- Has replaced singer Charlotte Church as Britain's second richest teenager - Currently Prince Harry is the country's richest teenager. (March 31, 2004)
- Radcliffe's mother has dismissed as rubbish rumors that her son will not be appearing in another Harry Potter film -- Marcia Gresham leapt to the defense of her 13-year-old, following persistent talk of his poor academic performance. (June 16, 2003)
- Radcliffe movie HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS grossed an estimated $87.7 million in its first three days of release across North America, Warner Bros. Pictures said Sunday -- the film ranks as the third best opening of all time, behind the May 2002 release SPIDER-MAN ($114.8 million) and Potter's 2001 predecessor, HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE ($90.3 million). (November 18, 2002)
- Radcliffe, whose role as the bespectacled wizard propelled him to stardom in HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE, said he wouldn't have swapped his experience the Harry Potter movies for anything. (October 28, 2002)
- Landed a 1-million-pounds deal to star in the sequel HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, and that he could be in line for 10 million pounds if all seven of JK Rowling's planned books are filmed.
- He has never actually seen the film THE TAILOR OF PANAMA (2001) in which he appeared.
- He likes to play pranks.
- His first professional acting experience was as the young David Copperfield in the 1999 BBC production of Charles Dickens' popular novel.
- Tried reading the first Harry Potter book when he was 8 years old, but was unable to finish it. Finally read the entire book when he was cast in the lead role of the film.
- Although his oice broke during production of HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (2001), he did speak all the lines in the movie. The scenes were filmed in order and his voice changes slowly throughout the movie. It was erroneously reported by a London tabloid that a young actor who spoke lines for the action figure dubbed his lines in the movie.
- During HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE, he changed the screen on Robbie Coltrane's cellphone to Turkish. Coltrane had to phone hair designer Eithne Fennel's Turkish father in order to find out the Turkish for Change Language.
- Harry Potter's birthday is reported in the books as being somewhere in July. Author J.K. Rowling, and actors Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and 'Griffiths, Richard (I)' (Uncle Vernon) were all reported to have their birthdays on 31 July. It was later revealed that Radcliffe's birthday is, in fact, 23rd July and that the claim that his birthday was the same as Harry Potter's was merely a publicity stunt.
- He has said that Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is his favorite book.
- Sometimes Credited As: Danny Radcliffe, Dan Radcliffe
- Nickname: Dan, Danny
- Has two dogs, collies: named Binka & Nugget.
- Attends an all-boys private school
- Although Danny loves to play Playstation, listen to music (some of his faves are Stereophonics, R.E.M. and U2), and write, he's also very active and energetic. He loves to run and enjoys football (soccer) and other sports.
- Voted Person of the Year 2002 by Time Kids.
- Has stated that 12 ANGRY MEN (1957) is the first black & white film he ever saw and is also his favorite film.
- Favorite bands: Jane's Addiction, the Libertines, Rage Against the Machine and the Darkness
- Was paid $3,000,000 for HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (2002)
- Was paid $110,000 for HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (2001)
- His favourite character from Harry Potter is Hagrid
- Believes in ghosts.
- Is an only child like his charactor Harry Potter
- Roots for his local football club, Fulham.
- His favorite number is 9
- Likes Mars Bars
- Loves The Simpsons
- Also likes WWF
- His fave HP is the second one (HP and the Chamber of Secrets)
- Likes diet coke and hot chocolate
- Likes U2 and REM
- Likes to take photographs
- Favorite actress: Julia Roberts
- Favorite color: green
- Does his own stunts
- Put a fake blood capsule in his mouth then pretended to trip on the stairs and let the blood spill out.They really fell or it he said. Then he said afterwards they chased after me with a water pistol.
- Likes Nicole Kidman very much! And he said that He would kiss her better that Ewan
- His parents weren't very receptive to his desire to act until a role came up in the television movie 'David Copperfield', which their friend Kate Harwood was producing.
- Hair color: brown
- Eye color: blue
- Favorite school subject: science
- Favorite from the Harry Potter books: Voldermont
- Nominated for Breakthrough Male Performance at MTV Movie Awards for HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (2002)
Quotes- "I think I'm a tiny bit like Harry 'cos I'd like to have an owl. Yeah, that's the tiny bit, actually." (After being cast as Harry Potter)
- "I'm just going to take it as it comes and see what happens. I think a bit of fame will probably just be fun, and I won't mind it. But I still want to lead a normal life with my friends." (about how he will deal with fame)
- "I don't know. People tell me I look mournful. They say, "Cheer up, Dan, it's not that bad!" Sometimes I just look into space, which freaks people out. If I was ever required to do anything other than look haunted, I could. I'm a happy person. Though I don't, like, dot my "I's" with hearts or anything - that would be too happy."
- "I'm not much of a cake person."
- On believing in magic: "Absolutely. 100 percent."
- "I was in the bath at the time, and my dad came running in and said, 'Guess who they want to play Harry Potter!?' and I started to cry. It was probably the best moment of my life."
- "I'm not clumsy, I'm just accident prone."
- Upon seeing the movie: "I'm a bit nervous about whether people will like it, but I've seen it, and I'm sure they will. It's really good - it's quite scary, it's quite emotional. Even I cried and I don't cry easily! I cried at the end credits when my name came up, and I was, like, Oh my God! I can't believe that's my name! I've met so many people since we started filming and it's been wonderful. I've progressed so far and changed so much since the beginning. It's been like a real journey."
- "When I get into trouble at school I'd like to take an invisibility cloak, drape it over me and sneak out the door. Or I'd like to have a 3 headed-dog because then no one would argue with me"
- "I dont mind being around girls.''
- "I cried when I saw my name in the end credits!"
Awards- Variety Club Showbusiness Awards: Sir James Carreras Award - Outstanding New Talent, HARRY POTTER (2002)
- Golden Apple Awards: Youth Male Discovery of the Year (2001)
- Variety Club Awards: Best Newcomer (2002)
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