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Daniel Radcliffe

Actor and producer

Born 1989

Daniel Radcliffe is an English actor and producer whose career spans film, television, voice work and theatre. Born in Fulham, London, to casting agent Marcia Gresham and literary agent Alan Radcliffe, he first performed in school productions before becoming Young David in the television adaptation David Copperfield. The Tailor of Panama followed with the role of Mark. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone introduced his title role in 2001. The screen series concluded with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 in 2011. Between Potter productions he appeared as Maps in December Boys. My Boy Jack gave him the television role of John Kipling. Stage work began in London with Alan Strang in Equus in 2007. He took Equus to Broadway, then played J. Pierrepont Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Billy in The Cripple of Inishmaan and Jim in The Lifespan of a Fact. His education also continued outside a conventional school timetable: after leaving school at seventeen, he kept discussing English literature with his former teacher on set. Post-Potter film work began with Arthur Kipps in The Woman in Black. Kill Your Darlings cast him as the poet Allen Ginsberg. Horns supplied the contrasting role of Ig Perrish. What If placed him in a contemporary romantic comedy as Wallace. Victor Frankenstein cast him as Igor. Swiss Army Man gave him Manny, an unconventional physical and comic role. Imperium moved into an undercover story with Nate Foster. Jungle cast him as Yossi Ghinsberg. Guns Akimbo added the action-comedy role of Miles. Escape from Pretoria followed with Tim Jenkin. The Lost City brought another comic variation as Abigail Fairfax. The Gamechangers added Sam Houser to his television roles in 2015. He also voiced a comic version of himself in BoJack Horseman. Lost in London cast him under his own name. The Robot Chicken Walking Dead special supplied the voice of Gareth in 2017. Theatre remained a parallel career: Privacy involved technology and audience interaction at New York’s Public Theater. At The Old Vic he played Rosencrantz opposite Joshua McGuire’s Guildenstern in 2017. He returned there as Clov in Endgame in 2020, opposite Alan Cumming. In his October 2022 interview he described the freedom to choose unusual work after Potter. Weird offered a comic interpretation of Al Yankovic rather than a conventional biographical performance. He learned accordion for the production, combining new skills with an interest in character-driven comedy. Miracle Workers also expanded his responsibilities into producing: he described involvement in development, pre-production and casting while keeping acting his task on set. He later executive-produced David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived, about his former stunt double. Merrily We Roll Along earned him the 2024 Tony for a featured musical performance. Every Brilliant Thing followed with a leading-play nomination in 2026. A February 2026 conversation describes his pleasure in fatherhood and a career shaped by personal fulfilment. He accepts that Potter will remain part of his identity and sees its audience as a route to his later work. Television comedies were formative interests, helping explain his continuing attraction to lighter roles. NBC renewed The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins for a second season in May 2026. Netflix’s July announcement names him as the Prince in Steps, scheduled for November 20, 2026. His public service includes The Trevor Project’s Hero Award, presented in June 2011.

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Daniel Radcliffe at New York Comic Con in October 2022 — Profile image · Philip Romano / CC BY-SA 4.0

NewProject30 Jul 2026

A prince in Steps

Netflix names Radcliffe as the Prince and schedules the animated film for November 20, 2026; upcoming.

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Project
Reggie Dinkins will return
The second NBC season is scheduled for November 2, 2026, as of this report; upcoming.
25 Jun 2026Source checked
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Broadcast
After Every Brilliant Thing
A Tony-night diary recalls the completed Broadway engagement and identifies his partner, Erin Darke.
8 Jun 2026Source checked
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Project
NBC orders a second season
TheWrap reports the comedy’s renewal following its first season.
5 May 2026Source checked
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Broadcast
Four favourite books
Radcliffe discusses reading and the audience interaction in Every Brilliant Thing.
10 Mar 2026Source checked
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Comedy and family life
A direct interview explores fatherhood and the continuing appeal of television comedy.
13 Feb 2026Source checked
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Choosing unusual roles
Radcliffe discusses post-Potter freedom and learning accordion for Weird.
26 Oct 2022Source checked
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Award
The Trevor Project’s Hero Award
The institution’s published description records his June 27, 2011 honour.
6 Jul 2011Source checked
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Selected Credits

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Year	Title	Role
2025	Merrily We Roll AlongfilmIMDb	Charley Kringas
2026	The Fall and Rise of Reggie DinkinstelevisionIMDb	Arthur Tobin
2026	Pizza MoviefilmIMDb	Lysander (voice)
2026	Steps (upcoming)filmIMDb	The Prince (voice)
2026	Every Brilliant Thingtheatre	Performer

Timeline

1989—2026

1989July 23: Born in Fulham, London.
YouthPerforms in school productions.
1999Young David in David Copperfield.
2001Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone begins his title role.
2007Alan Strang in London’s Equus.
2007John Kipling in My Boy Jack.
2008Equus reaches Broadway.
2011J. Pierrepont Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
2011July: Published Trevor description records the June 27 Hero Award presentation.
2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
2012Arthur Kipps in The Woman in Black.
2012Young Doctor in A Young Doctor’s Notebook & Other Stories.
2013Allen Ginsberg in Kill Your Darlings.
2013Ig Perrish in Horns.
2013Wallace in What If.
2014Billy in The Cripple of Inishmaan on Broadway.
2015Igor in Victor Frankenstein.
2016Manny in Swiss Army Man.
2016July: Privacy at the Public Theater.
2017Rosencrantz at The Old Vic.
2017Yossi Ghinsberg in Jungle.
2018Jim in The Lifespan of a Fact.
2019Miracle Workers brings ensemble television comedy.
2020Clov in The Old Vic’s Endgame.
2020Tim Jenkin in Escape from Pretoria.
2022Abigail Fairfax in The Lost City.
2022Weird Al in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.
2023Receives a lead-actor Emmy nomination for Weird.
2023Executive-produces David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived.
2024Wins the featured-musical Tony for Merrily We Roll Along.
2025The filmed Merrily We Roll Along records his Charley Kringas.
2026February 13: Discusses comedy, fatherhood and creative fulfilment.
2026March 10: Shares four favourite books.
2026May 5: NBC renews Reggie Dinkins.
2026Leading-play Tony nomination for Every Brilliant Thing.
FutureNovember 2, 2026: Reggie Dinkins season two scheduled; upcoming.
FutureNovember 20, 2026: Steps scheduled; upcoming.

A prince in Steps

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Reggie Dinkins will return

After Every Brilliant Thing

NBC orders a second season

Four favourite books

Comedy and family life

Choosing unusual roles

The Trevor Project’s Hero Award