The live-action cast of the 2025 film "How to Train Your Dragon" includes:
- Mason Thames as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the main character and son of Stoick the Vast.
- Nico Parker as Astrid Hofferson, Hiccup's love interest and fellow Viking trainee.
- Gerard Butler reprising his role as Stoick the Vast, Hiccup's father and the village chief.
- Nick Frost as Gobber the Belch, the blacksmith and advisor.
- Gabriel Howell as Snotlout Jorgenson, a dragon-fighting student and Hiccup's rival.
- Julian Dennison as Fishlegs Ingerman, a dragon-fighting student obsessed with dragon knowledge.
- Bronwyn James as Ruffnut Thorston, one half of the twin dragon-fighting students.
- Harry Trevaldwyn as Tuffnut Thorston, the other twin.
- Peter Serafinowicz as Spitelout Jorgenson, Snotlout's father and Stoick's second-in-command.
- Ruth Codd as Phlegma the Fierce.
- Naomi Wirthner as Gothi, the village elder.
- Murray McArthur as Hoark.
- Andrea Ware as Burnheart.
- Anna Leong Brophy as Retcha.
- Marcus Onilude as Snorti.
- Pete Selwood as Drül.
- Daniel-John Williams as Fungi.
- Kate Kennedy as Flatula.
- Selina Jones as Loogi.
- Nick Cornwall as Hürl.
- Samuel Johnson as Skaldor (uncredited).
This live-action adaptation features new actors in most roles, with Gerard Butler returning from the original animated films to play Stoick the Vast. The film is directed by Dean DeBlois who also directed the original animations, and it had a successful release in 2025.
If more detailed information is wanted about specific actors or comparisons to the animated cast, that can be provided.
