What is Albus Dumbledore?
[[File:Albus-DII 1.1.jpg|thumb|Wax figure of Albus Dumbledore, as he appeared at [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie)|''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'']] movie.]] '''Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore'''<ref name=Hirsch2008 >{{cite book | last=Hirsch | first=Anne-Christin | year=2008 | title=Names and Their Underlying Mythology in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter-Novels | publisher=GRIN Verlag | isbn=978-3-640-16412-7 | page=7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUBIjqA9KsUC}}</ref> is a fictional character of the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series. He was the [[headmaster]] of [[Hogwarts|Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] until his death in 1996. He first found Harry when he was a little boy and since then they developed a relationship. In the ''Harry Potter'' movies he is played first by [[Richard Harris]], and then by [[Michael Gambon]] after Harris died, and a younger version of the character was played by [[Jude Law]]. He had two siblings, Aberforth Dumbledore and Ariana Dumbledore. Dumbledore is killed by [[Severus Snape]] in the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince|sixth book/movie]], after [[Draco Malfoy]] failed to do so. However, his character's [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/backstory backstory] is explored in the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|last book]] of the series. His death would lead to the final battle between [[Harry Potter]] and [[Voldemort]]. Though it is never mentioned in any of the books, the author announced publicly that Dumbledore is [[gay]].<ref>[http://www.newsweek.com/id/50787 J. K. Rowling defines Dumbledore's sexuality]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Harry Potter|nocategory=yes}} {{lit-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dumbledore, Albus}} [[Category:Fictional characters introduced in 1997]] [[Category:Fictional gay men]] [[Category:Harry Potter characters]] [[de:Figuren der Harry-Potter-Romane#Albus Dumbledore]] [[ml:ഹാരി പോട്ടർ#ആൽബസ് ഡംബിൾഡോർ]]