Daniel Radcliffe is the richest Harry Potter actor as of November 2026, with a net worth we estimate at about $130 million. We ranked living actors who appeared in at least one of the eight Harry Potter films released between 2001 and 2011, using everything they have earned in their careers, before and after Hogwarts. Cast members of the new television series are not included.
The films grossed more than $7.7 billion at the box office, but very little of that reached the adult cast. Most of Britain’s acting royalty signed on for modest fees and the honor of it. The real money went to the three kids in the middle, and to the actors who used the films as a springboard into Hollywood.
| Rank | Name | Net worth (USD) | Main source of wealth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | John Cleese | $20 million | Comedy writing and acting |
| 9 | Gary Oldman | $40 million | Film and TV acting |
| 8 | Emma Thompson | $45 million | Acting and screenwriting |
| 7 | Ralph Fiennes | $48 million | Film acting |
| 6 | Rupert Grint | $50 million | Harry Potter films, property |
| 5 | Helena Bonham Carter | $55 million | Film and TV acting |
| 4 | Kenneth Branagh | $60 million | Directing and acting |
| 3 | Emma Watson | $85 million | Harry Potter films, endorsements |
| 2 | Robert Pattinson | $100 million | Twilight, Batman, endorsements |
| 1 | Daniel Radcliffe | $130 million | Harry Potter films |
The ten wealthiest, from 10 down to 1
10. John Cleese: $20 million
Cleese played Nearly Headless Nick, the Gryffindor ghost whose head hangs on by a thread, in the first two films. It was a cameo for a man who had already written his name into comedy history twice: as a founding member of Monty Python and as co-creator and star of Fawlty Towers, which ran for only 12 episodes and has been repeated somewhere ever since.
His biggest film payday came from A Fish Called Wanda (1988), which he wrote and starred in. In his eighties he still tours live shows and writes.
Python royalties, decades of writing credits and touring income make up his $20 million.
9. Gary Oldman: $40 million
Oldman joined the series as Sirius Black in Prisoner of Azkaban at a point when his career had cooled, and the role put him back in front of a generation of new fans. A few years later he was Commissioner Gordon in Christopher Nolan’s Batman films, and in 2018 he won the Oscar for Best Actor for playing Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.
These days he leads the spy series Slow Horses as Jackson Lamb, a shambling, brilliant intelligence boss, a role that has given him steady streaming paydays for several seasons.
The Oldman figure comes from his film fees, the TV salary and his property.
8. Emma Thompson: $45 million
Thompson is the only person to have won Oscars for both acting and writing: Best Actress for Howards End and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sense and Sensibility. In the Potter films she was Sybill Trelawney, the Divination teacher hidden behind enormous glasses.
Her career has been long and busy, from Love Actually to the Nanny McPhee films (which she also wrote) to Cruella. Writing credits earn money for years after the shoot wraps, which most actors on this list cannot say.
We put Thompson at about $45 million, from acting fees and screenwriting income.
7. Ralph Fiennes: $48 million
Fiennes had to play the most feared character in the series without a nose. He took on Lord Voldemort from Goblet of Fire onward and made the Dark Lord feel like a real threat instead of a pantomime villain.
His career before and after includes Schindler’s List, The English Patient, M in the James Bond films, and recent hits Conclave (2024) and 28 Years Later (2025). He works constantly, alternating big franchises with stage work and smaller films.
For Fiennes, we totaled three decades of lead and supporting fees after tax, which comes to about $48 million.
6. Rupert Grint: $50 million
Grint was 11 when he sent a homemade video, including a rap about why he should play Ron Weasley, to the casting team. It worked. Ron ended up paying him an estimated $60 million to $70 million in base salary across eight films, with roughly $15 million each for the two Deathly Hallows movies.
He has admitted he does not really know how much he has. What he does know is property: an 18th-century mansion in Hertfordshire on 22 acres, a $4.4 million house for his parents with a putting green and a lake, and rental homes. After the films he starred in the Apple TV+ thriller Servant for four seasons.
Grint’s $50 million is the after-tax remainder of his Potter pay plus a property portfolio that has risen in value.
5. Helena Bonham Carter: $55 million
Bonham Carter played Bellatrix Lestrange in the last four films, and threw herself into it so fully that she once accidentally perforated a co-star’s eardrum with her wand. She brought two Oscar nominations to the set (The Wings of the Dove and later The King’s Speech) and a long run of Tim Burton films.
Since then she has played Princess Margaret in two seasons of The Crown, plus roles in Enola Holmes 3 and Seven Dials in 2026. Her performing company reported about £10.3 million in net assets in the year to March 2025, and she kept the adjoining Belsize Park homes in north London.
We combined her company’s filed assets with her London property and recent fees to reach about $55 million for Bonham Carter.
4. Kenneth Branagh: $60 million
Branagh’s Potter role was small and silly: the vain, useless Professor Gilderoy Lockhart in Chamber of Secrets. His fortune comes from the other side of the camera. After making his name directing Shakespeare, he directed Marvel’s Thor in 2011 and Disney’s live-action Cinderella in 2015, both big commercial hits.
