Daniel Radcliffe

35, from Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Artwork for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Image of Daniel Radcliffe

Biography

Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989) is an English actor. He rose to fame at age twelve, when he began portraying Harry Potter in the film series of the same name; and has held various other film and theatre roles. Over his career, Radcliffe has received various awards and nominations.

Radcliffe made his acting debut at age 10 in the BBC One television film David Copperfield (1999), followed by his feature film debut in The Tailor of Panama (2001). The same year, he starred as Harry Potter in the film adaptation of the J.K. Rowling fantasy novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Over the next decade, he played the eponymous role in seven sequels, culminating with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011). During this period, he became one of the world's highest-paid actors and gained worldwide fame, popularity, and critical acclaim.

Following the success of Harry Potter, Radcliffe starred in the romantic comedy What If? (2013), and played the lawyer Arthur Kipps in the horror film The Woman in Black (2012), poet Allen Ginsberg in the drama film Kill Your Darlings (2013), Igor in the science-fiction horror film Victor Frankenstein (2015), a sentient corpse in the comedy-drama film Swiss Army Man (2016), technological prodigy Walter Mabry in the heist thriller film Now You See Me 2 (2016), and FBI agent Nate Foster in the critically acclaimed thriller film Imperium (2016). Since 2019, he has starred in the TBS anthology series Miracle Workers. In 2022, he starred in the action comedy The Lost City and portrayed Weird Al Yankovic in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.

Radcliffe branched out to stage acting in 2007, starring in the West End and Broadway productions of Equus. From 2011 to 2012 he portrayed J. Pierrepont Finch in the Broadway revival of the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He continued in Martin McDonagh's dark comedy The Cripple of Inishmaan (2013-2014) in the West End and Broadway and a revival of Tom Stoppard's play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (2017) at The Old Vic. He also starred in the satirical plays Privacy (2016) and The Lifespan of a Fact (2018), respectively off and on Broadway. In 2022 starred in the New York Theatre Workshop revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along.

Timeline

2024Aged 35

  • Poster for Music by John Williams

    Harry Potter (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Carole & Grey

    Dan Radcliffe's Voice (voice)

2023Aged 34

  • Poster for David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived

    Self

2022Aged 33

  • Poster for Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

    Self

  • Poster for The Lost City

    Abigail Fairfax

  • Poster for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

    'Weird Al' Yankovic

2021Aged 32

  • Poster for (K)nox: The Rob Knox Story

    Self (archive footage)

2020Aged 31

  • Poster for Guns Akimbo

    Miles

  • Poster for Escape from Pretoria

    Tim Jenkin

  • Poster for Endgame & Rough for Theatre II

    A / Clov

  • Poster for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend

    Prince Frederick Windsor

  • Poster for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Music: A Live Singing Contest (That's Live)

    Self

2019Aged 30

  • Poster for Playmobil: The Movie

    Rex Dasher (voice)

2018Aged 29

  • Poster for Beast of Burden

    Sean Haggerty

2017Aged 28

  • Poster for Lost in London

    Daniel Radcliffe

  • Poster for National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

    Rosencrantz

  • Poster for Jungle

    Yossi

  • Poster for The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking

    Gareth (voice)

2016Aged 27

  • Poster for Now You See Me 2

    Walter Mabry

  • Poster for Swiss Army Man

    Manny

  • Poster for Imperium

    Nate Foster

  • Poster for Circus Kid

    Executive Producer

2015Aged 26

  • Poster for Tom Felton Meets the Superfans

    Self

  • Poster for Trainwreck

    The Dogwalker

  • Poster for The Gamechangers

    Sam Houser

  • Poster for Victor Frankenstein

    Igor

2013Aged 24

  • Poster for Horns

    Ignatius Perrish

  • Poster for What If

    Wallace

  • Poster for Kill Your Darlings

    Allen Ginsberg

2012Aged 23

  • Poster for The Woman in Black

    Arthur Kipps

  • Poster for Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter

    Self

2011Aged 22

  • Poster for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    Harry Potter

  • Poster for 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments

    Harry Potter (archive footage)

  • Poster for A Conversation with J.K. Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe

    Self

  • Poster for When Harry Left Hogwarts

    Self

2010Aged 21

  • Poster for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

    Harry Potter

  • Poster for Fry and Laurie Reunited

    Self

2009Aged 20

  • Poster for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    Harry Potter

2007Aged 18

2006Aged 17

  • Poster for The Children's Party at the Palace

    Harry Potter (Harry Potter)

2005Aged 16

  • Poster for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    Harry Potter

2004Aged 15

  • Poster for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    Harry Potter

  • Poster for The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

    Self

2002Aged 13

  • Poster for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

    Harry Potter

2001Aged 12

  • Poster for The Tailor of Panama

    Mark Pendel

  • Poster for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    Harry Potter

Year unknown