Peter Pettigrew, often referred to by his nickname "Wormtail", is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. In the film adaptations, he is played by Timothy Spall as an adult, and by Charles Hughes as a teenager.
In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter learns Pettigrew was a friend of his father (James Potter) who confronted Sirius Black after the latter betrayed his parents. Black suppose...
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Peter Pettigrew, often referred to by his nickname "Wormtail", is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. In the film adaptations, he is played by Timothy Spall as an adult, and by Charles Hughes as a teenager.
In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter learns Pettigrew was a friend of his father (James Potter) who confronted Sirius Black after the latter betrayed his parents. Black supposedly murdered Pettigrew, leaving only his ring finger behind as physical evidence and slaughtering a dozen-odd innocent Muggle in the process. For this crime, Black was sent to the wizard prison, Azkaban.
At the end of that book, however, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin reveal that Pettigrew is an Animagus who takes the form of a rat ("Scabbers"). Nicknamed "Wormtail", he became the Secret-Keeper for James Potter and his wife Lily Evans when Harry was a baby, in hopes that Lord Voldemort would pursue Black instead. However, Pettigrew betrayed...
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