Kingsley Shacklebolt

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Kingsley Shacklebolt
Harry Potter character
Gender	Male
Hair colour	Bald
Eye colour	Brown
Allegiance	Order of the Phoenix
Actor	George Harris
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Kingsley Shacklebolt is a member of the Order of the Phoenix in the Harry Potter series of books. He is a tall, bald black man who wears a golden hoop as an earring and has a deep voice which J.K. Rowling mentions several times as 'calming'.

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Kingsley Shacklebolt is a senior Auror, who was acting as double agent for the Order within the Ministry of Magic when he was first introduced in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. He was present in the scene of the fifth book when Harry was confronted about his defence organisation, "Dumbledore's Army", after Marietta Edgecombe had betrayed it to Dolores Umbridge. Shacklebolt swiftly modified Marietta's memory, but to escape the Ministry, Dumbledore was forced to hex him too. Shacklebolt was in charge of the search for Sirius Black in the Ministry - considered a prestigious job, as Sirius Black was the most wanted man in wizarding Britain. Knowing Sirius was innocent, he was supplying the Ministry false information that Sirius was in Tibet. Kingsley Shacklebolt knew James Potter, but it appears that he was not part of the original Order of the Phoenix.

In the Second War against Lord Voldemort, Shacklebolt joined the Order and volunteered to be one of the members of the Advance Guard that escorted Harry Potter from the Dursleys' home to Number 12, Grimmauld Place during the summer of 1995.

Shacklebolt takes part in the battle at the Department of Mysteries, and appears to be very skilled at duelling as he is seen fighting two Death Eaters at once. After Sirius is killed, he continues the duel with Bellatrix Lestrange, during which Kingsley is hit by a spell that causes a 'loud bang' and he hits the ground 'screaming in pain'.

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the new Minister for Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour, appoints Shacklebolt to the Muggle Prime Minister's office at 10 Downing Street, London. Posing as a secretary, Shacklebolt is actually the Prime Minister's guard, assigned to protect him from possible attacks by the Death Eaters. This is a great show of confidence in Shacklebolt, especially as he was appointed by an ex-Auror. However, it may also imply that Scrimgeour is suspicious of him and wants to put him in a position that is less helpful to the Order. Shacklebolt also appears at the end of the story, attending Albus Dumbledore's funeral at the end of the year.