Daniel Radcliffe

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Daniel Radcliffe is an British actor. He was born on the July 23, 1989. He is most famous for playing Harry in the first five movies based on JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books.

[edit] Career

Radcliffe started acting in school plays when he was in primary school. When he was ten years old, he played the part of the young David Copperfield in the TV show David Copperfield. In 2001 he played Mark Pendel in the movie Tailor of Panama. Later that year, he was chosen to play Harry Potter in the movie Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the United States). He has also played Harry in the second, third and forth Harry Potter movies (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), released in 2002, 2003 and 2004. The fifth movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is going to be finished in 2007.

[edit] Profile

Full name: Daniel Jacob Radcliffe

Parents: Alan Radcliffe and Marcia Gresham

Height: 1.73 metres(5ft 5-and-a-half for everyone who's not on the metric systm.)

Interests: Playing the bass guitar, The Simpsons, music, Fulham Football Club, movies

[edit] Favourites

Colours: Yellow and blue

Number: nine

Music: It’s always changing, but at the moment he likes alternative and punk music. He likes Bloc Party, Blur, Kaiser Chiefs, The Libertines, The Futureheads, British Sea Power' Arcade Fire, The Sex Pistols, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, and The Zutons just to name a few. :)

School subjects: English Literature, Science, Religion

Sports: Running and scuba diving

Animal: Wolf

Food: Fish and Pizza

Fizzy drink: Diet Coke

Lolly: Mars Bar

Dessert: Vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce. He doesn’t like cake.

Cold weather drink: Hot chocolate

Holiday: Christmas

Season: Summer

Movies: 12 Angry Men, The Edukators, Good Bye Lenin!, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Mystic River, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Bowling for Columbine.

Classical play: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare. He would like to play Puck if he had a chance.

Books: 1984 by George Orwell, The War of Don Emmanuel’s Neither Parts by Louis de Bernières, Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

Harry Potter book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter characters: Sirius Black, Hagrid and the Weasleys

Harry Potter magical ability: Invisibility

Harry Potter special effect: Quidditch

Harry Potter prop: Godric Gryffindor’s sword

Harry Potter animal: Gizmo, the owl that plays Hedwig

Actors and actresses: Gary Oldman, Tom Hanks, Ben Stiller, Jude Law, Ed Harris, Robert DeNiro, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Cameron Diaz, Scarlett Johansson

Charity: Demelza House