Daniel Radcliffe

Real Name: Daniel Jacob Radcliffe
Nickname: Dan
Profession: Actor Model
Date of Birth: 23 July 1989
Age: 28 Years
Birth Place: Hammersmith, London, England

Nationality : British
School : Sussex House School, London, followed by the City of London School, a day school on the North Bank of the River Thames in London

Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born on July 23, 1989, in Fulham, London England, to casting agent Marcia Gresham (née Jacobson) and literary agent Alan Radcliffe. His father is from a Northern Irish Protestant background, while his mother was born in South Africa, to a Jewish family (from Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Germany). Daniel began performing in small school productions as a young boy. Soon enough, he landed a role in David Copperfield (1999), as the young David Copperfield. A couple of years later, he landed a role as Mark Pendel in Il sarto di Panama (2001), the son of Harry and Louisa Pendel (Geoffrey Rush and Jamie Lee Curtis). Curtis had indeed pointed out to Daniel's mother that he could be Harry Potter himself. Soon afterwards, Daniel was cast as Harry Potter by director, Chris Columbus in the film that hit theaters in November 16, 2001, Harry Potter e la pietra filosofale (2001). He was recognized worldwide after this film was released. Pleasing audiences and critics everywhere, filming on its sequel, Harry Potter e la camera dei segreti (2002), commenced shortly afterwards. He appeared again as Harry in Harry Potter e il prigioniero di Azkaban (2004) directed by Alfonso Cuarón, and then appeared in Harry Potter e il calice di fuoco (2005) directed by Mike Newell. Shortly afterwards, he finished filming I ragazzi di Dicembre (2007) in Adelaide, Australia, Kangaroo Island, and Geelong, Australia which began on the 14 November 2005 and ended sometime in December. On January 27, 2006, he attended the South Bank Awards Show to present the award for "Breakthrough Artist of the Year" to Billie Piper. Daniel reprised his famous character once again for the next installment of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter e l'Ordine della Fenice (2007). In February 2007, he took on his first stage role in the West End play Equus, to worldwide praise from fans and critics alike. Also that year, he starred in the television movie My Boy Jack (2007), which aired on 11 November 2007 in the UK.