Gellert Grindelwald is very much the head of his family, laying down most of the rules for Harry and doing most of the threatening, as well as spoiling Dudley.
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Gellert Grindelwald is very much the head of his family, laying down most of the rules for Harry and doing most of the threatening, as well as spoiling Dudley.
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Gellert Grindelwald is the director of a drill-making firm, Grunnings, and seems to be quite successful in his career.
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Gellert Grindelwald's plan is soon thwarted by the Weasleys, who rescue Harry in their father's flying car.
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Gellert Grindelwald is described as a bony woman with blonde hair that she passed down to her son, a "rather horsey" face and a very long neck, and spends most of her time spying on her neighbours.
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Gellert Grindelwald appears in a memory in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix when one of Marge's bulldogs chases Harry up a tree.
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Gellert Grindelwald lives in the village where Harry was born, Godric's Hollow, and is an old family friend of Dumbledore, as well as being the Potters' neighbour and friend.
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Gellert Grindelwald is her great-nephew, which is why he comes to live in Godric's Hollow after being expelled from Durmstrang.
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Gellert Grindelwald appears once more in the same book, during Harry and Voldemort's graveyard duel.
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Gellert Grindelwald is a dark wizard who, on a list of "Most Dangerous Dark Wizards of All Time, " would be second only to Voldemort, according to Rita Skeeter's book The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore.
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Gellert Grindelwald's name is first mentioned in Philosopher's Stone on a Chocolate Frog card which notes that Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald in 1945.
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Gellert Grindelwald left the symbol of the Deathly Hallows on one of the walls in Durmstrang before departing.
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In Deathly Hallows, it was revealed that Gellert Grindelwald had gone to Godric's Hollow to investigate the grave of the Peverell brothers, but struck up a romantic relationship with Dumbledore.
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Gellert Grindelwald fled, fearing retribution and their relationship ended then and there.
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Gellert Grindelwald became master of one of the Deathly Hallows, the Elder Wand, by stealing it from the previous owner, the wand-maker Gregorovitch.
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Gellert Grindelwald remained there, growing emaciated and toothless through the ravages of the prison, until Deathly Hallows when Voldemort arrives, seeking the Elder Wand.
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In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, young Gellert Grindelwald is portrayed by Jamie Campbell Bower while the older Gellert Grindelwald is played by Michael Byrne.
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Gellert Grindelwald appears in the Fantastic Beasts film series, portrayed by Johnny Depp in the first two films.
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Gellert Grindelwald first appears in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, though he is disguised for most of the story as the American Auror Percival Graves, played by Colin Farrell, while seeking out an Obscurus whom he learned to be Credence Barebone.
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In Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Gellert Grindelwald, Gellert Grindelwald manages to manipulate both Credence and Queenie Goldstein to his side by promising the former he will tell him who he really is and the latter that she will be free to marry her No-Maj fiance, Jacob Kowalski.
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Gellert Grindelwald has the incumbent Supreme Mugwump Anton Vogel pardon him of his crimes and get him on the ballot late.
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Gellert Grindelwald is successful at doing this until his ruse is exposed by Credence Barebone and Newt Scamander and the dead Qilin's living sister is produced.
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Gellert Grindelwald is a prodigy - exceptionally well coordinated on a broom but slightly unbalanced on land.
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Gellert Grindelwald is often viewed with suspicion by his peers due to Durmstrang's reputation for teaching the Dark Arts, while looked upon with admiration for his feats, mainly by giggling Hogwarts girls.
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Gellert Grindelwald has a heated discussion with Xenophilius Lovegood, after he recognises a symbol that Xenophilius wears around his neck as the mark of Grindelwald; the symbol is later discovered to be the mark of the Deathly Hallows.
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Gellert Grindelwald's attitude suggests that he wants to get back together with Hermione, and he is disgruntled to see her dancing with Ron.
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Gellert Grindelwald made a brief appearance in Deathly Hallows, but his scenes were cut from the film.
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Gellert Grindelwald raised him from a young age after Neville's parents were tortured and permanently incapacitated by a group of Death Eaters led by Bellatrix Lestrange.
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Gellert Grindelwald sends Neville an encouraging letter, which he keeps by his heart.
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Gellert Grindelwald is introduced in Deathly Hallows as a guest at the wedding of Fleur Delacour and Bill Weasley, and is said to be a friend.
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Gellert Grindelwald is described as eccentric looking, being slightly cross-eyed, with shoulder-length white hair the texture of candyfloss and wearing garishly coloured robes.
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Gellert Grindelwald is named after Tonks' late father, Ted Tonks, and his own father, Remus.
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Gellert Grindelwald is mentioned in the final chapter of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by Harry, who says that Teddy "comes round to dinner about four times a week".
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Gellert Grindelwald later married Lucius Malfoy, with whom she has one son, Draco, of whom she is extremely protective.
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Gellert Grindelwald begs Snape to help Draco and asks him to make an Unbreakable Vow, to which he agrees.
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Gellert Grindelwald is later seen at the end of the book, with her husband and son, unsure what to do and how to behave amidst the celebration of Voldemort's death.
