Daniel Radcliffe, birth name: Daniel Jacob Radcliffe, height: 5 ft 8 (173 cm), Zodiac Sign: Cancer, born on July 23, 1989. Radcliffe is an English actor, best known for playing Harry Potter in each of the first five films based on the best-selling Harry Potter book series, and will also appear in the final three films of the series.

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Radcliffe was born in West London, England, the only child of Alan Radcliffe, a literary agent, and Marcia Gresham, a casting agent. Radcliffe first expressed a desire to act at the age of five. In December 1999, he made his acting debut in the BBC’s televised two-part version of the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield, portraying the title character as a young boy.

Daniel was asked to audition for the role of Harry Potter in 2000 by producer David Heyman, while in attendance at a play named Stones in His Pockets in London.In August of that year, after several auditions, he was selected to play the role in the big-budget adaptation of the award-winning book series by J.K. Rowling. Rowling herself also approved of this selection: “Having seen Dan Radcliffe’s screen test I don’t think Chris Columbus could have found a better Harry”.

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