Daniel Radcliffe

**Daniel Jacob Radcliffe** is an English actor. In *Extras* he portrayed a fictionalised version of himself in the second season episode 'Daniel Radcliffe'.

Radcliffe is best known for his role as Harry Potter in the film series of the same name, and has received numerous 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 in *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 played lawyer Arthur Kipps in the horror film *The Woman in Black* (2012), poet Allen Ginsberg in the biographical drama film *Kill Your Darlings* (2013), the title character's assistant Igor in the science-fiction fantasy 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*.

Radcliffe branched out to stage acting in 2007, starring in the West End and Broadway productions of *Equus* and in the 2011 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* (2011) 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-Broadway and Broadway.

Radcliffe has contributed to many charities, including Demelza Hospice Care for Children and the Trevor Project; the latter awarded him its Hero Award in 2011.

## Personality

Daniel Radcliffe is starring in a children's fantasy film alongside Warwick Davis (the two had previously acted together in the *Harry Potter* film franchise). Andy, looking for a return to respectable acting roles, has a minor role in the film alongside Maggie. Daniel hits on Maggie when he first meets her, and continuously bothers her with his unsuccessful ploys off-set. Eventually, his mother catches him with a box of cigarettes, and he claims them to be Maggie's and lies saying that she was hitting on him. Daniel later confronts a oblivious Maggie and claims their 'relationship' to be over.

Daniel first meets Andy on the actor's dining bus, where he sits opposite to him and Maggie. When Maggie leaves the table, Daniel shows Andy an unwrapped condom that he claims to be his. Playing with it, he accidentally flings it behind him and it lands on the head of veteran actress Diana Rigg – who is also starring in the film. After an awkward encounter, he eventually gets it back.

In *Extras*, Daniel seems to fancy himself as a confident teenaged Romeo, believing he has immense sex appeal and vulgarly flirting with several older women. He attempts to affirm his masculinity and sexual maturity to Maggie, alleging that despite only being 17 years old, he smokes cigarettes and has had sex on multiple occasions. However, despite his shameless attempts to assert these falsehoods, he reveals a side to his personality that is still childish and immature when he is caught by his mother, blaming Maggie for trying to ruin his innocence.

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Daniel Radcliffe showing his condom to AndyDaniel Radcliffe reacts after accidentally flinging his condom onto the head of Diana Rigg