Albus Dumbledore

Dumbledore^[1] is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. For most of the series, he is the headmaster of the wizardingschool Hogwarts. As part of his backstory, it is revealed that he is the founder and leader of the Order of the Phoenix, an organisation dedicated to fighting Lord Voldemort.

Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter character
Dumbledore as portrayed by Michael Gambon in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Last appearance	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Created by	J. K. Rowling
Portrayed by	Richard Harris (adult, films 1 & 2) Michael Gambon(adult, films 3–8) Toby Regbo (youth, film 7) Jude Law (adult, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald)
House	Gryffindor
Information
Species	Wizard

Dumbledore is portrayed by Richard Harris in the film adaptations of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. After Harris' death, Michael Gambon portrayed Dumbledore for all of the remaining Harry Potter films. Jude Lawwill portray Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.^[2]

Rowling stated she chose the name Dumbledore, which is a dialectal word for "bumblebee",^[3] because of Dumbledore's love of music: she imagined him walking around "humming to himself a lot".^[4][5]