Daniel Jacob Radcliffe is an English actor. He rose to fame at age 12 when he began portraying Harry Potter in the film series of the same name. Radcliffe portrayed Potter in all eight films in the series, beginning with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and concluding with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011).
Radcliffe at the 2022 New York Comic Con
Radcliffe in July 2009
Radcliffe (left) with Watson (middle) and Grint (right) in July 2011
Radcliffe in October 2007
Harry James Potter is a fictional character and the titular protagonist in J. K. Rowling's series of eponymous novels. The majority of the books' plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan Harry, who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard. Thus, he attends Hogwarts to practise magic under the guidance of the kindly headmaster Albus Dumbledore and other school professors along with his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Harry also discovers that he is already famous throughout the novel's magical community, and that his fate is tied with that of Lord Voldemort – the internationally feared Dark Wizard and murderer of his parents, James and Lily Potter. The book and film series revolve around Harry's struggle to adapt to the wizarding world and defeat Voldemort.
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Statue of Harry Potter on a Nimbus 2000 in Leicester Square, London
Harry and the Potters perform at the Horace Mann School in Riverdale, Bronx, New York