Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)

Biography:

Birthday: 23rd July, 1989

Father’s name: Alan Radcliffe

Mother’s name: Marcia Gresham

Born in: Fulham

Nationality: British

Introduction:

The English born actor Daniel Radcliffe achieved fame and name by working in the wizard-in-training Harry Potter film franchise. Due to his role in this film, he earned numerous awards including multiple Teen choices awards and national movie awards for the best male performance. He was born and brought up in London in a working family and he always has an interest in acting. He worked in the Harry Potter series from 2002 to 2010 and because of this film he became the richest teenager in England. Apart from this, he has done many theatre productions that are mentioned below in the career part. To know more about this young artist, keep reading this article thoroughly

Childhood Life:

He was born in West London in the year 1990 on 23rd July. His father's name is Alan Radcliffe and his mother is Marcia Gresham. His father is a literary agent and his mother worked as a casting agent for BBC. He belonged into a working-class family because his father is a profuse protestant and his mother belonged to the Jewish faith. Most important thing is that both of his parents had acted in small acting projects when they were children. 

Daniel Radcliffe was always interested in acting professionally when he was five years old. But, when he was 10 years old, then he got a role in BBC adaption of Dickens’ book ‘David Copperfield’

Student Life:

He attended two different private schools in England such as Sussex house school and the City of London School. But, he faced problems like bullying in the school after he started getting famous through his movies. Therefore, it became difficult for him to attend school and it is also difficult to get time from his busy schedule. Hence, in this situation, he decided not to pursue college or university because he knew that he wants to write and act in his life.

Personal Life:

In 2007 he met Rossane Coker while she was assisting on the sets of ‘Harry Potter and the half-blood prince’. She is 23 years old and he said that he is in love with her and they are taking it one step at a time. But, in the next year, Daniel Radcliffe told the media that he suffers from a neurological disorder developmental coordination disorder and the problem is so serious that he cannot even do day to day activities. 

Working Life:

When he was only 10 years old, then he bagged the lead role in the BBC adaption of Charles Dickens ‘David Copperfield’. Before finally signed on the project he gave quite a few auditions. After that, in 2000 he got an offer to audition for the role in the movie ‘Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone’ but his parents were not ready to send him for the audition because as per the contract he needs to do all the seven movies in Los Angeles. The writer J.K Rowling wanted him to play the lead role in the movie and he selected for the audition after several auditions. Firstly, he signed with a two-movie contract and the shooting will take place in the UK. 

The movie released in the year of 2001 and for the role Daniel Radcliffe got a seven-figure salary. It was the highest-grossing movie of the year and he praised for his performance. He did, ‘the tailor of Panama’ in the same year. The next movie ‘Harry Potter and the chamber secrets’ released in the year 2002 and like the previous one he also received positive critical appreciation for it. It was the second highest-grossing movie of this year worldwide.

In 2004, the next one released ‘Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban’ and it was the most successful among all the other movies of this series to date. In 2005, Mike Newell directed ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’ and the movie was nominated for an Academy Award category of best art direction. After that, in 2007 the next part of this series released ‘Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix’ and for this movie, he got many award nominations.

After that, in 2007 he did a film namely ‘My boy Jack’ along with famous Hollywood star Carey Mulligan. His acting in this movie got critical acclaim. ‘Harry Potter and the half-blood prince’ was released in the year 2009. 

In the year 2010, ‘Harry Potter and the deathly hallows part 1’ released and the movie did well comparatively in the UK. After that, in 2010 the final part of this series ‘harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2’ was released. The movie was considered the 4th highest-grossing movie of all time. After harry potter, in 2012 for the first time, he worked in a horror film called ‘The Woman in Black’ and he worked with his godson Mischa. After that, in the next year he appeared in the movie ‘kill your darlings’ it was a thriller drama directed by John Krokidas. In the same year, he also did a few more films such as ‘The F word’ and ‘horns’.

Achievements:

• For the movie, ‘harry potter and the order of the phoenix’ he got many awards and he was awarded the national movie award for the category of best male performance. 
  
• For the movie ‘Harry Potter and the half-blood prince’ he was nominated for the best male performance and global superstar at the MTV movie awards. 

Conclusion:

He started his journey from an earlier age. He is considered to be the richest teenager in England. His father always encouraged him to explore the creative parts and when he did the Harry Potter series, then he became one of the most famous personalities among everybody. He received a few awards for this playing this role but along with Harry Potter, he also appeared in a few movies. Critics praised him for his acting talent. In Forbes magazine, he was ranked as the ‘Most valuable young stars’.