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Fan Casting Josh O'Connor as Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them [2026]

nathanbates made this fan casting suggestion on September 12, 2024. What do you think? See below to cast your vote, or click here to see all fan casting suggestions for this role.

Josh O'Connor as Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them [2026]

Josh O'ConnorUnited Kingdom

34 years old
Joshua O'Connor (born May 20, 1990) is a British actor. After training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, he had supporting roles in television series such as Doctor Who in 2013 and Peaky Blind...
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them [2026]

Wizard Steve Irwin
by J. K. Rowling
Magizoologist Newt Scamander’s magical beasts are inadvertently let loose in 1926 New York, where the wizarding community is threatened by exposure to No-Majs bent on eradicating them.
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Josh O'Connor is known for his roles in Cinderella, Florence Foster Jenkins, and The Riot Club. He has been suggested by fans for 573 roles on myCast, including New Actors in “Directed by Christopher Nolan”. Similar actors include Nicholas Hoult, Bill Skarsgård, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Josh O'Connor was suggested to play Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them [2026] by nathanbates. Other actors sugggested to play this role include Timothée Chalamet, Tom Holland, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them [2026] has 13 roles, including Gellert Grindelwald, Tina Goldstein, and Albus Dumbledore [cameo].

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