Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe is an English actor who rose to prominence as the title character in the Harry Potter film series. He made his acting debut at 10 years of age in BBC One's 1999 television film David Copperfield, followed by his cinematic debut in 2001's The Tailor of Panama. At age 11, he was cast as Harry Potter in the first Harry Potter film, and starred in the series for 10 years until the release of the eighth and...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth23 July 1989
CityLondon, England
My parents were what I like to call proper musical fans. Lots of Sondheim was played in the car.
Every job I do, I like to think it makes me better or I learn things. It's all about how much something's going to stretch me or test me.
What I learned is that acting is to a large extent about trying to stave off self-doubt long enough to be natural and real onstage.
I've always had philosophy, which has been really helpful for me, getting into the business. I didn't have any connections. I didn't know anyone. It was just about my work.
You pick projects for the part, the director, and the script. I just want to do different, interesting stuff.
It's mainly about working hard and proving to people you're serious about it, and stretching yourself and learning. The mistake a lot of actors make, particularly young ones, is allowing themselves to feel that they're the finished articles, the bee's knees, and it's not true.
Everyone on the set has a mobile phone, and I found by pushing a few buttons, they could be programmed into different languages. I fixed Robbie's (Coltrane) to speak in Turkish.
Who are the executives, and what are the stories that are being released? Not just in movie theaters but online. When you watch Master of None, you're like, yes, this is real life to me. These are refreshing types of stories.
I think being on a film set for such a long time made me a technical actor without realizing it.
I'd love to play Puck in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'
I am a frighteningly thorough person.
I'm into weird kind of, anything that resembles magical realism.
Poetry is something I love to do. Good poetry has an amazing ability to be communicative before it's even understood. I get emotional just from the beauty of words.
I just have this fear that I'll get on stage and there'll be that brief moment of adrenalin and I'll forget my line.