Harry Potter · Character

Quirinus Quirrell

Also known as Professor Quirrell, Quirrell

• Supporting
• First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 4

A pale young man with a thin and increasingly gaunt build, Quirrell has a nervous demeanor with one eye that twitches constantly. His face often displays terror or looks as if he is about to cry, and he is almost always seen wearing a large, absurd purple turban wrapped around his head that sometimes sits askew. Dressed in the dark flowing robes of a Hogwarts professor in 1990s Britain, he moves with a sprinting or hurrying step that emphasizes his anxious nature.