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Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989) is an English actor. He rose to fame at age twelve, when he began portraying Harry Potter in the film series of the same name. Over his career, Radcliffe has received various awards and nominations.

Daniel Radcliffe
Radcliffe at the 2022 New York Comic Con
Born	Daniel Jacob Radcliffe 23 July 1989 (age 33) London, England
Other names	Jacob Gershon[1] (pen name)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present
Works	Full list
Partner	Erin Darke (2012–present)
Awards	Full list
Website	danieljradcliffe.com
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Radcliffe made his acting debut at age 10 in the BBC One television film David Copperfield (1999), followed by his feature film debut in The Tailor of Panama (2001). The same year, he starred as Harry Potter in the film adaptation of the J.K. Rowling fantasy novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Over the next decade, he played the eponymous role in seven sequels, culminating with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011). During this period, he became one of the world’s highest-paid actors and gained worldwide fame, popularity, and critical acclaim.

Following the success of Harry Potter, Radcliffe challenged himself acting in a variety of genres such as the romantic comedy What If? (2013), the horror films The Woman in Black (2012) and Victor Frankenstein (2015), the comedy-drama film Swiss Army Man (2016), the heist thriller film Now You See Me 2 (2016), and the action comedy The Lost City (2022). He earned critical acclaim for his portrayals of poet Allen Ginsberg in the drama film Kill Your Darlings (2013), FBI agent Nate Foster in the thriller film Imperium (2016), and Weird Al Yankovic in the comedy Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) earning a Critics’ Choice Television Award for the latter. Since 2019, he has starred in the TBS anthology series Miracle Workers.

Radcliffe branched out to stage acting in 2007, starring in the West End and Broadway productions of Equus. From 2011 to 2012 he portrayed J. Pierrepont Finch in the Broadway revival of the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He continued in Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy The Cripple of Inishmaan (2013–2014) in the West End and Broadway and a revival of Tom Stoppard’s play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (2017) at The Old Vic. He also starred in the satirical plays Privacy (2016) and The Lifespan of a Fact (2018), respectively off and on Broadway. In 2022, he starred in the New York Theatre Workshop revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along.

Radcliffe has contributed to many charities, including Demelza Hospice Care for Children and the Trevor Project; the latter awarded him its Hero Award in 2011.

Early life

Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in Hammersmith, London, England^[3] on 23 July 1989,^[4] the only child of Marcia Jeannine Gresham (née Jacobson)^[5][6] and literary agent Alan George Radcliffe.^[7] His Jewish mother was born in South Africa, traces her ancestry to Jewish immigrants from Germany, Lithuania, Poland, and Russia,^[8][9][10] and was raised in the English town of Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex.^{[11][12][13][14][15]} His Northern Irish father was raised in a «very working-class» Protestant family in Banbridge in County Down.^[16][17] In 2019, he explored both sides of his family history in the BBC genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are?^[18][a] Radcliffe’s parents had both acted as children.^[19][20] As a casting agent, his mother has been involved in BBC productions such as The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.^[5][6][7]

Radcliffe was educated at three private schools for boys in London: Redcliffe School,^[21] Sussex House School,^[22][23] and the City of London School.^[24] After the release of the first Harry Potter film, attending school proved difficult for him as some fellow pupils became hostile, though he states that they were just trying to «have a crack at the kid that plays Harry Potter» rather than acting out of jealousy.^[25] As his acting career began to consume his schedule, he continued his education through on-set tutors. He has admitted to not being a very good student, considering school useless and finding the work «really difficult».^[22] He achieved A grades in the three AS level exams that he took in 2006, but decided to take a break from education and did not attend university.^[26][27] Part of his reasoning was that he already knew he wanted to be an actor and screenwriter, and that it would be difficult to have a normal college experience.^[25]

Career

1999–2001: Acting debut and early career

Radcliffe first expressed a desire to act at age five.^[28] After one of his mother’s casting agent friends secured him an audition, he made his acting debut at age ten in BBC One’s two-part adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield (1999),^[29] portraying the title character as a young boy.^[30] He made his film debut in The Tailor of Panama (2001), an American film based on John le Carré’s 1996 spy novel, which was a moderate commercial success.^[31]

2001–2011: Stardom with Harry Potter

In 2000, producer David Heyman met Radcliffe while he was at the theatre with his father, a well-known literary agent who Heyman was friends with.^[32][33] He asked him to audition for the role of Harry Potter for the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the best-selling book by British author J. K. Rowling.^[33][34] Rowling had been searching for an unknown British actor to personify the character, and the film’s director Chris Columbus recalled thinking, «This is what I want. This is Harry Potter» after he saw a video of the young actor in David Copperfield.^[35] Eight months later, following several auditions, Radcliffe was selected to play the part.^[36] Rowling endorsed the selection, saying: «I don’t think Chris Columbus could have found a better Harry.»^[37] Radcliffe’s parents originally turned down the offer, as they had been told that it would involve six films shot in Los Angeles.^[38] Warner Bros. instead offered Radcliffe a two-film contract with shooting in the UK;^[35] Radcliffe was unsure at the time if he would act in more than two Harry Potter films.^[39]

The release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone took place in 2001. Radcliffe received a seven-figure salary for the lead role, but asserted that the fee was «not that important» to him;^[40] his parents chose to invest the money for him.^[35] The film was highly popular and was met with positive reviews, and critics took notice of Radcliffe:^[41] «Radcliffe is the embodiment of every reader’s imagination. It is wonderful to see a young hero who is so scholarly looking and filled with curiosity and who connects with very real emotions, from solemn intelligence and the delight of discovery to deep family longing,» wrote Bob Graham of the San Francisco Chronicle.^[42]

A year later, Radcliffe starred in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second instalment of the series. Reviewers were positive about the lead actors’ performances but had polarising opinions on the film overall. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) was the third film in the series. Radcliffe’s performance was criticised by The New York Times film critic A. O. Scott, who felt that co-star Emma Watson had to carry him with her performance.^[43] Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) was the second-highest grossing Harry Potter film at that point,^[44] and Radcliffe singled out the humour as a reason for the film’s creative success.^[45]

The future of the franchise was put into question when Radcliffe, Watson, and co-star Rupert Grint hesitated to sign on to continue their roles. By March 2007, however, Radcliffe had signed for the final Harry Potter films; his signing put an end to weeks of press «speculation that he would be denied the role due to his involvement in Equus«, in which he had performed nude onstage.^[46] Radcliffe reprised the role of Harry for the fifth time in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). Radcliffe stated that director David Yates and co-star Imelda Staunton made Order of the Phoenix the «most fun» film to work on in the series.^[47] His performance earned him several award nominations, and he received the 2008 National Movie Award for «Best Male Performance».^[48] Radcliffe, Grint, and Watson left imprints of their hands, feet, and wands in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.^[49] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the series’ sixth instalment, was released in July 2009. Radcliffe received nominations for «Best Male Performance» and «Global Superstar» at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards.^[50]

Radcliffe with Watson and Grint in July 2011

For financial and scripting reasons, the last Harry Potter book (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) was divided into two films that were shot back-to-back.^[51][52] This decision drew criticism from the series’ fans, but Radcliffe defended the split, stating that it would have been impossible to properly adapt the final novel into a single film.^[53][54]

The two-film finale, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2, was released in November 2010 and July 2011, respectively. While Deathly Hallows – Part 1 grossed $960 million, Deathly Hallows – Part 2 grossed more than $1.3 billion worldwide; as of May 2019, it was the 11th-highest-grossing film of all time. Deathly Hallows – Part 2 was critically acclaimed, as was Radcliffe’s performance; Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post asked, «Who could have predicted that Radcliffe, Grint and Watson would turn out to be good actors»?^[55][41] Critic Rex Reed remarked, «Frankly, I’m sorry to see [Radcliffe] go»;^[56] Roger Ebert gave the film a highly positive review, but felt that Radcliffe, Grint and Watson were «upstaged by the supporting [actors].»^[57]

Radcliffe acknowledged that some people would never be able to separate him from the Harry Potter character; however, he has said he is «proud to be associated with this film series forever.»^[58] Despite positive feelings about the films, he has no interest in doing more Harry Potter films. After Rowling hinted about writing an eighth book, Radcliffe was asked if he would do another Harry Potter film, to which he replied, «[It is] very doubtful. I think 10 years is a long time to spend with one character».^[59] Despite devoting so much time to the series, Radcliffe has asserted that he did not miss out on a childhood like other child actors, remarking, «I’ve been given a much better perspective on life by doing Potter.»^[60]

2002–2008: West End and Broadway Theatre debut

Radcliffe in October 2007

In 2002, Radcliffe made his stage debut as a celebrity guest in a West End production of The Play What I Wrote, directed by Kenneth Branagh—who also appeared with him in the second Harry Potter film.^[30][61] He appeared in the film December Boys, an Australian family drama about four orphans that was shot in 2005 and released to theaters in mid-September 2007.^[62] On 13 April 2006, a portrait of Radcliffe by Stuart Pearson Wright was unveiled as part of a new exhibition opening at the National Theatre, before being moved to the National Portrait Gallery.^[63]

In 2007, Radcliffe co-starred with Carey Mulligan in My Boy Jack, a television drama film shown on ITV. The film received mostly positive reviews,^[64] with several critics praising Radcliffe’s performance as an eighteen-year-old who goes missing in action during a battle.^[65][66][67] Radcliffe stated, «For many people my age, the First World War is just a topic in a history book. But I’ve always been fascinated by the subject and think it’s as relevant today as it ever was.»^[68] Later that year, he published several poems under the pen name Jacob Gershon—a combination of his middle name and the Hebrew version of his mother’s maiden name Gresham—in the underground fashion magazine Rubbish.^[1][2]

At age seventeen, in a bid to demonstrate people that he was prepared for adult roles,^[69] Radcliffe starred in a West End revival of Peter Shaffer’s play Equus at the Gielgud Theatre. The piece had not been revived since its first run in 1973.^[35] Radcliffe took on the lead role^[61] of Alan Strang, a stable boy who has an obsession with horses. Advance sales topped £1.7 million, and the role generated significant pre-opening media interest, as Radcliffe performed a nude scene.^[35][70] Equus opened on 27 February 2007 and ran until 9 June 2007.^[61] Radcliffe’s performance was acclaimed,^[71] as critics were impressed by the nuance and depth of his against-type role.^[72] Charles Spencer of The Telegraph wrote that the actor «displays a dramatic power and an electrifying stage presence that marks a tremendous leap forward.» He added: «I never thought I would find the diminutive (but perfectly formed) Radcliffe a sinister figure, but as Alan Strang … there are moments when he seems genuinely scary in his rage and confusion.»^[73] The production transferred to Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre in September 2008. Radcliffe continued in the lead role, starring alongside Kate Mulgrew, Anna Camp, and his Harry Potter co-star Richard Griffiths.^[74][75] Radcliffe was nervous about reprising the role on Broadway as he considered American audiences to be more discerning than those in London.^[76] Radcliffe’s performance was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.^[77]

2010–2018: Return to Broadway and independent films

Radcliffe in October 2013

After voicing a character in The Simpsons episode «Treehouse of Horror XXI» in late 2010,^[78] Radcliffe debuted as J. Pierrepont Finch in a 2011 Broadway revival How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.^[79] The role had previously been played by Robert Morse and Matthew Broderick.^[80] Other cast members included John Larroquette, Rose Hemingway and Mary Faber.^[81] Both the actor and production received favourable reviews,^[82] with USA Today commenting: «Radcliffe ultimately succeeds not by overshadowing his fellow cast members, but by working in conscientious harmony with them – and having a blast in the process.»^[83] Radcliffe’s performance in the show earned him Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations.^[84][85][86] The production itself later received nine Tony Award nominations.^[87] Radcliffe left the show on 1 January 2012.^[88]

Radcliffe’s first post-Harry Potter project was the 2012 horror film The Woman in Black, adapted from the 1983 novel by Susan Hill. The film was released on 3 February 2012 in the United States and Canada, and was released on 10 February in the UK. Radcliffe portrays a man sent to deal with the legal matters of a mysterious woman who has just died, and soon after he begins to experience strange events and hauntings from the ghost of a woman dressed in black.^[89] He has said he was «incredibly excited» to be part of the film and described the script as «beautifully written».^[90]

