Albus Dumbledore

Albus Dumbledore

Full name: Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
Role in the books: Headmaster of Hogwarts; Harry's mentor
Actor: Films 1 and 2: Richard Harris; Film 3 onwards: Michael Gambon
Age: About 150
Born: c.1840
Died: June 1997
Blood Status: Half-Blood
Family: Mother: Kendra; Father: Percival; Brother: Alberforth; Sister: Ariana
Place of residence: Mould-on-the-Wold until his sister was attacked; Godric's Hollow; Hogwarts; Unknown; During term time: Hogwarts; Between terms: Unknown
Occupation: Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts; Headmaster of Hogwarts; Member of the Wizengamot
Eyes: Twinkling blue
Hair: Once auburn, now silver, waist-length
Other features of appearance: Big silver beard and moustache, tall and thin, half-moon spectacles, crooked nose and during book six a withered and blackened right hand
Wand: The Elder Wand
At Hogwarts: 1851-1857; Gryffindor; Prefect; Head Boy; Winner of the Barnabus Finkley Prize for Exceptional Spellcasting; British Youth Representative to the Wizengamot; Gold-Medal-Winner for Ground-Breaking Contribution to the International Alchemical Conference in Cairo
Key Personality Traits: Wise, undiscriminating, forgiving, highly intelligent, highly talented, quirky, eccentric, secretive, independent, cunning, deceptiveFirst apperance in the story: A man appeared on the corner the cat had been watching, appeared so suddenly and silently you'd have thought he'd just popped out of the ground... Nothing like this man had ever been seen in Privet Drive. He was tall, thin and very old, judging by the silver of his hair and beard, which were both long enough to tuck into his belt. He was wearing long robes, a purple cloak which swept the ground and high-heeled, buckled boots. His blue eyes were light, bright and sparkling behind half-moon spectacles and his nose was very long and crooked, as though it had been broken at least twice. This man's name was Albus Dumbledore. (PS, ch.1, pg.12)
Death: A jet of green light shot from the end of Snape's wand and hit Dumbledore squarely in the chest. Harry's scream of horror never left him; silent and unmoving, he was forced to watch as Dumbledore was blasted into the air: for a split second he seemed to hang suspended beneath the shining skull, and then he fell slowly backwards, like a great rag doll, over the battlements and out of sight. (HBP, ch.27, pg.556)
Key Life Moments: His sister being attacked by Muggles and his father's imprisonment for retaliating; going to Hogwarts; the death of his mother; meeting Grindelwald; the death of his sister; defeating Grindelwald and imprisoning him in his own jail; meeting Tom Riddle; persuading Professor Dippet to keep Hagrid on as gamekeeper after his expulsion; becoming Headmaster of Hogwarts; forming the Order of the Phoenix to fight against Voldemort; hearing the prophecy about Harry and Voldemort; deciding to trust Severus Snape; arranging for Harry to live with his relatives after his parents' deaths; secretly preparing Harry to sacrifice himself to defeat Voldemort; researching Tom Riddle and tracking down his Horcruxes; re-forming the Order of the Phoenix; battling Voldemort in the Ministry of Magic; finding and destroying the ring Horcrux at the cost of his right hand and eventually his life; persuading Snape to kill him; teaching Harry all about Voldemort; retrieving the fake locket from the cave with Harry; his death