Editing Daniel Radcliffe (section)

== Early life and education ==
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born on 23 July 1989<ref name=ibdb/> at [[Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital]] in the [[Hammersmith]] district of London<ref>{{Cite book |title=Daniel Radcliffe - The Biography |last=Blackhall |first=Sue |year=2014 |publisher=[[John Blake Publishing]] |page=23 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1YjfBAAAQBAJ |isbn=9781784182410 |access-date=26 August 2017 |archive-date=25 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425051113/https://books.google.com/books?id=1YjfBAAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> the only child of [[casting agent]] Marcia Jeannine Gresham (née Jacobson)<ref name="MotherJob">{{cite web |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/the-diary/daniel-radcliffe-to-star-in-50th-anniversary-production-of-sir-tom-stoppard-masterpiece-1.431851 |title=Daniel Radcliffe to star in 50th anniversary production of Sir Tom Stoppard masterpiece |newspaper=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |first=James |last=Somper |date=2 February 2017 |access-date=22 April 2018 |archive-date=21 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421233248/https://www.thejc.com/news/the-diary/daniel-radcliffe-to-star-in-50th-anniversary-production-of-sir-tom-stoppard-masterpiece-1.431851 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MotherJob2">{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/theatre/daniel-radcliffe-i-never-understand-men-who-are-threatened-by-intelligent-women-8676213.html |title=Daniel Radcliffe: I never understand men who are threatened by intelligent women|work=[[Evening Standard]] |first=Charlotte |last=Edwardes |date=27 June 2013 |access-date=23 May 2018|archive-date=22 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422062420/https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/theatre/daniel-radcliffe-i-never-understand-men-who-are-threatened-by-intelligent-women-8676213.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[literary agent]] Alan George Radcliffe.<ref name=whoswho/><ref name="Radcliffe2">{{Cite news |title=Top of the form|page=26|work=The Jewish Chronicle|date=20 December 1968}}</ref> His [[Matrilineality in Judaism|Jewish mother]], born in South Africa, traces her ancestry to [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi Jewish]] immigrants from Germany, Lithuania, Poland, and Russia,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jta.org/2016/08/16/arts-entertainment/whats-a-nice-jewish-boy-like-daniel-radcliffe-doing-playing-a-neo-nazi|title=What's a nice Jewish boy like Daniel Radcliffe doing playing a neo-Nazi? |work=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |first=Curt |last=Schleier |date=16 August 2016 |access-date=22 April 2018 |archive-date=13 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213021556/https://www.jta.org/2016/08/16/arts-entertainment/whats-a-nice-jewish-boy-like-daniel-radcliffe-doing-playing-a-neo-nazi |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="tnh1">{{cite web|url=http://www.teenhollywood.com/2011/07/12/daniel-radcliffe-tells-potter-fans-now-go-conquer |title=Daniel Radcliffe Tells Potter Fans: "Now go conquer the world!"|first=Lynn|last=Barker|date=12 July 2011 |work=Teen Hollywood|access-date=13 February 2013|archive-date=18 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518145302/http://www.teenhollywood.com/2011/07/12/daniel-radcliffe-tells-potter-fans-now-go-conquer|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="chnl24s">{{cite news|url=http://www.channel24.co.za/News/Local/Radcliffe-is-partly-South-African-20120722|location=Johannesburg|title=Radcliffe is 'partly South African'|first=Nadia|last=Neophytou|date=22 July 2012|work=Channel24|access-date=13 February 2013|archive-date=4 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904223119/http://www.channel24.co.za/news/local/radcliffe-is-partly-south-african-20120722|url-status=live}}</ref> and was raised in the English town of [[Westcliff-on-Sea]] in [[Essex]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jewishjournal.com/mobile_20111212/122219/|title=Daniel Radcliffe turns from magic to murder and mayhem|last=Pfefferman|first=Naomi|date=8 October 2013|work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|Jewish Journal]]|access-date=24 April 2018|archive-date=24 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424135747/http://jewishjournal.com/mobile_20111212/122219/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/nov/23/daniel-radcliffe-interview-no-plan-distance-harry-potter|title=Daniel Radcliffe: 'There's no master plan to distance myself from Harry Potter'|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Simon|last=Hattenstone|date=23 November 2013|access-date=23 May 2018|quote=Daniel Radcliffe: "Well, I am Jewish. My mum's Jewish. I'm Jewish by