In 2013, he portrayed American beat poet Allen Ginsberg in the thriller drama Kill Your Darlings, directed by John Krokidas.^[91][92] He also starred in an Irish-Canadian romantic comedy film The F Word (2013) directed by Michael Dowseand written by Elan Mastai, based on TJ Dawe and Michael Rinaldi’s play Toothpaste and Cigars and then he starred in an American dark fantasy horror film directed by Alexandre Aja Horns.^{[93][94][95][96]} Both of the films premiered at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival.^[97][98] Also in 2013, Radcliffe performed at the Noël Coward Theatre in the stage play revival of Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy The Cripple of Inishmaan as the lead, Billy Claven,^[99] for which he won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor in a Play.^[100]

Radcliffe starred as Igor in a science fiction horror film Victor Frankenstein (2015), directed by Paul McGuigan and written by Max Landis. The film was based on contemporary adaptations of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein.^[101] He also starred as Sam Houser, one of the founders of Rockstar Games, in the biographical drama film The Gamechangers.^[102]

Radcliffe starred in the action adventure film Now You See Me 2 (2016) alongside Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Eisenberg, and Woody Harrelson.^[103] playing a technological prodigy, entrepreneur, criminal mastermind and a main leading antagonist all along with Michael Caine’s character named Arthur Tressler (of whom Radcliffe’s character is revealed to be the son), who whilst in turn resents magic.^[104] In 2016, Radcliffe portrayed Manny, a talkative corpse, in the indie film Swiss Army Man with Paul Dano.^[105] That same year, He also starred in critically acclaimed independent film Imperium (2016) with Toni Collette, and Tracy Letts. He played Nate Foster, an idealistic FBI agent who goes undercover to take down a radical white supremacy group.^[106]
The film received an 84% on Rotten Tomatoes with the consensus reading, «The unsettling Imperium boasts troublingly timely themes and a talented cast led by Daniel Radcliffe as an undercover FBI agent infiltrating a ring of white supremacists.»^[107]

Radcliffe starred off-Broadway at The Public Theater in a documentary theatre piece titled Privacy, playing the role of The Writer.^[108] In 2017, he starred as Yossi Ghinsberg in the thriller Jungle, which was based on an internationally best-selling memoir of the same name by Yossi Ghinsberg.^[109] In 2018, Radcliffe portrayed a pilot smuggling drugs across borders in the independent action-thriller Beast of Burden directed by Jesper Ganslandt.^[110] Radcliffe returned to Broadway in the ninety-minute comedy play The Lifespan of a Fact at Studio 54 Theatre with Bobby Cannavale and Cherry Jones. The play revolves around a determined young fact checker who goes up against his demanding editor and an unorthodox author.^[111]

2019–present: Television series and continued work

In 2019, Radcliffe starred as Craig in the TBS comedy limited series Miracle Workers based on the book by Simon Rich.^[112] The show’s second season premiered on 28 January 2020. He voice–starred as Rex Dasher, a secret agent who helps Marla, in the animated film Playmobil: The Movie directed by Lino DiSalvo.^[113] In 2020, Radcliffe starred as Miles in the action comedy film Guns Akimbo directed by Jason Lei Howden and co-starring Samara Weaving and Natasha Liu Bordizzo.^[114] He also starred as Tim Jenkin in the thriller film Escape from Pretoria, based on the real-life prison escape by three young political prisoners from jail in South Africa in 1979.^[115] He also played the role of Prince Frederick in the Netflix special Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt opposite Ellie Kemper.^[116]

Radcliffe reunited with multiple cast members of the Harry Potter film series for an HBO Max special titled Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, which was released on 1 January 2022.^[117] Radcliffe stars as the villain in the action-adventure comedy film The Lost City, opposite Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum.^[118] He portrayed musician «Weird Al» Yankovic in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, a biographical parody film produced for The Roku Channel.^[119]

In early 2022, Radcliffe returned to the stage acting in the New York Theatre Workshop revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Merrily We Roll Along playing Charley Kringas. He starred alongside Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez.^[120] The revival started on 21 November 2022, and is set to open on 12 December 2022. The production will run for a limited engagement through 8 January 2023.^[121]

Other ventures

Philanthropy

Radcliffe has lent his support to various charitable organisations. He designed the Cu-Bed for Habitat’s VIP Kids range (a cube made of eight smaller ones which can be made into a bed, chaise-longue or chair)^[122] with all the royalties from the sale of the bed going directly to his favourite charity, Demelza House Children’s Hospice in Sittingbourne, Kent.^[123] Radcliffe has urged fans to make donations to the charity’s Candle for Care programme in lieu of giving him Christmas presents. In 2008, he was among several celebrities who donated their old glasses to an exhibit honouring victims of the Holocaust.^[124] During the Broadway run of Equus he auctioned off a pair of jeans and other items worn in the show, for New-York-based Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS^[125] and was a presenter at the 2011 Gypsy of the Year competition.^[126] He has also made donations in support of Get Connected UK, a London-based free confidential national helpline for troubled youth.^[127]

Political and social views

Radcliffe is a supporter of the Labour Party.^[128] He previously supported the Liberal Democrats,^[129] and endorsed then-Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg in the 2010 general election. In 2012, however, he switched his political alignment to Labour, citing disillusionment with the performance of Clegg and the Liberal Democrats while in government, and approving of then-Labour leader Ed Miliband.^[128] In 2015, he endorsed Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party leadership campaign. He told The Big Issue, «I feel like this show of sincerity by a man who has been around long enough and stuck to his beliefs long enough that he knows them and doesn’t have to be scripted is what is making people sit up and get excited. It is great.»^[130][131]

Radcliffe supports the concept of abolishing the British monarchy and replacing it with a republic.^[132] He also supports British unionism, and opposed the 2014 Scottish independence referendum because he «personally like[s] the UK being how it is».^[133]

Radcliffe is supportive of the LGBTQ community. Speaking out against homophobia, he began filming public service announcements in 2009 for The Trevor Project, promoting awareness of gay teen suicide prevention.^[134][135] He first learnt of the organisation while performing Equus on Broadway in 2008^[135] and has contributed financially to it.^[136] He said in a 2010 interview, «I have always hated anybody who is not tolerant of gay men or lesbians or bisexuals. Now I am in the very fortunate position where I can actually help or do something about it.» In the same interview, he stressed the importance of public figures advocating for equal rights.^[135] He received The Trevor Project’s Hero Award in 2011 for his contributions.^[134][137] In June 2020, amid controversy over Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling’s remarks on gender identity—widely condemned as being transphobic—Radcliffe penned an essay published by The Trevor Project in which he voiced support for the transgender community and expressed regret that Rowling’s statements had damaged fans’ experience of the Harry Potter books.^[138][139]

Personal life

Radcliffe splits his time between homes in the Fulham area of London^[140] and the West Village neighbourhood of New York City’s Manhattan borough.^[141] He has been in a relationship with American actress Erin Darke since 2012, after having met on the set of Kill Your Darlings.^[142]

In 2008, Radcliffe revealed that he has a mild form of the neurological disorder dyspraxia, which sometimes prevents him from doing simple activities such as writing or tying his shoelaces. He said, «I was having a hard time at school, in terms of being crap at everything, with no discernible talent.»^[143]

Radcliffe has expressed his fondness for rap music and admitted to having «an obsession with memorising complicated, lyrically intricate and fast songs». On 28 October 2014, he rapped the 1999 Blackalicious song «Alphabet Aerobics» during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.^[144][145]

Radcliffe is close to his family, whom he credits for keeping him grounded.^[146] In August 2010, he became teetotal after finding himself becoming too reliant on alcohol.^[147] In March 2020, he appeared as the guest on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, where he discussed his alcohol misuse during his teens and his decision to become teetotal, and how his parents’ support and staying in his native England helped him cope with fame.^[148][149]

Radcliffe stated of his beliefs in 2012: «There was never [religious] faith in the house. I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I’m English.»^[19] He has said that his family are «Christmas tree Jews»^[150][151] also he said: «I’m an atheist, but I’m very proud of being Jewish. It means I have a good work ethic, and you get Jewish humour and you’re allowed to tell Jewish jokes. For instance: did you hear how copper wire was invented? Two Jews fighting over a penny. And so on.»^[1][152] In 2009, he stated that he was an atheist and said, «I’m very relaxed about [being an atheist]. I don’t preach my atheism, but I have a huge amount of respect for people like Richard Dawkins who do. Anything he does on television, I will watch.»^[153][154] However, he was quoted as saying in 2012, «I’m an atheist, and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation.»^[155] In 2019, he described himself as «agnostic leaning toward atheism».^[156]

Radcliffe was reported to have earned £1 million for the first Harry Potter film^[40] and around £15 million for the sixth.^[22] He appeared on the Sunday Times Rich List in 2006, which estimated his personal fortune to be £14 million, making him one of the richest young people in the UK.^[157] In March 2009, he was ranked at number one on the Forbes «Most Valuable Young Stars» list,^[158] and by April The Daily Telegraph measured his net worth at £30 million, making him the 12th richest young person in the UK.^[159] Radcliffe was considered to be the richest teenager in England later that year.^[22] In February 2010, he was named the sixth highest-paid Hollywood male star^[160] and placed at number five on Forbes‘ December list of Hollywood’s highest-grossing actors^[b] with a film revenue of US$780 million, mainly due to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows being released that year.^[161] As of 2021, Radcliffe’s net worth is estimated at £95 million.^[162]

Filmography and awards

Explanatory notes

References

External links

• Daniel Radcliffe at IMDb
• Daniel Radcliffe at the Internet Broadway Database  

Introduction:

Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989)^[1] is an English actor best known for his role as Harry Potter in the film series of the same name. He made his acting debut at 10 years of age in BBC One’s 1999 television film David Copperfield, followed by his cinematic debut in 2001’s The Tailor of Panama. At age 11, he was cast as Harry Potter in the first Harry Potter film, and starred in the series for 10 years until the release of the eighth and final film in 2011.

Radcliffe began to branch out to stage acting in 2007, starring in the London and New York productions of Equus, and in the 2011 Broadway revival of the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. His recent films include the horror film The Woman in Black (2012), playing beat poet Allen Ginsberg in the independent film Kill Your Darlings (2013), science fiction fantasyVictor Frankenstein (2015) and comedy-drama Swiss Army Man, heist thriller film Now You See Me 2 and thriller Imperium (all 2016).

He has contributed to many charities, including Demelza Hospice Care for Children, and The Trevor Project for suicide prevention among LGBTQ youth, which gave him its Hero Award in 2011.

Early life:

Radcliffe was born in Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, Hammersmith, London, England.^[2] He is the only child of Marcia Jeannine Gresham (née Jacobson) and Alan George Radcliffe. His mother is Jewish and was born in South Africa and raised in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.^[3] His father was raised in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland, in a «very working-class» Protestant family.^[4][5] Radcliffe’s maternal ancestors were Jewish immigrants from Poland and Russia.^[6][7] Radcliffe’s parents had both acted as children.^[8][9] His father is a literary agent. His mother is a casting agent and was involved in several films for the BBC, including The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Walk Away and I Stumble.^[10]

Radcliffe first expressed a desire to act at the age of five,^[11] and in December 1999, aged 10, he made his acting debut in BBC One’s televised two-part adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield, portraying the title character as a young boy.^[12] He was educated at two independent schools for boys:^[13] Sussex House School, a day school inChelsea’s Cadogan Square,^[14] and the City of London School, a day school on the North Bank of the River Thames in London’s financial district (known as the City of London).^[15]Attending school became difficult for Radcliffe after the release of the first Harry Potter film, with some fellow pupils becoming hostile, though he says it was people just trying to «have a crack at the kid that plays Harry Potter» rather than jealousy.^[16]

As his acting career began to consume his schedule, Radcliffe continued his education through on-set tutors. He admitted he was not very good at school, considering it useless and finding the work «really difficult.»^[13] He achieved A grades in the three AS-level exams that he took in 2006, but decided to take a break from education and did not go to college or university.^[17][18] Part of his reasoning was that he already knew he wanted to act and write, and that it would be difficult to have a normal college experience. «Thepaparazzi, they’d love it,» he told Details magazine in 2007. «If there were any parties going on, they’d be tipped off as to where they were.»^[16]

Career:

Harry Potter:

In 2000, producer David Heyman asked Radcliffe to audition for the role of Harry Potter for the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the best-selling book by British author J. K. Rowling.^[19][20] Rowling had been searching for an unknown British actor to personify the character, and the movie’s director Chris Columbus recalled thinking, «This is what I want. This is Harry Potter», after he saw a video of the young actor in David Copperfield.^[21] Eight months later, and after several auditions, Radcliffe was selected to play the part.^[22] Rowling also endorsed the selection saying, «I don’t think Chris Columbus could have found a better Harry.»^[23] Radcliffe’s parents originally turned down the offer, as they had been told that it would involve six films shot in Los Angeles.^[24] Warner Bros. instead offered Radcliffe a two-movie contract with shooting in the UK;^[21] Radcliffe was unsure at the time if he would do any more than that.

