Barty Crouch Jr Bartemius "Barty" Crouch, Junior was captured by the Ministry of Magic along with
Bellatrix, Rodolphus, and Rabastan Lestrange soon after the initial fall of Voldemort. His father,
Bartemius Crouch, who headed the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the time, sentenced him to life imprisonment in
Azkaban. However, Barty Crouch Jr. eventually escaped the prison with the help of his father, who placed him under house arrest via the
Imperius Curse. Barty Crouch Jr attended the 1994 Quidditch World Cup under an Invisibility Cloak. During the attack on the tournament by other Death Eaters, he overcame the influence of his father's Imperius Curse, stole Harry Potter's wand and cast the Dark Mark in the sky. He was not discovered, but was taken back home by his father and placed under the Imperius Curse again. Soon thereafter, he was freed from his house arrest by Lord Voldemort, who placed Crouch Sr under the Imperius Curse instead. Crouch Jr later subdued and imprisoned
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, a famous Auror, and used Polyjuice Potion to assume Moody's appearance and infiltrate Hogwarts as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. The revived Triwizard Tournament is held at Hogwarts, and Voldemort tasks Crouch Jr with ensuring Harry's victory. To do this, he puts Harry's name in the
Goblet of Fire, bewitches
Viktor Krum to attack
Cedric Diggory in the maze, and stuns
Fleur Delacour. When Harry and Cedric simultaneously touch the Triwizard Cup, which is a
Portkey, it transports them to the graveyard in Little Hangleton, home of the Riddle family. There, after killing Cedric, Death Eater
Peter Pettigrew uses Harry's blood in a ritual that returns Voldemort to a physical body and summon Lucius and the Death Eaters. Voldemort attempts to kill Harry, but with the help of the ghost-echoes of Voldemort's previous victims, Harry escapes via the Portkey with Cedric's body. When Harry reappears at Hogwarts, the still-disguised Crouch Jr hopes to succeed where his master failed and kill Harry; however, Dumbledore, Snape, and McGonagall foil his plot. Under the effects of
Veritaserum, he recounts his plan to them. Although he is closely guarded so he can later repeat his testimony, a
Dementor acting as bodyguard to Minister for Magic
Cornelius Fudge attacks Crouch and sucks out his soul before anyone can stop it. Crouch lives from then on in a
vegetative state, bereft of his memories or sense of self. He is played by
David Tennant in the film adaptation of
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Bellatrix Lestrange Bellatrix Lestrange is the aunt of Draco Malfoy and Nymphadora Tonks. She is introduced in
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. She is the most faithful member of Voldemort's inner circle. She is described as being highly attractive yet emaciated due to her time in Azkaban. Bellatrix is portrayed as paranoid, insane, sadistic, and fanatically devoted to Voldemort, seeing service to him as the noblest duty for any true wizard or witch. She is also known for the torture of
Neville's parents Draco Malfoy Draco Malfoy is the pure-blooded son of
Lucius and
Narcissa Malfoy. He was a notorious bully to Harry Potter and his friends throughout the series. Draco becomes a Death Eater in his sixth year at Hogwarts and is assigned to kill Dumbledore. However, he fails and Dumbledore is ultimately killed by Snape. Draco, like his family, is part of Slytherin house. Draco repaired a vanishing cabinet to let the Death Eaters in from the inside. In the
Cursed Child, Malfoy was married to
Astoria Greengrass, and has a child named Scorpius, one of the two main protagonists in the eighth
Harry Potter book, and best friends with Albus Severus Potter. He is portrayed by
Tom Felton in all of the films and by Tom Stephens in the
Cursed Child.
Lucius Malfoy Lucius Malfoy is the head of a wealthy
pure-blood wizarding family. He lives with his wife
Narcissa Malfoy and their son
Draco at
Malfoy Manor in Wiltshire. Lucius was a
school governor of Hogwarts before being sacked, and has very close connections at the
Ministry of Magic. He was educated at Hogwarts, where he was a prefect in Slytherin House. as Lucius Malfoy in
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets|left He first appears near the beginning of
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, when he plants
Tom Riddle's diary in
Ginny Weasley's cauldron while she is shopping for school supplies, which is part of a plot to open the
Chamber of Secrets and cause harm to
Muggle-born students. Lucius knows the diary is cleverly enchanted, but is not aware that it is a
horcrux containing a part of Voldemort's soul. He is careless with it and punished by Voldemort himself. Lucius intends to use the opening of the Chamber of Secrets by Ginny to discredit her father,
Arthur Weasley, and Dumbledore. Lucius' plans are ultimately thwarted with the help of the Malfoys'
house-elf Dobby, and Harry, but not before the Chamber is opened and Lucius uses the ensuing terror to influence the school's Board of Governors to discredit and dismiss Dumbledore as Headmaster. After the
basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets is killed, Dumbledore is reinstated as Headmaster. Lucius, whose part in the scheme to remove Dumbledore is exposed, is ultimately stripped of his title as a Hogwarts school governor. In
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Lucius and Draco spectates the Quidditch World Cup, whilst confronting Harry, Hermione, the Weasleys and
Cedric Diggory. When Voldemort rises again with Cedric Diggory's death and summons his
Death Eaters, Malfoy rejoins him and asserts that he had done everything he could to help his master, who however remains unimpressed. He watches Voldemort's duel with Harry but soon Harry escapes with Cedric's body away from Voldemort. Harry reports Malfoy's declarations to Minister Fudge, who refuses to believe him. During the climax of
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Malfoy is the leader of the
Death Eaters who are sent to retrieve the prophecy from
Harry in the Hall of Prophecy. Lucius tries several ways to get the prophecy from Harry without breaking it, but the boy and his friends manage to escape from the Hall. Malfoy finally meets him in the Death Chamber, where Harry is about to give it to Malfoy when the
