Aberforth Dumbledore
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| Harry Potter character | |
|---|---|
| Aberforth Dumbledore | |
| Gender | Male |
| Hair colour | Grey |
| Allegiance | Order of the Phoenix |
| Actor | Jim McManus[1] |
| First appearance | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (mentioned), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (seen) |
Aberforth Dumbledore, a fictional character of the Harry Potter fantasy book series written by J.K. Rowling, is the brother of Albus Dumbledore. He was a member of the original Order of the Phoenix, and still may be but it is not mentioned.
He is briefly mentioned in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Dumbledore tells Harry and Hagrid that Aberforth was not bothered by embarrassing news headlines regarding his having been prosecuted for practicing inappropriate charms on a goat, but instead "held his head high," and lived his life as normal — "of course," says Albus, "I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery..." Whether this is to be taken seriously, or regarded as a typical Albus witticism to lighten the mood, is uncertain.
Not much else is known about him other than that he is odd and that he may be illiterate [2].
Jim McManus will portray Aberforth in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Aberforth is the bartender at the Hog's Head in Hogsmeade, as revealed by J.K. Rowling in an interview [3]. She first provided hints of this in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, when Harry noted a strong odour of goats in his bar and felt that he looked familiar (he had been shown a photo of Aberforth earlier in the book, and as Albus Dumbledore's brother, he looks like him). In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry sees him in the company of Mundungus Fletcher, who appeared to be selling stolen goods from Grimmauld Place. This, despite Sirius telling Harry that Mundungus has a life time ban from the Hog's Head for offending Aberforth and that Aberforth has a long memory. The last we've seen of him is at the end of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince attending his brother's funeral.
Although not referred to as Aberforth, the bartender of the Hog's Head is mentioned occasionally by Dumbledore as a source of information. When Voldemort returned to Hogwarts to ask Dumbledore for a teaching job some ten years after leaving school, Dumbledore shows that he has unexpected knowledge of Voldemort's meetings at the Hog's Head. He explains his knowledge by saying that he is 'friendly with the local barmen'.
Sybill Trelawney told Harry that when she was being interviewed for a job at Hogwarts at the Hog's Head, and just after she had (unknowingly) spoken the prophecy involving Harry and Lord Voldemort to Albus, that they were interrupted when the 'rather uncouth barman' burst in the room along with Severus Snape. Severus claimed to have become lost on the stairs.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/#article:8596 Casting confirmation at The Leaky Cauldron
- ^ [HP4]
- ^ http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/news_view.cfm?id=80 Rowling's confirmation of Aberforth's identity
