Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July, 1989), from Fulham, London, England is an English actor who is best known for playing Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and its sequels (Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire).
Early career Radcliffe's parents, Alan Radcliffe and Marcia Gresham, discouraged their only child from show business when, at age two (2), he said that he wanted to perform. However, they must have soon changed their minds, as in December 1998, he made his first on-screen appearance as the young David Copperfield in the CBC's televised version of the Dickens novel David Copperfield. This was followed in 2001 by his first film appearance, as Mark Pendel in The Tailor of Panama. In 199 he starred in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
In 2001 he had a role in the play The Play What I Wrote directed by Kenneth Branagh, a production well known for its "surprise guest". In 2003 and 2004 he returned to the Potter franchise in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Radcliffe starred in the independent Australian film December Boys directed by Rod Hardy within the next year and is slated to appear in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in 2006.
Wealth
It was revealed by The Daily Mail that Daniel's personal fortune has now exceeded £23m. Because of this, he is now Britain's richest teenager. [1]