What is the difference between Gandalf and Dumbledore?

Gandalf is more fully fleshed-out, but as an immortal, he’s not a normal person. He has limits but seemingly no personal weaknesses apart from a short temper. Dumbledore is a three-dimensional human being. Gandalf is greater than Dumbledore, although (or perhaps because) he had less power.

Is Gandalf mentioned in Harry Potter?

Sir Ian McKellen reveals why he turned down playing Dumbledore in Harry Potter. Few wizards are as beloved as Gandalf the Grey from Lord of the Rings or Professor Dumbledore from the Harry Potter movies, and it turns out that Sir Ian McKellen almost played both.

Which sold more Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings?

In terms of book sales, The Lord of the Rings wins comfortably with around 150 million copies sold, with the top selling HP book ‘Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone’ being 50 million behind at 100 million.

Why does Dumbledore look so similar to Gandalf?

Wizards are a trope of the fantasy genre, and so they’re always going to look and act pretty similar because it just feels right. It’s not so much that Gandalf and Dumbledore seem so similar to each other, it’s that they’re so similar to the archetypical wizard (who is essentially Merlin). Did Ian McKellen act in Harry Potter?

How many books does Gandalf appear in?

Gandalf, meanwhile, appears in four completed books (technically two, if you count Lord of the Rings as one book like J.R.R. Tolkien did) and six movies. Yes, there are some canon Tolkien writings in which Gandalf appears]

Are Gandalf and Olorin the same person?

Technically no: while Gandalf the Grey and Gandalf the White were two different physical forms of Olorin, they were both the same person. I view it as simply changing clothes; same way Sauron and Annatar were the same person. If they were two different people, then Olorin technically never came to Middle Earth.

How powerful is the Elder Wand compared to the One Ring?

Not only was it crafted by Death himself, the Elder Wand is a more compact, versatile tool for a wizard in combat. It’s one of the three most powerful objects in all of Harry Potter, and though it might not be as powerful as the One Ring, it definitely tops anything Gandalf has ever used.