Elliot
For decades, British actress and comedienne Dame Julie Walters has served as a sturdy representation of the working class with her passionate, earthy portrayals on England's stage, screen and television. A bona fide talent, her infectious spirit and self-deprecating sense of humor eventually ...
37. Jo Whiley
Actress | Love Actually
Jo Whiley was born on July 4, 1965 in Northampton, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Love Actually (2003), Fisherman's Friends (2019) and Boyz Unlimited (1999). She has been married to Steve Morton since July 1991. They have four children.
38. Sheila Hancock
Actress | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Sheila Hancock was born February 22, 1933. on the Isle of Wight. She later moved to King's Cross in London, where her mother and father ran a pub. Sheila went to Dartford Grammar School, and then with a grant she went to RADA. She then went into nine years of weekly repertory around the country. ...
39. Graham Norton
Actor | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Graham Norton was born on April 4, 1963 in County Cork, Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020), So Graham Norton (1998) and Soul (2020). He has been married to Jono McLeod since July 10, 2022.
40. David Gilmour
Soundtrack | Pink Floyd: The Wall
David Jon Gilmour was born on 6th March, 1946, in Grantchester Meadows, Cambridge. As the lead guitarist of Pink Floyd, he is by many considered one of the most influential guitarists on the rock stage. Right up to "The Dark Side of The Moon", Dave wrote his own songs, but from then up to "The ...
41. Polly Samson
Soundtrack | David Gilmour: Smile
Is an English novelist, lyricist and journalist. Her father worked for a British newspaper and her mother was a writer of Chinese decent who served in the Mao Zedong's Red Army. Lives in West Sussex, England with husband David Gilmour who she met during Pink Floyd's Division Bell Tour, whom she has...
42. Charlie Gilmour
43. Joe Gilmour
Self | David Gilmour: Europe 2016
44. Gabe Gilmour
Actor | Benjamin
Gabe Gilmour is known for Benjamin (2018), Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain (2018) and Crusoe (2008).
45. Amanda Burton
Actress | Marcella
Amanda Burton was born and raised in Derry, Northern Ireland. Leaving aged 18 to train as an actress at Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre. Amanda has since become one of Britain's most respected and admired actresses often taking on leading strong roles in dramas. She is the mother of two ...
46. Sven Arnstein
Director | Murder in Mind
Sven Arnstein is known for Murder in Mind (2001), EastEnders (1985) and Night & Day (2001). He has been married to Amanda Burton since 1989. They have two children.
47. Imogen Stubbs
Actress | Sense and Sensibility
Imogen Stubbs was born in Rothbury, Northumberland, lived briefly in Portsmouth, where her father was a naval officer, and then moved with her parents to London, where they inhabited an elderly river barge on the Thames. Educated at St. Paul's and then Westminster, where she was one of the "token ...
48. Trevor Nunn
Director | Twelfth Night or What You Will
Trevor Nunn was born on January 14, 1940 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Twelfth Night (1996), Les Misérables (2012) and Cats (2019). He was previously married to Imogen Stubbs, Sharon Lee Hill and Janet Suzman.
49. Ellie Nunn
Actress | Cracks
Ellie Nunn is known for Cracks (2009), Chubby Funny (2016) and EastEnders (1985).
50. Shirlie Kemp
Actress | Karma Magnet
Shirlie Kemp was born on April 18, 1962 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Karma Magnet (2008), Pepsi & Shirlie: Heartache (1986) and Wham!: Everything She Wants (1984). She has been married to Martin Kemp since November 14, 1988. They have two children.
51. Tracy Chapman
Soundtrack | One Day
Tracy Chapman was born on March 30, 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for One Day (2011), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) and House of Gucci (2021).
52. Sabrina Guinness
Sabrina Guinness was born on January 9, 1955 in the UK. She is a producer, known for Mississippi Burning (1988), Comes a Bright Day (2012) and Pass the Mic (2000). She has been married to Tom Stoppard since 2014.
53. Pixie Geldof
Self | MTV EMA Frankfurt 2012
Pixie Geldof was born on September 17, 1990 in London, England, UK. She has been married to George Barnett since June 17, 2017. They have one child.
