Severus Snape — Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Character Profile

About Severus Snape

Complex Potions master and double agent with a tragic past.

Severus Snape — Character Profile

Alignment

Anti-hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Occlumency, Potions mastery, Dark arts, Legilimency, Espionage

• Strength: 7/10
• Intelligence: 9.5/10
• Charisma: 4/10
• Morality: 7.5/10
• Influence: 8.5/10

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) — character page
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
• 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 Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (1)

• Severus Snape — related — Rubeus Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane)

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