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Sep 22, 2015 · Bellatrix Lestrange. Sadistic, tempestuous and fiercely loyal to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, Bellatrix thought nothing of murdering her own family when they stood in her way. Responsible for the deaths of Sirius Black and Dobby the house-elf, as well as the torture of Alice and Frank Longbottom, Lestrange met a gratifyingly sticky end at the ...
Sep 1, 2024 · Plausible, sometimes outrageous fan theories about the baddies of the wizarding world. Over 500 fans have voted on the 15 Most Evil 'Harry Potter' Villains, Ranked. Current Top 3: Dolores Umbridge, Bellatrix Lestrange, Voldemort.
- 10 Draco Malfoy
- 9 Vernon, Petunia, and Dudley Dursley
- 8 Gilderoy Lockhart
- 7 Lucius Malfoy
- 6 Quirinus Quirrell
- 5 Peter Pettigrew
- 4 Barty Crouch Jr.
- 3 Bellatrix Lestrange
- 2 Dolores Umbridge
- 1 Lord Voldemort
Played by Tom Felton
Draco Malfoy was more of an obnoxious and petty brat than a genuine threat to Harry. Their dynamic was not the best largely because they were children encouraged to fight each other by almost every adult around them; even the Hogwarts House systemprompted them to compete, with one being a courageous Gryffindor and the other a resourceful Slytherin. However, Draco proves himself far from an evil person as time passes. He reluctantly becomes a Death Eater but is incapable of inflicting any real...
Played by Richard Griffiths, Fiona Shaw, and Harry Melling
Harry's first major obstacle is growing up with the Dursleys. Aggressively conventional and desperate to fit in, the family loathes anything that steps out of the ordinary. They mistreat Harry, taking advantage of him and forcing him to act like a house cleaner while abusing him psychologically. Still, the Dursleys are far from the worst. They are mean-spirited and abusive, but they care about Harry, albeit in a weird and highly unconventional way. Petunia demonstrates something close to conc...
Played by Kenneth Branagh
Oscar-winner Kenneth Branagh stepped into the flamboyant shoes of Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Lockhart is Hogwarts' new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, a bumbling buffoon who is supposedly a bonafide hero and author of multiple monster-fighting books. However, Lockhart is nothing but a poser, stealing the tales of better witches and wizards and claiming them as his own. Lockhart makes for an entertaining secondary antagonist in the story, but he is sti...
Played by Jason Isaacs
The underrated but familiar TV and movie actor Jason Isaacs plays Lucius Malfoy in the Pottersaga. Lucius is Draco's father and a high-ranking, highly influential member of the wizarding community. Malfoy is far crueler and snobbish than his son, believing in blood purity and wizarding supremacy. Lucius is a genuinely dangerous presence in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; he even tries to kill Harry in the Hogwarts hallway, albeit only in the movie. However, he becomes more meek after...
Played by Ian Hart
Unlike Malfoy, Quirinus Quirrell is a true believer. He, too, is a cowardly man who Voldemort manipulates by exploiting his insecurities and power lust. Quirrell's spirit is so weak that Voldemort easily takes over, even convincing him to share his body, essentially living inside Quirrell throughout Harry's first year at Hogwarts. Still, what he lacks in strength, Quirrell makes up in allegiance and ruthlessness. He obeys Voldemort's orders without question, killing everyone who gets in his w...
Played by Timothy Spall
The Harry Potter series has a lot of foreshadowing, but hardly anyone anticipated the reveal that Ron's rat, Scabbers, was actually an animagus named Peter Pettigrew. Furthermore, his reveal as a former friend of Lily and James Potter, who eventually sold them out to Voldemort, was equally shocking. Pettigrew is among the series' vilest characters. A deeply opportunistic and embarrassingly cowardly man, Pettigrew always looks for someone stronger to defend him. Like Malfoy, he is with Voldemo...
