Warwick Davis: Filius Flitwick in the Harry Potter HBO Series

Warwick Davis returns as Flitwick

Official: Warner Bros. Discovery announced Davis’s return as Professor Filius Flitwick for the television series. HarryPotter.com’s current cast list also includes him in the Hogwarts teaching staff. The announcement describes his return to the part he originated in the film series.

Our reading suggestion: start with the Flitwick character guide, then revisit how Harry learns through individual lessons. A school’s identity emerges through teaching styles and small achievements as well as grand ceremonies. Following one teacher across the book can make those changes easier to notice.

Career highlights beyond Hogwarts

Official: BAFTA’s Fellowship announcement traces Davis’s career from Wicket in Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi to the title role in Willow. Its accompanying career interview also discusses work including Labyrinth and the BBC’s The Chronicles of Narnia. These official profiles provide a useful introduction across several forms of fantasy performance.

Our viewing suggestion: Willow is a clear starting point if you want a central performance rather than a short appearance. A lead role lets you follow how a character’s decisions connect one scene to the next. It is also a useful reminder that a fantasy adventure depends on ordinary recognisable feelings as well as the invented world around them.

For a second route, read BAFTA’s career interview alongside the individual film or programme credits. A long career across familiar fictional worlds is more interesting when each production remains distinct. Costumes, creatures, voice, movement and the way a camera frames a person all contribute to the result. A performer’s contribution should be considered within that collaboration.

The BAFTA Fellowship

Official: BAFTA’s 2025 winners announcement confirms that Davis received the Fellowship. BAFTA describes this honour as recognising outstanding contribution to film, games or television. Its awards history lists him under the 2025 Fellowship, providing an award-body entry rather than a second-hand summary.

Our recommendation is to use the Fellowship information as a career introduction. It can suggest a title you have missed or bring attention to a performance you remember differently. An honorary award surveys a body of work, whereas a competitive acting category usually centres on a specific performance. Keeping that distinction clear makes a short biography more useful.

Earlier films and UK viewing

Official service page checked on 17 October 2026: Disney+ has a current page for the 1988 film Willow and lists Davis in its cast. The page used in this check did not establish UK territorial entitlement, so confirm availability while signed into the UK service before subscribing. The film and the later television series share a name; check which production a listing describes.

Our family viewing advice is to look at the specific film’s age and content information rather than assuming that all fantasy adventures are interchangeable. If you are introducing someone to an older favourite, allow them to discover its pace and characters before showing a compilation of recognisable scenes.

The return to Flitwick offers another interesting comparison for readers: what do you remember from the novel, what comes from the films and what will be new in the series? Making those distinctions can turn a familiar character into a fresh reread. Our television series guide provides the wider setting for the new adaptation.

Continue with Professor Flitwick, Professor Sprout and the full announced cast.

Comparing a familiar character

Our comparison exercise: choose a short Flitwick passage and identify the job it does in the chapter. Does it introduce a skill, change the mood or give a pupil an opportunity to try? Then ask what a filmed scene would need to make that job clear. This is a playful way to discuss adaptation with a returning reader while giving someone new to the story a concrete question of their own. There is no need for everyone to imagine the same voice or classroom.

Sources

• Official — WBD: Davis returns to Hogwarts.
• Official — Current cast list.
• Official — BAFTA Fellowship announcement.
• Official — BAFTA 2025 winners.
• Official — BAFTA career interview.
• Official — Disney+: Willow film page.