John Lithgow opens up about portraying Dumbledore on HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter TV series, explaining why he feels it won’t be a hard role to tackle. While appearing on the podcast Smartless, the ...

Actor John Lithgow has reflected on Roald Dahl’s “complicated” legacy, as he stars as the late author in the West End play Giant. Lithgow, 79, portrays the children’s writer during a period in his ...

The drama, which explores Roald Dahl’s life amid scandal, begins Broadway previews in March 2026 Dave Quinn is the Deputy News Director at PEOPLE. He has been working at the brand since 2016, and is ...

John Lithgow has agreed to play Albus Dumbledore in HBO's Harry Potter TV remake, and he is essentially guaranteed to fix two ...

HBO is finally confirming the first cast for its ‘Harry Potter’ TV series. John Lithgow, Janet McTeer and Nick Frost are among them. The show aims to adapt the books across the next several years.

Despite the ire toward and denouncement of J.K. Rowling from such colleagues like Nicola Coughlan, Pedro Pascal and David Tennant, and amid the rise of anti-trans rhetoric from the presidential ...

Well before there was ever such a thing as Hogwarts, there was John Lithgow. And now, after several decades of being one of the greatest science fiction and fantasy actors in the business, Lithgow has ...