Severus Snape — Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Character Profile

About Severus Snape

Complex Potions professor, double agent with hidden loyalty to Dumbledore.

Severus Snape — Character Profile

Alignment

Anti-hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Occlumency, Legilimency, Potions mastery, Dark arts, Double agent tactics

• Strength: 7/10
• Intelligence: 9.5/10
• Charisma: 5/10
• Morality: 7.5/10
• 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) — character page
• 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)
• 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 Goblet of Fire (2005)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (5)

• Severus Snape — related — Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes)
• Severus Snape — Power Former Follower — Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes)

  The film presents Snape's alleged past association with Voldemort as a disputed matter.

  Igor Karkaroff names Severus Snape among those who served Voldemort, while the headmaster vouches for Snape.

• Severus Snape — Conflict Accuser — Igor Karkaroff (Predrag Bjelac)

  Karkaroff publicly links Snape to Voldemort's former circle.

  During questioning, Karkaroff names Severus Snape when asked to identify people who served Voldemort.

• Severus Snape — Professional Student And Professor — Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe)

  Their tense school relationship is complicated by Snape's protective intervention.

  The Pensieve scene identifies Snape as a Hogwarts professor, and Snape later helps subdue the impostor who threatens Harry.

• Severus Snape — Professional Colleague — Minerva McGonagall (Maggie Smith)

  They cooperate as Hogwarts staff members during the final confrontation.

  Snape and McGonagall jointly help subdue the impostor in the Hogwarts office.

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• Cedric Diggory (Robert Pattinson)
• Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody (Brendan Gleeson)
• Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon)
• Barty Crouch Junior (David Tennant)
• Rubeus Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane)
• Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes)
• Igor Karkaroff (Predrag Bjelac)
• Argus Filch (David Bradley)
• Rita Skeeter (Miranda Richardson)