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->''“I used to be self-conscious about my height, but then I thought, fuck that, I'm Harry Potter.”''

British actor, born July 23rd, 1989. Most famous for playing Harry Potter in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies.

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 [[GoneWithTheWind Scarlett O'Hara]]. After seeing Radcliffe in a [[TheBBC BBC]] version of ''Literature/DavidCopperfield'', ChrisColumbus asked Radcliffe's 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 in the bath at the time his parents got the call that he had gotten the part and he admits to being so happy that he cried. Radcliffe 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 HeReallyCanAct reaction. In 2011, he returned to Broadway to star in a revival of ''HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying''.

In 2012, he starred as Arthur Kipps in a [[HammerHorror Hammer]] feature film version of ''Film/TheWomanInBlack'', and acted alongside JonHamm as the titular young doctor in British drama ''A Young Doctor's Notebook''. 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. In his next role, he will be playing a young AllenGinsberg in the movie ''KillYourDarlings''.
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'''Tropes that apply to this actor include:'''
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: He claims he was bullied at school for being Harry Potter.
* BowtiesAreCool: He wears bowties a lot, be they [[http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt178/Smaragaide/mURI_temp_35242473.jpg basic black]] for the SharpDressedMan look, [[http://forward.com/workspace/assets/images/articles/TAS-succeedbiz-110223.jpg bright blue]] for ''HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying'', or [[Film/HarryPotter Gryffindor]] [[http://giraffodil.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/daniel-radcliffe-etw-cover.jpg?w=640 red and gold]] for when he was named "Entertainer of the Year" for 2011 by ''Entertainment Weekly''.
** Which could fall under HilariousInHindsight. DarrenCriss also played Film/HarryPotter AND took up the lead role in ''HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying'' after Radcliffe, and is currently playing a character who embodies the BowtiesAreCool trope.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: He's pointed out that during his run in ''Theatre/{{Equus}}'', the MoralGuardians first complained that "Literature/HarryPotter is NAKED ON STAGE!", and when that failed to get the play halted, they complained that "Literature/HarryPotter is SMOKING ON STAGE!", but never ''once'' did they complain about the truly disturbing parts of the play: That Alan Strang [[MoralEventHorizon blinds six horses with a poker]] and has a ''very'' unhealthy sexual obsession with the horses. Might also fit under ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch.
* DeadpanSnarker
-->[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "I used to be self-conscious about my height, but then I thought 'fuck that, I'm Harry Potter."]]
* TheEveryman: Even though this is what he's been akin to playing in most roles, it does cater to his real life as well, even if he is insanely rich and popular.
* FakeNationality: In his 2012 ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' appearance, all of his "American" characters sounded ''exactly'' like [[HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying J. Pierpont Finch]].
* IAmNotSpock: He's still young, so he may escape this one day, but for now he's known first and foremost as Film/HarryPotter. This also applies to [[RobertPattinson nearly]] all the other actors to play Hogwarts students in the series and even some of the already famous adult actors playing teachers and so forth.
** He also draws the line at taking photos while wearing his glasses.
* MaleFrontalNudity: On ''Theatre/{{Equus}}''.
* MethodActing: Lampshaded this once. When asked how he prepared for the lead role in ''Theatre/{{Equus}}'', he mentioned how the questioner obviously expected him to say "I sat in a stable for a few days and talked to myself", instead of "I watched ''[[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Spongebob]]'' for an hour and then went to work."
* OneOfUs: He loves Music/TomLehrer, and singing "The Elements" is one of his favorite party tricks. If that doesn't make him a nerd, who knows what can. Don't believe it? [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSAaiYKF0cs Look here]].
** He's also recently become a fan of American Football, even to the point of playing in a Fantasy Football League.
** Apparently he likes anime, too. According to [[http://www.funimation.com/anime/forum/general-forum/anime/celebrities-that-are-animemanga-fan/82443 this]] he likes among other things ''{{Initial D}}'', ''{{Lupin III}}'' and ''Anime/{{Monster}}''.
* PromotedFanboy: Being a huge fan of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' growing up, he was delighted about his guest appearance on the show and described it as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk16LOVu_8g "the culmination of his life"]].
** Fun fact: With EmmaWatson having voiced Princess Pea for ''WesternAnimation/{{The Tale of Despereaux}}'', this leaves RupertGrint the only member of the trio to have not voiced an animated character -- though [[PostmanPat not for long]].
* SelfDeprecation: Seems to be in a lot of stuff poking fun at himself.
* {{Trickster}}: In addition to shamelessly pranking people on the set of ''Film/HarryPotter'', he wore the same coat during the entirety of ''Theatre/{{Equus}}''' run so any pictures taken by paparazzi would be unpublishable as they would all appear to have been taken on the same day. According to him, it was hilarious seeing them get frustrated.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: As pointed out by GaryOldman:
--> ''"I first met Dan when he was 13 going on 14 — or 13 going on 50, really. He was
 a brilliant boy, way beyond his years."''
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