Daniel Radcliffe

As the kid wizard tasked with protecting the entire Wizarding World, we watched Harry Potter — and Daniel Radcliffe — grow up before our eyes. When Sorcerer’s Stone was released, the actor was 11 years old, and he continued to play Rowling’s youthful wizard for a decade.

The boy who played Potter is eternally thankful for the job that opened all the doors for him, but he’s also been working hard to erase any child-star blemishes from his acting resume. He began with his raw Broadway debut in Equus, and he’s been alternating between theater and film for years. In recent years, he’s made a concerted effort to experiment with a wide range of genres. He’s acted in the gritty drama Imperium, returned to fantasy as Igor in Victor Frankenstein, and gone indie with Swiss Army Man. Despite being embarrassed by several things, he doesn’t regret his time with the franchise because it has opened numerous opportunities and provided him with a substantial sum of investment money.