The actor who became famous for his role as Harry Potter in the Harry Potter film series: Who is Daniel Radcliffe?

Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born on July 23, 1989 in Hammersmith, London. His father is literary agent Alan George Radcliffe and his mother is Marcia Gresham. Radcliffe was educated at three independent boys' schools in London. These were: Redcliffe School, Sussex House School and City of London School. When he started his acting career program, he continued his education through set trainers. He got an A grade in three AS level exams he took in 2006, but he decided to take a break from education and did not go to university. Wanting to be an actor and screenwriter, Radcliffe thought a normal college experience would be difficult.

Radcliffe first expressed his desire for acting at the age of five. One of his mom's casting agent friends got her an audition. And he made his acting debut at the age of ten in BBC One's two-part adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield (1999). He made his film debut in The Tailor of Panama (2001), an American film based on the 1996 spy novel by John le Carré. The film had middle commercial success.

In 2000, producer David Heyman met Radcliffe while at the theatre. British author JK Rowling's best-selling book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone has been asked to audition for the role of Harry Potter in the film adaptation. Eight months later, after several auditions, Radcliffe was chosen to play the role.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was released in 2001. The film was hugely popular and received positive reviews, and critics took Radcliffe's attention. A year later, Radcliffe landed the same role in the second installment of the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Critics were positive about the performances of the lead actors, but overall the movie had mixed reviews.

In 2002 Radcliffe made a celebrity guest appearance in the West End production of The Play What I Wrote, directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also starred with him in the second Harry Potter film.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) was the third film in the series. Radcliffe's performance continued to receive acclaim. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) was the second highest-grossing Harry Potter film at that point. Radcliffe chose humor as a reason for the film's creative success.

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. Several critics praised Radcliffe's eighteen year old performance during a war. At the age of seventeen Radcliffe starred in the West End reenactment of Peter Shaffer's play Equus at the Gielgud Theater to show people his readiness for adult roles. Radcliffe played the lead role of Alan Strang, a stable boy obsessed with horses. The role garnered significant pre-opening media attention as Radcliffe portrayed a nude scene. And Radcliffe's performance was appreciated.

Radcliffe reprized the role of Harry for the fifth time in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). His performance earned him several award nominations and he received the 2008 National Film Award for "Best Male Performance". The sixth installment of the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, was released in July 2009. Radcliffe was nominated for "Best Actor" and "Global Superstar" at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards.

For financial and screenplay reasons, the final Harry Potter book was split into two back to back movies. This decision drew criticism from the fans of the series. However, Radcliffe defended its division, stating that it would be impossible to properly adapt the final novel into a single film. The two movie finale, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 and Part 2, was released in November 2010 and July 2011, respectively. Deathly Hallows - Episode 1 grossed $960 million. Deathly Hallows - Part 2 grossed more than $1.3 billion worldwide. As of May 2019, it became the 11th highest-grossing film of all time. The movie Deathly Hallows - Part 2 received critical acclaim, as did Radcliffe's performance. 

Radcliffe's first post-Harry Potter project was the 2012 horror movie The Woman in Black, based on Susan Hill's 1983 novel. Radcliffe played a man who was sent to deal with the legal issues of a mysterious woman who had just died. He said he was "incredibly excited" to be a part of the movie and described the script as "beautifully written".

In 2013, he played American beat poet Allen Ginsberg in the thriller drama Kill Your Darlings directed by John Krokidas. Also in 2013, Radcliffe played Billy Claven in a remake of Martin McDonagh's black comedy The Cripple of Inishmaan at the Noël Coward Theatre. With this, he won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor.

Radcliffe co-starred with Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson in the action adventure movie Now You See Me 2 (2016). That same year, Radcliffe played the talkative corpse Manny with Paul Dano in the independent film Swiss Army Man. Also in 2016, he starred in the critically acclaimed independent film Imperium (2016).

In 2019, Radcliffe played the role of Craig in the TBS comedy limited series Miracle Workers, based on the book by Simon Rich. The second season of the show premiered on January 28, 2020. Radcliffe has reunited with many of the cast of the Harry Potter film franchise for an HBO Max special called Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, which hits theaters on January 1, 2022. He played musician "Weird Al" Yankovic in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022), a biographical parody film produced for The Roku Channel.

Private life

Radcliffe likes to play the bass guitar. He has also expressed his fondness for rap music and admitted that he has an "obsession with memorizing complex, lyrically complex and fast songs". He is a big Spider-Man fan. He stated that he was an atheist in 2009.

In March 2009, he was number one on the Forbes "Most Valuable Young Stars" list. And by April, The Daily Telegraph had his net worth at £30m, making him the 12th richest young person in the world. In February 2010, he was named the sixth highest paid male star in Hollywood.

He has been in a relationship with American actress Erin Darke since 2012 after they met on the set of Kill Your Darlings. In addition, the young actress takes part in the activities of some charities. For example, he asked his fans to donate to a children's charity instead of buying him gifts.