Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989) is an English film, television and stage actor. He is best known for playing Harry Potter in each of the first five films based on the best-selling Harry Potter book series, and will also appear in the final three films of the series.

Radcliffe has also made appearances in stage productions and a number of TV shows and films, including the ITV film My Boy Jack and the stage show Equus, which achieved much critical acclaim. He is believed to have a fortune of just short of £20 million, mainly earned from the Harry Potter franchise.

Daniel Radcliffe

Radcliffe was born in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, West London, England, the only child of Alan Radcliffe, a literary agent, and Marcia Gresham (born Marcia Gresham Jacobson), a casting agent who was involved in several films for the BBC, including The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and, most recently, Walk Away And I Stumble. Radcliffe's mother is Jewish and grew up in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex; his father is a Protestant who grew up in Northern Ireland. Radcliffe first expressed a desire to act at the age of five. In December 1999, he made his acting debut in the BBC's televised two-part version of the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield, portraying the title character as a young boy.