Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989) is an English actor. He rose to reputation at age twelve, whilst he commenced portraying Harry Potter withinside the movie collection of the identical name, and has held numerous different movie and theatre roles. Over his career, Radcliffe has received numerous awards and nominations.

Radcliffe made his appearing debut at age 10 withinside the BBC One tv movie David Copperfield (1999), observed with the aid of using his function movie debut in The Tailor of Panama (2001). The identical year, he starred as Harry Potter withinside the movie model of the J.K. Rowling delusion novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher`s Stone. Over the following decade, he performed the eponymous function in seven sequels, culminating with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011). During this period, he have become one of the world's highest-paid actors and won international reputation, popularity, and essential acclaim.

Following the achievement of Harry Potter, Radcliffe challenged himself appearing in lots of genres inclusive of the romantic comedy What If? (2013), the horror films The Woman in Black (2012) and Victor Frankenstein (2015), the comedy-drama movie Swiss Army Man (2016), the heist mystery movie Now You See Me 2 (2016), and the motion comedy The Lost City (2022). He earned essential approval for his portrayals of poet Allen Ginsberg withinside the drama movie Kill Your Darlings (2013), FBI agent Nate Foster withinside the mystery movie Imperium (2016), and Weird Al Yankovic withinside the comedy Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) incomes a Critics' Choice Television Award for the latter. Since 2019, he has starred withinside the TBS anthology collection Miracle Workers.

Radcliffe branched out to degree appearing in 2007, starring withinside the West End and Broadway productions of Equus. From 2011 to 2012 he portrayed J. Pierrepont Finch withinside the Broadway revival of the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He persisted in Martin McDonagh's darkish comedy The Cripple of Inishmaan (2013–2014) withinside the West End and Broadway and a revival of Tom Stoppard's play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (2017) at The Old Vic. He additionally starred withinside the satirical plays Privacy (2016) and The Lifespan of a Fact (2018), respectively on and off Broadway. In 2022, he starred withinside the New York Theatre Workshop revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along.

Radcliffe has contributed to many charities, including Demelza Hospice Care for Children and the Trevor Project; the latter provided him its Hero Award in 2011.