How to Train Your Dragon
Summary
The mould for the live - actionHow to Train Your Dragonmovie has been formed , but how does each doer look in comparison to their animated similitude ? The promulgation of alive - actionHow to aim Your Dragonmoviecame as more or less of a surprise to many . While Disney has tried its hand at replicating alive classics with real histrion , sets , and story , other studios have been reluctant to do so . That said , Dreamworks is following in Disney ’s footstep after the immense success of the manyHow to check Your Dragonmovies and TV shows .
In 2025 , thepowerful flying dragon ofHow to condition Your Dragonwill come to animation in a unique way , with returning theater director Dean DeBlois hopefully conquer the tone of what made the original trilogy so beloved . However , not only will the titular dragons come to animation , butHow to discipline Your Dragon ’s human lineament will too . While some actors reprise their part from the original photographic film , others are completely unexampled to the dealership , beg the question of how the hot - military action actors ofHow to Train Your Dragoncompare to their characters ' prior iteration .
How to Train Your DragonLive - Action Actors
How to Train Your DragonMovie Characters
Mason Thames
Hiccup
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Nico Parker
Astrid
Gerard Butler
How to Train Your Dragon, set on the Viking island of Berk, follows Hiccup, a young Viking who challenges tradition by befriending a Night Fury dragon named Toothless. Their bond reveals new insights about dragons and transforms Viking society’s understanding of these creatures.
Stoick the Vast
Nick Frost
Gobber
Julian Dennison
Fishlegs
Gabriel Howell
Snotlout
Bronwyn James
Ruffnut
Harry Trevaldwyn
Tuffnut
Gerard Butler will reprise his role of Stoic in the live - action How to Train Your Dragon movie , but which other voice actors could come after him ?
8Mason Thames as Hiccup
Date of Birth: July 10, 2007
player : Mason Thames will bring Hiccup to life , an up - and - coming American actor born in Dallas , Texas . Thames ' breakout theatrical role come in Scott Derrickson’sThe Black Phone , in which he played the lead eccentric Finney . This led to Thames ' casting inHow to cultivate Your Dragon , as well as other approaching film such asIncomingandMonster Summer . celebrated TV roles for Thames include Daniel Stevens in AppleTV+‘sFor All Mankindand young Walker in CW’sWalker .
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Character : Thames ' fictional character is the jumper lead of the film , Hiccup , direct over fromHow to trail Your Dragon ’s Jay Baruchel . hiccough is a scrawny , un - Viking - like son in the midst of a town of very Viking - corresponding Vikings . With this in mind , Thames ' casting is pretty much perfect . Thames ' young age mean he does not precisely have the stockiest of builds , meaning he fits Hiccup ’s smaller stature well . Similarly , Thames ' has tenacious , ginger - brownish hair , fitting with how Hiccup looked in the originalHow to check Your Dragontrilogy .
7Nico Parker as Astrid
Date of Birth: December 9, 2004
Actor : Nico Parker is the girl of manager Ol Parker and doer Thandiwe Newton , and was born in London , England . Parker ’s breakout role come in 2019’sDumbo , another live - action remake , aim by Tim Burton . Since then , Parker has appeared in several movies , includingReminiscenceandSuncoast , with 2025 seeing her genius inHow to Train Your DragonandBridget Jones : brainsick About the Boy . Another notable role for Parker was that of Sarah in HBO’sThe Last of Us .
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Character : Nico Parker will play Astrid inHow to develop Your Dragon ’s alive - action remake , an expert in dragon training and Hiccup ’s rival - reverse - love - interest . In term of ocular comparisons , Parker looks more different from Astrid ’s animated modeling than Thames does with Hiccup . Parker has obscure skin and hair than Astrid , who was shown in the original trilogy as a light-haired . Unfortunately , this has drawn deplorable criticisms of the movie based on skin tone , despite the first feel at Parker as Astrid being yet to be unfreeze . WithHow to Train Your Dragonhaving wrapped filming , hopefully , a glance of Parker as Astrid will be render presently .
6Gerard Butler as Stoick the Vast
Date of Birth: November 13, 1969
histrion : Gerard Butler is a Scotch actor , born in Paisley , Renfrewshire . Butler ’s small role in the 1990s saw him star in movies likeMrs . Brown , Tomorrow Never Dies , andTale of the Mummy . Despite appearing in some bigger moving picture in the other 2000s , Butler ’s breakout role came in Zack Snyder’s300.This saw Butler gain oecumenical realization , leading to roles in picture likeOlympus Has fall , Gods of Egypt , Geostorm , Greenland , Copshop , andPlane . Butler also voiced Stoick in the originalHow to Train Your Dragontrilogy , thus far the only role player to reprise his role in live - action .
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Character : Stoick the Vast is the top dog of Berk , as well as Hiccup ’s forefather . As mentioned , Stoick was fiddle by Gerard Butler in the original movies , entail the voice of the character will be identical between iteration . concern physical appearance , Stoick the Vast is much more , well , Brobdingnagian than Gerard Butler due to the overstated body types vitality can allow . That say , Butler can sure as shooting bulge up for the role , and will likely look near - identical to his animated counterpart thanks to costuming and makeup .
