Newt later joins the Ministry and receives several promotions there due to his knowledge about magical creatures, eventually becoming a magizoologist. However, Newt's career choice is not appreciated by his family.
According to Pottermore, Scamander was born in 1897, and by the time the third novel takes place it's 1994, putting the textbook author at a grand old age of... 97. Old, but just about feasible that he'd be alive and visiting Hogwarts.
Newt Scamandar is just a few years younger than Albus Dumbledore. He is not a contemporary of Harry and his friends. In the books he is mentioned only as the author of a textbook, and he never appears as a guest lecturer, let alone a teacher. So there is no need for him to be in any of the Harry Potter movies.
No. It was not mentioned anywhere that Newt had any part to play in the Battle of Hogwarts. The whole battle was unexpected for the participants.
However, one theory justifies Newt's appearance on the Marauder's Map. It is possible that Newt may have been in Hogwarts to try to save Buckbeak, the hippogriff, from execution. This makes sense given Newt's background and the Harry Potter timeline.
Initially, Newt Scamander was only mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as the author of the book Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, which was used as a textbook for Care of Magical Creatures by Harry Potter and his classmates.
He's Luna Lovegood's grandfather-in-law
Luna Lovegood ends up marrying Rolf Scamander, who is Newt's grandson. If grandson is anything like his grandfather — which is quite likely, as both are magizoologists — that means we can expect Newt to be a bit of an eccentric. His family history supports this.
This expulsion took place between Newt's sixth and seventh years — after he'd completed his O.W.L.s. Portrait of Armando Dippet, one of Hogwarts headmasters.
Though it's possible that Newt could have been in the opposing forces against the Dark Lord, he's never mentioned as taking part in the fight against him in any way.
“The reason he loves Newt is that Newt loves beasts and I think he thinks he's a beast.” The actor continued: “I think he thinks he's dark, that he's seen and done things that he wishes he hadn't and he's constantly pulling himself back on the right moral side.”
Because Newt is 29 years old and the oldest we see Harry do magic is 17. We also usually only see Harry practicing magic in school or using defensive spells whereas Newt is using practical spells beyond what you would use in school. Well, in the books we do see a lot more than in the movies.
We know that he was writing the forewords to a new edition of his book where he confirmed his role in the capture of Grindelwald (as shown in the Fantastic Beasts movie) in 2017, so he did become at least 119–120 years old, but he might simply have been too old to fight.
Voldemort was born on December 31, 1926, meaning he would be alive prior to Fantastic Beasts 2.
Whereas Harry Potter's coming-of-age story was told throughout the 1990s, the Fantastic Beasts films take place 50-65 years prior. The original movie centered on Newt Scamander is set in 1927, 65 years before the first Harry Potter, but sequels move the prequels closer to these events.
If you're confused about how Dumbledore actually knows that though, it's because the legendary wizard actually used to teach Newt. Before he became Harry Potter's headmaster, he was first Newt Scamander's transfiguration professor.
No, Hagrid is not in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. He would not have been born yet. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them serves as a prequel for the Harry Potter series, where Hagrid is a recurring character.
Newt would go on to marry Porpentina Goldstein, an American witch, and together they had at least one child, presumably a son. The Scamander family was "not impressed" by Newt's career in Magizoology. Rolf Scamander, Newt and Tina's grandson, married Luna Lovegood sometime between 1998 and 2011.
We are sure that Hufflepuffs the world over rejoiced in jubilation when Newt Scamander opened his suitcase to reveal a cheerful, yellow Hufflepuff scarf. Here's how the hero of Fantastic Beasts perfectly represents his Hogwarts house.
Meanwhile, Newt was a Hufflepuff, who are known to be hard workers, loyal and dedicated. He rarely grew angry in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but instead accepted his fate when he was arrested by Tina, and remained cool-headed after being given the death penalty (and fought his way out, of course).
Sadly, no. Newt Scamander is not in Hogwarts Legacy.
No. You do realize that Hagrid is his surname and that his first name is Rubeus, right? If Newt Scamander were his father, then his name would be Rubeus Scamander. Not to mention that Hagrid stated that his father died while he was still a student, while Newt was still alive in the 1990's.
Eddie Redmayne said that he believes the character has autism during an interview. One important note is that such speculation has been ongoing since the first film aired in 2016. During the initial phase of the argument, Asperger's was frequently used in place of autism.
There are remarkable resemblances between them – both were outsiders at Hogwarts, both were unceremoniously expelled from the school, and both thought that the wider wizarding community misunderstood the beauty of magical creatures.