Sometimes it feels like the British film industry is one big repertory company with the same actors turning up in many of the movie and nowhere is this more evident than with the cast of the Harry Potter movies.
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To make my point and because the internet loves this sort of stuff, here are lots of other films that feature multiple players from Harry Potter series:
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(There are a number of films that have two of the HP cast; Brooklyn, A Little Chaos, Skyfall, Marigold Hotel, War Horse – but for the purposes of this list you need at least three to qualify.)
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Chicken Run – 3 HP cast members
Miranda Richardson
Timothy Spall
Imelda Staunton
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Sleepy Hollow – 3 HP cast members
Miranda Richardson
Michael Gambon
Richard Griffiths
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Much Ado About Nothing – 3 HP cast members
Kenneth Branagh
Emma Thompson
Imelda Staunton
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Love Actually – 3 HP cast members
Alan Rickman
Emma Thompson
Bill Nighy
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Dad’s Army – 3 HP cast members
Michael Gambon
Bill Nighy
Toby Jones
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Postman Pat – 3 HP cast members
Jim Broadbent
David Tennant
Rupert Grint
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Henry V – 3 HP cast members
Kenneth Branagh
Emma Thompson
Robbie Coltrane
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The Lady in the Van – 3 HP cast members
Maggie Smith
Jim Broadbent
Frances de la Tour
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Bridget Jones Diary – 3 HP cast members
Jim Broadbent
Gemma Jones
Shirley Henderson
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Effie Gray – 3 HP cast members
Emma Thompson
Julie Walters
Robbie Coltrane
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Hugo – 3 HP cast members
Richard Griffiths
Frances de la Tour
Helen McCrory
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Nanny McPhee – 3 HP cast members
Emma Thompson
Kelly MacDonald
Imelda Staunton
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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang – 4 HP cast members
Emma Thompson
Maggie Smith
Ralph Fiennes
Rhys Ifans
Arthur Christmas – 4 HP cast members
Jim Broadbent
Bill Nighy
Imelda Staunton
Robbie Coltrane
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Finding Neverland – 4 HP cast members
Julie Christie
Ian Hart
Kelly MacDonald
Toby Jones
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Great Expectations – 4 HP cast members
Helena Bonham Carter
Ralph Fiennes
Robbie Coltrane
Jessie Cave
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Frankenstein – 4 HP cast members
Helena Bonham Carter
Kenneth Branagh
Robert Hardy
John Cleese
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In Bruges – 4 HP cast members
Brendan Gleeson
Ralph Fiennes
Ciarán Hinds
Clémence Poésy
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Brave – 4 HP cast members
Emma Thompson
Julie Walters
Robbie Coltrane
Kelly MacDonald
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Paddington – 4 HP cast members
Michael Gambon
Imelda Staunton
Julie Walters
Jim Broadbent
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Sweeney Todd – 4 HP cast members
Helena Bonham Carter
Alan Rickman
Timothy Spall
Jamie Cambell Bower
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Alice in Wonderland – 5 HP cast members
Helena Bonham Carter
Alan Rickman
Timothy Spall
Frances de la Tour
Paul Whitehouse
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Alice in Through the Looking Glass – 5 HP cast members
Helena Bonham Carter
Alan Rickman
Timothy Spall
Rhys Ifans
Paul Whitehouse
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – 5 HP cast members
Gary Oldman
John Hurt
Toby Jones
Ciarán Hinds
Roger Lloyd Pack
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – 5 HP cast members
Warwick Davis
Alan Rickman
Richard Griffiths
Kelly MacDonald
Bill Nighy
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Gosford Park – 5 HP cast members
Maggie Smith
Michael Gambon
Kelly MacDonald
Geraldine Somerville
Sophie Thompson
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Sense and Sensibility – 6 HP cast members
Emma Thompson
Alan Rickman
Gemma Jones
Robert Hardy
Elizabeth Spriggs
Imelda Staunton
