Albus Dumbledore — Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Character Profile

About Albus Dumbledore

Wise and immensely powerful Headmaster of Hogwarts, mentor to Harry, and the only wizard Voldemort ever feared.

Albus Dumbledore — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Master duelist, Legilimency, Phoenix summoning, Ancient magic, Strategic planning

• Strength: 8.5/10
• Intelligence: 10/10
• Charisma: 9.5/10
• Morality: 8.5/10
• Influence: 10/10

Affiliations

• Hogwarts
• Order of the Phoenix
• Gryffindor
• Wizengamot
• Harry Potter universe

Quick Facts about Albus Dumbledore

Full Name

Albus Percival Wulfric<br>Brian Dumbledore<ref name=Hirsch2008 >{{cite book

Education

Hogwarts

Occupation

professor, auror, head teacher

First Appearance

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Manner of Death

Homicide

Nationality

British

Albus Dumbledore's Known Relations

• Kendra Dumbledore — Mother
• Percival Dumbledore — Father
• Newt Scamander — Student
• Hogwarts — Employer
• Gellert Grindelwald — Significant person
• Ariana Dumbledore — Significant person
• Harry Potter — Significant person
• Lord Voldemort — Enemy
• Death Eater — Enemy
• Gellert Grindelwald — Enemy
• Aberforth Dumbledore — Sibling
• Ariana Dumbledore — Sibling
• International Confederation of Wizards — Affiliation
• Order of the Phoenix — Member of
• Gryffindor — Member of
• Wizengamot — Member of

Albus Dumbledore appears in 10 titles

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) — character page
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) — character page
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) — character page
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) — character page
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) — character page
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) — character page
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) — character page
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) — character page
• Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Michael Gambon

Appears in

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (6)

• Albus Dumbledore — related — Severus Snape (Alan Rickman)
• Albus Dumbledore — Professional Mentor — Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe)

  Dumbledore guides Harry through the crisis without directly resolving it for him.

  Dumbledore leads Hogwarts during the Sirius Black crisis and advises Harry and Hermione to use the Time-Turner to change the outcome of the execution.

• Albus Dumbledore — Professional Headmaster And Teacher — Remus Lupin (David Thewlis)

  Dumbledore supervises Lupin's teaching position at Hogwarts.

  Dumbledore announces Lupin as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and later accepts Lupin's resignation.

• Albus Dumbledore — Professional Senior Colleagues — Severus Snape (Alan Rickman)

  Dumbledore and Snape operate within the Hogwarts authority structure.

  Both Dumbledore and Snape are Hogwarts professors involved in the response to the Sirius Black crisis. Snape later exposes Lupin's condition, affectin...

• Albus Dumbledore — Unknown Former School Associates — Sirius Black (Gary Oldman)

  Dumbledore becomes an authority whose judgment enables Sirius's escape.

  Dumbledore oversees the crisis involving Sirius and later permits Harry and Hermione's time-travel plan to rescue Sirius and Buckbeak.

• Albus Dumbledore — Professional Trusted Student — Hermione Granger (Emma Watson)

  Hermione acts on Dumbledore's guidance during the final rescue.

  Hermione follows Dumbledore's advice and uses her Time-Turner with Harry to rescue Buckbeak and Sirius.

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• Severus Snape (Alan Rickman)
• Remus Lupin (David Thewlis)
• Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton)
• Sybill Trelawney (Emma Thompson)
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