Tom Felton began his acting career at an early age and almost immediately won worldwide fame, gaining a large role in the Harry Potter series (Draco Malfoy). The name of the actor began to be associated with blond hair and the evil mockery of a schoolboy in a mantle. Having played in eight films about the adventures of wizards, Tom Felton continues to act in films, releases several albums of original songs and devotes a lot of time to sports.
Actor Biography
Tom Felton was born in London in 1987. The family has four children, Tom is the youngest. From childhood, the boy showed great abilities for singing and acting, and also fell in love with fishing. Tom was immediately in four school choirs.
The boy’s parents took him to the agency after the advice of a close familiar family who worked as an actress. In his very first casting for filming in commercials, Tom went around more than four hundred children and got the role.
First roles
Two weeks after his stay at the film studio, Tom Felton began acting in the movie Thieves. It showed a family of little men who were neighbors in the same house with people.
The next significant work in his acting career was the role of the teacher’s son in the popular film “Anna and the King” with Jodie Foster. In the story, the mother and son move to Thailand so that the woman will teach the king's family English.
This was followed by another role - in the film "Second Vision. Hide and Seek ”, where Tom Felton played the main witness of the crime. The boy also worked on the radio, participating in radio shows.
Draco Malfoy
The most popular role played by the actor is Malfoy Draco. The hero’s family comes from an ancient family and supports the main negative character - Lord Voldemort. Over the course of eight films, Tom Felton played Draco Malfoy, growing up and changing along with his hero.
After the first film, a believable play by Tom Felton was noted - the young children were scared of "Draco Malfoy", having met him on the street. And the fans of the film even showed aggression towards Felton - the young actor so convincingly played the role of a negative character. Malfoy Draco eventually became one of his favorite characters, whose fate the audience watched with the same attention and participation as Harry Potter himself.
Other creativity
Tom Felton continues to act actively, mainly in horror films and science fiction films. The young actor who played Malfoy so wonderful showed Draco's arrogance and arrogance that now such roles have become his role.
Felton released 2 music albums in online stores in 2008. They came out in limited numbers and were successfully sold out. Despite the lack of professional guitar skills, Tom Felton’s songs are enjoyed by both his fans and people unfamiliar with his acting work.
Personal life
Throughout the filming of Harry Potter films, Tom Felton was often credited with a romantic relationship with work colleague Emma Watson, but they were only connected by close friendship.
Since 2008, Tom Felton has been dating Jade Olivia Gordon, whom she met during the filming of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Jade worked as a stunt coordinator, and they began to communicate in the dressing room, where the actor spent so much time. Malfoy was a blonde, unlike Tom Felton, who had to not only dye his brown hair, but also to style with various gels.
In his spare time, the actor devotes a lot of time to sports - these are basketball, roller skating, ice skating, swimming, tennis. Tom Felton still loves fishing and is also a football fan. Despite the large number of completely different films in which the actor starred, Malfoy Draco remains his most famous role.