Daniel
Radcliffe
Date of
Birth: 23 July 1989 , Fulham, London, England, UK
Birth Name:
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe
Nicknames: Dan
Height: 5' 5"
(1.65 m)
Daniel
Jacob Radcliffe was born on July 23rd, 1989 to Alan Radcliffe and Marcia
Gresham. His father is from a Northern Irish Protestant background, while his
mother was born in South Africa, to a Jewish family (from Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Germany). Daniel began drama in small
school productions as a young boy. Soon enough, he landed a role in David
Copperfield (1999), as the youthful 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 sharp 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. agreeable
audiences and critics everywhere, filming on its sequel,Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets (2002), commenced shortly afterwards. He appeared once extra
as Harry in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) directed byAlfonso
Cuarón, and then appeared in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) directed
by Mike Newell. Shortly afterwards, he ended 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 in attendance the award for "Breakthrough
Artist of the Year" to Billie Piper. Dan reprised his famous character
once more for the next payment 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
similar. Also that year, he starred in the television movie My Boy Jack (2007),
which aired on 11 November 2007 in the UK.
Now being
one of the world's most familiar people, Daniel leads a rather normal life. He
has made friends working on the Harry Potter films, which comprise his co-starsRupert
Grint and Emma Watson.
