D&D 5E Best on screen depiction of the wizard class

CHOOSE YOUR WIZARD!

  • Merlin (Merlin UK series)

    Votes: 7 14.9%
  • Galen (Dragonslayer)

    Votes: 4 8.5%
  • Gandalf (LoTR)

    Votes: 15 31.9%
  • Tim the Enchanter (Quest for the Holy Grail)

    Votes: 7 14.9%
  • Akiro (Conan movies)

    Votes: 1 2.1%
  • Thoth-Amon (Conan the destroyer)

    Votes: 3 6.4%
  • Willow Ufgood (Willow)

    Votes: 6 12.8%
  • Queen Bavmorda (Willow)

    Votes: 2 4.3%
  • Saruman

    Votes: 8 17.0%
  • Ergo (Krull)

    Votes: 2 4.3%
  • Piper/Phoebe/Paige/Prue (Charmed)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Harry Potter

    Votes: 7 14.9%
  • Dumbledore

    Votes: 17 36.2%
  • Slayn (Lodoss War)

    Votes: 3 6.4%
  • Dr. Strange (MCU)

    Votes: 18 38.3%
  • Zeddicus (Legend of the Seeker)

    Votes: 2 4.3%
  • Howl (Howl’s Moving Castle)

    Votes: 2 4.3%
  • Alice (The Magicians, but really, chose any of them)

    Votes: 5 10.6%
  • Qyburn (GoT)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Zeniba/Yubaba (Spirited Away)

    Votes: 3 6.4%
  • Harry Dresden (Dresden Files)

    Votes: 12 25.5%
  • Marina (Dungeons and Dragons)

    Votes: 1 2.1%
  • Profion (Dungeons and Dragons)

    Votes: 1 2.1%
  • Presto (D&D cartoon)

    Votes: 1 2.1%
  • Rin Tohsaka (Fate)

    Votes: 3 6.4%
  • Gargamel (Smurfs)

    Votes: 2 4.3%
  • Ice King (Adventure Time)

    Votes: 2 4.3%
  • Jonathan Barnavelt (House with Clock in it's walls)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Schemendrick (The Last Unicorn)

    Votes: 5 10.6%
  • Carolinus (Flight of Dragons)

    Votes: 1 2.1%

Sacrosanct

Legend
Last poll! For those of you who stuck with all these poll, you deserve a prize. Thank you.

Previous polls here:
Barbarian
Bard
Cleric
Druid
Fighter
Monk
Paladin
Ranger
Rogue
Sorcerer
Warlock

It's a bit unfortunate that the final polls are the ones with most overlap of archetypes to be found on screen. But it is what it is. As always, I'm sure there will be omissions and some of the names could be in one of the other two polls (there are a million anime wizards for example). just trying to do my best. You get 4 votes to choose the best representation of the wizard on screen.
 

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Count_Zero

Adventurer
I'm going with Schmendrick, Slayn, and the Queen Goddess of the Tsunderes, Rin Tohsaka.

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Gandalf is a weird use case. He's without a doubt an iconic wizard. His appearance is about 90% what we think of when we think "wizard." Yet he doesn't actually cast that many spells. Still, he got my vote. So did Howl - he's eccentric and has an awesome abode. And finally Profion, for being a scenery-chewing ham.

 

Sacrosanct

Legend
Gandalf is a weird use case. He's without a doubt an iconic wizard. His appearance is about 90% what we think of when we think "wizard." Yet he doesn't actually cast that many spells. Still, he got my vote. So did Howl - he's eccentric and has an awesome abode. And finally Profion, for being a scenery-chewing ham.

Yeah, I suspect Gandalf and Dumbledore will win despite others being more accurate of an actual D&D wizard mechanics wise. I guess it is what it is.
 

Harry Potter characters are an odd case in D&D terms, since you have to be both a sorcerer (inherently magical) and a wizard (trained to use spells).

Doctor Strange is probably the most D&Dish of the more mainstream options.
 

not-so-newguy

I'm the Straw Man in your argument
I picked Akiro because anytime the party wants to bring a fellow party member's soul back from the other world; it should go down something like this:

 


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