Albus Dumbledore — Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Character Profile

Albus Dumbledore — Character Profile

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) — 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)
• 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 Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (6)

• Albus Dumbledore — related — Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint)
• Albus Dumbledore — related — Hermione Granger (Emma Watson)
• Albus Dumbledore — Professional Mentor — Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe)

  Dumbledore guides Harry through dangerous missions and reveals critical truths about Voldemort.

• Albus Dumbledore — Conflict Assassin — Severus Snape (Alan Rickman)

  Snape carries out the murder of Dumbledore on the Astronomy Tower.

• Albus Dumbledore — Conflict Enemy — Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter)

  Bellatrix leads the Death Eater assault targeting Dumbledore.

• Albus Dumbledore — Professional Former Colleague — Horace Slughorn (Jim Broadbent)

  Slughorn and Dumbledore share a past professional connection at Hogwarts.

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