Which Ride or Die actor played Rufus Scrimgeour in a Harry Potter film?

Bill Nighy played Rufus Scrimgeour in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.

Scrimgeour is a senior Ministry of Magic official who succeeds Cornelius Fudge as Minister for Magic. In the film, he appears during the transition from the Ministry’s public messaging to its increasingly desperate fight against Voldemort. Nighy brings the character a stern, guarded presence that fits Scrimgeour’s political authority.

The role appears in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, released in 2010. Scrimgeour is more prominent in the novel Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, but his film introduction was delayed, which can cause confusion about which movie features Nighy.

Bill Nighy is also widely recognized for Love Actually, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Shaun of the Dead, and Living. The distractors are other British actors, but Nighy is the one associated with the Harry Potter character Rufus Scrimgeour.