Colin Farrell is an Irish actor who portrayed Gellert Grindelwald in the guise of Percival Graves in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
- Farrell, alongside Young Albus Dumbledore actor Jude Law and Young Gellert Grindelwald actor Johnny Depp, portrayed the same character under different stages of transformation in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
- They were recast of the same role due to the death of the character's original actor, Heath Ledger.
- Farrell has starred alongside several other actors and actresses from the Wizarding World franchise in various projects:
- Brendan Gleeson (Alastor Moody), Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort), Ciarán Hinds (Aberforth Dumbledore), and Clémence Poésy (Fleur Delacour) in the 2008 film In Bruges.
- Bill Nighy (Rufus Scrimgeour) in the 2012 film Total Recall.
- Emma Thompson (Sybill Trelawney) in the 2013 film Saving Mr. Banks.
- Robert Pattinson (Cedric Diggory) and Zoë Kravitz (Leta Lestrange) in the 2022 film The Batman.