The release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the United States) took place in 2001. Radcliffe received a seven figure salary for the lead role, but asserted that the fee was «not that important» to him;^[26] his parents chose to invest the money for him.^[21] The film was highly popular and was met with positive reviews, and critics took notice of Radcliffe:^[27] «Radcliffe is the embodiment of every reader’s imagination. It is wonderful to see a young hero who is so scholarly looking and filled with curiosity and who connects with very real emotions, from solemn intelligence and the delight of discovery to deep family longing,» wrote Bob Graham of the San Francisco Chronicle.

A year later Radcliffe starred in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second installment of the series. Reviewers were positive about the lead actors’ performances but had polarised opinions on the movie as a whole. The 2004 release Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was the third film in the series. Radcliffe’s performance was panned by New York Times journalist A. O. Scott, who wrote that Watson had to carry him with her performance.^[29] Next was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 2005. The film was the second-highest grossing Harry Potter film at that point,^[30] and Radcliffe singled out the humour as being a reason for the movie’s creative success.

The future of the franchise was put into question when Radcliffe and his co-leads Emma Watson and Rupert Grint hesitated signing on to continue their roles for the final two episodes; however, by March 2007 Radcliffe had signed for the final films, which put an end to weeks of press «speculation that he would be denied the role due to his involvement in Equus«, in which he had performed nude on stage.^[32]Radcliffe reprised his role for the fourth time in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). Radcliffe stated that director David Yatesand actress Imelda Staunton made Order of the Phoenix the «most fun» film in the series to work on.^[33] His performance earned several award nominations, and he received the 2008 National Movie Award for «Best Male Performance.»^[34] As his fame and the series continued, Radcliffe, Grint, and Watson left imprints of their hands, feet, and wands in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.^[35] In July 2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released, the series’ sixth instalment. Radcliffe received nominations for «Best Male Performance» and «Global Superstar» at the2010 MTV Movie Awards.

For financial and scripting reasons the last book was divided into two films, shot back to back,^[37][38] which drew criticism from the series’ fanbase. Radcliffe defended the split, stating that it would have been impossible to properly adapt the final novel into a single film.^[39] He added that the last movie was going to be extremely fast-paced with a lot of action, while the first part would be far more sedate, focusing on character development; he added that, had they combined them, those things would not have made it to the final cut.^[40] Filming lasted for a year, concluding in June 2010 and on the last day of shooting, like most of the cast and crew, Radcliffe openly wept.

The final film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, was released in July 2011. Radcliffe, along with the film,^[27] was critically acclaimed: Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post asked, «Who could have predicted that Radcliffe, Grint and Watson would turn out to be good actors?»;^[42] similarly, Rex Reed said: «Frankly, I’m sorry to see [Radcliffe] go»;^[43] while Rolling Stone critic Peter Traverscommented on Radcliffe: «Well played, sir.»^[44] Roger Ebert gave the film a highly positive review, but felt that Radcliffe, Grint and Watson were «upstaged by the supporting [actors].»^[45]

Radcliffe admitted that some people would never be able to separate him from the character, but also said he is «proud to be associated with this film series forever.»^[46] Despite positive feelings about the movies, he has no interest in doing more Harry Potter films. After Rowling hinted about writing an eighth book, Radcliffe was asked if he would do another film to which he replied: «[It is] very doubtful. I think 10 years is a long time to spend with one character.»^[47] Despite devoting so much time to the series, Radcliffe has asserted that he did not miss out on a childhood like other child actors: «I’ve been given a much better perspective on life by doing Potter.»

2001–09:

Radcliffe made his film debut in The Tailor of Panama, an American 2001 film based on John le Carré’s 1996 spy novel, and a moderate commercial success.^[49] In 2002 he made his stage debut as a celebrity guest in a West End theatre production of The Play What I Wrote, directed by Kenneth Branagh – who also appeared with him in the second Harry Potter film.^[12][50] In 2007 he appeared in the film December Boys, an Australian family drama about four orphans that was shot in 2005 and released to theatres in mid-September 2007.^[51] Also in 2007, Radcliffe co-starred with Carey Mulligan in My Boy Jack, a television drama film shown on ITV on Remembrance Day. The film received mostly positive reviews,^[52] with several critics praising Radcliffe’s performance as an 18-year-old who goes missing in action during a battle.^[53][54][55] Radcliffe stated, «For many people my age, the First World War is just a topic in a history book. But I’ve always been fascinated by the subject and think it’s as relevant today as it ever was.»^[56]

At age 17, in a bid to show people he was prepared for adult roles,^[57] he performed onstage in Peter Shaffer’s play Equus, which had not been revived since its first run in 1973, at the Gielgud Theatre.^[21] Radcliffe took on the lead role^[50] as Alan Strang, a stable boy who has an obsession with horses. Advance sales topped £1.7 million, and the role generated significant pre-opening media interest, as Radcliffe appeared in a nude scene.^[21][58] Equus opened on 27 February 2007 and ran until 9 June 2007.^[50] Radcliffe’s performance received positive reviews^[59] as critics were impressed by the nuance and depth of his against-type role.^[60] Charles Spencer of The Daily Telegraph wrote that he «displays a dramatic power and an electrifying stage presence that marks a tremendous leap forward.» He added: «I never thought I would find the diminutive (but perfectly formed) Radcliffe a sinister figure, but as Alan Strang … there are moments when he seems genuinely scary in his rage and confusion.»^[61] The production then transferred to Broadway in September 2008, with Radcliffe still in the lead role.^[62][63] Radcliffe stated he was nervous about repeating the role on Broadway because he considered American audiences more discerning than those in London.^[64] Radcliffe’s performance was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.

2010–present:

After voicing a character in an episode of the animated television series The Simpsons in late 2010,^[66] Radcliffe debuted as J. Pierrepont Finch in the 2011 Broadway revival How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, a role previously held by Broadway veterans Robert Morse and Matthew Broderick.^[67] Other cast members included John Larroquette, Rose Hemingway and Mary Faber.^[68] Both the actor and production received favourable reviews,^[69] with USA Today commenting: «Radcliffe ultimately succeeds not by overshadowing his fellow cast members, but by working in conscientious harmony with them – and having a blast in the process.»^[70] Radcliffe’s performance in the show earned him Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations.^[71][72][73] The production itself later received nine Tony Award nominations.^[74] Radcliffe left the show on 1 January 2012.

His first post-Harry Potter project was the 2012 horror film The Woman in Black, adapted from the 1983 novel by Susan Hill. The film was released on 3 February 2012 in the United States and Canada, and was released on 10 February in the UK. Radcliffe portrays a man sent to deal with the legal matters of a mysterious woman who has just died, and soon after he begins to experience strange events and hauntings from the ghost of a woman dressed in black.^[76] He has said he was «incredibly excited» to be part of the film and described the script as «beautifully written».^[77]

In 2013, he portrayed American poet Allen Ginsberg in the thriller drama Kill Your Darlings, directed by John Krokidas.^[78][79] He also starred in an Irish-Canadian romantic comedy film The F Word directed by Michael Dowseand written by Elan Mastai, based on TJ Dawe and Michael Rinaldi’s play Toothpaste and Cigars and then he starred in an American dark fantasy horror film directed by Alexandre Aja Horns.^{[80][81][82][83]}Both of the films premiered at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival.^[84][85]

Radcliffe also performed at the Noël Coward Theatre in the stage play revival of Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy The Cripple of Inishmaan as the lead, Billy Claven,^[86] for which he won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor in a Play.^[87] In 2015, Radcliffe starred as Igor in a science fiction horror film Victor Frankenstein directed by Paul McGuigan and written by Max Landis, which was based on contemporary adaptations of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein.^[88] He also starred as Sam House, one of the founder of Rockstar Games, in the biographical drama film The Gamechangers.^[89]

In 2016, Radcliffe portrayed Manny, a talkative corpse, in the indie film Swiss Army Man.^[90] That same year, he also starred as Walter Mabry in the action adventure film Now You See Me 2,^[91] ironically playing a technological prodigy who resents magic.^[92] He also starred off-Broadway at The Public Theater in a documentary theatre piece called Privacy, playing the role of The Writer.^[93] He starred in the 2016 release Imperium playing Nate Foster, an idealistic FBI agent who goes undercover to take down a radical white supremacy group.^[94]

Radcliffe portrayed a pilot smuggling drugs across borders in the independent action-thriller Beast of Burden.^[95] He is set to star as American reporter Jake Adelstein in Tokyo Vice.^[96] In November 2015 he joined the ensemble cast of Shane Carruth’s third film, The Modern Ocean alongside Anne Hathaway, Keanu Reeves, Tom Holland, Chloë Grace Moretz, Asa Butterfield, Jeff Goldblum and Abraham Attah.

Personal life:

In 2008, Radcliffe revealed that he has a mild form of the neurological disorder developmental coordination disorder. The motor skill disorder sometimes prevents him from doing simple activities, such as writing or tying his own shoelaces. «I was having a hard time at school, in terms of being crap at everything, with no discernible talent,» Radcliffe commented.^[98] In August 2010, he stopped drinking alcohol after finding himself becoming too reliant on it.^[99]

In November 2007 Radcliffe published several poems under the pen name Jacob Gershon – a combination of his middle name and the Jewish version of his mother’s maiden name Gresham – in Rubbish, an underground fashion magazine.^[100][101] He has a close friendship with his Harry Potter co-stars Tom Felton^[102] and Emma Watson,^[103] and is tight-knit with his family, whom he credits for keeping him grounded.^[104]

Sources disagree about Radcliffe’s personal wealth; he was reported to have earned £1 million for the first Harry Potter film^[26] and around £15 million for the sixth.^[13] Radcliffe appeared on the Sunday Times Rich List in 2006, which estimated his personal fortune to be £14 million, making him one of the richest young people in the UK.^[105] In March 2009 he was ranked number one on the Forbes «Most Valuable Young Stars» list,^[106] and by April The Daily Telegraph measured his net worth at £30m, making him the 12th richest young person in the UK.^[107] Radcliffe was considered to be the richest teenager in England later that year.^[13] In February 2010 he was named the sixth highest paid Hollywood male star^[108] and placed at number five on Forbes‘s December list of Hollywood’s highest-grossing actors^{[note 1]} with a film revenue of US$780 million, mainly due to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows being released that year.^[109]

Radcliffe maintains a home in the West Village of Lower Manhattan in New York City.^[110] As of October 2012, Radcliffe has been dating American^[9] Erin Darke, whom he met on the set of Kill Your Darlings. There were rumours and stories of a possible engagement in mid-2014, but Darke’s father Ian Darke denied there were any such plans in December 2014.

Religion

In a 2012 interview, Radcliffe stated: «There was never [religious] faith in the house. I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I’m English.»^[8] He has stated: «We were Christmas tree Jews»,^[115] and that he is «very proud of being Jewish».^[100][116]

Radcliffe has also been quoted as saying: «I’m an atheist, and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation»,^[117] but in a separate interview, he stated, «I’m very relaxed about [being an atheist]. I don’t preach my atheism, but I have a huge amount of respect for people like Richard Dawkins who do. Anything he does on television, I will watch».^[118][119]

Views and activism:

Radcliffe is a supporter of the Labour Party.^[120] Until 2012 Radcliffe had publicly supported the Liberal Democrats,^[121] and before the 2010 general election Radcliffe endorsedNick Clegg, the Lib Dem leader. In 2012, however, Radcliffe switched his allegiance to Labour, citing disappointment with the performance of Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems ingovernment, and approving of the Labour leader, Ed Miliband.^[120] In September 2015, he endorsed Jeremy Corbyn in the 2015 leadership contest to succeed Miliband.^[122] He is a supporter of a British republic.^[123] On 13 April 2006 his portrait, drawn by Stuart Pearson Wright, was unveiled as part of a new exhibition opening at the Royal National Theatre; it was then moved to the National Portrait Gallery,^[124] making Radcliffe the youngest non-royal (he was sixteen at the time) ever to have an individual portrait at the NPG.

