History Creator / TomFelton

Thomas Andrew "Tom" Felton (born 22 September 1987) is the British actor who played Draco Malfoy in all eight ''Film/HarryPotter'' films. He is the original DracoInLeatherPants, inspiring many a FanGirl to sigh over [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys the richest bad boy in Hogwarts]].

** ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathHallows Harry Potter and the Death Hallows Part 1]]'' (2010)
** ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathHallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2]]'' (2011)

* TypeCasting: He commonly plays characters similar to Draco Malfoy ever since acting as him.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He auditioned for the roles of Harry and Ron.

* DyeingForYourArt: To play Malfoy, Felton had to bleach his hair to make it blonder than it already is for ten years. Felton has claimed that he doesn't even remember what his natural hair color is.

Thomas Andrew "Tom" Felton (born 22 September 1987 in Epsom, England) is the British actor who played Draco Malfoy in all eight ''Film/HarryPotter'' films. He is the original DracoInLeatherPants, inspiring many a FanGirl to sigh over [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys the richest bad boy in Hogwarts]].

Thomas Andrew "Tom" Felton (born 22 September 1987) is the British actor who played Draco Malfoy in all eight ''Film/HarryPotter'' films. He is the original DracoInLeatherPants, inspiring many a FanGirl to sigh over [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys the richest bad boy in Hogwarts]].

* OneOfUs: He has, on his Facebook/Twitter account, a picture of himself holding a sign saying [[Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical "PIGFARTS IS REAL"]].
** Although [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwNYYhZPYOY he apparently wasn't aware at first]] that Draco was [[CrossCastRole played by a girl]].
** He joined Pottermore in January 2015. To his dismay [[note]]But not Creator/JKRowling's [[https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/557935694161907712]][[/note]] he was sorted in Gryffindor.

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Off-screen, Tom is a close friend of Creator/DanielRadcliffe and Creator/RupertGrint and is a very easy-going guy.
** On Pottermore he was sorted into Gryffindor.

Felton is one of the young actors in ''Harry Potter'' who actually acted professionally prior to the series, starting off in commercials at the age of eight. His first film role was a major supporting part in the 1997 version of ''Film/TheBorrowers1997'', in which he played an AnnoyingYoungerSibling to Arrietty Clock. A couple years later he played Creator/JodieFoster's son in ''Film/AnnaAndTheKing''. When ''Harry Potter'' rolled around, he originally auditioned for the part of Harry and, failing that, went for Ron before finally ending up as Draco. For most of the series, Malfoy was a two-dimensional cowardly bully, but in ''Half-Blood Prince'' he joins the ranks of Voldemort's followers and learns the hard way that EvilIsNotAToy. This gave Felton a chance to show that HeReallyCanAct.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Off-screen, Tom is a close friend of Creator/DanielRadcliffe and Creator/RupertGrint and is a very easy-going guy.

Tom Felton is the British actor who played Draco Malfoy in all eight ''Film/HarryPotter'' films. He is the original DracoInLeatherPants, inspiring many a FanGirl to sigh over [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys the richest bad boy in Hogwarts]].

* DyeingForYourArt: And how! To play Malfoy, Felton had to bleach his hair to make it blonder than it already is for ten years. Felton has claimed that he doesn't even remember what his natural hair color is.
* FakeAmerican: He does a very good American accent in ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' and ''Film/MurderInTheFirst''.
* IAmNotSpock: He gets a chance to spoof it in his cameo from ''Film/GetHimToTheGreek''.