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5Nick Frost as Gobber
Date of Birth: March 28, 1972
role player : Nick Frost is a British player tolerate in Hornchurch , England . Frost has been a longtime actor in many British comedy projects , notably the sitcomSpaced . This show was acollaboration between Nick Frost and Simon Pegg , along with director Edgar Wright . This trio reunited for a trilogy of moving picture titled theThree Flavours Cornettotrilogy . Shaun of the Dead , Hot Fuzz , andThe World ’s Endcan be counted as Frost ’s breakout roles , more notably the former released in 2004 . Since then , Frost ’s life history has grown , leading to many other notable movie and TV show appearance .
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character reference : Gobber is Berk ’s blacksmith , Stoick ’s best admirer , and a mentor to Hiccup inHow to condition Your Dragon . The original trilogy portrays Gobber as a stout , one - footed , one - handed , heavy man with misshapen teeth and a long blonde beard . While Frost ’s inevitable phony loss of limbs will be managed via CGI or prosthetics , the residual of the look oppose quite well . Frost is a fairly declamatory build , rival the stout yet compact nature of Gobber well . While Frost is true gracious to look at than Gobber , the actor feel more like a perfect convulsion than looks like one .
4Julian Dennison as Fishlegs
Date of Birth: October 16, 2002
Actor : Julian Dennison is an thespian bear in Wellington , New Zealand . get down do in 2013,Dennison ’s various film and TV rolesbegan with picture show likeShoppingandPaper Planes . However , Dennison ’s breakout role came in 2016’sHunt for the Wilderpeople , which led to him being cast in bounteous Hollywood motion picture likeDeadpool 2 , The Christmas Chronicles 2,andGodzilla vs. Kong . Dennison ’s upcoming movies includeY2Kand the live - actionHow to prepare Your Dragon .
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lineament : In the originalHow to Train Your Dragon , Fishlegs is another of the children from Berk who school to fight dragons alongside Hiccup and Astrid . Fishlegs is somewhat of a sleep together - it - all worry dragon , having learn a wad about most species . Fishlegs , interchangeable to Gobber , is a bigger character though without the muscle long suit of Stoick . Dennison has a similar physical body , mean he will fit the ocular appearance . likewise , Dennison ’s theatrical role have shown him to be a quick speaker , able of rattling off the many facts and tidbits Fishlegs does inHow to Train Your Dragon .
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3Gabriel Howell as Snotlout
Date of Birth: Unknown
Actor : Gabriel Howell is a British actor , though admittedly not much is know about him . Howell is an up - and - coming worker , with minimal function in the mainstream traffic circle out of doors ofHow to check Your Dragon . Howell ’s other credits includeThe Fence , Bodies , and the upcoming BBC seriesNightsleeper .
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Character : Howell will run Snotlout in the live - actionHow to Train Your Dragonfilm . In the original , Snotlout is a bullish , more masculine tike of Berk . Snotlout often feigns self-assurance in everything he is doing to affect those around him , most notably Astrid , and serve as the primary bully of Hiccup betimes in the film . confessedly , Howell does not have the stout , compact anatomy of Snotlout from the invigorate movie , though reports indicate a change will be made that go through Snotlout become Hiccup ’s first cousin in the live - action movie , with Howell looking like to Thames in that way .
2Bronwyn James as Ruffnut
Date of Birth: 1994
doer : Bronwyn James is a British histrion who began work in the mid-2010s . James’breakout role came in the British full point dramaHarlots , leading to roles in video register likeCheatersandLockwood & Co. In terms of feature plastic film , James ' breakout theatrical role will likely come in 2024 ’s film adjustment ofWicked , before she appears in the live - actionHow to groom Your Dragonin 2025 .
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Character : Ruffnut is another of Berk ’s child warrior essay to become a frontline fighter by enrolling in dragon preparation alongside Hiccup , Astrid , and the others . Ruffnut , like her twin chum , is fabulously objectionable , loud , and annoying , and is often establish bickering with those around her , notably her brother . As a gifted role player , James will undoubtedly be capable to bring this annoying tone to Ruffnut even if she does not quite match the magniloquent , lank frame of Ruffnut from the originalHow to rail Your Dragontrilogy .
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1Harry Trevaldwyn as Tuffnut
Date of Birth: February 11, 1994
role player : Harry Trevaldwyn is a British actor born in Oxford , England . Trevaldwyn has more credits to his name than James or Howell before him , with his earlier work coming in Netflix’sThe KingandThe Bubblein 2019 and 2022 respectively . Since then , the actor ’s main employment have come in the realm of TV , with Trevaldwyn ’s breakout role arguably being the Prime Video comedyTen Percent . Trevaldwyn has also appeared in the BBC’sThe Outlaws , as well as two episode of theStar WarsTV show , The Acolyte .
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grapheme : The character Trevaldwyn will bring to life in theHow to trail Your Dragonlive - action remake is Tuffnut . Tuffnut is the duplicate brother of Ruffnut and has a similar personality in that he is loud , overbearing , and irritating to those around him . Tuffnut has a similar shape to Ruffnut in the original chassis , that being a magniloquent , more gangly - looking Viking than the stout specialty of Stoick or Snotlout . Trevaldwyn slightly matches this appearance , withThe Acolyteespecially highlighting his more gangling characteristic that should understand well to the live - actionHow to cultivate Your Dragon .
Cast
How to cultivate Your Dragon , coif on the Viking island of Berk , follow Hiccup , a young Viking who gainsay tradition by befriending a Night Fury dragon appoint Toothless . Their chemical bond bring out new perceptiveness about flying lizard and transforms Viking society ’s understanding of these creatures .
