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Fictional character from the Harry Potter universe

Fictional character

Remus John Lupin is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J.

K. Rowling. He first appears in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor.

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Lupin remains in the story following his resignation from this post, serving as a friend and ally of the central character, Harry Potter. In the films, he is portrayed by David Thewlis as an adult, and James Utechin as a teenager.^[1]

Fictional character biography

Lupin is a half-blood, born, according to the series, to wizard Lyall Lupin and his Muggle wife Hope Howell^[2] on 10 March 1960.

He was bitten by the vicious werewolfFenrir Greyback when he was a small child, and became infected with lycanthropy; the condition being incurable, he was doomed to live his life as a werewolf. Lupin and his parents feared he would be unable to attend Hogwarts, but headma