Daniel Radcliffe - Biography

Daniel Radcliffe - Biography,  Daniel Jacob Radcliffe Gresham (born in London, England, July 23, 1989) British actor.

From the distant days when the golden Hollywood ruled the child star Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney and Shirley Temple, no child actor has won the overwhelming worldwide popularity of Daniel Radcliffe, an interpreter of boy wizard Harry Potter (the character's literary British writer JK Rowling).

In all the films made from his books. If the seven volumes appeared until 2007 was an unprecedented publishing phenomenon, the five film versions released so far were not far behind. For millions of viewers around the world, the face of Harry Potter is to Radcliffe.


Only child of Alan Radcliffe literary agent and casting director Marcia Gresham, Daniel Radcliffe would be an actor from an early age and began acting in school plays. In 1999 his professional debut in the television film David Copperfield, in the title role, and in 2001 he played the son of the character played by Geoffrey Rush and Jamie Lee Curtis in the film The Tailor of Panama, John Boorman.

At the onset of massive star selection of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), the first of a series about the boy wizard, Daniel decided to run. His parents at first thought it might be frustrating for him, but later agreed (they were known director, Chris Columbus and screenwriter Steve Kloves's).

In 11 years, Daniel Radcliffe became Harry Potter. His life changed and his fame magic, multiplied with each new film in the series, grew rapidly. At 18 years, undergoing star in the final two Potter films in the series, winning numerous critics awards for Best Newcomer, elected Person of the Year in 2002 by Time magazine and considered the richest teenager in the UK, Radcliffe set out to prove that it is much more than Harry Potter.

Thus, after causing a stir for its nudity in the play Equus (2007), in London, he designed his speech at the Broadway stage adaptation of the film Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee (Brokeback), which would give life to one of the gay cowboys, the other would be Zac Efron. In fact, in 2007 played his first sex scene (with Teresa Palmer) in the film December Boys, Rod Hardy. Radcliffe undoubtedly wanted to accelerate the transition from child to adult actor Actor, but it remains unclear whether he can get rid of the shadow of Harry Potter.

Among his main hobbies include sports, especially football, and music, being a fan of bands like REM, Muse, Blur, U2, The Libertines, The Futureheads, Kaiser Chiefs and Jane's Addiction.

One of his upcoming projects, regardless of the character Harry Potter, is "The Journey Is The Destination" (2011), biographical film about the young British photographer Dan Eldon war, died in Mogadishu in 1993.

You can also star in a remake of the book of Erich Maria Remarque "All Quiet On The Front" (2012). You have been rumored romance with Teresa Palmer and Laura O'Toole.


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