Simon Pegg Signs On To Play Headmaster Phineas Nigellus Black In 'Hogwarts Legacy'

Video Games

Jan 13

British actor Simon Pegg (Mission: Impossible; Star Trek) has joined the Wizarding World after having been announced as the voice of Headmaster Phineas Nigellus Black in the upcoming video game, Hogwarts Legacy. Phineas Nigellus Black is the ancestor to Sirius Black, his great-great-grandfather to be precise. According to Pegg, his character is the least popular Headmaster in the history of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

While Phineas Nigellus Black is directly related to Sirius, their personalities are very different. An official character description mentions that Headmaster Black is “hated by the students” at Hogwarts that also disdains his students. According to Simon Pegg, Phineas is “not noble, he's not brave, he's just a self-interested fool,” far from the qualities Sirius has shown in the Harry Potter franchise.

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Other actors joining the voice cast of Hogwarts Legacy include Sebastian Croft (Game of Thrones; Love, Death & Robots) and Amelia Gething (The Spanish Princess; Emily) as the voices for the player's avatar wizard or witch.

Lesley Nicol (Downton Abbey) will be the voice of Professor Matilda Weasley, Deputy Headmistress at Hogwarts. Luke Youngblood (Community), who previously played Lee Jordan in the first two Harry Potter films, will provide the voice of Everett Clopton, a half-blood Ravenclaw student.

Hogwarts Legacy will be released on February 10 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X, on April 4 for PS4 and Xbox One, and on July 25 for Nintendo Switch.

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