His film debut came in 2001 when he appeared in The Taylor of Panama, starring Pierce Brosnan. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Other WorkĪlthough Daniel's early career was focused on the Harry Potter franchise, he did perform in other roles during those years. Although those numbers sound high to most of us, they're nothing compared to the paychecks Radcliffe would command for the remaining movies of the series. It also earned Radcliffe a fee of $3 million. The second film of the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was released a year later and earned similar box-office success. The first Harry Potter film was released in 2001, and young Daniel reportedly received a paycheck of $1 million. It would become the breakout that brought him international fame and wealth. After a number of callback auditions and an eight-month wait, he was offered the role.

In 2000, Radcliffe was invited to audition for the title role in the first Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US). He played a young David Copperfield in BBC One's two-part televised adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel of the same name. Radcliffe knew he wanted to be an actor by age 5, and he scored his first acting role in 1999 when he was 10 years old. Both of Radcliffe's parents dabbled in acting when they were children. His father was raised in Northern Ireland and his mother is of Jewish ancestry.

Daniel is the only child of Alan George Radcliffe, a literary agent, and Marcia Jeannine Gresham, a casting agent.

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