---
name: "Harry Melling"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harry-melling"
fi1m_id: "harry-melling"
imdb_id: "nm0577982"
tmdb_id: 10982
wikidata_id: "Q329778"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 March 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-09-23T01:03:43.051713+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Harry Melling

## Identity

Harry Melling

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harry-melling
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harry-melling
- **IMDb ID:** nm0577982
- **TMDB ID:** 10982
- **Wikidata ID:** Q329778
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Melling, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329778, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0577982/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10982

Actor. Born 17 March 1989 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 March 1989, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Also known as:** Harry Edward Melling
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 71 (4), 2010s 76 (2), 2020s 74 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 72 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Adventure 5, Fantasy 5, Drama 3, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4,589m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Melling, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329778, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0577982/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10982

## Coming up

- *Butterfly Jam* (2026-10-07), as Marat

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Tragedy of Macbeth*](https://film.one/film/the-tragedy-of-macbeth.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Harry Edward Melling is an English actor. He was born on 17 March 1989 in London and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. His maternal grandfather was the actor Patrick Troughton.

Melling first came to prominence playing Dudley Dursley in five Harry Potter films between 2001 and 2010. He has appeared in films including *The Ballad of Buster Scruggs* (2018), *The Old Guard* (2020), *The Devil All the Time* (2020) and *The Tragedy of Macbeth* (2021), in which he played Malcolm. On television he portrayed Harry Beltik in the miniseries *The Queen's Gambit* (2020). He has also worked extensively in theatre, with early roles at the National Theatre and later appearances including in productions of *King Lear*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Task* (2025), Fi1m 67, as Brennan Boylan — [page](https://film.one/tv/task.md)
- *The Tragedy of Macbeth* (2021), Fi1m 80, as Malcolm — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tragedy-of-macbeth.md)
- *Wolf Hall* (2015), Fi1m 86, as Thomas Wriostheley — [page](https://film.one/tv/wolf-hall.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1* (2010), Fi1m 67, as Dudley Dursley — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-1.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* (2007), Fi1m 68, as Dudley Dursley — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* (2004), Fi1m 82, as Dudley Dursley — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (2002), Fi1m 65, as Dudley Dursley — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (2001), Fi1m 68, as Dudley Dursley — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Butterfly Jam* (2026), as Marat
- *Stuffed* (2026), as Bernie
- *Pillion* (2025), as Colin
- *Task* (2025), series, as Brennan Boylan — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/task.md)
- *Psychopomp* (2025), Actor
- *Harvest* (2025), as Master Kent
- *Shoshana* (2024), as Geoffrey Morton
- *The Pale Blue Eye* (2022), as Edgar Allan Poe
- *Please Baby Please* (2022), as Arthur
- *The Tragedy of Macbeth* (2021), as Malcolm — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-tragedy-of-macbeth.md)
- *Say Your Prayers* (2021), as Tim
- *The Queen's Gambit* (2020), series, as Harry Beltik — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-queens-gambit.md)
- *The Devil All the Time* (2020), as Roy Laferty
- *The Old Guard* (2020), as Merrick
- *The War of the Worlds* (2019), series, as Artilleryman
- *His Dark Materials* (2019), series, as Sysselman
- *Waiting for the Barbarians* (2019), as Garrison Soldier #4
- *The Keeper* (2018), as Sergeant Smythe
- *The Ballad of Buster Scruggs* (2018), as Artist (segment "Meal Ticket")
- *The Current War* (2018), as Benjamin Vale
- *The Lost City of Z* (2017), as William Barclay
- *Wolf Hall* (2015), series, as Thomas Wriostheley — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/wolf-hall.md)
- *Winds of Change* (2014), as Gus
- *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1* (2010), as Dudley Dursley — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-1.md)
- *Garrow's Law* (2009), series, as George Pinnock
- *Merlin* (2008), series, as Gilli
- *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* (2007), as Dudley Dursley — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix.md)
- *The Merchant of Venice* (2005), as Launcelot Gobbo
- *Friends & Crocodiles* (2005), as Young Oliver
- *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* (2004), as Dudley Dursley — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (2002), as Dudley Dursley — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (2001), as Dudley Dursley — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone.md)

## Gallery

- ![Harry Melling](https://film.one/media/person/376866/gallery-134774d018d2.jpg) Harry Melling — John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Harry_Melling_at_2025_Telluride_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Harry_Melling_at_2025_Telluride_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actor Harry Melling at 2025 Telluride Film Festival Patron's Brunch](https://film.one/media/person/376866/gallery-0fd283623a5d.jpg) Actor Harry Melling at 2025 Telluride Film Festival Patron's Brunch — John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Harry_Melling_at_2025_Telluride_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Harry_Melling_at_2025_Telluride_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Harry Melling](https://film.one/media/person/376866/gallery-d64f131e045a.jpg) Harry Melling — Image via TMDB
- ![Harry Melling](https://film.one/media/person/376866/gallery-eed01cb1abf8.jpg) Harry Melling — Image via TMDB
- ![Harry Melling](https://film.one/media/person/376866/gallery-1bcbeeecdfc0.jpg) Harry Melling — Image via TMDB
- ![Harry Melling](https://film.one/media/person/376866/gallery-e2d541822b83.jpg) Harry Melling — Image via TMDB

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