Harry Melling

Biography

Harry Edward Melling (born 17 March 1989) 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.

Harry Melling was born on 17 March 1989 in London, England. He studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

In his early career, 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.

He was first cast in the role at age 10, in 1999, and would play the character until 2010 and his appearance in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.

In 2014, Melling made his playwright debut at HighTide Festival with his one-man show Peddling.

In 2020, Melling played evangelical preacher 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 chess player, friend, and one of Beth's competitors in Kentucky.

Melling appeared in a Coen brothers film for a second time when he performed the role of Malcolm, the elder son of the Scottish King in the 2021 film, The Tragedy of Macbeth.

In 2022, he had a starring role as a young Edgar Allan Poe in the film The Pale Blue Eye.