- "It can be a bit irritating when someone asks me how the new film's coming along when I haven't worked on Harry Potter for two years. Generally speaking, I have no problem with it. Most actors go through their careers without ever being involved in something so spectacular, so I think it would be a bit ignorant of me to object to being associated with it. Harry Potter is an amazing thing. I'm not just being diplomatic here either. I'm still reminded regularly of what a unique experience it was."
- — Sean Biggerstaff[1]
Sean Biggerstaff (b. 15 March, 1983) portrayed Gryffindor Quidditch team Captain Oliver Wood in the film adaptions of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. His character was cut from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban due to time constraints. Biggerstaff will reprise his role in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II.
Sean Biggerstaff as Oliver Wood.
Early Life
Biggerstaff was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He joined a local drama group and he acted as "Augustus Gloop" in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". After that, for six years, he joined the Scottish Youth Theatre. It was there he got his big break when Alan Rickman asked him be Tom in The Winter Guest (1997). He is best known for his role in the first two Harry Potter movies.
Success
Biggerstaff was nominated and won Best Actor- Television in the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in Scotland (BAFTA Scotland) on November 18, 2007 for his role in the BBC4 TV Movie Consenting Adults.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2011 2010 |
Oliver Wood Unknown |
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| 2009 | Garrow's Law (TV series) | Tom | 1 episode Episode #1.3 |
| X on a Map | Paul | Short film | |
| Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Bobby Attfield | TV movie | |
| 2008 | The Skull of Sobek | Voice of Snabb | BBC "Doctor Who" Audio Drama |
| 2007 | Consenting Adults | Jeremy Wolfenden | BBC4 Television Drama |
| 2006 | Cashback | Ben Willis | Feature Film |
| 2005 | The Girl with Red Hair | Matt | Theatre |
| 2004 | Cashback | Ben Willis | Short Film |
| 2003 | Charles II: The Power and the Passion | Henry, Duke of Gloucester | TV mini-series |
| Shada | Voice of Chris Parson | BBC Animated "Doctor Who" Webcast | |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Oliver Wood | |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | ||
| 1997 | The Winter Guest | Tom | |
| MacBeth | Son of MacDuff | Tron Theatre, Glasgow | |
| 1996 | The Crow Road (TV series) | Young Darren | 1 episode Prentice |
| 1990 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Augustus Gloop | Maryhill Youth Theatre |
| MacBeth | Scottish Youth Theatre | ||
| Sleeping Beauty | |||
| Peter Pan Man | |||
| Much Ado About Nothing | |||
| Hamlet | |||
| Two Weeks with the Queen | |||
| Beauty and the Beast |
