Guide Note

English film actor Daniel Radcliffe portrays boy wizard Harry Potter in the film adaptations of J.K. Rowling's popular novels. His film debut was The Tailor of Panama, alongside Pierce Brosnan and Jamie Lee Curtis, released in 2001. Later that same year, he debuted on movie screens as Potter in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. He has since become one of richest teenagers in the United Kingdom.

Fast Facts

1. Birth Name: Daniel Jacob Radcliffe
2. Born: July 3, 1989
3. Birthplace: London, England
4. Notable Role: Harry Potter
5. Religion: Jewish
6. Favorite Potter book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
7. Asked to audition for role of Potter by producer David Heyman, who saw him in a play¹
8. Appears in play Equus alongside Richard Griffiths, who plays Vernon Dursley in the Potter films
9. Youngest non-royal in history to have his own painting in Britain's National Portrait Gallery²
10. Named Time for Kids Person of the Year in 2002
11. Played himself on the Ricky Gervais TV series Extras

Radcliffe expressed an interest in acting from the age of five, and his mother was a casting agent. He was asked to audition for the role of Harry Potter in 2000 and landed the part. He has completed filming the first six movies in the series, and has signed on for the two-part film of the final book.

In 2007, he starred in the in the West End production of Equus, playing a young man who has an obsession with horses. The show involves a nude scene that lasts nearly 10 minutes. Radcliffe reprised the role on Broadway as well.

In September of 2008, Us Magazine reported that Radcliffe had lost his virginity at age 16. Sources point to make-up artist and hair stylist Amy Byrne as the older woman with whom Radcliffe may have been involved.³

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