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Rowling confirms that the Malfoy actor isn't in Slytherin after all title: The 'Harry Potter' Actor Who Played Malfoy Is Seriously Bummed He Was Sorted Into Gryffindor image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95d95581a6972730/69877b03f887dc3196e89a27/tom-felton.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The _Harry Potter_ Actor Who Played Malfoy Is Seriously Bummed He Was Sorted Into Gryffindor  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jan 21, 2015 5:30 PM CUT  Tom Felton, right, as Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2 Tom Felton, right, as Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2Warner Bros.  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jan 21, 2015 5:30 PM CUT Maybe Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy can be friends after all. Tom Felton, the actor who played Harry’s rival Draco in the _Harry Potter_ films and embodied all that was evil about Slytherin, finally joined J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore website Wednesday. The site sorts users into one of the four Hogwarts houses, and Felton was disappointed by his results. > [](https://twitter.com/TomFelton/status/557932244514660353) **MORE:** [See How the Oscars Are Honoring Harry Potter ](http://time.com/3667986/harry-potter-oscars/ "undefined") _Harry Potter_ author J.K. Rowling replied to Felton’s tweet and confirmed that the Sorting Hat hadn’t made some terrible mistake: > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/557935694161907712) Does this mean that Daniel Radcliffe could actually be a Hufflepuff? Emma Watson a Ravenclaw? _Read next:_ [_Everything J.K. Rowling Revealed About Harry Potter in 2014_](http://time.com/3647520/harry-potter-jk-rowling-2014/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3676669/harry-potter-jk-rowling-malfoy-tom-felton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3676669/harry-potter-jk-rowling-malfoy-tom-felton/"},"headline":"The Harry Potter Actor Who Played Malfoy Is Seriously Bummed He Was Sorted Into Gryffindor","datePublished":"2015-01-21T17:30:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:09.445Z","description":"According J.K. 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