Full name: Remus John Lupin (REE-mus LOO-pin)Role in the books: Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher in book three, old friend of James Potter's
Actor: David Thewlis
Age: 33-38
Born: 10th March 1960
Died: May 1998
Blood status: Half-Blood
Family: Unknown parents
Place of residence: Before and after Hogwarts: unknown; during book three: Hogwarts again as a teacher; after Hogwarts: unknown until book five when he was living in Grimmauld Place with Sirius, after which where he lived is again unknown
Occupation: Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher during book three; otherwise unknown, though very often unemployed due to his lycanthropy
Eyes: Unknown
Hair: light brown with premature grey
Other features of appearance: premature lines on his face and a hoarse voice, often looks ill and exhausted, and dresses shabbyily due to lack of work caused by his lycanthropy
Wand: Unknown
At Hogwarts: 1971-1978; Gryffindor; prefectKey personality traits: Mild-mannered, intelligent, kind, trusting, brave
First appearance in the story: This (compartment) only had one occupant, a man sitting fast asleep next to the window... The stranger was wearing an extremely shabby set of wizard's robes which looked ill and exhausted. Though he seemed quite young, his light brown hair was flecked with grey.
"Who'd you reckon he is?" Ron hissed...
"Professor R.J. Lupin," whispered Hermione at once. (PoA ch.5, pg.59)
Death: As Ginny and Hermione moved closer to the rest of the family, Harry had a clear view of the bodies lying next to Fred: Remus and Tonks, pale and still and peaceful-looking, apparently asleep beneath the dark, enchanted ceiling. (DH, ch.33, pg.531)
Key Life Moments: being bitten by Fenrir Greyback; being let in to Hogwarts despite his lycanthropy; meeting and becoming friends with James, Sirius and Peter; his friends finding out about his condition and becoming animagi so that they could keep him company; almost being used by Sirius as a way of getting revenge on Snape; joining the Order of the Phoenix; being suspected to be the spy in the Order; losing his best friends; being hired as Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher; meeting Harry; teaching Harry how to fight dementors; finding out that Sirius is innocent and that Peter is alive and guilty; having to quit his job because of the revelation that he is a werewolf; re-joining the Order; meeting Tonks; losing Sirius again when he was killed; marrying Tonks; nearly running out on Tonks after she got pregnant; the birth of Teddy; fighting and being killed in the Battle of Hogwarts