Severus Snape — Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Character Profile

Severus Snape — Character Profile

Alignment

Anti-hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Occlumency, Potions mastery, Dark arts, Legilimency, Dueling

• Strength: 7.5/10
• Intelligence: 9.5/10
• Charisma: 5/10
• Morality: 7/10
• Influence: 8/10

Affiliations

• Order of the Phoenix
• Death Eater
• Slytherin
• Hogwarts
• Harry Potter universe

Quick Facts about Severus Snape

Education

Hogwarts

Occupation

double agent, school teacher, spy

First Appearance

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Manner of Death

Homicide

Nationality

British

Severus Snape's Known Relations

• Tobias Snape — Father
• Eileen Prince — Mother
• Hogwarts — Employer
• Albus Dumbledore — Significant person
• Lily Potter — Significant person
• Order of the Phoenix — Member of
• Death Eater — Member of
• Slytherin — Member of
• Lord Voldemort — Enemy
• James Potter — Enemy

Severus Snape appears in 8 titles

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) — character page
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) — character page
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) — character page
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) — character page
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) — character page
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) — character page
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Alan Rickman

Appears in

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Severus Snape — Conflict Suspected Enemy — Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe)

  Harry's mistaken suspicion makes Snape appear to be the main threat for much of the film.

  Harry suspects Snape is trying to enter the third-floor corridor after seeing him apparently jinx Harry's broomstick and learning about his injury.

• Severus Snape — Professional Faculty Member — Albus Dumbledore (Richard Harris)

  Snape works within Dumbledore's school hierarchy and security effort.

  Snape serves as a Hogwarts Potions professor while Dumbledore is headmaster, and Snape investigates the threat to the Stone.

• Severus Snape — Professional Faculty Associate — Rubeus Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane)

  Their shared faculty environment links them to the Stone subplot.

  Both are Hogwarts staff members, and Hagrid's conversation about the three-headed dog gives Harry information connected to Snape's suspected investiga...

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• Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint)
• Hermione Granger (Emma Watson)
• Albus Dumbledore (Richard Harris)
• Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton)
• Rubeus Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane)
• Quirinus Quirrell (Ian Hart)
• Vernon Dursley (Richard Griffiths)
• Minerva McGonagall (Maggie Smith)
• Petunia Dursley (Fiona Shaw)
• Nearly Headless Nick (John Cleese)
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