10 Things You Never Knew About Daniel Radcliffe

Since the Harry Potter franchise came to an end in 2011, Daniel Radcliffe has forged an increasingly interesting career with roles in horror films (The Woman in Black, Victor Frankenstein), indie dramas (Kill Your Darlings, Beast of Burden), and the odd comedy flick (Trainwreck, Swiss Army Man).

He's also taken on a quirky TV role in Miracle Workers, a comic anthology series based on the works of humorist and former SNL writer Simon Rich. Ahead of its season premiere Tuesday on TBS, here are 10 things you might know about this talented and intriguing performer.

1. He's Jewish, through his mother Marcia Gresham, a casting agent.

"I'm an atheist, but I'm very proud of being Jewish. It means I have a good work ethic, and you get Jewish humor and you're allowed to tell Jewish jokes," Radcliffe told The Guardian in 2009.

2. As a kid, before he landed his first acting job, he helped out at a theatrical agency his father was working at.

"I had a sort of holiday job," Radcliffe told London's Evening Standard. "Answering phones to people such as Michael Caine, Rupert Everett, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Crawford. Once Rupert Everett asked — because my voice was so high — who the new girl on reception was."

3. His screen debut came in a 1999 BBC TV adaptation of David Copperfield.

Radcliffe, 10 at the time, played the young David Copperfield in a two-part adaptation that featured his future Harry Potter co-stars Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, and Zoë Wanamaker.

4. He has a very mild form of dyspraxia, a condition affecting physical co-ordination in children.

In Radcliffe's case, it affected his handwriting and made tying shoelaces a little trickier. "I did an IQ test when I was about seven, and I was verbally in the gifted range, but my motor skills were rated as well below average. I'm quite proud of that," he told The Guardian.

He's also urged other folks diagnosed with dyspraxia to adopt a positive attitude toward the condition. "Do not let it stop you," he told a 10-year-old fan during a Wall Street Journal Facebook chat. "It has never held me back, and some of the smartest people I know are people who have learning disabilities. The fact that some things are more of a struggle will only make you more determined, harder-working and more imaginative in the solutions you find to problems."

5. He has no issue talking about the movie franchise that made his name.

"I know that Potter is going to be with me for the rest of my life, so to try to set a goal where nobody talks about that any more is stupid," Radcliffe told The Guardian. "It would be like… Paul McCartney might have gone on to do a lot of other things, but people are always going to want to talk about the Beatles. It's just a fact of your life, so you can't get annoyed by it or resent it."

He added graciously: "You have to embrace the fact that you were involved in this incredibly cool thing that did wonders for the British film industry and though you might not always be happy with the work you did on it, the opportunity it has given you to forge a career for yourself is amazing."

6. He had some pretty strange experiences with audience members while performing in the play Equus in 2007.

Radcliffe shared them during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show, admitting that he came close to losing his cool when a group of fans kept trying to strike up a conversation while he was on stage. Thankfully, he can laugh about it all now.

7. He's actually one of The Graham Norton Show's most frequents guests.

Radcliffe has appeared on the show no fewer than 10 times over the years – though that still puts him three appearances behind Ricky Gervais. One of Radcliffe's most memorable red sofa moments came when Norton showed him photos of old-timey people who look just like him – seriously, some of the likenesses are uncanny.

8. He's published poems under a pseudonym.

Radcliffe chose the pen name Jacob Gershon – Jacob is his middle name, while Gershon is a Jewish version of his mother's maiden name, Gresham – and submitted the poems to satirical magazine Rubbish, which published them in 2007. You can read an except of his handiwork here.

9. His go-to karaoke song is... "The Real Slim Shady" by Eminem.

He confirmed as much in this Buzzfeed interview – and thanks to the wonders of cameraphones and YouTube, you can watch him performing the track in a California pub a few years ago.

10. He hasn't squandered the rumored $110 million fortune he amassed through Harry Potter.

"I don't really do anything with my money," Radcliffe told the Belfast Telegraph. "I'm very grateful for it, because having money means you don't have to worry about it, which is a very lovely freedom to have. It also gives me immense freedom, career-wise."

He added: "I feel you have a responsibility when you can be that choosy. "For all the people who've followed my career, I want to give them something to be interested in, rather than them just watch me make loads of money on crap films for the rest of my life."

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