54. Jenson Button
Producer | Breakneck
Jenson Button was born on January 19, 1980 in Frome, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. He is an actor and producer, known for Breakneck, The Last Weekend and Untitled Jenson Button Project.
55. Glenn Close
Actress | Fatal Attraction
Eight time Academy Award-nominated actress Glenn Close was born and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. She is the daughter of Elizabeth Mary H. "Bettine" (Moore) and William Taliaferro Close (William Close), a prominent doctor. Both of her parents were from upper-class families.
Glenn was a noted ...
56. Leslie Phillips
Actor | Venus
A much-loved comic actor who has specialized in playing plummy, quintessentially English stereotypes, Leslie Phillips' heart was in acting from a very young age. He received elocution lessons as a child in order to lose his natural cockney accent (at that time a regional British accent was a major ...
57. Angela Scoular
Actress | On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Angela Scoular was born on November 8, 1945 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Casino Royale (1967) and You Rang, M'Lord? (1988). She was married to Leslie Phillips. She died on April 11, 2011 in Maida Vale, London, England, UK.
58. Josh Herdman
Actor | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Joshua was born in Hampton, England to Martin and Jessica Herdman. He is the youngest of four boys. He started acting when he was about seven. His father is an actor and got him an agent. He got his big break when he auditioned for "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and got the part of Gregory...
59. Harry Melling
Actor | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Melling started acting at the age of 10 in the Harry Potter films playing the role of Dudley Dursley.
In his mid-teens he joined the National Youth Theatre appearing in a number of shows including "The Master and Margarita".
Harry at the age of 18 attended the LAMDA (London Academy Of Music and...
60. Christian Coulson
Actor | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Christian Coulson was born on October 3, 1978 in Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), The Hours (2002) and The Good Liar (2019).
61. Chris Rankin
Actor | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Christopher William Rankin lived with his parents in his native New Zealand until age 6 when they moved back to England.
He found his love for acting at the age of 11, at Northgate High School in Norfolk, as a member of the Youth Theatre Company of Dereham Operatic Society. While in school, Chris ...
62. Ella Harris
Actress | Haunt
Ella Harris is known for Haunt (2013), CCTV Nasty (2024) and Heaven's Door (2012).
63. John Cleese
Actor | A Fish Called Wanda
John Cleese was born on October 27, 1939, in Weston-Super-Mare, England, to Muriel Evelyn (Cross) and Reginald Francis Cleese. He was born into a family of modest means, his father being an insurance salesman; but he was nonetheless sent off to private schools to obtain a good education. Here he ...
64. Jason Isaacs
Actor | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Jason Isaacs was born in Liverpool. He studied law at Bristol University but fell in love with the theatre and directed, produced and appeared in dozens of productions there, at the National Student Theatre Festival and at the Edinburgh Festival. He graduated in 1985 but then attended the Royal ...
65. Fiona Shaw
Actress | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Shaw was already an accomplished theater actress when director Jim Sheridan awarded her a role in his film, My Left Foot (1989). The film is a telling of Christy Brown (Daniel Day-Lewis), an Irishman disgruntled with his confinement to a body horribly crippled by cerebral palsy but who found ...
66. David Heyman
Producer | Gravity
David Heyman was born on July 26, 1961 in London, England, UK. He is a producer and actor, known for Gravity (2013), Marriage Story (2019) and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019). He is married to Rose Batstone Uniacke. They have one child.
67. Steve Kloves
Writer | The Fabulous Baker Boys
Steve Kloves was born on March 18, 1960 in Austin, Texas, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), Wonder Boys (2000) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011).
68. John Williams
Composer | Jurassic Park
As one of the best known, awarded, and financially successful composers in US history, John Williams is as easy to recall as John Philip Sousa, Aaron Copland or Leonard Bernstein, illustrating why he is "America's composer" time and again. With a massive list of awards that includes over 52 Oscar ...
69. Roger Pratt
Cinematographer | 12 Monkeys
Roger Pratt was born on February 27, 1947 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for 12 Monkeys (1995), Chocolat (2000) and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994).
70. Peter Honess
Editor | L.A. Confidential
Peter Honess was born on August 8, 1946 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, UK. He is an editor, known for L.A. Confidential (1997), Mercury Rising (1998) and The Fast and the Furious (2001).
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