Daniel Radcliffe Bio, Age, Height, Early Life, Career, Personal Life, Net Worth & More
Posted By: Aqib Khan | September 24, 2018Daniel Radcliffe Biography:
Daniel Radcliffe is a famous English actor who became famous at a very young age due to his leading role in Hollywood’s “Harry Potter” series. There is no doubt that his fame and name is because of Hollywood adaptation of JK Rowling’s “Harry Potter.” He has completed eight movies of the “Harry Potter” series that made him more than a superstar. He was born and brought up in a middle-class family in London. His father is a normal literary agent, and his mother is an ordinary casting agent for BBC. As he had a desire of acting from his early age, so he got the chance at the age of ten when he cast in BBC’s “David Copperfield.” After this cast, he became a famous child artist in England.
After that, he performed on “Harry Potter” series from 2002 to 2010 through which he recognized as a talented actor as well as the richest teenager in the United Kingdom. Daniel also won many awards such as National Movie Award for Best Male Performance, Teen Choice Award, Scream Awards for Best Fantasy Actor and so on. He earned many awards and some nominations for the MTV Awards. Radcliffe also worked in many theatre productions such as Martin McDonagh’s “The Cripple of Inishmaan” and “The Play I Wrote.” Radcliffe also appeared in some movies other than “Harry Potter” series like “Kill Your Darlings,” “My Boy Jack,” “The Woman in Black,” “Tokyo Voice” and “Frankenstein.” If you want to know more about this young talented actor, just read this whole article because this article will provide you with almost all the information about him.
Daniel Radcliffe Childhood and Early Life:
Daniel Radcliffe was born on 23rd July 1989 AD to Alan George Radcliffe and Marcia Jeannine Gresham. He was born in Fulham, West London, England. His father is a normal literary agent, and his mother is an ordinary casting agent for BBC. Radcliffe belonged to a middle working class family. His father is of Protestant background and mother is of Jewish background. Daniel had a craze for acting since the age of five, and finally, he got the first chance when he cast in the BBC adaptation of Dickens’ book “David Copperfield.”
It is said that Daniel studied in two private schools in England. First one is Sussex House School, and the other is the City of London School. It was his school time when he started appearing on the Hollywood’s screen. Due to his busy schedule of acting, he was unable to attend the school, so he left the further studies of college or university. Moreover, he knew it very well that his future career belongs to writing and acting and college or university education would come in the way.
Daniel Radcliffe Career:
In the year of 1999 when Daniel achieve his first cast as the lead role in Charles Dickens’ “David Copperfield” which is adapted by BBC. During this time, he was only ten years old. Before signing this project, he also gave few auditions for the role.
In 2000, he offered to have a role in the movie “Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone.” His parents did not agree to send him for the audition because he had to sign a contract for seven movies to do all of them in Los Angeles. JK Rowling who is the writer of the series wanted him to take the lead role. After auditions, he selecting and initially, he signed a contract of two movies and promised to shoot them in England. Finally, the movie released in 2001, and he got the payment of seven figures. This movie’s business was the highest of the year. Radcliffe’s performance got a lot of admiration from the audience and critics as well. His another movie “The Tailor of Panama” also released in the year 2001.
In 2002, another movie of the series “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” released and this time Radcliffe again received a huge applaud from the public. It was the second highest grossing film of the year. Next movie of the series “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” released in 2004 and received the most admiration from all movies of the series, though it earned the lowest income in the entire series.
Awards and Achievements in Later Movies:
“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” released in 2005. This movie produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and directed by Mike Newell. It also nominated for Academy Award for the category of Best Art Direction. Next movie of the series was “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” and was came out in 2007. This movie earned many awards nominations for him, and he won the National Movie Award for the Best Male Performance. In the same year, he also worked in another movie “My Boy Jack” with Carey Mulligan.
Again he got public attention in this movie. In 2009, another movie of the series “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” came out and earned for him the nominations of the Best Male Performance and Global Superstar in the MTV Movie Awards. “Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows – Part 1” released in 2010 and considered as the average movie. The last movie of the series “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2” released in 2011 and earned. The biggest first-day opening as well as the biggest weekend. It is the fourth highest grossing movie of all time.
In 2012, he played a role in a horror movie “The Woman in Black.” The movie released in the US, Canada, and the UK respectively. Then Radcliffe appeared in a thriller drama “Kill Your Darlings” by John Krokidas in 2013. In the same year, he worked in “The F Word” and “Horns.” His next role was in “The Cripple of Inishmaan” at the Noel Coward Theatre.
Daniel Radcliffe Major Works:
Following are some best movies by Daniel Radcliffe, and all these are worth seeing:
1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 2001.
2. Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets 2002.
3. Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban 2004.
4. Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire 2005.
5. Harry Potter and Order of the Phoenix 2007.
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009.
7. Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows: Part 1 2010.
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011.
Daniel Radcliffe Personal Life and Affairs:
On the sets of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” in 2007, Daniel Radcliffe assisted by Rosanne Coker. She was 23 years of age at that time, and Radcliffe claimed that he is in love with her.
At the age of 19, in 2008, he said in the media he badly suffered from a neurological disorder development coordination disorder. According to him, due to this problem, he was unable to do daily routine works.
Trivia:
Daniel Radcliffe is of Jewish faith from mother’s background, and according to him, he is proud of being Jewish. He is announced as the “Most Valuable Young Star” in the Forbes Magazine. He also believed to be the Richest Teenager in the United Kingdom.
Daniel Radcliffe Net Worth, Houses, and Cars:
Daniel Radcliffe has an estimated net worth of almost $110 million. He owns three houses. First one in Manhattan, New York, United States. The second is 40 Mercer Home, New York and third is 1 Morton Square Home, New York. He also owns a Fiat Grande Punto car.