History Creator / DanielRadcliffe

[[caption-width-right:255:"But I ''am'' the Chosen One."]]

* ForTheLulz: He has always been quite open about his hatred for the paparazzi and often goes out of his way to make things hard on them, such as wearing the same clothes while working so it looks like all the pictures are from the same night, or wearing very reflective material the when exposed to a flash washes out the picture. He admits that it's petty but does it anyway because it's fun.

Radcliffe has become well-known for speaking unashamedly about his personal struggles, which include filming the last three ''Potter'' films as a functioning alcoholic, living with a minor case of the neurological ailment dyspraxia, and suffering panic attacks. He has been in a relationship with American actress Erin Darke since 2012, and in April 2023, the two revealed the birth of their first child.

The son of a literary agent and a casting agent, Radcliffe began acting in small roles before ''Harry Potter''. In the year 2000, the hunt for the right child actor to play Harry was starting to resemble the search for [[Film/GoneWithTheWind Scarlett O'Hara]]. After seeing Radcliffe in a [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] version of ''Literature/DavidCopperfield'', Creator/ChrisColumbus asked his parents to allow him to audition, but they declined. Sometime later, David Heyman and Creator/SteveKloves attended a production of the play ''Stones in His Pockets'' and encountered Radcliffe in the audience. The next day, Heyman called Radcliffe's parents, and this time they agreed to let him audition. Radcliffe happened to be taking a bath at the time his parents got the call that he had gotten the part, and admits to being so happy that he cried. He then woke up in the middle of the following night, causing him to wake up his parents to ask them if he'd really gotten the part or if it was AllJustADream.

It wasn't, of course, and Radcliffe played Harry Potter over the course of eight films, from 2001 to 2011. In 2007, Radcliffe starred as Alan Strang in ''Theatre/{{Equus}}'' on the West End, reprising the role on Broadway in 2008. While the MoralGuardians were up in arms about Harry Potter appearing naked on stage, the critics had a SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct reaction. In 2011, he returned to Broadway to star in a revival of ''Theatre/HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying''.

In 2012, he starred as Arthur Kipps in a [[Film/HammerHorror Hammer]] feature film version of ''Film/TheWomanInBlack''. In an odd way, he is following in the footsteps of his onscreen father, Adrian Rawlins, who played the same role on television in 1989. Radcliffe also acted alongside Creator/JonHamm as the titular young doctor in British drama ''Series/AYoungDoctorsNotebook''. More recently, he played a young Creator/AllenGinsberg in the 2013 movie ''Film/KillYourDarlings'' and starred in the 2014 RomCom ''Film/TheFWord'' (retitled ''What If'' in some countries) and the black comedy horror ''Film/{{Horns}}''. He had lead roles in the 2016 film ''Film/SwissArmyMan'' and ''Film/{{Imperium}}''. In 2022, he portrayed Music/WeirdAlYankovic in the [[BlatantLies completely factual and accurate]] biopic ''Film/WeirdTheAlYankovicStory''. Has been known to do the occasional side project like doing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqBqqd9-SBk dramatic readings]].

* LargeHam: He can ham it up if he wants to. Noticeably, he was praised for his mugging in
''Theatre/HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying''.
* MrFanservice: Played with. He gets a few fanservice-y scenes in the later Harry Potter films (from Goblet Of Fire) onwards but has largely stayed out of those kind of roles since.

* LargeHam: He can ham it up if he wants to. Noticeably, he was praised for his mugging in ''Theatre/HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying''.

In 2012, he starred as Arthur Kipps in a [[Film/HammerHorror Hammer]] feature film version of ''Film/TheWomanInBlack''. In an odd way, he is following in the footsteps of his onscreen father, Adrian Rawlins, who played the same role on television in 1989. Radcliffe also acted alongside Creator/JonHamm as the titular young doctor in British drama ''Series/AYoungDoctorsNotebook''. More recently, he played a young Creator/AllenGinsberg in the 2013 movie ''Film/KillYourDarlings'' and starred in the 2014 RomCom ''Film/TheFWord'' (retitled ''What If'' in some countries) and the black comedy horror ''Film/{{Horns}}''. He had lead roles in the 2016 film ''Film/SwissArmyMan'' and ''Film/{{Imperium}}''. Has been known to do the occasional side project like doing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqBqqd9-SBk dramatic readings]].

In 2012, he starred as Arthur Kipps in a [[Film/HammerHorror Hammer]] feature film version of ''Film/TheWomanInBlack''. In an odd way, he is following in the footsteps of his onscreen father, Adrian Rawlins, who played the same role on television in 1989. Radcliffe also acted alongside Creator/JonHamm as the titular young doctor in British drama ''Series/AYoungDoctorsNotebook''. More recently, he played a young Creator/AllenGinsberg in the 2013 movie ''Film/KillYourDarlings'' and starred in the 2014 RomCom ''The F Word'' (retitled ''What If'' in some countries) and the black comedy horror ''Film/{{Horns}}''. He had lead roles in the 2016 film ''Film/SwissArmyMan'' and ''Film/{{Imperium}}''. Has been known to do the occasional side project like doing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqBqqd9-SBk dramatic readings]].