Highlights
- Most baby actors in Hollywood movies require multiple infants to play the role, like in The Hangover and Harry Potter.
- The Saunders triplets played baby Harry Potter in the first film but remained unnamed and unknown after their roles.
- Toby Papworth played a fussy Harry in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and still receives money for his appearances at Harry Potter events.
Most of the time, when Hollywood needs to cast the role of a baby in a movie or TV show, the part requires multiple infants. This was true of the movie The Hangover, which used a few different Baby Carlos actors. A set of twins enjoyed most of the limelight in that film.
Of course, twins like Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen made millions off of a shared role on Full House. But not every baby goes down in history for making a killing on movie scenes that they only drooled and spit up in.
In fact, some of the tots who portrayed a baby Harry Potter have remained unnamed and unknown, even all these years later.
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Updated December 2023: Neither the Saunders triplets nor Toby Papworth went on to work in the entertainment industry after their stint on their respective ‘Harry Potter’ movies. Instead, the Saunders triplets decided to live a low-profile life and their names have not been divulged to this day. Papworth’s mother created a Facebook page for him at the time that he appeared in ‘Harry Potter’. She still maintains the page and updates it occasionally, showing that Papworth is a teen living his life post-‘Harry Potter’ days.
Who Are The Saunders Triplets?
The Saunders Triplets Played Harry Potter In Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone
- Names of the Saunders triplets, two brothers and a sister, have not been revealed
Though Harry was already a tween by the time the franchise began, the flashback scenes posed a unique challenge for producers. They had to pick a baby who looked enough like Harry to be convincing, but the age had to be pretty close, too. Of course, the fact that the baby really only had to cry or sleep for their scenes made casting a bit easier.
But for the first film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, a set of three babies played Harry’s role. The Saunders triplets were cast in the role of infant Harry. The scenes were a bit uneventful. But it’s understandable that producers would need a few options for babies, depending on which one was fussy, hungry, or wet at any given moment.
The Saunders triplets could also be seen in archival footage of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. However, this is the extent of their work on the Harry Potter franchise.
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Beyond their credited work in the first Harry Potter film, no one has heard from the Saunders triplets. The first names of the baby boys and baby girl were never noted in the film’s credits, according to Distractify, and their IMDb page doesn’t include any other details. The trio never decided to go into the entertainment industry, living a low-profile life instead.
Toby Papworth – Now 13 Years Old
Toby Papworth Played Harry Potter In Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Papworth stopped acting after appearing in Harry Potter
As for the baby who played Harry in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, that child had a name and a credit in the film.
Toby Papworth was the baby who played a fussy Harry who’d just been through a traumatic event. And while the Saunders triplets’ parents didn’t seem to want recognition for them, Toby’s family even created a Facebook page to promote their son’s acting chops.
The Facebook page is still updated today by Papworth’s mother. While Papworth never went on to do any other acting work, he is asked to attend Harry Potter events in the UK to this day. As such, while Papworth is not acting, he is still receiving money for his short stint in Harry Potter as a result of his appearances.
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The young actor was born in 2009. Papworth is now 13 years old and has two younger siblings.
While either he or his mother decided that it was best for Papworth to not pursue an acting career as a child, he can still say that he grew to fame alongside Daniel Radcliffe and the rest of the Harry Potter cast. Papworth may even come into contact with them from time to time at various Harry Potter conventions around the globe.
Source: IMDb
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