History Characters / HarryPotterMinistryOfMagic

!!!'''Appears in''' ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]''

[[folder:Cornelius Oswald Fudge]]

-->'''Portrayed by:''' Robert Hardy
-->'''Voiced by:''' César Izaguirre (Latin American Spanish), Miguel Rosenberg (Brazilian Portuguese)
-->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets Chamber of Secrets]]'' | ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' | ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]'' | ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order of the Phoenix]]'' | ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince Half-Blood Prince]]''

[[folder:Professor Dolores Jane Umbridge]]

-->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ImeldaStaunton (films), Helena Lymbery (''Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild'', first West End run), TBD (''Cursed Child'', first Broadway run)
-->'''Voiced by:''' Ruth Toscano (Latin American Spanish), Nair Amorim (Brazilian Portuguese)
-->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order of the Phoenix]]'' | ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince Half-Blood Prince]]'' | ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]'' | ''[[Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild Cursed Child]]''

[[folder:Bartemius "Barty" Crouch Senior]]

-->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/RogerLloydPack
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ArturoMercado (Latin American Spanish), Pietro Mário (Brazilian Portuguese dub)
-->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]''

-->'''Portrayed by:''' Jeff Rawle (films), Barry [=McCarthy=] (''Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild'', first West End run)
-->'''Voiced by:''' Ismael Castro (Latin American Spanish), José Sant'Anna (Brazilian Portuguese)
-->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]'' | ''[[Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild Cursed Child]]''

[[folder:Ludovic "Ludo" Bagman]]

-->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]'' | ''[[Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild Cursed Child]]''

-->''Portrayed by'': Benjamin Stone (''VideoGame/HarryPotterQuidditchWorldCup''), Unknown (''Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild'', first West End and Broadway runs)

-->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/BillNighy
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GeorgesClaisse (European French), Sebastián Llapur (Latin American Spanish), Carlos Gesteira (Brazilian Portuguese)
-->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince Half-Blood Prince]]'' (book only) | ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]''

-->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GuyHenry
-->'''Voiced by:''' Armando Coria (Latin American Spanish), Dário de Castro (Brazilian Portuguese)
-->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]''

-->'''Portrayed by:''' Richard Leaf

-->'''Portrayed by:''' David O'Hara
-->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]''

[[folder:Reginald "Reg" Cattermole]]

-->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/SteffanRhodri
-->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]''

-->'''Voiced by''' Jessica Hynes, Creator/ElsaCovian (Latin American Spanish), Priscila Amorim (Brazilian Portuguese)
-->'''Portrayed by''': Sophie Thompson
-->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets Chamber of Secrets]]'' | ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order of the Phoenix]]'' | ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]''

-->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]''

-->'''Portrayed by:''' Sian Thomas
-->'''Voiced by:''' Yolanda Vidal (Latin American Spanish), Creator/VeroniqueAugereau (European French)
-->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order of the Phoenix]]''

-->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order of the Phoenix]]''

-->'''Appears in''' ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]''

--> '''Appears in''': ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix The Order of the Phoenix]]'', ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows The Deathly Hallows]]''

-->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince Half-Blood Prince]]''

* PunchClockVillain: She's just doing her job by sending Harry warnings about the use of magic outside of school. Whether or not she's actively malicious is unknown.

* {{Jerkass}}: Fudge is a very unpleasant person once his apparently friendly demeanour slips. Beyond his FantasticRacism, penchant for corruption and loving his power way too much he instigates a yearlong smear campaign against a ''fifteen-year-old boy'' out of a paranoid fear that his comfy, complacent job would become a lot harder with Voldemort's return. By ''Half-Blood Prince'', the shock of having the entire wizarding world scream for his resignation seems to have made him realize what a jerk he's been, but it's too late.

** He tears into Amos Diggory for accusing Harry Potter of summoning the Dark Mark [[{Hypocrite}(despite having begun that same scene by much more aggressively accusing Harry of doing so himself)]]. As he points out, Voldemort killed Harry's parents, and the Dark Mark is a living reminder of that. Then Amos accuses Winky, and Crouch Sr. points out that Amos is accusing him by proxy, when Crouch's words and deeds show his fervent hatred of the Dark Arts and Death Eaters.

** He tears into Amos Diggory for accusing Harry Potter of summoning the Dark Mark. As he points out, Voldemort killed Harry's parents, and the Dark Mark is a living reminder of that. Then Amos accuses Winky, and Crouch Sr. points out that Amos is accusing him by proxy, when Crouch's words and deeds show his fervent hatred of the Dark Arts and Death Eaters.

* HateSink: After initially being presented as something of a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, by the end of Book 4 and throughout Book 5, Fudge shows his true colours: that of a corrupt, cowardly, greedy, xenophobic moron who puts the entire world in danger by ignoring Voldemort's return. To do this, he launches a smear campaign against Harry and Dumbledore ([[UngratefulBastard despite the latter always gave him helpful advice during his years in office]]) and puts the former through a KangarooCourt where he acts incredibly smug and refuses to let Harry state his case. He also puts too much importance on so-called blood purity, having held back Arthur Weasley to low-paying positions within the Ministry because of Arthur's like of and fascination toward Muggles, considering Arthur to lack proper wizarding pride, while continuing to associate with Lucius Malfoy, a former Death Eater. [[EntitledBastard Eventually when the truth about Voldemort's return is revealed, he wants Harry to help him despite everything he did]], leaving Harry and Dumbledore disgusted.