Speaking out against homophobia, Radcliffe began filming public service announcements in 2009 for The Trevor Project, promoting awareness of gay teen suicide prevention.^[125][126] He first learned of the organisation while working on Equus on Broadway in 2008^[126] and has contributed financially to it.^[127] «I have always hated anybody who is not tolerant of gay men or lesbians or bisexuals. Now I am in the very fortunate position where I can actually help or do something about it,» he said in a 2010 interview. In the same interview, he spoke of the importance of public figures advocating for equal rights.^[126] Radcliffe considers his involvement to be one of the most important things in his career and,^[125] for his work for the organisation, he was given the «Hero Award» in 2011.^[125]

Radcliffe has supported various charities. He designed the Cu-Bed for Habitat’s VIP Kids range (a cube made of eight smaller ones which can be made into a bed, chaise-longue or chair)^[128] with all the royalties from the sale of the bed going directly to his favourite charity, Demelza House Children’s Hospice in Sittingbourne, Kent.^[129] Radcliffe has urged his fans to make donations, in lieu of Christmas presents to him, to the charity’s Candle for Care program. In 2008 he was among several celebrities who donated their old glasses to an exhibit honouring victims of the Holocaust.^[130] During the Broadway run of Equus he auctioned off a pair of jeans and other items worn in the show, for New-York-based Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.^[131] and presenting at the 2011 Gypsy of the Year competition.^[132] He has also donated money to Get Connected UK, a London-based free confidential national helpline for troubled youth.

Awards and Honours:

• Saturn Awards — Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Philosopher’s Stone) — Nominated
• Critics Choice Awards — Best Young Actor/Actress (Philosopher’s Stone) — Nominated
• Empire Awards — Best Début (Philosopher’s Stone) — Shared with Emma Watson, Rupert Grint — Nominated
• Golden Apple Awards — Youth Male Discovery of the Year (2001) — Won
• MTV Movie Awards — Breakthrough Male Performance (Philosopher’s Stone) — Nominated
• Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards — Best Newcomer (Philosopher’s Stone) — Nominated
• Saturn Awards — Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Chamber of Secrets) — Nominated
• Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards — Best Acting Ensemble (Chamber of Secrets) — Shared with Kenneth Branagh, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Rupert Grint, Richard Harris, Jason Isaacs, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, Emma Watson — Nominated
• Saturn Awards — Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Prisoner of Azkaban) — Nominated
• Critics Choice Awards — Best Young Actor (Prisoner of Azkaban) — Nominated
• Saturn Awards — Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Goblet of Fire) — Nominated
• Critics Choice Awards — Best Young Actor (Goblet of Fire) — Nominated
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Hero (Goblet of Fire) — Nominated
• MTV Movie Awards — Best On-Screen Team (Goblet of Fire) — Shared with Emma Watson, Rupert Grint — Nominated
• Saturn Awards — Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Order of the Phoenix) — Nominated
• Empire Awards — Best Actor (Order of the Phoenix) — Nominated
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Kiss (Order of the Phoenix) — Shared with Katie Leung — Nominated
• National Movie Awards — Best Performance by a Male (Order of the Phoenix) — Won
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Male Performance (Half-Blood Prince) — Nominated
• People’s Choice Awards — Favourite On-Screen Team (Half-Blood Prince) — Shared with Rupert Grint, Emma Watson — Nominated
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Male Performance (Deathly Hallows Part 1) — Nominated
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Kiss (Deathly Hallows Part 1) — Shared with Emma Watson — Nominated
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Fight (Deathly Hallows Part 1) — Shared with Rod Hunt, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Arben Bajraktaraj — Nominated
• Teen Choice Awards — Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy (Deathly Hallows Part 1) — Nominated
• Teen Choice Awards — Choice Movie Liplock (Deathly Hallows Part 1) — Won
• Teen Choice Awards — Choice Summer Movie Star: Male (Deathly Hallows Part 2) — Won
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Cast (Deathly Hallows Part 2) (shared with Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, and Tom Felton)
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Hero (Deathly Hallows Part 2) — Won
• Glamour Awards — Man of The Year — Won
• Jameson Empire Awards — Empire Hero Award — Won
• WhatsOnStage Awards — Best Actor (The Cripple of Inishmaan) — Won.

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Introduction:

Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989)^[1] is an English actor best known for his role as Harry Potter in the film series of the same name. He made his acting debut at 10 years of age in BBC One’s 1999 television film David Copperfield, followed by his cinematic debut in 2001’s The Tailor of Panama. At age 11, he was cast as Harry Potter in the first Harry Potter film, and starred in the series for 10 years until the release of the eighth and final film in 2011.

Radcliffe began to branch out to stage acting in 2007, starring in the London and New York productions of Equus, and in the 2011 Broadway revival of the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. His recent films include the horror film The Woman in Black (2012), playing beat poet Allen Ginsberg in the independent film Kill Your Darlings (2013), science fiction fantasyVictor Frankenstein (2015) and comedy-drama Swiss Army Man, heist thriller film Now You See Me 2 and thriller Imperium (all 2016).

He has contributed to many charities, including Demelza Hospice Care for Children, and The Trevor Project for suicide prevention among LGBTQ youth, which gave him its Hero Award in 2011.

Early life:

Radcliffe was born in Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, Hammersmith, London, England.^[2] He is the only child of Marcia Jeannine Gresham (née Jacobson) and Alan George Radcliffe. His mother is Jewish and was born in South Africa and raised in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.^[3] His father was raised in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland, in a «very working-class» Protestant family.^[4][5] Radcliffe’s maternal ancestors were Jewish immigrants from Poland and Russia.^[6][7] Radcliffe’s parents had both acted as children.^[8][9] His father is a literary agent. His mother is a casting agent and was involved in several films for the BBC, including The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Walk Away and I Stumble.^[10]

Radcliffe first expressed a desire to act at the age of five,^[11] and in December 1999, aged 10, he made his acting debut in BBC One’s televised two-part adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield, portraying the title character as a young boy.^[12] He was educated at two independent schools for boys:^[13] Sussex House School, a day school inChelsea’s Cadogan Square,^[14] and the City of London School, a day school on the North Bank of the River Thames in London’s financial district (known as the City of London).^[15]Attending school became difficult for Radcliffe after the release of the first Harry Potter film, with some fellow pupils becoming hostile, though he says it was people just trying to «have a crack at the kid that plays Harry Potter» rather than jealousy.^[16]

As his acting career began to consume his schedule, Radcliffe continued his education through on-set tutors. He admitted he was not very good at school, considering it useless and finding the work «really difficult.»^[13] He achieved A grades in the three AS-level exams that he took in 2006, but decided to take a break from education and did not go to college or university.^[17][18] Part of his reasoning was that he already knew he wanted to act and write, and that it would be difficult to have a normal college experience. «Thepaparazzi, they’d love it,» he told Details magazine in 2007. «If there were any parties going on, they’d be tipped off as to where they were.»^[16]

Career:

Harry Potter:

In 2000, producer David Heyman asked Radcliffe to audition for the role of Harry Potter for the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the best-selling book by British author J. K. Rowling.^[19][20] Rowling had been searching for an unknown British actor to personify the character, and the movie’s director Chris Columbus recalled thinking, «This is what I want. This is Harry Potter», after he saw a video of the young actor in David Copperfield.^[21] Eight months later, and after several auditions, Radcliffe was selected to play the part.^[22] Rowling also endorsed the selection saying, «I don’t think Chris Columbus could have found a better Harry.»^[23] Radcliffe’s parents originally turned down the offer, as they had been told that it would involve six films shot in Los Angeles.^[24] Warner Bros. instead offered Radcliffe a two-movie contract with shooting in the UK;^[21] Radcliffe was unsure at the time if he would do any more than that.

The release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the United States) took place in 2001. Radcliffe received a seven figure salary for the lead role, but asserted that the fee was «not that important» to him;^[26] his parents chose to invest the money for him.^[21] The film was highly popular and was met with positive reviews, and critics took notice of Radcliffe:^[27] «Radcliffe is the embodiment of every reader’s imagination. It is wonderful to see a young hero who is so scholarly looking and filled with curiosity and who connects with very real emotions, from solemn intelligence and the delight of discovery to deep family longing,» wrote Bob Graham of the San Francisco Chronicle.

A year later Radcliffe starred in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second installment of the series. Reviewers were positive about the lead actors’ performances but had polarised opinions on the movie as a whole. The 2004 release Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was the third film in the series. Radcliffe’s performance was panned by New York Times journalist A. O. Scott, who wrote that Watson had to carry him with her performance.^[29] Next was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 2005. The film was the second-highest grossing Harry Potter film at that point,^[30] and Radcliffe singled out the humour as being a reason for the movie’s creative success.

The future of the franchise was put into question when Radcliffe and his co-leads Emma Watson and Rupert Grint hesitated signing on to continue their roles for the final two episodes; however, by March 2007 Radcliffe had signed for the final films, which put an end to weeks of press «speculation that he would be denied the role due to his involvement in Equus«, in which he had performed nude on stage.^[32]Radcliffe reprised his role for the fourth time in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). Radcliffe stated that director David Yatesand actress Imelda Staunton made Order of the Phoenix the «most fun» film in the series to work on.^[33] His performance earned several award nominations, and he received the 2008 National Movie Award for «Best Male Performance.»^[34] As his fame and the series continued, Radcliffe, Grint, and Watson left imprints of their hands, feet, and wands in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.^[35] In July 2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released, the series’ sixth instalment. Radcliffe received nominations for «Best Male Performance» and «Global Superstar» at the2010 MTV Movie Awards.

For financial and scripting reasons the last book was divided into two films, shot back to back,^[37][38] which drew criticism from the series’ fanbase. Radcliffe defended the split, stating that it would have been impossible to properly adapt the final novel into a single film.^[39] He added that the last movie was going to be extremely fast-paced with a lot of action, while the first part would be far more sedate, focusing on character development; he added that, had they combined them, those things would not have made it to the final cut.^[40] Filming lasted for a year, concluding in June 2010 and on the last day of shooting, like most of the cast and crew, Radcliffe openly wept.

The final film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, was released in July 2011. Radcliffe, along with the film,^[27] was critically acclaimed: Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post asked, «Who could have predicted that Radcliffe, Grint and Watson would turn out to be good actors?»;^[42] similarly, Rex Reed said: «Frankly, I’m sorry to see [Radcliffe] go»;^[43] while Rolling Stone critic Peter Traverscommented on Radcliffe: «Well played, sir.»^[44] Roger Ebert gave the film a highly positive review, but felt that Radcliffe, Grint and Watson were «upstaged by the supporting [actors].»^[45]

Radcliffe admitted that some people would never be able to separate him from the character, but also said he is «proud to be associated with this film series forever.»^[46] Despite positive feelings about the movies, he has no interest in doing more Harry Potter films. After Rowling hinted about writing an eighth book, Radcliffe was asked if he would do another film to which he replied: «[It is] very doubtful. I think 10 years is a long time to spend with one character.»^[47] Despite devoting so much time to the series, Radcliffe has asserted that he did not miss out on a childhood like other child actors: «I’ve been given a much better perspective on life by doing Potter.»

