Daniel Radcliffe

Birthday: 23 July 1989, Fulham, London, England, UK

Birth Name: Daniel Jacob Radcliffe

Height: 165 cm

Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born on July 23, 1989 in Fulham, London, England, to casting agent Marcia Gresham (née Jacobson) and literary agent Alan Radcliffe. 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 performing in small school productions as a young boy. Soon enough, he landed a role in David Copperfield (1999), 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). 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 theaters 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 Cuarón, and then appeared in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) directed by Mike Newell. Shortly afterwards, he finished filming December Boys (2007) in Adelaide, Australia, Kangaroo Island, and Geelong, Australia which began on the 14 November 2005 and ended sometime in December. On January 27, 2006, he attended the South Bank Awards Show to present the award for "Breakthrough Artist of the Year" to Billie Piper. Daniel 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. Also that year, he starred in the television movie My Boy Jack (2007), which aired on 11 November 2007 in the UK.After voicing a character in an episode of the animated television series The Simpsons in late 2010, 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. Other cast members included John Larroquette, Rose Hemingway and Mary Faber. Both the actor and production received good reviews, 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." Radcliffe's performance in the show earned him Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations. The production itself later received nine Tony Award nominations. 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 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 (2013), directed by John Krokidas. 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. Both of the films premiered at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival. 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. In 2015, Radcliffe starred as Igor in a science fiction horror film Victor Frankenstein (2015), directed by Paul McGuigan and written by Max Landis, which was based on contemporary adaptations of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein. In 2016, he appeared as a wealthy villain in the mystery/action film Now You See Me 2 (2016), and as an oftentimes mobile corpse in the indie fantasy Swiss Army Man (2016).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. Show less «

On considering himself as a heartthrob: Personally, I can't see it, but if other people can, fine. C...Show more »

On considering himself as a heartthrob: Personally, I can't see it, but if other people can, fine. Cool! Show less «

[on saying that he'll do all of the Harry Potter movies] Ultimately, it comes down to whether we're ...Show more »

[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.". Show less «

Fans are really important for me. And if they take pains to write me, it's the minimum that I answer...Show more »

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

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 a...Show more »

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. Show less «

I'm scared of any sort of expression looking like a Harry expression, and so I think that the journe...Show more »

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.". Show less «

(on whether he is religious) I'm not a religious person. My mom was of Jewish blood and my dad was P...Show more »

(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. Show less «

I don't have an entourage in my personal life. I get driven here and I get driven home, but that's i...Show more »

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?". Show less «

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 sp...Show more »

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. Show less «

I hate celebrity culture but I'm unavoidably part of it. These people are celebrities as a by-produc...Show more »

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. Show less «

I'm not much of a cake person.

[on receiving the script for The Woman in Black (2012)] It was a page-turner. What I liked about it ...Show more »

[on receiving the script for The Woman in Black (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. Show less «

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

[on shooting The F Word (2013) in Dublin, Ireland] Dublin looks awesome; it's not hard to make Dubli...Show more »

[on shooting The F Word (2013) in Dublin, Ireland] Dublin looks awesome; it's not hard to make Dublin look really pretty but it looks great in the movie. Show less «

What everybody would love to see is me having ditched school and then just going wild. That's what I...Show more »

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. Show less «

[on believing in magic] Absolutely. 100 percent.

I played a trick on the make-up department where I put a fake blood capsule in my mouth, pretended t...Show more »

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. Show less «

It's too far down the road to decide about a fifth movie. I'm still the same age Harry is, and I hav...Show more »

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. Show less «

When growing up, I thought of marriage as being very official, drawing up a contract. It seemed slig...Show more »

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.". Show less «

[on quitting drinking alcohol]: I became so reliant on (alcohol) to enjoy stuff. There were a few ye...Show more »

[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. Show less «

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 ...Show more »

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. Show less «

[on the bats on the set] I like them, but it's hard to concentrate when the bats fly about, and they...Show more »

[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. Show less «

After being cast as Harry Potter: I think I'm a tiny bit like Harry 'cos I'd like to have an owl. Ye...Show more »

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. Show less «

I think I'm highly normal. I'm attending school after acting, I'm going out with friends, going to t...Show more »

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. Show less «

[on the "Equus" paparazzi]: They were outside the theatre every single night, but we came up with a ...Show more »

[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. Show less «

Too many little numbers on one page! - about math.

I would consider doing any part as long as the script is good and the film has an interesting direct...Show more »

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

Everyone on the set has a mobile phone, and I found by pushing a few buttons, they could be programm...Show more »

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. Show less «

Upon seeing the movie: I'm a bit nervous about whether people will like it, but I've seen it, and I'...Show more »

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. Show less «

I've never been one of the cool people at school, but then again, I don't get the people who are coo...Show more »

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. Show less «

I feel okay about my body. Not totally, of course, no one my age does... but I've gone to the gym to...Show more »

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. Show less «

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

People will always remember Harry, but I think if I work hard enough other characters will stick in ...Show more »

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

Stage is much more intimidating than going before the cameras, because you can really screw up, and ...Show more »

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

We like tearing down our own in England. If you look at what happened to Ken Branagh in the 1990s: a...Show more »

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. Show less «

[on rumors he was going to play Freddie Mercury in a biopic] There is no truth to it at all. It's on...Show more »

[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! Show less «

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

[on whether he identifies as Jewish] Absolutely. I really do. My dad is Northern Irish and my mum is...Show more »

[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. Show less «

(on being bullied in school) Some people did get very aggressive. People say it was just jealousy, b...Show more »

(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 people these have a fifth of a personality each. Show less «

I like action movies and I feel there used to be lots of really witty ones, like Die Hard (1988) and...Show more »

I like action movies and I feel there used to be lots of really witty ones, like Die Hard (1988) and Lethal Weapon (1987) and the Bourne movies, but the good ones are few and far between now. Show less «

I don't have Twitter and I don't have Facebook and I think that makes things a lot easier, because i...Show more »

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. Show less «

I'm thrilled of the acceptance I get abroad. The people are so hearty, warm and grateful and I feel ...Show more »

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. Show less «

When I go back to school everyone asks a lot of questions. Then, after about a week, when I've answe...Show more »

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. Show less «

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

I don't know. People tell me I look mournful. They say, "Cheer up, Dan, it's not that bad!" Sometime...Show more »

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. Show less «

[on many parents' objecting to The Woman in Black (2012)] I do take a small tincture of pride about ...Show more »

[on many parents' objecting to The Woman in Black (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.". Show less «

[on occasionally being drunk while impersonating Harry Potter] I can point to many scenes where I am...Show more »

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

I was in the bath at the time, and my dad came running in and said, "Guess who they want to play Har...Show more »

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. Show less «

When I get into trouble at school I'd like to take an invisibility cloak, drape it over me and sneak...Show more »

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. Show less «

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