Albus Dumbledore — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Character Profile

About Albus Dumbledore

Wise headmaster of Hogwarts and the most powerful wizard of his time.

Albus Dumbledore — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Master dueling, Legilimency, Phoenix summoning, Strategic planning, Wandless magic

• Strength: 8.5/10
• Intelligence: 9.9/10
• Charisma: 9.5/10
• Morality: 8/10
• Influence: 10/10

Affiliations

• Order of the Phoenix
• Gryffindor
• Wizengamot
• Hogwarts
• 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
• Newt Scamander — Student
• Aberforth Dumbledore — Sibling
• Ariana Dumbledore — Sibling
• Percival Dumbledore — Father
• Hogwarts — Employer
• Gellert Grindelwald — Significant person
• Ariana Dumbledore — Significant person
• Harry Potter — Significant person
• International Confederation of Wizards — Affiliation
• Lord Voldemort — Enemy
• Death Eater — Enemy
• Gellert Grindelwald — Enemy
• 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) — character page
• 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)
• 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 Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Albus Dumbledore — Professional Spiritual Mentor — Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe)

  Dumbledore guides Harry from beyond death through memories, plans, and a final limbo conversation.

  Dumbledore's memory explains the Horcrux plan and his spirit in limbo tells Harry the soul fragment inside him is gone and that he may choose to retur...

• Albus Dumbledore — Alliance Double Agent Recruiter — Severus Snape (Alan Rickman)

  A secret partnership dedicated to protecting Harry and ultimately defeating Voldemort.

  Snape's memory shows that he worked as a double agent for Dumbledore after Lily's death and that Dumbledore, dying, planned for Snape to kill him.

• Albus Dumbledore — Conflict Elder Wand Rival — Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes)

  A rivalry that outlasts Dumbledore's death through the Elder Wand's true allegiance.

  The film's final explanation says Draco disarmed Dumbledore long ago, so Voldemort was never the Elder Wand's true master and loses to Harry because o...

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