Paul Bettany Paul Bettany Paul Bettany has revealed that he has not received a call about playing Lord Voldemort in HBO's Harry Potter series, but did not rule out being cast as He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Speaking to Screen Rant at the Saturn Awards on Sunday, Bettany said: "I haven't heard anything about that [playing Voldemort] .... I'm a big fan of the [Harry Potter] IP, and I'm a big fan of HBO, but nobody has called me up about that.