Daniel Jacob "Dan" Radcliffe (born July 23, 1989) is an English actor, best known for his portrayal of Harry Potter in the Harry Potter films.
History[]
Radcliffe began his acting career in 1999 with a BBC television-film adaptation of David Copperfield. His first film role came in 2001, with the Tailor of Panama. In the same year, the first film in the Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was released.
Dan is the only child of Alan Radcliffe and Marcia Gresham, born at Queen Charlotte and Chelsea's Hospital.
Personal Life[]
On March 25th, 2023, his rep confirmed that his girlfriend, Michigan born American actress Erin Darke who met him on the set of their film "Kill Your Darlings" in 2012 was expecting their first child, then a month later in April, the baby was welcomed into the world, a boy as confirmed by Radcliffe himself during an interview in July 2023.
Dan has DCD, or Dyspraxia, stating in August of 2008 that it made him "crap" at everything. He also stated that he has been teetotal for the past decade since 2010.
He got a base guitar lesson from Potter co-star, Gary Oldman, who played Harry's godfather, Sirius Black, and revealed that one of his favorite bands is The Red-Hot Chili Peppers.
The actor resides in Fulham and the burroughs of Manhattan in NYC
Filmography[]
- The Tailor of Panama (2001) - Mark Pendel
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) - Harry Potter
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) - Harry Potter
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) - Harry Potter
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) - Harry Potter
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) - Harry Potter
- December Boys (2007) - Maps
- My Boy Jack (2007)- John Kipling
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) - Harry Potter
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) - Harry Potter
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) - Harry Potter
- The Woman in Black (2012) - Arthur Kipps
- Kill Your Darlings (2013) - Allen Ginsberg
- Horns (2013) - Ig Perrish
- What If (2013) - Wallace
- Trainwreck (2015) - Dog Walker
- Victor Frankenstein (2015) - Igor
- Swiss Army Man (2016)- Manny
- Now You See Me 2 (2016)- Walter Mabry
- Imperium (2016)- Nate Foster
- Lost in London (2017)- himself, cameo
- Jungle (2017)- Yossi Ghinsberg
- Beast of Burden (2018)-Sean Haggerty
- Playmobile: The Movie (2019)- Rex Dasher, voice
- Guns Akimbo (2019)- Miles Lee Harris
- Escape from Pretoria (2020)- Tim Jenkin
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Interactive Special: Kimmy vs The Reverend (2020)- Prince Fredrick
- The Lost City (2022)-Abigail Fairfax
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)- "Weird Al" Yankovic
Off- Broadway & Broadway Work[]
- The Play What I Wrote (2002)- Celebrity Guest
- Equus (2007)- Alan Strang
- How To Succeed in Business without Really Trying (2011)- J. Pierpont Finch
- Privacy (2016)- The Writer
- The Lifespan of a Fact (2018)- John Fingal
- Merrily We Roll Along (2022 & 2023)- Charley Kringas