Voldemort

"*You see? It was a name I was already using at Hogwarts, to my most intimate friends only, of course. You think I was going to use my filthy Muggle father’s name forever? I, in whose veins runs the blood of Salazar Slytherin himself, through my mother’s side? I, keep the name of a foul, common Muggle, who abandoned me even before I was born, just because he found out his wife was a witch? No, Harry. I fashioned myself a new name, a name I knew wizards everywhere would one day fear to speak, when I had become the greatest sorcerer in the world!*"

**Tom Marvolo Riddle** (31 December 1926[17] – 2 May 1998), later known as **Lord Voldemort** or, alternatively as **You-Know-Who**, **He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named**, or the **Dark Lord**, was an English half-blood[3] wizard considered to have been the most powerful and dangerous Dark Wizard of all time.[18][19] He was amongst the greatest wizards to have ever lived, often considered to be the second most powerful wizard in history, his only superior being Albus Dumbledore. The only child and son of Tom and Merope Riddle (née Gaunt), Riddle was raised in the Muggle-run Wool's Orphanage after his father abandoned his new family on the streets of London when the potion's influence was lifted, and his mother died moments after giving birth to and naming him after his father and maternal grandfather, Marvolo Gaunt.

## Tom Riddle

### Aliases

You-Know-Who He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

The Dark Lord

Chief Death Eater

Heir of Slytherin

You-Know-Oops

He Who Must Not Be Taken Seriously

"Volodimir" (in Ukranian)

"Someone hidden" (in Swedish)

Tom Marvolo Riddle (in Spanish)

Mrlakenstein (in Slovenian)

Tom Marwolo Reddi (in Russian; only in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)

Death's head (in Romanian)

Voldemort the Great (in Norwegian)

"Mouse-voice" (in Latin)

"Flight of Death" (in French)

"Jedusor" (in French)

Stroke of fate (in French)

Curse/Spell('s) casting (in French)

"Ma" (in Finnish)

"Vilijn" (in Dutch)

"Evil" (in Dutch)

"Mean" (in Dutch)

"Villain" (in Dutch)

"Riddle" (in Danish)

### Relatives

Tom Riddle Snr (Deceased father) Merope Riddle (Deceased mother)

Delphini (Daughter)

Thomas Riddle (Deceased paternal grandfather)

Mary Riddle (Deceased paternal grandmother)

Marvolo Gaunt (Deceased maternal grandfather)

Morfin Gaunt (Deceased maternal uncle)

Corvinus Gaunt (Deceased ancestor)

Gormlaith Gaunt (Deceased distant relative)

Salazar Slytherin (Deceased ancestor)

Cadmus Peverell (Deceased ancestor)

Harry Potter (Distant cousin)

### Affiliation

Death EatersHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Formerly)

Slytherin

Slug Club

British Ministry of Magic (only under his control)

Borgin and Burkes

### Occupation

Prefect (Formerly)Head Boy (Formerly)

Dark Lord

Heir of Slytherin

Shop assistant (Formerly)

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

Wool's Orphanage, London, England, Great Britain

### Place of death

Great Hall, Hogwarts Castle, Highlands, Scotland, Great Britain

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Ralph Fiennes Richard Bremmer (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Flashback)

Ian Hart (as Professor Quirrell)

Christian Coulson (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

Frank Dillane (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)

Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)

Akira Ishida (Japanese dub; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Video game)

Dirk Denoyelle (Flemish dub)

Theo Kypri (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)

Nis Bank-Mikkelsen (Danish version; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

Eddie Izzard (Lego Batman Movie)

### Appears in

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First identified as Tom Riddle)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Flashback(s))

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Mentioned)

The Queen's Handbag (Mentioned)

The Lego Batman Movie