Birthday's to share this week : 19th - 25th July 2015.

Do you celebrate your Birthday this week?

Daniel Radcliffe does on 23rd July - check out the tribute to this Birthday Boy turning 26, at the end of this feature.

Do you also share your birthday with a well known, highly regarded & famous Actor or Actress; share your special day with a Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematographer, Singer/Songwriter or Composer of repute; or share an interest in whoever might notch up another year in the coming seven days? Then, look no further! Whilst there will be too many to mention in this small but not insignificant and beautifully written and presented Blog, here are the more notable and noteworthy icons of the big screen, and the small screen, that you will recognise, and that you might just share your birthday with in the week ahead. If so, Happy Birthday to you from Odeon Online!

Sunday 19th July

• Benedict Cumberbatch - Born 1976, turns 39 - Actor | Producer
• Abel Ferrara - Born 1951, turns 64 - Director | Producer | Writer
• Atom Egoyan - Born 1960, turns 55 - Director | Producer | Writer | Editor | Actor

Monday 20th July

• Diana Rigg - Born 1938, turns 77 - Actress  
• Sandra Oh - Born 1971, turns 44 - Actress | Producer  

Tuesday 21st July

• Juno Temple - Born 1989, turns 26 - Actress  
• Josh Hartnett - Born 1978, turns 37 - Actor | Producer
• Jon Lovitz -  Born 1957, turns 58 - Actor | Producer | Writer
• Norman Jewison - Born 1926, turns 89 - Director | Producer | Actor
• Ross Kemp - Born 1964, turns 51 - Actor | Producer
• Michael Caton - Born 1943, turns 72 - Actor

Wednesday 22nd July

• Willem Dafoe - Born 1955, turns 60 - Actor | Producer | Writer
• David Spade - Born 1964, turns 51 - Actor | Producer | Writer
• John Leguizamo - Born 1964, turns 51 - Actor | Producer | Writer
• Albert Brooks - Born 1947, turns 68 - Actor | Producer | Writer
• Danny Glover - Born 1946, turns 69 - Actor | Producer | Director
• Paul Schrader - Born 1946, turns 69 - Director | Writer
• Rhys Ifans - Born 1967, turns 48 - Actor | Producer
• Terence Stamp - Born 1938, turns 77 - Actor

Thursday 23rd July

• Daniel Radcliffe - Born 1989, turns 26 - Actor
• Ronny Cox - Born 1938, turns 77 - Actor 
• Woody Harrelson - Born 1961, turns 54 - Actor | Producer
• Marlon Wyans - Born 1972, turns 43 - Actor | Producer | Writer

Friday 24th July

• Gus Van Sant - Born 1952, turns 63 - Director | Producer | Writer | Editor | Actor  
• Doug Liman - Born 1965, turns 50 - Director | Producer  
• Dan Hedaya - Born 1940, turns 75 - Actor
• Lynda Carter - Born 1951, turns 64 - Actress | Producer
• Rose Byrne - Born 1979, turns 36 - Actress
• Anna Paquin - Born 1982, turns 33 - Actress | Producer
• Jennifer Lopez - Born 1969, turns 46 - Actress | Producer | Singer | Songwriter

Saturday 25th July

•  Matt LeBlanc - Born 1967, turns 48 - Actor | Producer 
•  D. B. Woodside - Born 1969, turns 46 - Actor | Director | Writer 

Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born in Fulham, West London, England. An only child of mother Marcia Gresham Jacobsen, a casting agent, and father Alan Radcliffe who hailed from an Irish Protestant background and worked as a literary agent. With Jewish, Polish, Russian, German and Irish blood coursing through his veins, both his parents acted as children, therefore influencing his career choice from an early age.

At age ten, the young Radcliffe made his acting debut in the BBC1 Charles Dickens small screen adaptation of 'David Copperfield' in which he played the part of the young DC. attending Sussex House School, and then the City of London School. his school years following the release of the first 'Harry Potter' instalment in 2001 saw his fellow students chiding him for his title role in the burgeoning franchise.

As his acting schedule on Potter became all consuming, his education occurred through on-set tutoring, and whilst he achieved strong grades in the Advances Subsidiary Level examinations in 2006 he decided to not proceed any further with his education thereafter because he knew he wanted to pursue acting and writing. The first film in the Harry Potter series 'The Philosopher's Stone' saw the young Actor receive a seven figure salary with that first film bringing in US$975M off a US$125M production budget.

'The Chamber of Secrets' came next in 2002 making US$878M at the global Box Office, followed in 2004 with 'The Prisoner of Azkaban' bringing in US$769M and being the lowest performing film in the franchise. The next year brought 'The Goblet of Fire' grossing US$896M, with 'The Order of the Phoenix' in 2007 recovering US$940M off its US$150M budget. This was followed by 'The Half Blood Prince' in 2009 which broke several Box Office records upon release bringing in US$933M and was hailed a commercial and critical success.



The final instalment in the seven book series was released over two films with 'The Deathly Hallows : Part 1' raking in US$950M in 2010, with the concluding segment in 2011 'The Deathly Hallows : Part 2' bringing home US$1.3B and now standing as the seventh highest grossing film of all time, and the most successful of the entire Potter series. Radcliffe is reported to have made a handsome minimum of US$80M from starting as harry Potter over eight films . . . not bad by the time he'd reached 22 years of age, whilst the film series in its entirety cost US$1.2B to bring to the big screen it delivered a return overall of US$7.7B.

In the meantime, Radcliffe's first big screen debut was in 2001's 'The Tailor of Panama' with Pierce Brosnan and Geoffrey Rush , with 2997's 'The December Boys' his next film outside of the world of Harry Potter. Shot in South Australia with Jack Thompson, this was followed up that same year with 'My Boy Jack' with Carey Mulligan.

After the series wrapped up, he appeared in 'The Woman in Black' in 2012, then 'Kill Your Darlings' in 2013, 'Horns' in 2014 followed by 'The F Word' later that year. In between all of this there was a successful run on stage with his acclaimed turn in 'Equus' in the West End Gielgud Theatre then moving the production to Broadway eighteen months later. From there he appeared in the 2011 Broadway production of 'How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying' for which he and the Production received various Awards and nominations. Most recently he starred in the Noel Coward Theatre West End Production of 'The Cripple of Inishmaan' for which he won a Best Actor in a Play Award.

Movies in the works are 'Trainwreck' due out imminently, 'Now You See Me : The Second Act', 'Victor Frankenstein' and 'Game Changer' in post-production for 2016, 'Swiss Army Man' currently filming, and 'Brooklyn Bridge' and 'Young Americans' in pre-production. To date the 26 years old Actor has thirty acting credits on screen to his name, six on stage, and has garnered thirteen awards wins and 35 other nominations.

In 2008 Radcliffe admitted to suffering from a mild motor skills disorder and in 2010 he quit alcohol having become too reliant upon it. He is a self confessed atheist and describes himself as militant when religion impacts legislation. He is a published poet, is outspoken about homophobia, and supports various charities including Demelza House Children's Hospice, Candle for Care, Get Connected UK, and Broadway Care/Equity Fights AIDS.

Daniel Radcliffe - he has grown up on screen, has piercing blue eyes and boyish looks, is one of the worlds most recognised men and despite this remains grounded, approachable and relaxed about his fame, fortune and familiarity - Happy Birthday to you Daniel, from Odeon Online.

-Steve, at Odeon Online-