Daniel Jacob "Dan" Radcliffe (born July 23, 1989) is an English actor and producer who rose to international stardom as Harry Potter in the fantasy movie franchise of the same name for 10 years from 2001 to 2011.
On The Simpsons, Radcliffe lent his voice to Edmund in Season 22, Digby Diggs in Season 25, and himself in Season
Early Life[]
Daniel was born to literacy agent Alan Radcliffe and casting agent Marcia Gresham in West London at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital. He was their only child and educated at three different private schools in London, Sussex House School, City of London School, and Redcliffe School. His parents acted as children. In 2019, he explored his family heritage in the BBC geneology series Who Do You Think You Are?
1999-2001: Early Acting Roles[]
At the age of just five, Radcliffe wanted to become an actor. His mother knew a friend that was a casting agent, and soon enough after an audition, he made his television debut in 1999 as Young David in the BBC's adaptation of David Copperfield and he made his film debut playing Mark Pendel in The Tailor of Panama in 2001.
2001-2011- Fame with Harry Potter[]
He came into contact with producer David Heyman at a theater with his father in 2000 and asked him to audition for the first movie, based off the book series of the same name. Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Potter films, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets recalled seeing him in David Copperfield and said, "This is what I want. This is Harry Potter". After several auditions and eight months later, Radcliffe got the role. His parents turned it down at first since it would involve the filming of 6 films in LA. Warner Bros offered the actor a two-movie contract in the UK. It was unsure if he would do anymore pictures. In 2007, he portrayed Jack Kipling in the MTV television drama film My Boy Jack, and Maps in the Australian coming-of-age film December Boys. Radcliffe portrayed Potter until 2011, when the eighth and final movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part 2 was released.
2012-2017: Roles after Potter[]
After concluding the Potter series, he went to star as Arthur Kipps in the horror The Woman in Black (2012), beat poet Allen Ginsberg in the biographical film Kill Your Darlings (2013), med school dropout Wallace in the Irish Canadian romantic comedy What If (2013). He then went on to star in the dark fantasy horror film Horns as Ig Perrish that same year. He was seen in the science fiction horror film Victor Frankenstein (2015) as Igor. Also in 2015, he played Sam Houser in the BBC docudrama film The Gamechangers and played The Dog Walker in Trainwreck. In 2016, he starred as Walter Maybry in the action-adventure film Now You See Me 2, Manny in the indie film Swiss Army Man, Nate Foster in the independent film Imperium. Other TV credits include A Young Doctor's Notebook, Saturday Night Live, BoJack Horseman, Robot Chicken, Lost in London, and
2018-present: Career expansion[]
He played Sean Haggerty in Beast of Burden (2018), Miles in Guns Akimbo (2019), and played multiple characters in the TBS anthology series Miracle Workers (2019-2023), which also he executive produced and starred in the 2020 Australian prison film Escape from Pretoria as Tim Jenkin. He reunited with the cast and crew of the Harry Potter films for the 20th anniversary special titled Harry Potter: 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022). That same year, he starred in the musical parody film Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as musician Weird Al Yankovic. He then starred as Abigail Fairfax in the adventure comedy The Lost City (2022). Notable voice credits include detective Rex Dasher in Playmobile: The Movie (2019), Rick and Morty (2022), Sebastian Lines in an episode of Digman! (2023), and as King Jeremey in the animated apocalyptic sitcom Mulligan (2023). In November of that same year, he executive produced a documentary about his former Potter stunt double, David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived. He will next star in the upcoming film Batso opposite Ethan Hawke and Jessica Biel.
2002-present: Stage[]
He has also branched out onto stage roles, beginning on the West End in the comedy play The Play What I Wrote, as a celebrity guest in 2002, and roles soon followed. He portrayed 17-year-old Alan Strang in the London and New York productions of Equus (2007-2009), J. Pierpont Finch in the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2011-2012). Radcliffe also made appearances in the West End and Broadway productions of The Cripple of Inishmaan (2013-2014) as Billy Claven. Other theatre roles include Endgame/Rough for Theatre II (2020), Privacy (2016), Lifespan of a Fact (2018), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (2017). More recently, he starred in the Off-Broadway and Broadway revivals of Merrily We Roll Along (2022-2024) as Charley Kringas.
Charity Work, Social Views, etc.[]
A proud supporter of The Trevor Project, he received The Hero Award in 2011 for his advocacy for LGBTQ youth. He has also worked with charities such as Demelza Hospice Care for Children, and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, a New York-based nonprofit organization that raises money by auctioning off signed playbills, props, and posters.
Personal Life[]
Radcliffe has a mild form of the neurological disorder Dyspraxia, which he revealed in August 2008. He and American actress Erin Darke met while filming Kill Your Darlings in 2012 and began their relationship right after. They have a son, who was born in April 2023. Aside from acting, Radcliffe is an avid ping-pong player. His favorite films include 12 Angry Men, A Matter of Life and Death, Dr. Strangelove, Little Miss Sunshine and Jason and the Argonauts, while his favorite Harry Potter book is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. He said that his favorite novel is Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.
Simpsons Appearances[]
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXI"