Played by David Tennant
David Tennant might be best known for Doctor Who, but the beloved British actor also tried his hand in the Potteruniverse. Tennant played Barty Crouch Jr. in the fourth film, leaving a strong impression on fans. The film does a poor job explaining Crouch Jr.'s plans compared to the book, but Tennant remains a fascinating presence. Crouch Jr. is among Voldemort's staunchest supporters, with blind and complete loyalty towards him. He spends years waiting for Voldemort's return and acts without...
Played by Helena Bonham Carter
Played by two-time Oscar nominee Helena Bonham Carter, the complex Bellatrix Lestrange is among the series' most chilling characters. Like Crouch Jr., Bellatrix is wholly committed to Voldemort, to the point of devotion. There are several hints that she might actually be in love with him, making her character all the more disturbing. A pure sadist, Lestrange loves to kill and torture, taking pleasure in her wicked actions and harboring a genuine, consuming hatred for those she deems inferior....
Played by Imelda Staunton
Contrary to popular belief, Voldemort isn't the Potter saga's best villain. Instead, that honor goes to the odious Dolores Umbridge, the main antagonist in the fifth film. Played to perfection by the mighty Imelda Staunton, Umbridge is someone whose awful behavior makes her uncomfortably similar to many real-life figures fans could easily meet at school or work while still being a character with zero redeeming qualities who exists solely to provoke the audience's hatred. And yet, Umbridge is...
Played by Ralph Fiennes
Lord Voldemort is the scariest villain in Harry Potter, if only because he is the series' overreaching villain who successfully evades death more than once. Voldemort is self-hatred embodied, gloating about blood purity while being a half-blood himself and desperately trying to ascend within the wizarding world's ranks to make up for his lack of birth status. Voldemort's evil is precise and relentless. He kills indiscriminately, holding no affection for anything or anyone but himself. He is t...
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- The Dementors. These robed, evil beings couldn't Avada Kedavra you, even if they wanted to. What they can do is probably even worse, though: they can take your very soul.
- Voldemort. To some, he was known as He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. To others with more evil inclinations, he was the exalted Dark Lord. Across the Wizarding World, Voldemort's magical prowess and penchant for evil were so feared by most witches and wizards that they spoke of him only in whispers, even when he was long-assumed to be dead.
- Bellatrix Lestrange. Bellatrix Lestrange murdered Sirius Black. She tortured Hermione -- and countless other characters, including Neville's parents -- for fun.
- Dolores Umbridge. At first, this simpering, stringent Ministry of Magic official and Defense Against the Dark Arts instructor was just annoying. In the end, she turned out to be one of the scariest foes that Harry Potter ever faced.
- Voldemort. Just as Harry Potter is now counted among popular culture's best "chosen one" heroes alongside the likes of Luke Skywalker and Frodo Baggins, Voldemort will forever be mentioned along with pop culture's most notorious villains.
- Gellert Grindelwald. The "Harry Potter" saga has been seen as an allegory about the fight against injustice since it hit bookshelves back in 1997. Many fans have picked up on what seem like clear parallels between the rise of bigotry-based authoritarianism in our own world history (particularly, the events of World War II and the Holocaust) and in the Wizarding World.
- Bellatrix Lestrange. "Harry Potter" fans are told of the evil exploits of two dark, magical, would-be dictators throughout the books, movies, and plays that cover the story in its entirety.
- Peter Pettigrew. Audiences first meet Ron's pet rat Scabbers in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." But then "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" contains the surprise revelation that the scraggly rodent who's prone to biting his master is none other than Peter Pettigrew, the one-time member of the Marauders (along with James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Sirius Black).
Sep 28, 2015 · Aragog. Aragog is an enormous spider: strike one. He got Hagrid expelled from Hogwarts: strike two. Then he tried to feed Harry and Ron to his children. Strike three — he's out — I'm gonna go ...
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Nov 28, 2021 · 11. Severus Snape. Image Via Warner Bros. Pictures. Although he was not the traitor and Death Eater his shadiness hinted at, Snape was one of the best foes of Harry for a single reason. He hated ...