blood"|archive-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702175652/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/nov/23/daniel-radcliffe-interview-no-plan-distance-harry-potter|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/194627/daniel-radcliffe-youre-a-star|title=Daniel Radcliffe, You're a Star|work=[[Tablet (magazine)|Tablet Magazine]]|first=Hannah|last=Vaitsblit|date=29 October 2015|access-date=22 April 2018|archive-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702175821/https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/194627/daniel-radcliffe-youre-a-star|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Radcliffe1">{{cite web|last=Kasriel|first=Alex|author2=Emily Rhodes|title=A nice Jewish wizard: Harry Potter is Jewish - and his grandmother is very proud of him|page=2|work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]]|date=22 December 2006|url=http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=47922&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=PATRICIA+JACOBSON&srchtxt=1&srchhead=1&srchauthor=1&srchsandp=1&scsrch=0|access-date=20 November 2008|archive-date=25 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125121324/http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=47922&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=PATRICIA+JACOBSON&srchtxt=1&srchhead=1&srchauthor=1&srchsandp=1&scsrch=0|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/daniel-radcliffe-we-can-defeat-anti-semitism-and-racism-through-meaningful-dialogue/|title=Daniel Radcliffe: We Can Defeat Anti-Semitism and Racism Through Meaningful Dialogue|last=Kline|first=Jennifer|date=15 August 2016|work=[[The Jewish Week]]|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702123245/http://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/daniel-radcliffe-we-can-defeat-anti-semitism-and-racism-through-meaningful-dialogue/|url-status=live}}</ref> His [[People of Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] father was raised in a "very working-class" [[Protestantism|Protestant]] family in [[Banbridge]] in [[County Down]].<ref name="outref1">{{cite web|url=https://www.out.com/entertainment/movies/2013/02/11/long-education-daniel-radcliffe|title=The Long Education of Daniel Radcliffe|first=Aaron|last=Hicklin|date=11 February 2013|work=Out.com|access-date=13 February 2013|archive-date=26 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026073200/https://www.out.com/entertainment/movies/2013/02/11/long-education-daniel-radcliffe|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = "Harry Potter's" Daniel Radcliffe stars in Martin McDonagh's play "The Cripple of Inishmaan"|url = http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Harry-Potters-Daniel-Radcliffe-stars-in-Martin-McDonaghs-play-The-Cripple-of-Inishmaan-210057591.html|website = IrishCentral.com|date = 4 June 2013|access-date = 10 November 2015|archive-date = 7 January 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190107005711/https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/harry-potters-daniel-radcliffe-stars-in-martin-mcdonaghs-play-the-cripple-of-inishmaan-210057591-237594211|url-status = live}}</ref> In 2019, he explored both sides of his family history in the [[BBC]] genealogy series ''[[List of Who Do You Think You Are? episodes#Series 16 (2019)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]''<ref name="wdytyam">{{cite web|url=https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/episode/daniel-radcliffe/|title=Daniel Radcliffe|publisher=Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine|access-date=2 December 2021|archive-date=8 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208003822/https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/episode/daniel-radcliffe/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|Radcliffe's maternal great-grandfather, Samuel Gershon, was a jeweller in [[Hatton Garden]] who died by suicide after the business he ran with his brother was robbed. The crime was not fully investigated as the police believed it might have been fraud; the outstanding insurance claim from the robbery was eventually settled in the family's favour, however. As a result of the suicide, Samuel's widow changed her name from Gershon to Gresham. On his father's side, Radcliffe investigated his great-great uncles – four brothers – who had all fought in [[World War I]]; great-great uncle Ernie, in particular, was examined through a large number of letters he had written home over a two-year period. Sent home to recuperate twice, once from frostbite and once from a gunshot wound, Ernie was the only brother to be killed in the conflict, when his [[trench warfare|trench]] was shelled.}} Radcliffe's parents had both acted as children.<ref name="parade">{{cite news|url=http://www.parade.com/celebrity/celebrity-parade/2012/01/life-after-harry.html|location=New York|title=Daniel Radcliffe's Life After Harry|first=Dotson|last=Reader|date=7 January 2012|work=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]|access-date=8 April 2012|archive-date=26 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026054145/http://www.parade.com/celebrity/celebrity-parade/2012/01/life-after-harry.