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The Best Daniel Radcliffe Films That Aren’t Harry Potter
By Billie Melissa,
7 hours ago
Daniel Radcliffe turns 35 today, which should make us all feel really old because the memory of him as a bespectacled boy with a lightning-shaped scar heading to Hogwarts still feels fresh.
But it isn't, and we've moved on from the Harry Potter era, so there is room to appreciate the work that Radcliffe has done since his time at the wizarding school came to a close.
Since then, Radcliffe has become a Tony Award-winning and Emmy-nominated actor, so there are plenty of projects for you to appreciate if you feel like celebrating his birthday with a re-watch of some of his old movies.
We've compiled a list of some of the best Daniel Radcliffe films that aren't Harry Potter and where you can find them.
Best Daniel Radcliffe Films That Aren’t Harry Potter
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Starting strong, we're going for the television movie that secured Radcliffe his Emmy nomination.
Radcliffe stars as "Weird Al" Yankovic in this biopic about the meteoric rise to fame of the musician and comedian who made a career out of changing the lyrics to hit songs.
From his conventional childhood to his early hits, ' Eat It ' and ' Like a Surgeon ', to his love affairs, right down to his famously excessive lifestyle, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story gets into the nitty gritty of this untold story.
Streaming: The Roku Channel
VOD: Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, Fandango at Home
What If
Joined by a stellar ensemble cast, including Zoe Kazan, Adam Driver, Megan Park, Mackenzie Davis and Rafe Spall, What If follows best friends Wallace and Chantry, who battle with the ever-green question in all of our minds about
It's a charming rom-com that's not spoken about as much as it should be, but Radcliffe and Kazan deliver great back-and-forth in the When Harry Met Sally -esque movie.
Streaming On: Disney+
The Lost City
Radcliffe joins Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum in The Lost City , a film following reclusive romance author Loretta Sage, who embarks on a book tour with her cover model.
Things get heated when the two get swept away in a kidnapping attempt – this is where Daniel Radcliffe comes in – that lands them in the thick of an adventure they didn't sign up for.
Streaming On: Hulu, Disney+, Paramount+
Premium Subscription: Prime Video
VOD: YouTube, Google Play, Apple TV, Fandango at Home
Now You See Me 2 was a follow-up to the 2013 film and follows the resurfacing of The Four Horsemen – played by Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco and Lizzy Caplan – who are recruited by a tech wizard to pull off a ridiculous heist.
Who is that tech wizard, you ask? None other than Daniel Radcliffe. He stars as the energetic Walter Mabry, a businessman who trades magic for science and fakes his own death, an idea borrowed from Dave Franco's character, Jack Wilder.
Streaming On: Max
Premium Subscription: Hulu, Sling TV, Prime Video, YouTube TV
VOD: Google Play, Apple TV, Fandango at Home
The Woman in Black
Radcliffe's first project off the back of the Potter films was the film adaptation of Susan Hill's 1983 novel, The Woman in Black , which follows Arthur Kipps, a young solicitor who finds himself in a remote village in England where a vengeful ghost terrorizes the locals.
Streaming On: MGM+, Paramount+, Prime Video
Premium Subscription: Sling TV, The Roku Channel, YouTube TV, Philo
VOD: Google Play, Apple TV, Fandango at Home
Swiss Army Man
Perhaps the most mentioned of Radcliffe's filmography beyond the Potterverse is the 2016 film Swiss Army Man , from filmmakers Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, who went on to make the Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once .
Swiss Army Man features Radcliffe as Manny opposite Paul Dano's Hank.
When Hank gets stranded on a deserted island, he befriends the dead body of Manny, leading the unlikely duo down a surrealist path as they journey home.
Premium Subscription: YouTube, Hulu, YouTube TV
VOD: Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play
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