Daniel Radcliffe

Radcliffe, Daniel
Category:Male guest stars
Category:Recurring guest stars
Category:Actors
Category:Self-voicing guest stars
Category:1989 births
Daniel Jacob "Dan, Dan Rad" Radcliffe (born July 23, 1989) is an English actor and producer known in roles in film, TV, and theatre. On The Simpsons, he lent his voice to characters such as Diggs, Edmund, and himself. For fans of the Harry Potter film series, he played the titular Gryffindor from 2001-2011. 
Daniel was born to literacy agent Alan Radcliffe and casting agent Marcia Gresham in West London at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital. He was their only child and educated at three different schools in London, Sussex House School, City of London School, and Redcliffe School. 
=== Acting Career ===
At the age of just five, Radcliffe wanted to become an actor. His mother knew a friend that was a casting agent, and soon enough after an audition, he appeared alongside Maggie Smith in his television debut in 1999 as Young David in the BBC's adaptation of David Copperfield. Two years later, he made his film debut playing Mark Pendel in "The Tailor of Panama" in 2001. 
==== Rise to fame with Potter ====
He came into contact with producer David Heyman at a theater with his father in 2000 and asked him to audition, which he eventually did and went through a screen test when he met Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, who played his on-screen best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and starred in all 8 films as Harry James Potter, The Boy Who Lived. 
==== Post Potter Projects ====
After filming wrapped on the 8 films in 2012, he went on to star in "The Women in Black" (2012) as lawyer Arthur Kipps, "Kill your Darlings" (2013) as poet Allen Ginsberg, Jungle (2017) as adventurer Yossi Ghinsberg, "The Lost City" (2022) as billionaire Abigail Fairfax, "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" (2022) as singer Al Yankovic, "December Boys" (2007) as Maps, the oldest of four orphan boys who share the same birthday month. In November of 2015, he joined the ensemble of an upcoming movie called "The Modern Ocean" starring Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland and Asa Butterfield. 
In 2023, Radcliffe executive produced a documentary about his Potter stunt double titled David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived, which recalls the moment of the accident from the set from Deathly Hallows Part 1, back in 2009. 
He also voiced detective Rex Dasher in "Playmobile: The Movie" (2019) 
==== Film Credits/Other Work ====
* David Copperfield (1999)- Young David Note: BBC
* 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
* David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived (2023)- himself, executive producer Note: Documentary
==== Broadway ====
* 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
==== Charity Work ====
A proud supporter of The Trevor Project, Dan received The Hero Award in 2011. 
=== Behind the camera ===
He and Michigan born actress Erin Darke of "Good Girls Revolt" fame met during 2012's "Kill Your Darlings" and began their relationship, and have a child together, a boy born in April of 2023.
The actor has been teetotal since 2010.
Dan learned the base guitar from co-star Gary Oldman and also is a guitar rock music enthusiast and some of his personal favorite bands include The Red-Hot Chili Peppers, The Clash, and The Hold Stead.
He has DCD, or Dyspraxia which is a learning difficulty that affects movement and co-ordination in an individual. 
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