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Gellert Grindelwald fiercely denies this, although she is around the same height as fellow half-giant Rubeus Hagrid.
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Gellert Grindelwald briefly becomes a pawn in the escalating tensions between Ron and Hermione, when Hermione invites him to Slughorn's Christmas party as her date, in retaliation for Ron's relationship with Lavender Brown.
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Gellert Grindelwald is described as having bloodshot eyes and a large, feathery pink hat, making her look like a "badly tempered flamingo".
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Gellert Grindelwald lends her beautiful goblin-made tiara to Fleur for the wedding.
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Gellert Grindelwald tells Harry how to solve the puzzle of the golden egg that he retrieved in the first task, by opening it underwater.
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Gellert Grindelwald is more upbeat and mischievous, and enjoys having Harry briefly to herself to boss around.
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Gellert Grindelwald later meets her in the lake where she directs him to the merpeople's village.
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Gellert Grindelwald is among those rescued from the manor by Dobby, after which, at Shell Cottage, he provides Harry and his friends with some useful information about the Elder Wand.
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Gellert Grindelwald later goes into hiding at the home of Auntie Muriel and sends Luna a new wand as a gift.
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Gellert Grindelwald is first mentioned in the Sorting in Philosopher's Stone, and makes her first appearance in Madam Hooch's flying class, during which she teases Parvati Patil for defending Neville Longbottom after Draco steals Longbottom's Remembrall.
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Gellert Grindelwald is made a Slytherin prefect along with Malfoy, and later joins Dolores Umbridge's Inquisitorial Squad.
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Gellert Grindelwald was killed in his sleep after bragging about the wand's invincibility, having won a duel with it.
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Gellert Grindelwald is described in the books as "a curvy sort of woman" with curly hair; several students—including Ron—have a crush on her.
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Gellert Grindelwald is named after the Gaulish goddess Rosmerta, whose attributes include abundance and fertility.
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Gellert Grindelwald appears briefly in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at the Quidditch World Cup, boasting to a group of Veela, the Bulgarian team's official mascot, of his ambitious plans to become the next Minister of Magic.
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Gellert Grindelwald is described as having curly blonde hair, jewelled spectacles, thick fingers with two-inch long nails painted crimson, a crocodile-skin handbag, and a heavy jawed face.
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Gellert Grindelwald wasn't called Rita then but she was a woman.
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Gellert Grindelwald is described as having been an extremely wealthy, well-born old witch who enjoyed collecting antiques and collectibles.
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Gellert Grindelwald wears a large, elaborate, ginger wig upon her head and dabs her red cheeks with rouge.
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Gellert Grindelwald has a talent for household spells and cleanliness, lacked by her husband and daughter.
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Gellert Grindelwald is not introduced until the beginning of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
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Gellert Grindelwald strongly resembles her sister Bellatrix, so much so that Harry thinks she is Bellatrix upon first meeting her, but Andromeda is kind looking and has soft brown rather than black hair.
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Gellert Grindelwald and Ted are later tortured for information on Harry's whereabouts.
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Gellert Grindelwald's home holds the Portkey that helps Harry escape to The Burrow.
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Gellert Grindelwald is one of many Hogwarts students, past and present, who take part in the Battle of Hogwarts in Deathly Hallows, and is among the survivors of the first clash; Harry sees him assisting Neville Longbottom in carrying the body of Colin Creevey.
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Gellert Grindelwald discovers that he is protected by an Auror who now works in his office, Kingsley Shacklebolt.
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Gellert Grindelwald was named after his paternal grandfather James Potter and his father's godfather Sirius Black, and he is described as being similar in character to both of his namesakes as well as his uncles, Fred and George Weasley, with a penchant for practical jokes and general misbehaviour.
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Gellert Grindelwald started in Hogwarts in September 2015, and was sorted into Gryffindor House.
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Gellert Grindelwald is named after Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape, and would be eleven at the time of the epilogue.
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Gellert Grindelwald has been played in the West End production by Sam Clemmett, Theo Ancient, Joe Idris-Roberts, and Dominic Short.
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Gellert Grindelwald is the best friend of Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy, and he was sorted into Slytherin House together with Scorpius.
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Gellert Grindelwald is two years younger than her brother Albus Severus, making her around nine, and is close in age to her cousin Hugo.
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Gellert Grindelwald is depicted as the romantic love interest of Scorpius Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
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Gellert Grindelwald is close in age to Harry and Ginny's daughter and youngest child, Lily Luna Potter, and had not yet started at Hogwarts by the epilogue of Deathly Hallows.
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Gellert Grindelwald was three years younger than Draco, and was the younger sister of one of Draco's classmates from Slytherin.
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Gellert Grindelwald appeared in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, but she died when her son became fourteen in the early chapters of the story.
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Gellert Grindelwald is played by Jade Gordon in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
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Gellert Grindelwald is the best friend of Harry Potter's second son Albus Severus Potter and has a crush on Rose Granger-Weasley, the daughter of Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.
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Gellert Grindelwald is a kind-hearted boy who likes sweets and does not discriminate against non-pure-blood wizards.
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Gellert Grindelwald was born in 2006, the same year as Albus.
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Gellert Grindelwald appears as one of the main characters of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
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