* OneOfUs: Has, on his Facebook/Twitter account, a picture of himself holding a sign saying [[Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical "PIGFARTS IS REAL"]].
** Although [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwNYYhZPYOY he apparently wasn't aware at first]] that Draco was [[CrossCastRole played by a girl]].
** He joined Pottermore in January 2015. To his dismay [[note]](but not Creator/JKRowling's [[https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/557935694161907712]])[[/note]] he was sorted in Gryffindor.
* TypeCasting: He commonly plays characters similar to Draco Malfoy ever since acting as him.
** In ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'', his first major post-Potter role, he plays a {{Jerkass}} ape shelter staff who does everything he can to mistreat the apes, especially any that seem smart. He keeps his job because his father runs the shelter. He's also got a dimwitted friend, and bullies the ambiguously mentally handicapped other staff member.
** In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', he plays a {{Jerkass}} descended from British nobility who establishes a mutual hatred with TheHero. However, unlike previous examples of this for him, he's [[GoodAllAlong not actually evil]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As mentioned above, he auditioned for the roles of Harry and Ron.

* OneOfUs: Has, on his Facebook/Twitter account, a picture of himself holding a sign saying [[AVeryPotterMusical "PIGFARTS IS REAL"]].

** In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', he plays a {{Jerkass}} descended from British nobility who establishes a mutual hatred with TheHero.

* TypeCasting: In ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'', his first major post-Potter role, he plays a {{Jerkass}} ape shelter staff who does everything he can to mistreat the apes, especially any that seem smart. He keeps his job because his father runs the shelter. He's also got a dimwitted friend, and bullies the ambiguously mentally handicapped other staff member.

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Felton is one of the young actors in ''Harry Potter'' who actually acted professionally prior to the series, starting off in commercials at the age of eight. His first film role was a major supporting part in the 1997 version of ''Film/{{The Borrowers|1997}}'', in which he played an AnnoyingYoungerSibling to Arrietty Clock. A couple years later he played Creator/JodieFoster's son in ''Film/AnnaAndTheKing''. When ''Harry Potter'' rolled around, he originally auditioned for the part of Harry and, failing that, went for Ron before finally ending up as Draco. For most of the series, Malfoy was a two-dimensional cowardly bully, but in ''Half-Blood Prince'' he joins the ranks of Voldemort's followers and learns the hard way that EvilIsNotAToy. This gave Felton a chance to show that HeReallyCanAct.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Off-screen, Tom is a close friend of Creator/DanielRadcliffe and RupertGrint and is a very easy-going guy.

* FakeAmerican: He does a very good American accent in ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' and ''MurderInTheFirst''.
* IAmNotSpock: He gets a chance to spoof it in his cameo from ''GetHimToTheGreek''.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Off-screen, Tom is a close friend of DanielRadcliffe and RupertGrint and is a very easy-going guy.

** He joined potermore in January 2015. To his dismay [[note]](but not ''Creator/JKRowling'''s [[https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/557935694161907712]])[[/note]] he was sorted in Gryffindor.

** He joined potermore in January 2015. To his dismay [[note]](but not ''CreatorJ.K Rowling'''s [[https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/557935694161907712]])[[/note]] he was sorted in Gryffindor.

** He joined potermore in January 2015. To his dismay [[note]](but not {{J.K Rowling}}'s [[https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/557935694161907712]])[[/note]] he was sorted in Gryffindor.

* HeReallyCanAct: [[InvokedTrope Most consider]] ''Half-Blood Prince'', where he subtly shows Draco Malfoy's suffering and descent into a complete and utter nervous breakdown, to be one of the best performances he's ever done.
** His recent performance as sociopathic tech genius Erich Blunt in TNT's ''MurderInTheFirst'' is very good too and has been quoted as one of the show's highlights.

* TypeCasting: In ''RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'', his first major post-Potter role, he plays a {{Jerkass}} ape shelter staff who does everything he can to mistreat the apes, especially any that seem smart. He keeps his job because his father runs the shelter. He's also got a dimwitted friend, and bullies the ambiguously mentally handicapped other staff member.

* FakeAmerican: He does a very good American accent in ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes''.

* TypeCasting: In ''RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'', his first major post-Potter role, he plays a {{Jerkass}} ape shelter staff who does everything he can to mistreat the apes, especially any that seem smart. He keeps his job because his father runs the shelter. He's also got a dimwitted friend, and bullies the ambiguously mentally handicapped other staff member.