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My Take
Daniel Radcliffe could have coasted forever on the most famous role in modern cinema, and the fact that he didn't is what earns my respect. After Harry Potter, he deliberately chose the strange and the risky — baring himself on stage in Equus, playing a flatulent corpse, singing and dancing on Broadway — as if methodically dismantling the boy wizard one project at a time. The 2024 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical felt like the final word: he is simply a fine actor, full stop. Add his self-deprecating humor and total lack of star vanity, and you get the rare child actor who grew up not just intact but genuinely interesting.
Overview
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989) is an English actor best known for portraying the title character in all eight films of the Harry Potter film series from 2001 to 2011. Radcliffe branched out to stage acting in 2007, starring in the West End and Broadway productions of Equus. He returned to Broadway in the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2011), earning a Grammy Award nomination.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Daniel Radcliffe
- Name (Japanese)
- ダニエル・ラドクリフ
- Reading
- だにえる・らどくりふ
- Born
- July 23, 1989 (age 36)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Snake
- Origin
- Hammersmith, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / child actor / singer / stage actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Golden Apple Award
- National Movie Awards
- Teen Choice Awards
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 2009 MTV Movie Awards
- 2016 Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award
- 2024 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Harry Potter | — | |
| Notable work | Miracle Workers | — | |
| Notable work | A Young Doctor's Notebook | — |
6. Links
Television actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.