Dominic McLaughlin

Some Lesser Known Facts About Dominic McLaughlin

• Dominic McLaughlin is a rising Scottish actor who was born and raised in Scotland.

• In 2000, Dominic began his career at the Performance Academy Scotland, where he has been studying for the last five years. The school shared a statement following the news of his casting,

“We are not sure this will ever feel real but we said from the start that Dominic was the perfect Harry and we are thrilled for everyone else to see this soon, too.”

• He has also performed in a production of Macbeth at the Royal Highland Centre, Scotland, with renowned British actress and narrator Indira Varma and English actor, film producer, and director Ralph Fiennes.

• Dominic McLaughlin has been cast in the upcoming comedy film Grow (2025) in which he will star alongside Nick Frost and Golda Rosheuvel.

• He has been cast in the BBC TV adaptation of Marilyn Kaye’s (an American children’s writer) novel, Gifted.

• In May 2025, he was cast as Harry Potter in a new Harry Potter television series to be broadcast on HBO.

• Dominic McLaughlin co-stars in the Harry Potter series in the lead role, include Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley.

• In an interview, casting directors Lucy Bevan and Emily Brockmann, who are working on the Harry Potter television series, revealed that more than 32,000 young actors from Ireland and the UK auditioned for the lead roles of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley.

  

• Dominic enjoys playing musical instruments.

• He also enjoys dancing and singing.