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WTF">{{cite web|last1=Maron|first1=Marc|title=Episode 655 - Daniel Radcliffe|url=http://wtfpod.libsyn.com/episode-655-daniel-radcliffe|website=WTF with Marc Maron Podcast|access-date=16 November 2015|archive-date=7 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107005702/http://wtfpod.libsyn.com/webpage/category/episode-655-daniel-radcliffe|url-status=live}}</ref> As a casting agent, his mother was involved in BBC productions including ''[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]''.<ref name="MotherJob" /><ref name="MotherJob2" /><ref name="Radcliffe2" />

Radcliffe was educated at three [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private schools]] for boys in [[London]]: [[Redcliffe School]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/daniel-radcliffe-on-alcoholism-starving-himself-harry-potter---a |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/daniel-radcliffe-on-alcoholism-starving-himself-harry-potter---a |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Daniel Radcliffe on alcoholism, starving himself, Harry Potter - and the day he fell in love|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|last1=Williams |first1=Sally|date=1 July 2016|access-date=5 July 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Sussex House School]],<ref name=whoswho/><ref name="parade09info">{{cite news |last=Kaplan |first=James |date=28 June 2009 |title=Daniel Radcliffe Breaks Free |url=http://www.parade.com/celebrity/2009/06/daniel-radcliffe-breaks-free.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202041110/http://www.parade.com/celebrity/2009/06/daniel-radcliffe-breaks-free.html |archive-date=2 February 2013 |access-date=27 May 2011 |work=[[Parade (British magazine)|Parade]]}}</ref><ref name="Sussex">{{Cite news |title=Sussex House School, London |publisher=Independent Special Boarding International}}</ref> and the [[City of London School]].<ref name=whoswho/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/9071566/Daniel-Radcliffes-next-trick.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/9071566/Daniel-Radcliffes-next-trick.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Daniel Radcliffe's Next Trick|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=9 February 2012|access-date=3 November 2012|first=Sally|last=Williams}}{{cbignore}}</ref> After the release of the first ''Harry Potter'' film, attending school proved difficult for him as some fellow pupils became hostile, though he states they were just trying to "have a crack at the kid that plays Harry Potter" rather than acting out of jealousy.<ref name="details07">{{cite web |url=http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/cover-stars/200706/meet-the-new-grown-up-harry-potter-star-daniel-radcliffe?currentPage=2 |title=DANIEL RADCLIFFE |first=Simon |last=Garfield |work=[[Details (magazine)|Details]] |page=2 |date=June 2007 |access-date=27 May 2011 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006153820/http://www.details.com/culture-trends/cover-stars/200706/meet-the-new-grown-up-harry-potter-star-daniel-radcliffe/?currentPage=2 |url-status=live }}</ref> As his acting career began to consume his schedule, he continued his education through on-set tutors. He has admitted to not being a very good student, considering school useless and finding the work "really difficult".<ref name="parade09info"/> He achieved A grades in the three [[GCE Advanced Level|AS level]] exams that he took in 2006, but decided to take a break from education and did not attend university.<ref name="exams">{{cite web |last=Vineyard |first=Jennifer |title='Harry Potter' Star Daniel Radcliffe Gets Leather-y in Racy Photo Spread |publisher=MTV |date=10 July 2007 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1564452/daniel-radcliffe-gets-leathery-photo-spread.jhtml |access-date=27 May 2011 |archive-date=20 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020134323/http://www.mtv.com/news/1564452/harry-potter-star-daniel-radcliffe-gets-leather-y-in-racy-photo-spread/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9695962/Daniel-Radcliffe-Ive-always-had-an-intolerance-for-bad-behaviour.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9695962/Daniel-Radcliffe-Ive-always-had-an-intolerance-for-bad-behaviour.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Daniel Radcliffe: 'I've always had an intolerance for bad behaviour'|last1=Farndale |first1=Nigel |date=26 November 2012 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=21 June 2013 |location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Part of his reasoning was he already knew he wanted to be an actor and screenwriter, and it would be difficult to have a normal university experience.<ref name="details07"/>