Daniel Radcliffe: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 to launch bid for Oscars

Daniel Radcliffe

Radcliffe was born in July 23, 1989 at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Hammersmith, West London, England, the only child of Alan George Radcliffe, a literary agent, and Marcia Jeannine Gresham (née Marcia Gresham Jacobson), a casting agent who was involved in several films for the BBC, including The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and, most recently, Walk Away And I Stumble. Radcliffe's mother is Jewish and a native of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex (her family's surname was anglicised from "Gershon"); his father, originally from Northern Ireland, is Protestant.

Radcliffe first expressed a desire to act at the age of five. In December 1999, aged ten, he realised his ambition and made his acting debut in the BBC's televised two-part adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield, portraying the title character as a young boy.

Radcliffe was educated at two independent schools for boys: Sussex House School, a day school in Cadogan Square in Chelsea in London. He achieved A grades in the three AS-levels he sat in 2006, but then decided to take a break from education, and did not go to college or university.

Friday, 5 August 2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 to launch bid for Oscars

The team behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 are hoping that the epic finale to the film franchise will earn an Oscar nod.

It is hoped Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 will win Oscar glory

According to Variety, Warner Bros have set their sights on a Best Picture nomination and are 'absolutely, hands-down, across-the-board' prepared to launch a huge Academy Awards campaign.

It is hoped that the films will follow in the footsteps of The Lords of the Rings trilogy, which did not win any gold statuettes until the final film, Return of the King, was released, when it took home 11 awards, including the coveted Best Picture.So far, none of the Harry Potter films has earned Oscars glory, however, five have received nominations in the past, with Deathly Hallows: Part 1 being up for the Best Art Direction and Best Visual Effects gongs.

Even if the final Harry Potter flick does not achieve awards glory, the studio can be reassured by its commercial success. It has spent three weeks at the top of the UK box office and has made over $1 billion (£609 million) across the globe.