Gellert Grindelwald

Gellert Grindelwald is a minor antagonist, yet very important background character and historical figure from the Harry Potter series of books and their movie adaptations, he is also the main antagonist of the spin off series Fantastic Beasts, appearing as the main antagonist in its first installment and will return in its sequel.

In Fantastic Beasts, Grindelwald is shown as a force which has the worldwide wizarding community cowering in fear. Although not yet at the height of his powers, Grindelwald wreaks havoc and death in some big parts worldwide before eventually going undercover. Fleeing Europe, Grindelwald arrives in America where he intends to harvest the powers of a magical beast called Obscurus to use them against his enemies. During his stay in the United States, Grindelwald goes under the alias of "Percival Graves", a high-ranking Auror and director of Magical Security for MACUSA. Grindelwald later attempted to take over Europe during the Second World War, but was defeated by his former friend and ally Albus Dumbledore in 1945 and imprisoned until his death to the Dark Lord.

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1, the younger version of Grindelwald was portrayed by Jamie Campbell Bower, while the older version was portrayed by Michael Byrne, who also played Colonel Vogel in Indiana Jones in the Last Crusade. In the Fantastic Beasts film series, he was portrayed by Colin Farrell, in his disguise as Percival Graves, and by Johnny Depp as Grindelwald himself. Johnny Depp also portrayed Sweeney Todd, The Wolf and Lenfranco Cassetti, and Colin Farrell portrayed Jerry Dandridge, Bobby Pellitt and Charles Ambrose. Both actors also portrayed Tony Shepard in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

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