Today Daniel Radcliffe turns 23, ten years younger than the current age of the character he played for ten years.

For ten years, Dan put a face to the character of Harry Potter. Out of thousands of boys, he was the Chosen One, so to speak. So, how did this blue-eyed Brit become the face of Harry Potter? An articulo in a 2002 magazine, Movie Magic (a special edition of Life Story magazine) covered the making of Harry Potter.

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In explaining how he was cast, Radcliffe himself explains, "I went to go see a play with my mom and dad called Stones in the Pockets. In the row in front of us were David...