Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe is an English actor who rose to fame at age twelve when he began portraying Harry Potter in the film series of the same name. Over his career, Radcliffe has received various awards and nominations.

Radcliffe made his acting debut at age 10 in the BBC One television film David Copperfield (1999), followed by his feature film debut in The Tailor of Panama (2001). The same year, he starred as Harry Potter in the film adaptation of the J.K. Rowling fantasy novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Over the next decade, he played the eponymous role in seven sequels, culminating with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011). During this period, he became one of the world's highest-paid actors and gained worldwide fame, popularity, and critical acclaim.

Following the success of Harry Potter, Radcliffe challenged himself acting in a variety of genres starring in What If? (2013), The Woman in Black (2012), Victor Frankenstein (2015), Swiss Army Man (2016), Now You See Me 2 (2016), and The Lost City (2022). He also portrayed Allen Ginsberg in the drama film Kill Your Darlings (2013), FBI agent Nate Foster in the crime drama Imperium (2016), and Weird Al Yankovic in the musical film Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022). Since 2019, he has starred in the TBS anthology series Miracle Workers.

Radcliffe branched out to stage acting in 2007, starring in the West End and Broadway productions of Equus. He returned to Broadway in the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2011), earning a Grammy Award nomination, and Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan (2014), the satirical play The Lifespan of a Fact (2018), and Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along (2023). He returned to the West End in revivals of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (2017), and Samuel Becket's Endgame (2020).