John Lithgow

To be honest I liked all three portrayals of the character and each of them had aspects of Dumbledore from the books which was great. Harris brought a whimsy and geniality to the role which fit the first two films perfectly as a more light-hearted affair compared to the later films. He is the one you can envisage with all of Dumbledores quirks like having sherbet lemon as a password or conducting Fred and George with their funeral march version of the school song. It works. Gambon definitely portrays the darker side of Dumbledore well. He is the one who is the more devious, manipulative and is more physically imposing. He looks powerful and so it is more believable that he could take on Voldemort. How he delivers some of the lines is artistic licence but it does fit in well with the films tonally even if not the book. At the end of the day it is a different medium. Law is very charismatic and shows humility and the emotional side of Dumbledore. He is the one who could realistically be swept up in a love affair with Grindelwald and shows the heartbreak afterwards. I wasn't a huge fan of the fantastic beasts films but I thought he was well cast. I like the variety of seeing different actors try their hand at the same role and I don't get why people get so tribal about which version they favour. For example Heath Ledger and Jaoquin Phoenix both did very different versions of the Joker. Both worked well for the films they were in and both were well received for different reasons. I don't think it has to be approached as a choice of one or the other. More on reddit.com

Richard Harris looked exactly how I pictured Dumbledore when I first read the philosopher’s stone More on reddit.com

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Dumbledore in his opening statements to Hogwarts students arriving : “Some of you may die, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.” staresrightatHarry More on reddit.com