2001–09:

Radcliffe made his film debut in The Tailor of Panama, an American 2001 film based on John le Carré’s 1996 spy novel, and a moderate commercial success.^[49] In 2002 he made his stage debut as a celebrity guest in a West End theatre production of The Play What I Wrote, directed by Kenneth Branagh – who also appeared with him in the second Harry Potter film.^[12][50] In 2007 he appeared in the film December Boys, an Australian family drama about four orphans that was shot in 2005 and released to theatres in mid-September 2007.^[51] Also in 2007, Radcliffe co-starred with Carey Mulligan in My Boy Jack, a television drama film shown on ITV on Remembrance Day. The film received mostly positive reviews,^[52] with several critics praising Radcliffe’s performance as an 18-year-old who goes missing in action during a battle.^[53][54][55] Radcliffe stated, «For many people my age, the First World War is just a topic in a history book. But I’ve always been fascinated by the subject and think it’s as relevant today as it ever was.»^[56]

At age 17, in a bid to show people he was prepared for adult roles,^[57] he performed onstage in Peter Shaffer’s play Equus, which had not been revived since its first run in 1973, at the Gielgud Theatre.^[21] Radcliffe took on the lead role^[50] as Alan Strang, a stable boy who has an obsession with horses. Advance sales topped £1.7 million, and the role generated significant pre-opening media interest, as Radcliffe appeared in a nude scene.^[21][58] Equus opened on 27 February 2007 and ran until 9 June 2007.^[50] Radcliffe’s performance received positive reviews^[59] as critics were impressed by the nuance and depth of his against-type role.^[60] Charles Spencer of The Daily Telegraph wrote that he «displays a dramatic power and an electrifying stage presence that marks a tremendous leap forward.» He added: «I never thought I would find the diminutive (but perfectly formed) Radcliffe a sinister figure, but as Alan Strang … there are moments when he seems genuinely scary in his rage and confusion.»^[61] The production then transferred to Broadway in September 2008, with Radcliffe still in the lead role.^[62][63] Radcliffe stated he was nervous about repeating the role on Broadway because he considered American audiences more discerning than those in London.^[64] Radcliffe’s performance was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.

2010–present:

After voicing a character in an episode of the animated television series The Simpsons in late 2010,^[66] Radcliffe debuted as J. Pierrepont Finch in the 2011 Broadway revival How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, a role previously held by Broadway veterans Robert Morse and Matthew Broderick.^[67] Other cast members included John Larroquette, Rose Hemingway and Mary Faber.^[68] Both the actor and production received favourable reviews,^[69] with USA Today commenting: «Radcliffe ultimately succeeds not by overshadowing his fellow cast members, but by working in conscientious harmony with them – and having a blast in the process.»^[70] Radcliffe’s performance in the show earned him Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations.^[71][72][73] The production itself later received nine Tony Award nominations.^[74] Radcliffe left the show on 1 January 2012.

His first post-Harry Potter project was the 2012 horror film The Woman in Black, adapted from the 1983 novel by Susan Hill. The film was released on 3 February 2012 in the United States and Canada, and was released on 10 February in the UK. Radcliffe portrays a man sent to deal with the legal matters of a mysterious woman who has just died, and soon after he begins to experience strange events and hauntings from the ghost of a woman dressed in black.^[76] He has said he was «incredibly excited» to be part of the film and described the script as «beautifully written».^[77]

In 2013, he portrayed American poet Allen Ginsberg in the thriller drama Kill Your Darlings, directed by John Krokidas.^[78][79] He also starred in an Irish-Canadian romantic comedy film The F Word directed by Michael Dowseand written by Elan Mastai, based on TJ Dawe and Michael Rinaldi’s play Toothpaste and Cigars and then he starred in an American dark fantasy horror film directed by Alexandre Aja Horns.^{[80][81][82][83]}Both of the films premiered at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival.^[84][85]

Radcliffe also performed at the Noël Coward Theatre in the stage play revival of Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy The Cripple of Inishmaan as the lead, Billy Claven,^[86] for which he won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor in a Play.^[87] In 2015, Radcliffe starred as Igor in a science fiction horror film Victor Frankenstein directed by Paul McGuigan and written by Max Landis, which was based on contemporary adaptations of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein.^[88] He also starred as Sam House, one of the founder of Rockstar Games, in the biographical drama film The Gamechangers.^[89]

In 2016, Radcliffe portrayed Manny, a talkative corpse, in the indie film Swiss Army Man.^[90] That same year, he also starred as Walter Mabry in the action adventure film Now You See Me 2,^[91] ironically playing a technological prodigy who resents magic.^[92] He also starred off-Broadway at The Public Theater in a documentary theatre piece called Privacy, playing the role of The Writer.^[93] He starred in the 2016 release Imperium playing Nate Foster, an idealistic FBI agent who goes undercover to take down a radical white supremacy group.^[94]

Radcliffe portrayed a pilot smuggling drugs across borders in the independent action-thriller Beast of Burden.^[95] He is set to star as American reporter Jake Adelstein in Tokyo Vice.^[96] In November 2015 he joined the ensemble cast of Shane Carruth’s third film, The Modern Ocean alongside Anne Hathaway, Keanu Reeves, Tom Holland, Chloë Grace Moretz, Asa Butterfield, Jeff Goldblum and Abraham Attah.

Personal life:

In 2008, Radcliffe revealed that he has a mild form of the neurological disorder developmental coordination disorder. The motor skill disorder sometimes prevents him from doing simple activities, such as writing or tying his own shoelaces. «I was having a hard time at school, in terms of being crap at everything, with no discernible talent,» Radcliffe commented.^[98] In August 2010, he stopped drinking alcohol after finding himself becoming too reliant on it.^[99]

In November 2007 Radcliffe published several poems under the pen name Jacob Gershon – a combination of his middle name and the Jewish version of his mother’s maiden name Gresham – in Rubbish, an underground fashion magazine.^[100][101] He has a close friendship with his Harry Potter co-stars Tom Felton^[102] and Emma Watson,^[103] and is tight-knit with his family, whom he credits for keeping him grounded.^[104]

Sources disagree about Radcliffe’s personal wealth; he was reported to have earned £1 million for the first Harry Potter film^[26] and around £15 million for the sixth.^[13] Radcliffe appeared on the Sunday Times Rich List in 2006, which estimated his personal fortune to be £14 million, making him one of the richest young people in the UK.^[105] In March 2009 he was ranked number one on the Forbes «Most Valuable Young Stars» list,^[106] and by April The Daily Telegraph measured his net worth at £30m, making him the 12th richest young person in the UK.^[107] Radcliffe was considered to be the richest teenager in England later that year.^[13] In February 2010 he was named the sixth highest paid Hollywood male star^[108] and placed at number five on Forbes‘s December list of Hollywood’s highest-grossing actors^{[note 1]} with a film revenue of US$780 million, mainly due to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows being released that year.^[109]

Radcliffe maintains a home in the West Village of Lower Manhattan in New York City.^[110] As of October 2012, Radcliffe has been dating American^[9] Erin Darke, whom he met on the set of Kill Your Darlings. There were rumours and stories of a possible engagement in mid-2014, but Darke’s father Ian Darke denied there were any such plans in December 2014.

Religion

In a 2012 interview, Radcliffe stated: «There was never [religious] faith in the house. I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I’m English.»^[8] He has stated: «We were Christmas tree Jews»,^[115] and that he is «very proud of being Jewish».^[100][116]

Radcliffe has also been quoted as saying: «I’m an atheist, and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation»,^[117] but in a separate interview, he stated, «I’m very relaxed about [being an atheist]. I don’t preach my atheism, but I have a huge amount of respect for people like Richard Dawkins who do. Anything he does on television, I will watch».^[118][119]

Views and activism:

Radcliffe is a supporter of the Labour Party.^[120] Until 2012 Radcliffe had publicly supported the Liberal Democrats,^[121] and before the 2010 general election Radcliffe endorsedNick Clegg, the Lib Dem leader. In 2012, however, Radcliffe switched his allegiance to Labour, citing disappointment with the performance of Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems ingovernment, and approving of the Labour leader, Ed Miliband.^[120] In September 2015, he endorsed Jeremy Corbyn in the 2015 leadership contest to succeed Miliband.^[122] He is a supporter of a British republic.^[123] On 13 April 2006 his portrait, drawn by Stuart Pearson Wright, was unveiled as part of a new exhibition opening at the Royal National Theatre; it was then moved to the National Portrait Gallery,^[124] making Radcliffe the youngest non-royal (he was sixteen at the time) ever to have an individual portrait at the NPG.

Speaking out against homophobia, Radcliffe began filming public service announcements in 2009 for The Trevor Project, promoting awareness of gay teen suicide prevention.^[125][126] He first learned of the organisation while working on Equus on Broadway in 2008^[126] and has contributed financially to it.^[127] «I have always hated anybody who is not tolerant of gay men or lesbians or bisexuals. Now I am in the very fortunate position where I can actually help or do something about it,» he said in a 2010 interview. In the same interview, he spoke of the importance of public figures advocating for equal rights.^[126] Radcliffe considers his involvement to be one of the most important things in his career and,^[125] for his work for the organisation, he was given the «Hero Award» in 2011.^[125]

Radcliffe has supported various charities. He designed the Cu-Bed for Habitat’s VIP Kids range (a cube made of eight smaller ones which can be made into a bed, chaise-longue or chair)^[128] with all the royalties from the sale of the bed going directly to his favourite charity, Demelza House Children’s Hospice in Sittingbourne, Kent.^[129] Radcliffe has urged his fans to make donations, in lieu of Christmas presents to him, to the charity’s Candle for Care program. In 2008 he was among several celebrities who donated their old glasses to an exhibit honouring victims of the Holocaust.^[130] During the Broadway run of Equus he auctioned off a pair of jeans and other items worn in the show, for New-York-based Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.^[131] and presenting at the 2011 Gypsy of the Year competition.^[132] He has also donated money to Get Connected UK, a London-based free confidential national helpline for troubled youth.

Awards and Honours:

• Saturn Awards — Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Philosopher’s Stone) — Nominated
• Critics Choice Awards — Best Young Actor/Actress (Philosopher’s Stone) — Nominated
• Empire Awards — Best Début (Philosopher’s Stone) — Shared with Emma Watson, Rupert Grint — Nominated
• Golden Apple Awards — Youth Male Discovery of the Year (2001) — Won
• MTV Movie Awards — Breakthrough Male Performance (Philosopher’s Stone) — Nominated
• Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards — Best Newcomer (Philosopher’s Stone) — Nominated
• Saturn Awards — Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Chamber of Secrets) — Nominated
• Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards — Best Acting Ensemble (Chamber of Secrets) — Shared with Kenneth Branagh, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Rupert Grint, Richard Harris, Jason Isaacs, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, Emma Watson — Nominated
• Saturn Awards — Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Prisoner of Azkaban) — Nominated
• Critics Choice Awards — Best Young Actor (Prisoner of Azkaban) — Nominated
• Saturn Awards — Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Goblet of Fire) — Nominated
• Critics Choice Awards — Best Young Actor (Goblet of Fire) — Nominated
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Hero (Goblet of Fire) — Nominated
• MTV Movie Awards — Best On-Screen Team (Goblet of Fire) — Shared with Emma Watson, Rupert Grint — Nominated
• Saturn Awards — Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Order of the Phoenix) — Nominated
• Empire Awards — Best Actor (Order of the Phoenix) — Nominated
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Kiss (Order of the Phoenix) — Shared with Katie Leung — Nominated
• National Movie Awards — Best Performance by a Male (Order of the Phoenix) — Won
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Male Performance (Half-Blood Prince) — Nominated
• People’s Choice Awards — Favourite On-Screen Team (Half-Blood Prince) — Shared with Rupert Grint, Emma Watson — Nominated
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Male Performance (Deathly Hallows Part 1) — Nominated
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Kiss (Deathly Hallows Part 1) — Shared with Emma Watson — Nominated
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Fight (Deathly Hallows Part 1) — Shared with Rod Hunt, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Arben Bajraktaraj — Nominated
• Teen Choice Awards — Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy (Deathly Hallows Part 1) — Nominated
• Teen Choice Awards — Choice Movie Liplock (Deathly Hallows Part 1) — Won
• Teen Choice Awards — Choice Summer Movie Star: Male (Deathly Hallows Part 2) — Won
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Cast (Deathly Hallows Part 2) (shared with Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, and Tom Felton)
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Hero (Deathly Hallows Part 2) — Won
• Glamour Awards — Man of The Year — Won
• Jameson Empire Awards — Empire Hero Award — Won
• WhatsOnStage Awards — Best Actor (The Cripple of Inishmaan) — Won.

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This article is not part of the Harry Potter universe.

This article covers a subject that is part of the real world, and thus should not be taken as a part of the Harry Potter universe.

Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (b. 23 July 1989, Fulham, London) is a British actor who rose to prominence for playing Harry Potter, the main character in the film adaptations of the Harry Potter series.

He made his acting debut at 10 years of age in BBC One’s 1999 television film David Copperfield, followed by his cinematic debut in 2001’s The Tailor of Panama. At age 11, he was cast as Harry Potter in the first Harry Potter film, and starred in the series for 10 years until the release of the eighth and final film in 2011.

Radcliffe began to branch out to stage acting in 2007, starring in the London and New York productions of Equus, and in the 2011 Broadway revival of the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He starred in the 2012 horror film The Woman in Black, and played beat poet Allen Ginsberg in the 2013 independent film Kill Your Darlings.

Career

Radcliffe was born on 23 July 1989 in West London, England, the only child of Alan George Radcliffe, a literary agent, and Marcia Jeannine Gresham (née Marcia Gresham Jacobson), a casting agent who was involved in several films for the BBC, including The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Walk Away And I Stumble.^[1]Alan Radcliffe and Marcia Gresham, discouraged their only child from show business when, at age five, he said that he wanted to perform.

However, his parents decided to let him audition for the role of young David Copperfield to boost his confidence after he told them that he ‘wasn’t good at anything’, as in December 1999, he made his first on-screen appearance as the young David Copperfield in David Copperfield, the BBC’s televised version of the Charles Dickens’ novel David Copperfield. This was followed in 2001 by his first film appearance, as Mark Pendel in The Tailor of Panama. In 2001 he starred in his most remembered role; that of Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. In 2002 he had a role in the play The Play What I Wrote directed by Kenneth Branagh; a production well known for their «surprise guest».

In 2004 and 2005 he returned to the Potter franchise in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Radcliffe starred in the independent Australian film December Boys directed by Rod Hardy within the next year and in 2007 he once again put on the famous lightning-bolt shaped scar and round glasses in the fifth Harry Potter film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. In 2009, he was in its sequel, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. He appeared in the final two Harry Potter movies, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, in 2010 and 2011 respectively. In 2012 he portrayed Arthur Kipps in the horror film The Woman in Black alongside his Harry Potter co-star Ciarán Hinds. His on-screen son is played by his real-life godson.^[1]

Dan also stars in the romantic comedy What If which has gained attention, ultimately getting on the iTunes top 25 movies. In 2013, he portrayed American poet Allen Ginsberg in the thriller drama Kill Your Darlings, directed by John Krokidas. He also starred in The F Word and Alexandre Aja’s Horns. Radcliffe’s starred as a revised character of Igor in Victor Frankenstein and will be starring as American reporter Jake Adelstein in Tokyo Vice.

In 2000, producer David Heyman asked Radcliffe to audition for the role of Harry Potter for the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the best-selling book by British author J. K. Rowling. Rowling had been searching for an unknown British actor to personify the character; however, Radcliffe’s parents did not want him to audition for the role, as the contract required shooting all seven films in Los Angeles, California, and so they did not tell him. The movie’s director Chris Columbus recalled thinking, «This is what I want. This is Harry Potter», after he saw a video of the young actor in David Copperfield. Eight months later, and after several auditions, Radcliffe was selected to play the part. Rowling also endorsed the selection saying, «I don’t think Chris Columbus could have found a better Harry.» Radcliffe’s parents originally turned down the offer, as they had been told that it would involve six films shot in Los Angeles. Warner Bros. instead offered Radcliffe a two-movie contract with shooting in the UK though, when signing up, Radcliffe was unsure if he would do any more pictures.

In his GCSE examinations he got seven B’s, a couple of A’s and an A*and in his AS-level exams
and he got A grades in 2006 but decided to take a break from education and did not go to college or university. Part of his reasoning was that he already knew he wanted to act and write, and that it would be difficult to have a normal college experience. «The paparazzi, they’d love it,» he told Details magazine in 2007.» If there were any parties going on, they’d be tipped off as to where they were.

Daniel prefers being called Dan. He plays the bass guitar and once had a bass lesson from Prisoner of Azkaban co-star Gary Oldman. A passionate guitar rock music fan, some of his favourite bands include The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Libertines, The Strokes, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. His personal favourite band is The Hold Steady, Out of Brooklyn.^[2]

Radcliffe has also been a supporter of various charities. Fans have, on his request, repeatedly donated to various organisations, including the Demelza House charity.

In 2006, Radcliffe spoofed his Harry Potter image in an episode of the comedy series Extras starring Ricky Gervais. In the episode, Radcliffe plays himself, but a warped version who womanises and keeps coming on to Dame Diana Rigg, also appearing as herself. In the film, Radcliffe appears in several scenes spoofing Harry Potter, only with Radcliffe playing a Boy Scout (with Potter glasses) who comes upon an elf in the forest (played by his Potter co-star Warwick Davis). The DVD release of the episode included outtakes in which Radcliffe couldn’t keep a straight face whenever Davis uttered a line of dialogue about his flute.

In 2007, Radcliffe starred, along with his Harry Potter co-star Richard Griffiths, in the London West End stage production, Equus. Leading up to his performance, the 17 year old star received much criticism about the adult content in the production. Radcliffe appears nude in the production and publicity materials portrayed a much grown-up and nude Radcliffe. Radcliffe also smokes in the play, upsetting some Harry Potter fans and anti-smoking advocates.^{[citation needed]} He reprised his role in the US production in September 2008. It ended on February 8, 2009.

In August 2008 Dan revealed that he has dyspraxia, which is a developmental issue that make it hard for him to do certain things.

In an interview in Entertainment Weekly, he has said that he cannot wait to film the seventh Harry Potter movie. After rereading the chapter in which Harry encounters Dumbledore in King’s Cross, he was surprised to find out Harry is completely naked during the scene, to which he replied, «It’s old hat for me now,» referring to his role in Equus, in which he is naked on stage for a period of time. However that scene was changed for Part 2, so that Harry and Dumbledore have the conversation from the book, but Harry isn’t naked.

Dan has also revealed that he is Jewish, on his mother’s side, and «is very proud to be Jewish». However, he also claims that he is an atheist.^[3]

In 2009, Radcliffe was nominated and voted in eighteenth place in Portrait Magazine, Top 30 Under 30 2009 List.^[4] Some of Dan’s fellow Harry Potter costars were also nominated. Bonnie Wright who plays Ginny Weasley was second place, Evanna Lynch who plays Luna Lovegood was third place, Rupert Grint who plays Ron Weasley was fifth place, Emma Watson who plays Hermione Granger was eighth place, and Tom Felton who plays Draco Malfoy was fourteenth place.

When Equus first hit the stage many parents were concerned due to Radcliffe smoking in the production, and the effect this behaviour may have on their children. Radcliffe assured his fans that the cigarettes he smokes in the play are fake, and that he does not smoke in real life. However, Radcliffe was photographed with a cigarette in hand, and has since confessed that he does indeed smoke. Speculation continues as to what the cigarette actually contained; as the picture was snapped at a celebrity party — in London — it was unlikely to consist solely of tobacco.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2011 Radcliffe enraged executives of Warner Bros. when he decided to appear in a showing of his play How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on the same night as the London premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Warner Bros. was forced to pay the play’s production company $300,000 to cancel the performance and ensure Radcliffe’s attendance at the premiere.^[5]

His first post-Harry Potter project was the 2012 horror film The Woman in Black, adapted from the 1983 novel by Susan Hill. The film was released on 3 February 2012 in the United States and Canada, and was released on 10 February in the UK. Radcliffe portrays a man sent to deal with the legal matters of a mysterious woman who has just died, and soon after he begins to experience strange events and hauntings from the ghost of a woman dressed in black. He has said he was «incredibly excited» to be part of the film and described the script as «beautifully written».

In 2013, he portrayed American poet Allen Ginsberg in the thriller drama Kill Your Darlings, directed by John Krokidas. He also starred in The F Word and Alexandre Aja’s Horns. Radcliffe played the character Igor in Victor Frankenstein and American reporter Jake Adelstein in Tokyo Vice. Radcliffe also performed at the Noël Coward Theatre in the stage play revival of Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy The Cripple of Inishmaan as the lead, Billy Claven, for which he won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor in a Play.

He starred as the main antagonist, Walter Tressler Mabry in Now You See Me: The Second Act. In November 2014, the film was officially titled Now You See Me: 2 and was released on June 10, 2016.

In November 2015 he joined the ensemble cast of Shane Carruth’s third film, The Modern Ocean alongside Anne Hathaway, Keanu Reeves, Tom Holland, Chloe Grace Moretz, Asa Butterfield, Jeff Goldblum and Abraham Attah. Around the same year he also starred as Rockstar Games co-founder Sam Houser in the BBC docudrama The Gamechangers, which was a dramatised account of the controversies faced by Rockstar Games and their Grand Theft Auto video game franchise.

Personal life/Behind the scenes

• Before the Harry Potter films, Daniel starred in David Copperfield as young David Copperfield with Maggie Smith as Betsey Trotwood. It was, after seeing this movie that Chris Columbus discovered the young boy and knew that he would be the perfect Harry.
• Daniel’s on-screen first kiss was not Harry’s kiss with Cho Chang, played by Katie Leung in Order of the Phoenix, but was with Teresa Palmer in the Australian film December Boys, which had been filmed earlier.
• In the «Seven Potters» scene of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Daniel also played Ronald Weasley, Hermione Granger, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Fleur Delacour and Mundungus Fletcher. According to Daniel, the scene took 96 takes to shoot.
• Daniel’s character, Harry, has green eyes when in fact Dan has blue eyes. This is due to the fact that Dan cannot stand wearing contact lenses. Ironically, Rupert Grint has green eyes while his character, Ron, has blue eyes.
• Daniel can rotate his arm in a 360 degree angle.
• Daniel’s favourite colour is yellow.
• Daniel said the third book was his favourite.
• Daniel’s character in the 2011 film The Woman in Black was played by Adrian Rawlins in the 1989 film The Woman in Black. Rawlins plays his father in the Harry Potter films.
• He starred alongside Ciaran Hinds in The Woman in Black, who portrayed Aberforth Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
• During the days when they were shooting the early films, both Daniel and Rupert had a crush on Emma Watson, their co-star who played Hermione Granger.
• Dan knows all of the elements in the periodic table and has the ability to sing Tom Lehrer’s song, «The Elements».^[6]
• Dan can count to three with his tongue, which he once demonstrated in Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show.
• Daniel Radcliffe did an impressive ‘Blackalicious’ rap on the Jimmy Fallon Show, as of April 2020, the video garnered over 102 million views.^[7]
• Heyman spotted Dan in a theatre audience at a West End production of Stones In His Pockets. Radcliffe, already an actor, had been on the casting director’s wishlist from the start but his parents had turned down the audition. «I didn’t pay any attention to the play, I was just looking at this boy,» Heyman recalled. «He had big round eyes and an air of an old soul in a young body.»
• On the wall of Heyman’s Soho office is a poster for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, signed by its three young stars. If proof were needed that the actors and their characters are not dissimilar:

«You’re a WICKED producer!» writes Grint. «To David, thank you is not a strong enough word for my gratitude,» is Watson’s neatly written message. And from Daniel Radcliffe? «Thank goodness I went to the theatre. Love, Dan.»^[8]

• In 2008, Radcliffe revealed that he had a mild form of the neurological disorder developmental coordination disorder. The motor skill disorder sometimes prevented him from doing simple activities, such as writing or tying his own shoelaces. «I was having a hard time at school, in terms of being crap at everything, with no discernible talent,» Radcliffe commented.
• In August 2010, he stopped drinking alcohol after finding himself becoming too reliant on it.
• In 2012, Dan revealed he was undergoing cluster headaches at a press conference in France. The A-list actor revealed in 2014 that he was prescribed the high-blood pressure medication in a bid to control the longrunning issue and also underwent regular electrocardiograms to monitor his heart.^[9]

Awards and honours

• Saturn Awards — Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Philosopher’s Stone) — Nominated
• Critics Choice Awards — Best Young Actor/Actress (Philosopher’s Stone) — Nominated
• Empire Awards — Best Début (Philosopher’s Stone) — Shared with Emma Watson, Rupert Grint — Nominated
• Golden Apple Awards — Youth Male Discovery of the Year (2001) — Won
• MTV Movie Awards — Breakthrough Male Performance (Philosopher’s Stone) — Nominated
• Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards — Best Newcomer (Philosopher’s Stone) — Nominated
• Saturn Awards — Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Chamber of Secrets) — Nominated
• Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards — Best Acting Ensemble (Chamber of Secrets) — Shared with Kenneth Branagh, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Rupert Grint, Richard Harris, Jason Isaacs, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, Emma Watson — Nominated
• Saturn Awards — Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Prisoner of Azkaban) — Nominated
• Critics Choice Awards — Best Young Actor (Prisoner of Azkaban) — Nominated
• Saturn Awards — Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Goblet of Fire) — Nominated
• Critics Choice Awards — Best Young Actor (Goblet of Fire) — Nominated
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Hero (Goblet of Fire) — Nominated
• MTV Movie Awards — Best On-Screen Team (Goblet of Fire) — Shared with Emma Watson, Rupert Grint — Nominated
• Saturn Awards — Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Order of the Phoenix) — Nominated
• Empire Awards — Best Actor (Order of the Phoenix) — Nominated
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Kiss (Order of the Phoenix) — Shared with Katie Leung — Nominated
• National Movie Awards — Best Performance by a Male (Order of the Phoenix) — Won
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Male Performance (Half-Blood Prince) — Nominated
• People’s Choice Awards — Favourite On-Screen Team (Half-Blood Prince) — Shared with Rupert Grint, Emma Watson — Nominated
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Male Performance (Deathly Hallows Part 1) — Nominated
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Kiss (Deathly Hallows Part 1) — Shared with Emma Watson — Nominated
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Fight (Deathly Hallows Part 1) — Shared with Rod Hunt, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Arben Bajraktaraj — Nominated
• Teen Choice Awards — Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy (Deathly Hallows Part 1) — Nominated
• Teen Choice Awards — Choice Movie Liplock (Deathly Hallows Part 1) — Won
• Teen Choice Awards — Choice Summer Movie Star: Male (Deathly Hallows Part 2) — Won
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Cast (Deathly Hallows Part 2) (shared with Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, and Tom Felton)
• MTV Movie Awards — Best Hero (Deathly Hallows Part 2) — Won
• Glamour Awards — Man of The Year — Won
• Jameson Empire Awards — Empire Hero Award — Won
• WhatsOnStage Awards — Best Actor (The Cripple of Inishmaan) — Won

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	The Tailor of Panama	Mark Pendel
2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone	Harry Potter	Released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the United States and India
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007	December Boys	Maps
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Harry Potter
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
2012	The Woman in Black	Arthur Kipps
2013	Kill Your Darlings	Allen Ginsberg
2014	Horns	Ig Perrish
2014	The F Word	Wallace	Released in some countries as What If
2015	Trainwreck	The Dog Walker
2015	Victor Frankenstein	Igor
2016	Now You See Me 2	Walter Tressler
2016	Swiss Army Man	Cliff	Post-production
2016	Imperium	Nate Foster	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	David Copperfield	Young David Copperfield	Television movie
2005	Foley and McColl: This Way Up	Traffic Warden / Himself
2006	Extras	Himself	Episode: «Daniel Radcliffe»
2007	My Boy Jack	John Kipling	TV movie
2010, 2014	The Simpsons	Edmund, Diggs	Episode: «Treehouse of Horror XXI» and «Diggs», respectively (voice)
2010	QI	Himself	Episode: «Hocus-Pocus» (guest)
2012	Saturday Night Live	Himself / Various	Episode: «Daniel Radcliffe/Lana Del Rey» (host)
2012	Robot Chicken	Mullet Kid / Thomas the Tank Engine	Episode: «Hemlock Gin and Juice» (voice)
2012–13	A Young Doctor’s Notebook	Dr Vladimir Bomgard (Young)	Lead role; miniseries
2012, 2015	Have I Got News for You	Himself	Episode: «44×10» and «49×01» (host)
2015	BoJack Horseman	Himself	Episode: «Let’s Find Out» (voice)
2015	Only Connect	Himself	Credited as additional question writer
2015	The Gamechangers	Sam Houser	Television movie; first screened BBC2 15 September 2015

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	The Play What I Wrote	Guest	Wyndham’s Theatre
2007	Equus	Alan Strang	Gielgud Theatre
2008–09	Equus	Alan Strang	Broadhurst Theatre
2011–12	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	J. Pierrepont Finch	Al Hirschfeld Theatre
2013	The Cripple of Inishmaan	Billy Claven	Noël Coward Theatre
2014	The Cripple of Inishmaan	Billy Claven	Cort Theatre

Music video

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Beginners	Main character	Music video for the single by Slow Club

Behind the scenes

• Both Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) speak in Modernised Received Pronunciation, an accent associated with prestige and wealth, but in the story, most characters that speak in RP are pure-bloods.
• Daniel Radcliffe said in an interview that Daphne de Beistegui seemed to have adopted him like another father. Interestingly, Daphne portrayed Lily L. Potter, Daniel’s character, Harry’s daughter.^[10]

Notes and references

See also

• Rupert Grint
• Emma Watson
• Bonnie Wright
• Tom Felton
• Evanna Lynch

Daniel Radcliffe Movies

Overview (4)

Mini Bio (1)

Family (2)

Trade Mark (1)

Blue eyes

Trivia (74)

Liked to play pranks when he was 10. He took co-star Robbie Coltrane’s cellular phone and changed it so all the messages were in Turkish.

Has two border terriers named Binka and Nugget.

Tried reading the first Harry Potter book when he was 8 years old, but was unable to finish it. Finally read the entire book when he was cast in the lead role of the film.

Has never actually seen the film Портной из Панамы (2001) in which he appeared.

His favorite book from the Harry Potter series so far is number three, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

He was nominated for and won «Best Newcomer» at the Variety Club Award ceremonies. [February 2002]

Received the Sir James Carreras Award for Outstanding New Talent for his role in Harry Potter at The Variety Club Show Business Awards 2002.

Voted Person of the Year 2002 by Time Kids.

Has stated that 12 рaзгневанных мужчин (1957) is the first black-and-white film he ever saw and is also his favorite film.

David Heyman, the producer for the Harry Potter films happened to be at a play that both Dan and Dan’s father, Alan Radcliffe, were at. After Heyman spotted Radcliffe, since both men knew each other, he was introduced to his son and when Heyman saw Daniel he thought he looked perfect for the part. In fact, that night at the play, Heyman couldn’t help just staring at Dan because he thought he was perfect to play Harry. Daniel auditioned for and got the part that he is now most recognized for, Harry Potter.

A February 23, 2004 article in British newspaper The Sun listed him as Britain’s third richest teenager behind only Prince Harry and Charlotte Church. He is said to be worth 5 million pounds.

Has earned 6 million pounds so far portraying Harry Potter, making him the second richest teenager in Britain behind Prince Harry’s 14 million pounds (2004).

Can rotate his arm 360 degrees.

Is a huge fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers and attended their London concert in June 2004.

He originally disliked the «Harry Potter» books when he first read them.

Especially likes the music group Sex Pistols. He also plays the bass guitar.

Delays between filming the second and third Harry Potter movies were caused because his parents wanted him to be able to attend normal school for a while.

Says he does not read any articles or reviews about himself or his movies.

He supports Demelza House Children’s Hospice, which is a charity that cares for terminally-ill children in the Kent, East Sussex and South London areas of Britain. Dan always asks his fans to donate to the charity every Christmas and on his birthday instead of sending him gifts. In the book «Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince», the author J.K. Rowling named the character Demelza Robins after the charity.

He sat his AS Levels in English Literature, History, Religion and Philosophy for his AS levels (First year college exams). [June 2006]

Named Britain’s richest teenager with an astounding 23 million pound fortune, after he signed on a 8 million pound deal to make the fifth movie of the Harry Potter series.

Dan scared the make-up department crew when he came on set with bloodied sticking plasters on his face claiming that he had been fighting the previous day (just for a laugh).

On July 23, 2007, he appeared on BBC Radio’s Test Match Special, from Lords, London, on the final day of the England vs. India test match. It was his 18th birthday and he was a guest on «View from the Boundary» hosted by Jonathan Agnew, the BBC’s cricket correspondent. He talked about his career to date, his love of cricket and his admiration for the grit of his favorite player Paul Collingwood. He appeared a second time in 2009 accompanied by fellow Harry Potter cast member Tom Felton who plays Draco Malfoy.

Ranked #6 on Forbes magazine’s list of The 20 Top-Earning Young Superstars. [2007]

Named #23 on Empire magazine’s 100 Sexiest Movie Stars. [2007]

Ranked #10 on Yahoo! List of 10 Most Popular Stars of 2007 on Yahoo! Movies. [2007]

Ranked #79 on Forbes magazine’s list of The Celebrity 100. [2007]

Forbes magazine estimated his earnings for the year at $15 million. [2007]

Ranked #29 on Entertainment Weekly’s «30 Under 30» the actors list (2008).

Ranked #3 on TV Guide’s Top 10 Teen Star Countdown. [2008]

Ranked #8 on Moviefone’s «The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25» list. [2008]

Named as one of London’s 1000 Most Influential People of 2008.

Ranked #11 on MSN’s top searched for stars under age 25. [2008]

Ranked #1 on MSN’s top searched for male. [2007]

In the 2003 Comic Relief fundraiser, a lock of Dan’s hair sold at auction for 751 British pounds, the highest amount raised.

In 2008, Dan and the cast of Equus raised $203,746 for the charity, BroadwayCares/EquityFightsAids 20th Gypsy of the Year competition, setting a record for the most ever raised by a Broadway play. They not only beat the amount raised by other Broadway musicals but also came runner up for the best presentation, again beating out every other musical with their own song and dance. (The winning presentation was the Lion King’s). Dan wrote and sang the song. http://www.broadwaycares.org/events/gypsy.cfm.

The Guardian (UK) reported that Radcliffe has published some poetry under the pen name Jacob Gershon. Jacob is his middle name, and Gershon is the original Yiddish name from which his mother’s maiden name, Gresham, was derived.

The Trevor Project announced that Daniel Radcliffe had made a «major» donation to them and joined their «Circle of Hope», a group of their high-donating supporters. The Trevor Project operates a national (US) crisis and suicide prevention helpline for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth (who are four times more likely to attempt suicide than heterosexual children and teens). The Trevor Project was inspired by the short film Тревор (1994), about a gay boy who attempts suicide; the organization was started by the film’s creators in 1998. [August 2009]

Is a huge fan of mathematician/singer/songwriter Tom Lehrer and can recite his famous «The Elements» song.

Is the only child of Alan George Radcliffe and Marcia Jeannine Gresham.

Is allergic to Nickel and suffers from Dyspraxia, a motor skills development disorder.

Is a huge fan of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and waited in line for his autograph after the Lords test in July 2007. Sachin obliged without actually looking up.

He plays the son of Adrian Rawlins in the Harry Potter films. Женщина в черном (2012) is a remake of an earlier film (The Woman in Black (1989)), in which Radcliffe takes over the role originally played by Rawlins.

When he was first cast as Harry Potter, the filmmakers tried using contact lenses to make his eyes appear green; as they are described in the books; rather than their natural blue. Daniel suffered a painful allergic reaction when he tried them on, so the idea was scrapped. The filmmakers then considered digitally altering his eyes in post-production, but knew this would be a tedious process. The filmmakers then approached J.K. Rowling with their problem, and she thankfully told them that it was not essential for Harry to have green eyes, merely that he have his mother’s eyes, much to the relief of all involved.

Became the youngest non-royal to have an individual portrait displayed in London’s prestigious National Portrait Gallery. Radcliffe was only 14-years-old, when he posed for artist Stuart Pearson Wright during a break from filming Harry Potter.

Ranked #5 on the VH1 list of 100 Greatest Kid Stars. [2012]

Was in a relationship with Rosie Coker from 2010 until November 2012.

Has frequently been mistaken for Elijah Wood (and vice versa). Once in Japan, a huge fan handed Radcliffe a photo of Elijah Wood to sign. He wrote, «I am not Elijah Wood, love, Daniel Radcliffe».

Daniel’s father is of Northern Irish Protestant descent, and was the son of Elsie May and Teddy Radcliffe. Daniel’s mother was born in South Africa, to a Jewish family (they moved from Lithuania, Germany and Poland, to South Africa and England). Daniel’s maternal grandparents were Wilfred Jacobson (born in South Africa) and Muriel Jean Patricia Gresham (who was born in Rochford, Essex, England; she was born under the surname «Gershon», later Anglicized by her family to «Gresham»). While he is not religious, Daniel has described himself as Jewish.

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on November 12, 2015.

