- Over 200 voice actors will narrate the entire "Harry Potter" series.
- Audible's productions aim to exceed 1.8 billion hours of listening.
- Soundtrack features a 60-piece orchestra with music composed by Nitin Sawhney.
- The audiobook releases occur monthly through May 2026.
Audible released a full-cast audiobook on Tuesday for “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” which will be followed by the rest of the books in the series over the next few months.
The full-cast audiobooks feature over 200 voice actors bringing to life the “Harry Potter” series from J.K. Rowling. The seven audiobooks are a collaboration between Audible and Rowling’s Pottermore Publishing.
It has taken 2½ years to pull the project together. The audiobooks will include a score composed by Nitin Sawhney and performed by a 60-piece orchestra. The cast of 200 actors voices over 500 characters across the seven books.
The cast for the series includes big names such as Hugh Laurie, Matthew Macfadyen, Keira Knightley and James McAvoy.
According to Deadline, Audible hopes its launch of these full-cast recordings will usher in a new era of adaptation. The company has also backed its adaptations to surpass the 1.8 billion hours of listening that has been achieved by the previous audio versions of the books.
A look at the cast for the full-cast ‘Harry Potter’ audiobooks
The seven books will be narrated by Cush Jumbo, a British actress known for her leading role in the drama series “The Good Wife” and the spinoff series “The Good Fight.”
The books’ main trio, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger will be voiced by Frankie Treadaway, Max Lester and Arabella Stanton through the first three audiobooks. Stanton will also be playing the role of Hermione in HBO’s upcoming “Harry Potter” series.
For the final four books, the three actors will be replaced by Jaxon Knopf, Rhys Mulligan and Nina Barker-Francis in their roles.
The cast for other younger characters will also be replaced after the third book. Jude Farrant will voice Draco Malfoy for the first three books and then Maximus Evans will take over the role. For the role of Neville Longbottom, Jake Sigsworth will voice the character in the beginning and will be replaced by Archie Mountain.
Here’s a look at some other actors included in the cast for the series:
- Hugh Laurie as Albus Dumbledore
- Matthew Macfadyen as Lord Voldemort
- Riz Ahmed as Professor Snape
- Kit Harington as Professor Lockhart
- Keira Knightley as Professor Umbridge
- Iwan Rheon as Professor Lupin
- Ruth Wilson as Bellatrix Lestrange
- Ambika Mod as Nymphadora Tonks
- Leo Woodall as Bill Weasley
- Simon Pegg as Arthur Weasley
- James McAvoy as Mad-Eye Moody
- Gemma Whelan as Professor Sprout
- Matt Berry as Sir Cadogan
- Michelle Gomez as Professor McGonagall
- Mark Addy as Hagrid
- Alex Hassell as Lucius Malfoy
- Daniel Mays as Dobby
- Sara and Avni Deshmukh as The Patil Twins
- Bill Nighy as Professor Slughorn
- David Holmes as Stan Shunpike
- Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Professor Trelawney
- Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù as Sirius Black
- Anna Maxwell Martin as Rita Skeeter
- Mackenzie Crook as Kreacher
- Stephen Mangan as Nearly Headless Nick
- Tracy-Ann Oberman as Madam Hooch
- Millie Gubby as Luna Lovegood
Release dates for the rest of the audiobooks
Following the full-cast audiobook release of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” on Tuesday, the rest of the audiobooks will be released about once a month through May 2026.
Here’s a look at the release schedule for the other six audiobooks:
- “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”: Dec. 16, 2025.
- “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”: Jan. 13, 2026.
- “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”: Feb. 10, 2026.
- “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”: March 10, 2026.
- “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”: April 14, 2026.
- “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”: May 12, 2026