Harry Potter: How Each Weasley is Supposed to Look

The Weasley family played a big role in the Harry Potter movies, but their appearances are slightly different than what is described in the books.

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As Draco Malfoy says, “Red hair, and a hand me down robe? You must be a Weasley.” But there’s more to the look of each Weasley family member than the red hair. Aside from Fred and George, each member is wholly unique.

While each cast member was either chosen for their red hair (Ruper Grint) or asked to dye their hair for the part (James and Oliver Phelps), red hair was the one constant on-screen when it came to the Weasley family. In the books, however, each of the nine Weasley’s had specific characteristics that didn’t translate to film.

8 Arthur

Arthur Weasley, the red-headed patriarch, was played with kindness and humor by actor Mark Williams. While Williams was a perfect choice for the personality of the Mr. Weasley fans grew to love on the page, he didn’t look exactly the same as he was described by author J.K. Rowling (though the art by Makani is much closer).

In fact, where Williams is compact, Arthur Weasley is described in the books as being tall and thin. Williams, of course, sports the red hair of Mr. Weasley but never gets around to wearing the glasses described in the Harry Potter books.

7 Molly

Molly Weasley, the matriarch and major force of nature, was played by Julie Walters in the Warner Brothers films. Walters comes closest to matching the description of the character she portrays from the books. Molly Weasley is described in the books as being plump, with red hair, and a kind face. (Helen Yastremska does a great job above).

She’s also rather short (especially in comparison to her husband). With that description, it’s hard to imagine anyone other than Walters as Molly Weasley.

6 Bill

Bill Weasley is the eldest of the seven Weasley children, though he doesn’t appear on screen until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I. When fans meet him on screen actor Domnhall Gleeson is already sporting the scars he received by facing Fenrir Greyback (a werewolf, who at the time wasn’t transformed).

While these scars are from the books, what the tall thin Bill (built like his father) is missing on screen is his ponytail and a fang earring (though not in UptheHill’s drawing). Bill has a bit more of a bad boy curse breaker look on the page than he does on screen.

5 Charlie

Charlie Weasley, alas, is the one Weasley not too have any significant screen time in the Harry Potter films. He appears in the Weasley family photo from Egypt in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, but that’s all.

In the books, however, Charlie shoes up beginning in book four, when he escorts the dragons to be used in the Triwizard Tournament to Hogwarts. Charlie takes after his mother and is on the shorter and stockier side. He is described as muscular, and sports quite a few burns from his work with dragons. He also has an immense amount of freckles. Osato-Kun even puts Charlie with one of the dragons he loves in his depiction above.

4 Percy

Percy is played on screen by Chris Rankin. Rankin sports the Weasley red hair, but never dons the horn-rimmed glasses Percy is described as wearing in the Harry Potter books. Percy is also described as taking after his father and Bill, being built on the long and lanky side.

He has quite a number of freckles as well, a detail that is missing on all the Weasley children when they appear on screen. AnniPotterhead doesn’t miss the freckles or glasses though.

3 Fred and George

Fred and George, while distinct characters in their own right (as all twins are) are still identical in terms of appearance, so they will be described together. On the page, Fred and George take after their mother, described as being on the shorter and stockier side. Gothgirl3249 certainly gets their freckles in her drawing.

They sport red hair and freckles just like the rest of their siblings. The casting of James and Oliver Phelps made it look, on screen, as if the Weasley twins took after their father in the books, as both James and Oliver were lanky and tall, as their brothers Bill, Percy, and Ron were described.

2 Ron

Ron, played by Rupert Grint, had his red hair but should have looked a bit more like the Phelps twins if he was going to mirror the description of Ron in the Harry Potter novels. Ron is, again like his father and so many of his brothers, supposed to be tall and lanky.

He’s supposed to have a distinctly long nose (which UptheHill includes in their interpretation) and be covered in freckles (so many freckles in fact some portraits at St. Mungos believe he suffers from Spattergroit. While Rupert is, in fact, a natural red-head, he was missing the freckles that Ron is known for on the page.

1 Ginny

Ginny Weasley, played by Bonnie Wright, was the youngest Weasley child, and the only girl in both her family and, apparently, for generations. He hair was supposed to be particularly red, “flaming” is how it’s described on the page. Her face is full of freckles, and she has brown eyes.

Obviously, a very smitten Harry notices all of these things. Again, Wright has the basic look down on-screen, but the missing freckles (though they are not missing in LaGelian’s picture) are once again a problem, as is the fact that Ron is not significantly taller than her, but it’s hard to make a perfect match when casting actors at such young ages to begin with. (Wright was only ten years old when she appeared in Sorcerer’s Stone).

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