Newt Scamander — Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Character Profile

Newt Scamander — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Magizoology, Apparition, Creature taming, Stealth, Wandless magic

• Strength: 6/10
• Intelligence: 9.5/10
• Charisma: 7/10
• Morality: 9/10
• Influence: 7.5/10

Affiliations

• Hufflepuff
• Ministry of Magic
• Harry Potter universe

Quick Facts about Newt Scamander

Full Name

Newton Artemis Fido Scamander

Education

Hogwarts

Occupation

non-fiction writer, magizoologist

Eye Color

Blue

Hair Color

Auburn hair

First Appearance

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Nationality

British

Newt Scamander's Known Relations

• Porpentina Goldstein — Spouse
• Rolf Scamander — Relative
• Theseus Scamander — Sibling
• Albus Dumbledore — Student of
• Ministry of Magic — Employer
• Hufflepuff — Member of
• Gellert Grindelwald — Enemy

Newt Scamander appears in 3 titles

• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) — character page
• Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Eddie Redmayne

Appears in

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Newt Scamander — Alliance Teammate — Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler)

  Former strangers who become cooperative partners in tracking magical creatures.

• Newt Scamander — Conflict Accuser — Percival Graves (Colin Farrell)

  Graves uses his authority to falsely implicate Newt in a grand conspiracy.

• Newt Scamander — Narrative Framed Target — Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp)

  Grindelwald deliberately sets Newt up as the scapegoat for the city's destruction.

• Newt Scamander — Alliance Informant — Gnarlak (Ron Perlman)

  A criminal contact who provides crucial intelligence for the beast hunt.

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