He then built his own franchise, directing and starring as Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile and A Haunting in Venice. In 2022 he won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Belfast, based on his childhood. He was knighted in 2012, and appeared in The Devil Wears Prada 2 in 2026.
Directing fees on studio films, with acting and writing on top, give Branagh our fourth-highest figure: about $60 million.
3. Emma Watson: $85 million
Watson was nine when she was cast as Hermione Granger. By 2009, at 19, she was reported as Hollywood’s highest-paid actress, earning about £19 million that year alone, and the two Deathly Hallows films paid her around $30 million combined.
After the films she studied at Brown and Oxford and picked her roles carefully. Her biggest post-Potter payday was Beauty and the Beast (2017), where a $3 million fee plus a share of the box office brought her about $15 million. She sat on the board of luxury group Kering, launched a gin brand called Renais with her brother in 2023, and has gone back to Oxford to study creative writing. She has not made a film since Little Women in 2019.
Watson’s $85 million rests on Potter earnings, Beauty and the Beast, years of fashion and beauty contracts, and property in London and the Alps.
2. Robert Pattinson: $100 million
Pattinson’s Potter career lasted one film and one dramatic death. He played Cedric Diggory in Goblet of Fire (2005), which was enough to get him noticed. Three years later he was Edward Cullen in Twilight, and the five-film series paid him well over $50 million, with a reported $12.5 million guarantee per film for the final chapters plus a share of the gross.
He spent the next decade in arthouse films, then came back as Batman in 2022. His 2026 is crowded: The Drama with Zendaya, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, Dune: Part Three and Primetime, which he also produced, with The Batman Part II on the way. He has also been a face of Dior since 2013, a deal now well over a decade old.
We value Pattinson at about $100 million, from Twilight earnings, a decade of Dior money, his Batman deal and his Los Angeles property.
1. Daniel Radcliffe: $130 million
Radcliffe got the lead role at 11 and was paid roughly £1 million for the first film. By the last two films he was earning about £39 million combined, and estimates for his total Potter pay run to about £75 million. He was one of the richest teenagers in Britain by 2009.
His family company, set up in 2000 and run with his parents, holds most of that money. It reported net assets of about £99 million for the year to March 2025, up from £96 million a year earlier. Radcliffe has spent the years since on odd, interesting choices: a farting corpse in Swiss Army Man, a Weird Al biopic and Broadway, where he won a Tony in 2024 for Merrily We Roll Along and earned another nomination in 2026 for the one-man play Every Brilliant Thing. He also stars in the NBC comedy The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, renewed for a second season.
Our estimate for Radcliffe starts with that company filing, about £99 million or roughly $130 million at current exchange rates, since nearly all of his earnings flow through it. Most outside estimates sit a little lower, around $110 million to $120 million.
Special mentions
- J.K. Rowling: the richest person connected to the films by a long way, but she wrote the books and produced; she did not act in them.
- Tom Felton: Draco Malfoy in all eight films and one of the most popular cast members online, but his estimated fortune of about $10 million to $15 million falls well short of the top 10.
- The new TV cast: the actors in the Harry Potter television series are not included, since their pay is not public and their careers are only starting.
What the richest Harry Potter actors have in common
Two different paths lead to this list. The child stars (Radcliffe, Watson and Grint) were paid on a rising scale as the films became the biggest franchise in the world, and the smart ones saved it. Radcliffe and Grint parked most of their money in companies and property and let it sit. The adults made far less from the films themselves. Branagh, Fiennes, Oldman, Thompson and Bonham Carter were already established and treated Hogwarts as a fun job between bigger ones. Their wealth comes from careers long enough to outlast any single franchise. And then there is Pattinson, who turned one small Potter role into the launchpad for Twilight, Batman and Dior, and is the only person here whose biggest earning years may still be ahead.
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Who is the richest Harry Potter actor?
Daniel Radcliffe is the richest Harry Potter actor as of November 2026, with an estimated net worth of about $130 million, most of it from his pay for the eight films.
How much did Daniel Radcliffe earn from Harry Potter?
Estimates put his total Harry Potter pay at about £75 million. He earned roughly £1 million for the first film and about £39 million for the last two combined.
Is Emma Watson richer than Rupert Grint?
Yes. We estimate Emma Watson’s net worth at about $85 million and Rupert Grint’s at about $50 million. Watson added large fees from Beauty and the Beast and fashion and beauty contracts.
Which Harry Potter actor got rich after the films?
Robert Pattinson. He played Cedric Diggory in one film, then made far more from Twilight, The Batman and a long Dior contract. We estimate his net worth at about $100 million.
How much does the number 10 Harry Potter actor have?
John Cleese, who played Nearly Headless Nick, ranks 10th with about $20 million, mostly from Monty Python and Fawlty Towers.
Who played the most famous villain, and how rich is he?
Ralph Fiennes played Lord Voldemort and ranks seventh with an estimated net worth of about $48 million.
How we estimate net worth
Our estimates are based on public reporting, company valuations, and deal and earnings figures all compiled in an internal valuation model. They are approximate, and figures change over time as new information emerges.
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Last updated: November 2026.
