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JUDE Law has made his first appearance in the role of a young Professor Dumbledore for new film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald.
Fans got a first peek at the Hollywood actor, 45, playing the legendary Harry Potter character in the trailer for the Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them sequel, which also stars Eddie Redmayne, Zoe Kravitz and Johnny Depp.
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The star appears several times during the official two-minute trailer for the movie which will hit cinema screens in November.
At one point the father-of-five can be seen standing on a rooftop with Eddie Redmayne, who plays Newt Scamander.
In another scene the ex of Sadie Frost and Sienna Miller sports a neat beard and wears a waistcoat - a world away from the character's famous long white beard and robes in the Harry Potter franchise.
He takes on the role from actors Richard Harris and Michael Gambon who played the professor in older age during the Harry Potter films.
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It is the actor's first appearance in the Fantastic Beasts franchise, which began with Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them in 2016.
The trailer for the film - which is the second of five tales penned by J.K.Rowling - also provides the first glimpse of Hogwarts since the Harry Potter films.
Other A-listers starring in the film, set years before the character Harry Potter was born, include Eddie Redmayne, Zoe Kravitz and Johnny Depp.
In December, author J.K. Rowling defended her decision to keep the Pirates Of The Caribbean actor in his role as Grindelwald.
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The actor was accused of domestic violence by his ex-wife Amber Heard following their split in 2016.
Fans of the franchise lashed out at the author after seeing he had been cast in the role again.
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J.K. Rowling released a statement to discuss the reasoning behind her decision.
She said: “Based on our understanding of the circumstances, the filmmakers and I are not only comfortable sticking with our original casting, but genuinely happy to have Johnny playing a major character in the movies.
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“I accept that there will be those who are not satisfied with our choice of actor in the title role.
“However, conscience isn’t governable by committee.
"Within the fictional world and outside it, we all have to do what we believe to be the right thing.”
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