Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore

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Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore is the younger incarnation of the wise and powerful Hogwarts headmaster, depicted with a more dynamic, conflicted, and charismatic edge in the prequel era of the Wizarding World.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictionalCharacterPortrayal
filmCharacterVersion
alliedWith Minerva McGonagall NERFINISHED
Newt Scamander NERFINISHED
Theseus Scamander NERFINISHED
appearsInFilm Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald NERFINISHED
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore NERFINISHED
appearsInFilmSeries Fantastic Beasts film series NERFINISHED
basedOn Albus Dumbledore NERFINISHED
boundBy blood pact with Gellert Grindelwald
castingAnnouncedYear 2017
characterName Albus Dumbledore NERFINISHED
characterTrait charismatic
conflicted
manipulative but caring
secretive
costumeFeatures stylish three-piece suits
trimmed beard and shorter hair
createdForMedium feature film
depictsLifePeriod younger Albus Dumbledore NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceYear 2018
hasRomanticHistoryWith Gellert Grindelwald NERFINISHED
houseAffiliation Gryffindor NERFINISHED
knownFor charismatic leadership
exceptional magical ability
strategic opposition to Gellert Grindelwald
languageOfPerformance English
nationalityInStory British
occupationInStory Hogwarts professor
future Hogwarts headmaster
partOfFranchise Harry Potter franchise NERFINISHED
Wizarding World NERFINISHED
portrayalAnnouncedBy Warner Bros. Pictures NERFINISHED
portrayalIntroducedIn Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald NERFINISHED
portrayalTone more dynamic than older Dumbledore depictions
more emotionally conflicted
more outwardly charismatic
portrayedBy Jude Law NERFINISHED
primaryAntagonisticRelationship Gellert Grindelwald GENERATED
schoolAffiliation Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry NERFINISHED
setInEra Global wizarding conflicts of the 1920s and 1930s
pre-Harry Potter era
sexualOrientationDepiction gay
sharesContinuityWith Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore NERFINISHED
Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore
teachesSubject Defence Against the Dark Arts NERFINISHED
usesWand Elder Wand NERFINISHED
his original wand
wizardingStatus half-blood wizard

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Fantastic Beasts film series portraysCharacter Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore