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Daniel Radcliffe

Age: 20
Height: 5' 6"

Birth Place: Fulham, London, England, UK
Born: Jul. 23rd, 1989

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Daniel Radcliffe's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
David Copperfield (UK)	Young David C&hellip

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born on July 23rd, 1989 to Alan Radcliffe (I) and Marcia Gresham. He began performing in small school productions as a young boy. Soon enough, he landed a role in David Copperfield (1999) (TV), as the young David Copperfield. A couple of years later, he landed a role as Mark Pendel in The Tailor of Panama (2001), the son of Harry and Louisa Pendel (Geoffrey Rush and Jamie Lee Curtis). Lee Curtis had indeed pointed out to Daniel's mother that he could be Harry Potter himself. Soon afterwards, Daniel was cast as Harry Potter by director, Chris Columbus in the film that hit theatres in November 16, 2001, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001). He was recognized worldwide after this film was released. Pleasing audiences and critics everywhere, filming on its sequel, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), commenced shortly afterwards. He appeared again as Harry in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) directed by Alfonso Cuar�n, and then appeared in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) directed by Mike Newell (I). Shortly afterwards, he finished filming December Boys (2007) in Adelaide, Australia, Kangaroo Island, and Geelong, Australia which began on the 14th of November, 2005 and ended sometime in December. On January 27th, 2006, he attended the South Bank Awards Show to present the award for "Breakthrough Artist of the Year" to Billie Piper. Dan reprised his famous character once again for the next installment of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). In February 2007 he took on his first stage role in the West End play Equus to worldwide praise from fans and critics alike. He has finished filming the TV movie My Boy Jack (2007) (TV), which will air on 11 November 2007 in the UK.

Now being one of the world's most recognizable people, Daniel leads a somewhat normal life. He has made friends working on the Harry Potter films, which include his co-stars Rupert Grint and Emma Watson (II).

TRIVIA:

Was ranked #6 on Forbes List of The 20 Top-Earning Young Superstars.(2007).
Was ranked #8 on Moviefone's 'The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25'(2008).
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).
Likes to play pranks. He took co-star 'Robbie Coltrane' (qv)'s cellular phone and changed it so all the messages were in Turkish.
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
His agent 'Sue Latimer' (qv) is the mother (and agent) to his friend and fellow actor 'Freddie Highmore' (qv).
Is a big fan of 'Gary Oldman' (qv), his co-star in _Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)_ (qv).
He is a fan of 'Red Hot Chili Peppers' (qv) and attended their London concert in June 2004.