Gellert Grindelwald — Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Character Profile

About Gellert Grindelwald

Charismatic dark wizard with a vision of wizard supremacy.

Gellert Grindelwald — Character Profile

Alignment

Villain

Species

Human

Abilities

Wandless magic, Fire manipulation, Prophecy, Charismatic leadership, Dark arts

• Strength: 8.5/10
• Intelligence: 9.5/10
• Charisma: 9.5/10
• Morality: 1.5/10
• Influence: 9.5/10

Affiliations

• Harry Potter universe

Quick Facts about Gellert Grindelwald

Education

Durmstrang

Occupation

murderer, leader, seers

Hair Color

Blond hair

First Appearance

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Manner of Death

Homicide

Gellert Grindelwald's Known Relations

• Bathilda Bagshot — Relative
• Albus Dumbledore — Enemy
• Newt Scamander — Enemy
• Theseus Scamander — Enemy

Gellert Grindelwald appears in 5 titles

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) — character page
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) — character page
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) — character page
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) — character page
• Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Johnny Depp

Appears in

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Gellert Grindelwald — Meta Disguised Identity — Percival Graves (Colin Farrell)

  Graves serves as the public facade while Grindelwald secretly inhabits his form.

• Gellert Grindelwald — Narrative Framed Target — Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne)

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

• Gellert Grindelwald — Conflict Indirect Threat — Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler)

  Jacob becomes collateral damage in the dark wizard's grand scheme.

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