An Academy Award nominee for Best Actor in 1981 for "The Elephant Man," Hurt was known in the Potter series as a renowned ...

When Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) gets his first wand in "Sorcerer's Stone," Ollivander (John Hurt), the famous wandmaker, gives him a bit of wisdom and tells him that wands choose their wizards.

He passed away in 2016 at the age of 86. Actor Sir John Hurt brought the character of wandmaker Ollivander to life in the Harry Potter films. He died of pancreatic cancer in early 2017 ...

Grindelwald was able to trace the Elder Wand to wandmaker Mykew Gregorovitch, and sometime before the events of the Global Wizarding War, Grindelwald was able to steal the powerful wand from the ...

An Academy Award nominee for Best Actor in 1981 for "The Elephant Man," Hurt was known in the Potter series as a renowned wandmaker who owned Ollivanders in Diagon Alley. Troyer, who also starred ...

John Hurt John Hurt took on the supporting role of expert wandmaker Garrick Ollivander in the first and final two "Harry Potter" movies. In 2017, the actor died from pancreatic cancer at the age ...