Daniel Radcliffe was a cute child actor with just two credits to his name when he was chosen to play Harry Potter in the film adaptations of J. K. Rowling's books. His father is a literary agent with the show business giant, International Creative Management (ICM), and his mother is a casting agent. In one of his first interviews after landing the role, Radcliffe said he'd tried reading the first book in the Potter series a few years earlier, but gave up only partway through.
[1] "My mum was of Jewish blood and my Dad was Protestant... I'm very interested in religion as something to study. But I'm not a religious person in the slightest." (Interview on The Today Show (Australia, nine.com.au, not the US show by the same name, December 2006).
Father: Alan Radcliffe (literary agent)
Mother: Marcia Gresham (casting agent)
Girlfriend: Laura O'Toole (Irish actress)
High School: Sussex House School, London
High School: City of London School
Jewish Ancestry Maternal
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
December Boys (9-Sep-2007)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (3-Jul-2007)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (6-Nov-2005)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (31-May-2004)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (3-Nov-2002)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (4-Nov-2001)
The Tailor of Panama (11-Feb-2001)
David Copperfield (25-Dec-1999)
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