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Harry Edward Melling (born 17 March 1989)[1] is an English actor, known for playing Dudley Dursley in five Harry Potter films, and for his role as Harry Beltik in The Queen's Gambit. His grandfather was actor Patrick Troughton.[2]

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Harry Melling
Melling at the 2018 Venice Film Festival
Born	Harry Edward Melling (1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 33)[1] London, England
Alma mater	London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present
Known for	Dudley Dursley in Harry Potter
Relatives	Patrick Troughton (grandfather)[2]

Career

In his early career, Harry Melling performed in stage productions of The Provoked Wife, King John, Antigone, and Plenty. He appeared in five of the Harry Potter films as Harry Potter's spoiled cousin, Dudley Dursley. In 2009, he starred in a revival of Mother Courage and her Children at the Royal National Theatre. He appeared in "The Sorcerer's Shadow", an episode of the BBC television series Merlin, playing a young warlock named Gilli who intends to use magic to help him win Camelot's legendary tournament. He also played Robert Brown in the BBC television series Just William.

In October 2009, it was announced that Melling had lost so much weight since his last appearance in Harry Potter that he was now "unrecognisable". The role of Dudley was almost recast for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, but Melling was able to reprise the part by wearing a fat suit. He commented positively about the change, "I can now shed the child actor thing, like the fat, and start a new career, because no one sees me as Dudley."[3]

In 2014, Melling made his playwrighting debut at HighTide Festival with his one-man show Peddling.[4]

In 2018, Melling played alongside Liam Neeson in the Coen brothers' Western The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Of Melling's performance, New Yorker film critic Anthony Lane wrote:

[I] came away haunted by a scattering of sights and sounds--above all, by the recitations of the limbless man, which thrum with genuine yearning. He is beautifully played, with a little help from C.G.I., by Harry Melling, who was once the odious Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter films. Funny how people grow up.[5]

In 2020, Melling played Evangelical priest Roy Laferty in the Netflix thriller The Devil All The Time. That same year, he appeared in the Netflix series drama The Queen's Gambit in which he plays Harry Beltik, a friend and one of Beth's competitors in Kentucky.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Dudley Dursley
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
2016	The Lost City of Z	William Barclay
2017	The Current War	Benjamin Vale
2018	The Ballad of Buster Scruggs	Harrison	Segment: "Meal Ticket"
	The Keeper	Sergeant Smythe
2019	Waiting for the Barbarians	Garrison Soldier 4
2020	The Old Guard	Steven Merrick
	Say Your Prayers	Tim
	The Devil All the Time	Roy Laferty
2021	The Tragedy of Macbeth	Malcolm
2022	Please Baby Please	Arthur
	The Pale Blue Eye	Edgar Allan Poe	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Friends and Crocodiles	Young Oliver	Television film
2010	Merlin	Gilli	1 episode
2010	Just William	Robert Brown	4 episodes
2011	Garrow's Law	George Pinnock	3 episodes
2016	The Musketeers	Bastien	1 episode
2019	The War of the Worlds	Artilleryman	Miniseries, 2 episodes
2019	His Dark Materials	Sysselman	1 episode
2020	The Queen's Gambit	Harry Beltik	Miniseries, 4 episodes

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue
2009	Mother Courage and her Children	Swiss Cheese	Royal National Theatre
2010	Bedroom, Dens and Other Forms of Magic		Theatre503
2010	Women Beware Women	Young Ward	Royal National Theatre
2011	The School for Scandal	Sir Benjamin Backbite	Barbican Centre
2011	When Did You Last See My Mother?	Ian	Trafalgar Studios
2012	I Am a Camera	Christopher Isherwood	Southwark Playhouse
2013	Smack Family Robinson	Sean Robinson	Rose Theatre, Kingston
2013	The Hothouse	Lamb	Trafalgar Studios
2013	King Lear	Fool	Minerva Theatre, Chichester
2014	King Lear	Fool	Brooklyn Academy of Music
2014	peddling	Boy	HighTide Festival
2014	The Angry Brigade	Morris Commander Prophet Snitch Manager Jim	Theatre Royal, Plymouth Oxford Playhouse Warwick Arts Centre Watford Palace Theatre
2016	Hand to God	Jason /Tyrone	Vaudeville Theatre, London
2016	King Lear	Edgar	The Old Vic
2017	Jam	Kane	Finborough Theatre

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Dudley Dursley	Voice

References

External links

• Harry Melling at IMDb 
• Harry Melling at AllMovie
• Works by or about Harry Melling in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

На других языках

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[de] Harry Melling

Harry Edward Melling (* 13. März 1989 in London) ist ein britischer Schauspieler, der durch die Rolle des Dudley Dursley in mehreren Harry-Potter-Verfilmungen Bekanntheit erlangte.

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- [en] Harry Melling (actor)

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[es] Harry Melling

Harry Melling (Londres, 13 de marzo de 1989) es un actor británico, conocido por interpretar a Dudley Dursley en las películas de Harry Potter.

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[ru] Меллинг, Гарри

Га́рри Э́двард Ме́ллинг (англ. Harry Edward Melling, род. 13 марта 1989, Лондон)[2] — английский актёр, известный по роли Дадли Дурсля в серии фильмов о Гарри Поттере.

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