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 films.

Fawkes is Dumbledore's phoenix, a mythological bird which cyclically bursts into flame upon its death and is then reborn from the ashes.

J. K. Rowling has stated that she chose the name Dumbledore, which is an Early Modern English word for "bumblebee", because of Dumbledore's love of music. She imagined him walking around humming to himself a lot.

When Dumbledore insists that Lord Voldemort has returned, the Ministry of Magic does everything it can to discredit him -- mainly through the Daily Prophet, the most widely read daily newspaper in Britain's wizarding community.

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore is demoted from Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, the wizard high court of law. He is reinstated during Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and remains in that post until his death.

Using the Pensieve, they visit the memories of others, which contain important information about Voldemort's life and his genocidal rise to power.

After his sister's death, Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts as professor of Transfiguration.

Harry is left a Golden Snitch from Dumbledore; the first one he ever captured playing Seeker for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Inside, Dumbledore has hidden the Resurrection Stone.

Aberforth Dumbledore is Albus Dumbledore's younger brother. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Aberforth watches over Harry, Ron, and Hermione. When they are captured by Snatchers, he sends Dobby to rescue them from the Malfoy's Manor.

During his time as a student, Dumbledore was in Gryffindor House.