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‘Harry Potter’: Bertie Carvel To Play Cornelius Fudge In HBO Series


HBO's Harry Potter series has cast another key character. Bertie Carvel has been tapped to play Cornelius Fudge in the high-profile TV adaptation.

Tony and Olivier Award winner Bertie Carvel( The Crown, Dalgliesh) has been tapped to play Cornelius Fudge in the high-profile TV adaptation, Deadline has learned. He would be joining previously cast newcomers Dominic McLaughlin, Alastair Stout and Arabella Stanton who will play Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, respectively, as well as Paapa Essiedu as master Snape, John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall and Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid. He also is known for portraying Tony Blair on Netflix’s The Crown and playing the title role in Acorn TV and Channel 5’s series Dalgliesh.

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