26 Facts About Cedric Diggory

Cedric Diggory is a fictional character in JK Rowling's Harry Potter series.

Cedric Diggory is one of the main characters in the fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, as he represents Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Triwizard Tournament, alongside Harry Potter.

Cedric Diggory's death becomes a point of trauma and guilt for Harry and continues to haunt him, which leads him to form Dumbledore's Army as a way to help teach his fellow students to protect themselves in battle.

Cedric Diggory's death is a focal point of the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Cedric Diggory was portrayed by Robert Pattinson in the film adaptation of Goblet of Fire and was briefly portrayed by Joe Livermore in Prisoner of Azkaban.

Cedric Diggory's voice is acted by Blake Ritson in the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire video game.

Cedric Diggory first begins attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1989 and is sorted into Hufflepuff.

Cedric Diggory is close with Cho Chang and the two are romantically involved.

Cedric offers to replay the match but the offer is declined by Gryffindor captain Oliver Wood, who feels that Diggory had won the game.

Cedric Diggory remains kind to Harry whilst everyone else assumes Harry was lying when he states that he did not put his name in the Goblet of Fire.

Cedric Diggory is opposed to the badges and tries to get his classmates not to wear them.

Cedric Diggory's dragon is a Swedish Short-Snout, from which he has to retrieve the Golden Egg it is guarding.

Cedric Diggory achieves this by transfiguring a rock into a labrador to distract the dragon whilst he retrieves the egg.

Cedric Diggory takes the egg to the Prefect's bathroom and figures out that the second task will involve the merpeople.

At the Yule Ball, Cedric Diggory attends with Ravenclaw's Seeker, Cho Chang, as his date.

Towards the end of the night, Cedric Diggory informs Harry about placing the egg underwater as repayment for Harry warning him about the First Task.

Cedric Diggory quickly warns Harry about the time limit before finishing, as Harry is worried about Fleur's hostage as she has been eliminated.

Harry and Cedric Diggory reunite again and defeated the Acromantula together, finding themselves at the Triwizard Cup.

Cedric Diggory urges Harry to take the Cup as a favour for saving his life twice that evening; after realising that they've both helped each other, they agree to both take the Cup.

Harry breaks the connection and sprints over to Cedric Diggory's body, summoning the Cup to transport him and the body back to Hogwarts.

Albus Dumbledore informs the students, against the wishes of the Ministry of Magic, that Cedric Diggory was murdered by Voldemort.

Cedric Diggory's death proves to be an inspiration for the students of Hogwarts, and eventually rebellion against the iron fist Dolores Umbridge imposes onto the school.

Cedric Diggory's death is a major plot point in the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, in which Harry and Ginny Weasley's son Albus uses a Time-Turner and prevents Cedric Diggory's death.

Henry Cavill auditioned for the part of Cedric Diggory but lost out to Pattinson.

Pattinson has stated that he would prefer to reprise his role as Cedric Diggory over portraying Edward Cullen in the Twilight films again.

The character's fate in the alternate reality of The Cursed Child was controversial for fans of the series, especially considering that Cedric Diggory was an embodiment of good-natured and kind-heartedness.