Popsugar Entertainment Netflix Yes, The Old Guard's Villain Merrick Is Dudley Dursley The Old Guard's Villain Is a Familiar Face: Dudley Freakin' Dursley! 13 July 2020 by Amanda Prahl Image Source: Everett Collection If you're watching the new Netflix movie The Old Guard, you might notice that the film's villain looks familiar. We'll save you the trouble of looking him up: yep, that's Dudley Dursley, aka actor Harry Melling, who plays the villainous pharma-bro Steven Merrick! Fans are delighted to recognise the actor, who looks pretty different from his days as Harry Potter's petulant, spoiled cousin. After the Potter films ended in 2011, Melling disappeared from the spotlight for a little while. Aside from a few television roles, he stayed largely off-screen, turning instead to the stage, where he performed in twelve plays between 2011 and 2017, mostly here in the UK. His credits during that time include three separate productions of King Lear, the lead (dual) role in the comedy Hand to God, and more. Melling returned to the big screen in 2016's The Lost City of Z, then again in the 2018 quirky Western film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Since then, he's been steadily working with a couple of films each year. Right now, he's got another movie scheduled to debut in 2020 — the war thriller The Devil All the Time — and is slated to play Malcolm in The Tragedy of Macbeth, Joel Coen's adaptation of the Shakespeare play. For now, though, keep reading to see what fans had to say about seeing Dudley all grown up and villainous as ever! One of the best things about watching The Old Guard is staring at this character non stop because he looks so familiar and then realizing it’s DUDLEY DURSLEY pic.twitter.com/Q8v0wMW7Vd— Jessica Seaborn (@Jessica_Seaborn) July 12, 2020 1 / 20 All of you raving about The Old Guard and NO ONE mentioned that Dudley Dursley is the bad guy???— Kim Zoot Holmes (@misszoot) July 12, 2020 2 / 20 When you realise that the Pharma-bro CEO from 'The Old Guard' is Dudley Dursley...— kathrynlinge (@kathrynlinge) July 11, 2020 3 / 20 My big thought watching The Old Guard: not surprising Dudley Dursley grew up to be a major shit.— Rachel (@hurryuprachel) July 12, 2020 4 / 20 baffled by all of the people belatedly tweeting that they "just realized" Dudley Dursley was in The Old Guard like his voice is the same! I knew instantly upon viewing the trailer!— Emma Theriault 🌹🕰🕯 (@eltheriault) July 12, 2020 5 / 20 Dudley freakin Dursley is in The Old Guard and i just screamed @netflix— Merk (@MerkJaymes) July 12, 2020 6 / 20 I’m watching The Old Guard and this mf Dudley from Harry Potter is in it? How much y’all wanna bet he’s the bad guy lmao— Whitney (@__WXMD) July 11, 2020 7 / 20 The Old Guard is good, but I do feel like they should share their medical secrets with someone other than Dudley.— Tim X. Price (@timxprice) July 12, 2020 8 / 20 NOBODY TOLD ME DUDLEY DURSLEY WAS IN THE OLD GUARD— ; (@afrizox) July 12, 2020 9 / 20 the old guard s1e1 sometime in the 1st 10 mins: where do I know this guy from?little later in the same ep: no really he's so familiar who is heeven later but still in the 1st ep: mother of pearl snap I WILL FIGURE THIS OUTduring a scene he's not even in: OMG DUDLEY DURSLEY— 📚bi.bliophile📚 (@greyskyemorning) July 11, 2020 10 / 20 I’m watching The Old Guard and I swear on my life the bad guy is Dudley from Harry Potter. He looks different but I know those empty eyes anywhere— Ayana ♔ (@AyanaMonique) July 11, 2020 11 / 20 Just realized the pharma bro in THE OLD GUARD is Dudley Dursley. pic.twitter.com/pPWgd4Ohbs— Jenelle Riley (@jenelleriley) July 12, 2020 12 / 20 Is this dudley dursley i spy in the old guard?? pic.twitter.com/eXpX6cm9eh— danii (@dxniikirk) July 12, 2020 13 / 20 Watching The Old Guard and I keep losing it that it’s Dudley Dursley playing the pharma dude.— Elspeth (@PrinceEldymion) July 11, 2020 14 / 20 THE OLD GUARD is a fun action ride that supposes what it would be like if a team of super soldiers with abilities to regenerate and heal like Wolverine from the X-Men fought Harry Potter's cousin Dudley.— Trevor Schoenfeld (@Schofizzy) July 12, 2020 15 / 20 Watching The Old Guard, and Dudley is still a spoilt rich brat with ear muffs for brains.— Chidera Muoka (@TheMadameZeta) July 10, 2020 16 / 20 As much as I enjoyed The Old Guard and want to see more, I spent the entire film trying to work out why the main baddie seemed familiar.Turns out it's the actor who played Dudley in Harry Potter, making Old Guard the second most villainous role I've seen him in.#TheOldGuard— Lewis Smith (@AgentSmiz) July 11, 2020 17 / 20 Dudley is being evil in The Old Guard incase HP fans wondering what hes up 2— Elvisk (@ElvisK) July 11, 2020 18 / 20 Merrick in the Old Guard is Dudley Dursley! Always knew he would grow up to be a villain 😂— BD (@MsGGooSe) July 12, 2020 19 / 20 The Old Guard aka The Rise of Dudley Dursley pic.twitter.com/oSyd5D9Z38— Madeline Kiss (@KissMadeline) July 10, 2020 20 / 20 NetflixHarry MellingThe Old GuardMovies