Revealed in a 2014 interview that he started to develop an alcohol problem while filming Гарри Поттер и Принц-полукровка (2009), and freely admitted that his performance in the film suffered as a result. He voluntarily got sober in August 2010 on his own when he realized he was becoming too reliant on it for his daily functioning.

Long-time friends with British writer-actor Stephen Fry.

Chris Columbus was amazed how beautifully Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint matured over the Harry Potter series, compared to some child actors who start out adorable and then either lose that or become bad actors as they grow older.

Casting an actor to play Harry Potter was a big challenge; they saw 5000 auditions and none of them felt right. Director Chris Columbus saw Radcliffe in Дэвид Копперфилд (1999) and showed it to the film’s casting director and said Radcliffe was the one and that he was amazing. But she said they wouldn’t get him because his parents want him to focus on his schoolwork and not acting, as well as all the attention he’d get. So they interviewed Harry Potters of different nationalities all over the world and still didn’t find him. She got frustrated with Columbus because he had his heart set on Radcliffe. By sheer coincidence, the producer and screenwriter of the Philosopher’s Stone went to the theatre and in the front row was Radcliffe with his father, so they talked and slowly persuaded him to cast Radcliffe.

Dan to his friends.

Close friends with David Holmes, who was his stunt double for the first six Harry Potter films.

He has expressed a desire to play Robin opposite Ben Affleck in a Batman film.

Is allergic to eye contacts.

In 2018, Radcliffe played a fact-checker in the Broadway play «The Lifespan of a Fact.» While promoting the play, he spent some time shadowing real fact-checkers at the New Yorker magazine (which has arguably the most famous fact-checking department of any American magazine). During his time there, he actually fact-checked one real article, Hannah Goldfield’s restaurant review titled «Oxomoco Balances Hipster Bait with Mexican Tradition,» published in the October 8, 2018, issue. That process, in turn, was recounted in the October 15, 2018, New Yorker article «Daniel Radcliffe and the Art of the Fact-Check: Researching his role in ‘The Lifespan of a Fact,’ the actor embeds in The New Yorker’s fact-checking department» by Michael Schulman. Radcliffe said that before Schulman’s article ran, he was first called by a fact-checker to verify that everything in it was true, an experience he characterized as «very meta.».

Does not participate in social media.

Good friends with Harry Potter co-stars, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright, Gary Oldman, Matthew Lewis and Alan Rickman.

An old and close mate of Tatanya Lowed-Spence.

Personal Quotes (51)

After being cast as Harry Potter: I think I’m a tiny bit like Harry ‘cos I’d like to have an owl. Yeah, that’s the tiny bit, actually.

I don’t know. People tell me I look mournful. They say, «Cheer up, Dan, it’s not that bad!» Sometimes, I just look into space, which freaks people out. If I was ever required to do anything other than look haunted, I could. I’m a happy person. Though I don’t, like, dot my «I’s» with hearts or anything — that would be too happy.

I’m not much of a cake person.

But I don’t think it’s going to happen. I don’t think I’ll do all of them — I’ll probably get too spotty or too tall or I’ll shrink or something.

[on believing in magic] Absolutely. 100 percent.

I was in the bath at the time, and my dad came running in and said, «Guess who they want to play Harry Potter!?» and I started to cry. It was probably the best moment of my life.

I’m not clumsy, I’m just accident prone.

Upon seeing the movie: I’m a bit nervous about whether people will like it, but I’ve seen it, and I’m sure they will. It’s really good — it’s quite scary, it’s quite emotional. Even I cried and I don’t cry easily! I cried at the end credits when my name came up, and I was, like «Oh my God! I can’t believe that’s my name!» I’ve met so many people since we started filming and it’s been wonderful. I’ve progressed so far and changed so much since the beginning. It’s been like a real journey.

[on considering himself as a heartthrob] Personally, I can’t see it, but if other people can, fine. Cool!

I would consider doing any part as long as the script is good and the film has an interesting director.

[on the bats on the set] I like them, but it’s hard to concentrate when the bats fly about, and they pee while they fly.

I’ve never been one of the cool people at school, but then again, I don’t get the people who are cool. It’s not that I don’t like them, it’s just that they don’t interest me.

[on math] Too many little numbers on one page!

Stage is much more intimidating than going before the cameras, because you can really screw up, and can’t do a retake.

When I go back to school everyone asks a lot of questions. Then, after about a week, when I’ve answered everything, we get back to normal.

It’s too far down the road to decide about a fifth movie. I’m still the same age Harry is, and I haven’t actually grown that much.

Fans are really important for me. And if they take pains to write me, it’s the minimum that I answer myself.

I think I’m highly normal. I’m attending school after acting, I’m going out with friends, going to the cinema — I’m just doing everything a normal teenager does. People think I can’t leave the house without being in a crowd of fans — but that’s not true. I’m able to do more things than people might think.

I’m thrilled of the acceptance I get abroad. The people are so hearty, warm and grateful and I feel privileged having seen so many countries and some of the greatest monuments.

When I get into trouble at school I’d like to take an invisibility cloak, drape it over me and sneak out the door. Or I’d like to have a 3-headed-dog because then no one would argue with me.

I played a trick on the make-up department where I put a fake blood capsule in my mouth, pretended to trip on the stairs and let the blood come out of my mouth. They really fell for it, then they chased after me with a water pistol.

Everyone on the set has a mobile phone, and I found by pushing a few buttons, they could be programmed into different languages. I fixed Robbie’s (Coltrane) to speak in Turkish.

I don’t understand girls, but I’m slowly learning.

[on saying that he’ll do all of the Harry Potter movies] Ultimately, it comes down to whether we’re still enjoying it. If we are then I think we would be sort of stupid not to do them. As long as I’m doing other stuff around the same time, I think it’ll be fine. Also, I sort of try to read the books when they come out impartially and not make up my mind, but the fact is when I was reading the sixth, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, there were bits in there where I was going, «God, I would love to do that because it’s so good.».

[on whether he is religious] I’m not a religious person. My mom was of Jewish blood and my dad was Protestant… I’m very interested in religion as something to study, but I’m not a religious person in the slightest.

I didn’t look at the nudity and go, oh great. But it’s the same as doing a role with an accent or a particular affectation. You look at the character first. Lots of the actors that I’ve admired have at one stage or another taken their kit off. It’s a rite of passage. That iconic scene is the physical and emotional climax of the play. So if I do that with pants on, it would be crap.

I feel okay about my body. Not totally, of course, no one my age does… but I’ve gone to the gym to make sure. And many of the actors I admire, like Gary Oldman, have gone naked.

People will always remember Harry, but I think if I work hard enough other characters will stick in their minds as well.

[on the «Equus» paparazzi]: They were outside the theatre every single night, but we came up with a cunning ruse. I would wear the same outfit every time — a different T-shirt underneath, but I’d wear the same jacket and zip it up so they couldn’t see what I was wearing underneath, and the same hat. So they could take pictures for six months, but it would look like the same day, so they (photos) became unpublishable. Which was hilarious, because there’s nothing better than seeing paparazzi getting really frustrated.

What everybody would love to see is me having ditched school and then just going wild. That’s what I’m determined not to give them.

It’s not so much that they don’t want me to grow up. It’s that they’re annoyed that I’m growing up adjusted. They’d much rather I was growing up and going wild and crashing cars.

I’m lucky enough to have a job that I love, and a relatively down-to-earth life.

[on being bullied in school] Some people did get very aggressive. People say it was just jealousy, but I don’t think it is jealousy. I think it’s just «We can have a crack at the kid who plays Harry Potter.» As Eddie Izzard says, these people always hang about in fives, because these people have a fifth of a personality each.

I hate celebrity culture but I’m unavoidably part of it. These people are celebrities as a by-product of what they do. People read every little thing about Peter Andre and Katie Price and I couldn’t care less. They don’t want to work, have no interests, no passions, nothing and yet they seem to be held up on pedestals. I don’t think they should be trying to push themselves onto us. It does annoy me of course, but I’m part of it.

[on quitting drinking alcohol]: I became so reliant on (alcohol) to enjoy stuff. There were a few years there when I was just so enamored with the idea of living some sort of famous person’s lifestyle that really isn’t suited to me. As much as I would love to be a person that goes to parties and has a couple of drinks and has a nice time — that doesn’t work for me. I do that very unsuccessfully. I’d just rather sit at home and read, or go out to dinner with someone, or talk to someone I love, or talk to somebody that makes me laugh.

When growing up, I thought of marriage as being very official, drawing up a contract. It seemed slightly clinical to me. But then you meet somebody that you really love and you think, «Actually, I wouldn’t mind standing up in front of my friends and family and telling them how much I love you and that I want to be with you forever.».

We like tearing down our own in England. If you look at what happened to Ken Branagh in the 1990s: all of the newspapers built him up, the new Olivier, and then destroyed him and his personal life. Not that I have been treated that badly, but I think a lot of people would like to write that story.

[on receiving the script for Женщина в черном (2012)] It was a page-turner. What I liked about it was that it was a horror film, but it was unusual for a horror film to be so character-driven, to have such deep and affecting themes — themes of loss and what happens when we fail to move on from the loss.

[on occasionally being drunk while impersonating Harry Potter] I can point to many scenes where I am just gone. Dead behind the eyes.

I don’t have an entourage in my personal life. I get driven here and I get driven home, but that’s it. I hate that kind of dropping-a-name-to-get-a-table stuff. Maybe it’s an English thing that there’s some sort of embarrassment saying, «Hello, I’m Daniel Radcliffe, does that make a difference to you?».

[on many parents’ objecting to Женщина в черном (2012)] I do take a small tincture of pride about it being the most complained-about film. I would have thought from the trailer that you could see what kind of a movie it was going to be. I said at the time, if your kid is under twelve I would advise them not to see this film. Apparently, there was a girl at the British premiere who fainted and when I heard that, I was like «We did something right.».

I’m scared of any sort of expression looking like a Harry expression, and so I think that the journey for me in the last year is kind of about acceptance, of going, «This is my face and it was also the face that played Harry Potter.».

[on whether he identifies as Jewish] Absolutely. I really do. My dad is Northern Irish and my mum is Jewish. That’s working blood. Though I am not religious in the least, I am very proud to be Jewish.

[on rumors he was going to play Freddie Mercury in a biopic] There is no truth to it at all. It’s one of those very, very funny things: it came out of a story in the Daily Star and then you see newspapers like The Guardian using The Star as their source, and it grows and grows [until] it’s «Dan Radcliffe is playing Freddie Mercury!», which I was never going to do. Everyone on the Internet who I presume is saying I’m totally wrong for that part is correct. I AM completely wrong for that part!

I don’t have Twitter and I don’t have Facebook and I think that makes things a lot easier, because if you go on Twitter and tell everybody what you’re doing moment to moment and then claim you want a private life, then no one is going to take that request seriously.

[on shooting Дружба и никакого секса (2013) in Dublin, Ireland] Dublin looks awesome; it’s not hard to make Dublin look really pretty but it looks great in the movie.

I like action movies and I feel there used to be lots of really witty ones, like Крепкий орешек (1988) and Смертельное оружие (1987) and the Bourne movies, but the good ones are few and far between now.

I used to be self-conscious about my height, but then I thought, fuck that, I’m Harry Potter.

I’m 5-foot-5, and I’ll wear a big parka and put the hood up, and nobody gives me a second glance.

There’s this idea that Emma Watson, Rupert and myself are the best of friends who always hang out together. I’m just going to put [it] out there — Emma and I text all the time but Rupert and I never text each other, we never see each other. If I see him every six months or so, it’s a friendly «Hello, how’s things with you?» But that’s about it.

I can probably tell this story now because at the time my parents didn’t know that I smoked, but they do now. At the time when I was in theater, I would sneak up to Lorenzo’s [Lorenzo Pisoni] room and ask if I could jump out on his fire escape to smoke. Again, maybe I shouldn’t be saying this. [Pisoni wasn’t smoking, Radcliffe clarified.] He was literally like, ‘Yeah, fine, you can use my fire escape.’ I had had my first cigarette before that, but I won’t say when. I will spare my parents’ retroactive disapproval.

Salary (6)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)	$1,000,000 USD
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)	$3,000,000 USD
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)	$11,000,000 USD
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)	$14,000,000 USD
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)	$20,000,000 USD
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	$33,000,000 USD