Anthony Goldstein

Anthony Goldstein
Biographical information
Born	between 1 September 1979 and 31 August 1980 Great Britain or Ireland
Blood status	Half-blood
Title(s)	Prefect
Signature
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Relationship information
Family members	Porpentina Scamander (distant relative) Queenie Goldstein (distant relative)
Affiliation
House	Ravenclaw
Loyalty	Goldstein family Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Ravenclaw Dumbledore's Army

Anthony: "Hiya, Harry. I heard you'd found somewhere for the D.A. to meet."

Harry Potter: "What!? This is supposed to be secret."

Anthony: "It's all right. I heard it from Ernie, who heard it from Neville."

Harry Potter: "We'll see you there then, yeah?"

— Discussion of the D.A.'s meeting place

Anthony Goldstein (b. 1980) was a half-blood wizard who began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991. He was Sorted into Ravenclaw house. In his fifth year he was selected as one of his House's prefects and joined Dumbledore's Army, an organisation taught and lead by Harry Potter. Anthony later fought beside fellow D.A. members in the Battle of Hogwarts the last battle of the Second Wizarding War.

Biography

Early life

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Hogwarts years

The 1991 Sorting Cermony in which Anthony was Sorted into Ravenclaw

In 1991, Anthony received his acceptance letter and began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, being Sorted into Ravenclaw. He befriended dorm-mates Terry Boot and Michael Corner, and was also on speaking terms with Ernest Macmillan.

Fifth year

Hermione Granger: "I had the idea — that it might be good if people who wanted to study Defence Against the Dark Arts — and I mean, really study it, you know, not the rubbish that Umbridge is doing with us because nobody could call that Defence Against the Dark Arts— "

Anthony: "Hear, hear."

— Anthony agreeing with Hermione Granger

The first D.A. meeting that Anthony attended in the Hog's Head

In his fifth year, Anthony was made one of Ravenclaw's new prefects, alongside Padma Patil. He, Michael, and Terry attended the meeting in the Hog's Head to discuss learning defensive and offensive magic from Harry Potter. Anthony vocally agreed with Hermione Granger that Dolores Umbridge's Defence Against the Dark Arts classes were useless, as they were only being taught the theory, which is not enough. He signed the Dumbledore's Army parchment and joined the group.

Anthony speaking to Harry Potter about the location of the D.A

Hermione, Harry Potter, and Ron Weasley met Anthony outside of the hospital wing and told him of the location of the D.A. meetings — in the Room of Requirement — and how to access it. He was paired with Zacharias Smith in one such meeting to practise the Disarming Charm. However, whenever Zacharias opened his mouth to cast the spell and disarm Anthony, Fred and George Weasley would slyly disarm him.

Anthony took his practical Charms O.W.L.s at the same time as Gregory Goyle, Hermione and Daphne Greengrass. He did well enough in his exams to stay on for N.E.W.T.s.

On the Hogwarts Express after the school year's conclusion, Anthony sat in a compartment with Terry, Michael, Hannah Abbott, Susan Bones, Justin Finch-Fletchley, and Ernie Macmillan. Gregory Goyle, Vincent Crabbe, and Draco Malfoy attempted to attack Harry on the train outside of their compartment, but the seven of them used a variety of jinxes and hexes that Harry had taught them, after which the Slytherins resembled three gigantic slugs.

Seventh year

"Both Patil twins were there, as were Terry Boot, Ernie Macmillan, Anthony Goldstein, and Michael Corner."

— The D.A. members residing in the Room of Requirement

Anthony and the other defenders of Hogwarts witness Harry Potter's final defeat of Voldemort

Anthony was part of the revived DA during the 1997-1998 school year, hiding in the Room of Requirement. He presumably fought in the Battle of Hogwarts. It can be assumed that he survived the final battle, since he was not mentioned among the fallen fifty. After the battle he most likely kept his D.A. coin, as a badge of honour, as did other D.A. members.

Personality and traits

Anthony was friendly and willing to risk being punished by Dolores Umbridge to arm himself with magic that could protect himself and others from the Death Eaters.

Magical skills and abilities

• Martial magic: Anthony learnt a variety of jinxes and hexes from Harry Potter in the DA meetings, utilising them in combination with some of his classmates to cause: Draco Malfoy, Gregory Goyle, and Vincent Crabbe to look like gigantic slugs.

Etymology

Anthony was an Egyptian ascetic monk considered to be the founder of Christian monasticism. Goldstein is a relatively common Jewish surname, which is a part of his Jewish heritage.

Behind the scenes

• Anthony was voiced by Tom Wheatley in the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
• In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game), Anthony was portrayed as light skinned with blond hair and blue eyes. He was slightly shorter than Harry Potter.
• From the student list seen in Harry Potter and Me, it can be gleaned that Anthony was originally intended to be a Hufflepuff.
• Anthony was the first character to be identified as Jewish, the information being revealed by J. K. Rowling on Twitter as an example of a Jewish person attending Hogwarts.

Appearances

Anthony in LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Name appears on parchment) (Possible appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (DS and PSP versions only)
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (Consoles and Windows versions)
• Pottermore (Mentioned only)