Order of the Phoenix breaks into the Ministry and begins to duel with the Death Eaters. Lucius and another Death Eater duels Sirius Black and Harry and Lucius is knocked away by Sirius before Bellatrix casts the Killing Curse on Sirius. Dumbledore himself arrives at the end of the battle and Malfoy is captured and sent to Azkaban. By the final book, Voldemort has given Malfoy his freedom, but he has lost Voldemort's favour. Voldemort treats him with great contempt by hijacking his house for headquarters, and is forcing his son to do dark deeds against his nature. Voldemort borrows Lucius's wand, which is accidentally destroyed by Harry Potter. Later in the book, Lucius, along with his wife and sister-in-law, accidentally allow Harry and his friends to escape from Malfoy Manor. Voldemort punishes them severely, eventually putting them under house arrest. Despite his long-standing position as a Death Eater and Voldemort's advocate of pure-blood supremacy, Lucius decides his love for his family is more important than his involvement in the war. During the Battle of Hogwarts, he pleads with Voldemort to let him onto the battlefield so he can find his son. He is reunited with the rest of his family at the end of the book. Because Narcissa aided Harry in the
Forbidden Forest, the Malfoys all manage to avoid being sent to Azkaban after Voldemort's death. In the film series, Lucius is portrayed by
Jason Isaacs as an adult. Scenes with Tony Coburn as a teenage Lucius were recorded for
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, but were cut from the final movie. According to Isaacs, Lucius's desire to be in a position of supremacy and a "fear of the future he doesn't belong in" drive his actions; Isaacs described Lucius as "a repulsive creature [...] a racist [...] a eugenicist [...] a bully [...] a terrible father". When it came to Malfoy's fate, Isaacs surmised in an interview with
Syfy Wire that he believes Lucius would not feel like a member of wizarding society again after Voldemort's fall, as society would shun him. Isaacs also states that Lucius would become a shell of his former self, lose the respect of his wife and son, protect himself with his money, and drink himself into an early grave.
Peter Pettigrew Peter Pettigrew (aka
Wormtail) was a close friend of
Sirius Black,
James Potter, and
Remus Lupin. With Sirius and James' help, he became an
Animagus who could transform into a rat. After leaving Hogwarts, Pettigrew joined forces with Voldemort, and became his spy in the Order of the Phoenix. When the Potters knew that their son, Harry, was Voldemort's target, Sirius suggested to them to use Pettigrew as Secret-Keeper because he did not believe Voldemort would ever suspect Pettigrew. Pettigrew betrayed the secret to Voldemort, an act that led to James and Lily's deaths. Sirius sought revenge on his newly archenemy, Pettigrew, but during the confrontation, Pettigrew publicly accused Sirius of the Potters' deaths and murdered twelve Muggles before turning into a rat, thereby framing Sirius for the betrayal of the Potters, as well as for his own murder and that of the Muggles. Pettigrew hid during the next twelve years, masquerading as a rat. He eventually becoame
Ron Weasley's pet, named Scabbers. In
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Sirius confronts Pettigrew in the
Shrieking Shack, where Lupin and Black compel him to resume his human form. Pettigrew confesses his treachery, claiming to have committed it only to save his own life. With Sirius and Lupin about to take their revenge, Harry begs Sirius to turn Pettigrew over to the Ministry of Magic instead, to prove Sirius' innocence. Pettigrew escapes while being led out of the Shack when Lupin transforms into a werewolf. Harry's actions result in Pettigrew owing him a life debt. This would be the reason behind Pettigrew (fruitlessly) trying to convince Voldemort to use the blood of another wizard when Voldemort wanted to use Harry's blood to restore his corporeal form in the next book. Pettigrew returns to the service of Voldemort and helps him to return to a feeble baby's body. Pettigrew assists
Barty Crouch Jr in overpowering
Mad-Eye Moody, setting up the events in the fourth book,
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. In the climactic confrontation in that book, Pettigrew murders
Cedric Diggory on Voldemort's orders, and brews the complex potion to regenerate Voldemort, severing his hand as one of the ingredients. Upon his return to corporeal form, Voldemort replaces Pettigrew's missing hand with a silver one that possesses five intact fingers and great strength. In
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pettigrew is tasked with keeping watch over prisoners in the cellar of Malfoy Manor. While Harry and Ron are being kept there, Pettigrew checks on the prisoners and is attacked. Pettigrew begins strangling Harry with the silver hand, but when reminded by Harry that he once saved his life, Pettigrew hesitates for a moment. The silver hand turns against him and strangles him to death as punishment for his moment of pity. In the films, Pettigrew is portrayed by
Timothy Spall as an adult and by
Charles Hughes as a teenager. He appears in a
flashback in
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
Severus Snape Severus Snape is characterised as a person of considerable complexity, whose coldly sarcastic and controlled exterior conceals deep emotions and anguish. In the first novel of the series, Snape is a teacher who is hostile from the start toward
Harry and is built up to be the primary
antagonist until the final chapters. As the series progresses, Snape's portrayal evolves from that of a malicious and partisan teacher to that of a complex, pivotal character of moral ambiguity, whose true loyalties are not revealed until the end. Snape is, as revealed in
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, actually a spy in Voldemort's ranks for Dumbledore.
Alan Rickman plays Severus Snape in all eight movies.
Corban Yaxley Corban Yaxley is the brutal-faced Death Eater who is present in the battle in which Snape killed Dumbledore. He is portrayed by
Peter Mullan in the film adaptation of
Deathly Hallows. ==Cultural impact==