Harry potter

Harry James Potter is a fictional character and the main protagonist of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter fantasy series of books.

The novels concern events at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where Harry's best friends are Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. His most intriguing physical characteristic is his lightning bolt-shaped scar on his forehead, which he gained when the Dark wizard Lord Voldemort attempted to murder Harry as a baby with Avada Kedavra, the Killing Curse. Voldemort also killed Harry's parents and destroyed their home in the village of Godric's Hollow on 31 October, 1981. Harry is famous throughout the wizarding world for being the only known person to have survived the Killing Curse and, in doing so, brought about Lord Voldemort's downfall.

In the novels, Harry, the only child of James and Lily Potter, is often told that he resembles his father, with similar perpetually untidy jet-black hair. He later discovers, however, that he is more like his mother in personality and character. He has also inherited his mother's bright green eyes. Harry is described as being small and skinny for his age in the first few novels, but by the fifth he is described as tall. He also has a thin face and a rather quiet voice, except when he's angry. His appearance is often characterised by his round glasses.

In 2002, Harry Potter was voted No. 85 among the "100 Best Fictional Characters" by Book magazine^[2] and also voted the 35th "Worst Briton" in Channel 4's "100 Worst Britons We Love to Hate" program.

Harry shares his birthday, July 31, with author J. K. Rowling. The books generally avoid giving exact dates for events, but it has been gathered that Harry was born in 1980 because that was given as the birth year of Harry's classmate, Draco Malfoy, as part of the Black family tree, written by Rowling for a charity auction. For a detailed discussion of dates within the series see Dates in Harry Potter.

In the Harry Potter film adaptations, Harry has been portrayed by British actor Daniel Radcliffe.