Daniel Radcliffe

Actor

Daniel Radcliffe is the actor who starred as boy wizard Harry Potter in the 2001 film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and its sequels: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). The films were based on the popular series of novels by British author J.K. Rowling. Radcliffe's first film role was as David in the BBC TV adaptation of David Copperfield (1999). He also had a part in The Tailor of Panama (2001, starring Pierce Brosnan). Radcliffe starred in a major London revival of the play Equus in 2007, appearing nude in one much-discussed scene.

Extra credit: In the United States, the first Harry Potter film was titled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone... Harry Potter's friends Hermione and Ron are played in the movies by Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, and his young nemesis Draco Malfoy is played by Tom Felton.

Other former child stars include Jake Lloyd, Drew Barrymore, Robert Blake and Ron Howard.

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