Updated on May 1, 2025, by Andrea Sandoval: Alastor Moody, also known as Mad-Eye, is one of the most interesting characters in the Harry Potter series, but the movies failed to portray his death ...

The “Mad-Eye” Moody first seen in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire isn’t, in fact, “Mad-Eye” Moody at all, but the Death Eater Barty Crouch, Jr. (David Tennant) in disguise.

Arguably the most important Harry Potter sequel included a wild and confusing detail that most viewers might have overlooked.

Here are 32 times Harry Potter side characters really care ... more because he was very ill at the time of his death. ... of Mad-Eye Moody’s plan to save Harry, Hermione, Ron ...