- Daniel is best known for playing Harry Potter.
- Daniel has also made appearances in stage productions and a number of TV shows and films, including the ITV film My Boy Jack and the stage show Equus.
- Daniel was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Equus.
- Daniel first expressed a desire to act at the age of five.
- In December 1999, he made his acting debut in the BBC's televised two-part adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield, portraying the title character as a young boy.
- Daniel was asked to audition for the role of Harry Potter in 2000 by producer David Heyman.
- After several auditions, Daniel was picked to play Harry.
- J.K. Rowling herself also approved of this selection: "Having seen Daniel's screen test I don't think Chris Columbus could have found a better Harry".
- Daniel made his film debut in 2001 with a supporting role alongside Pierce Brosnan in The Tailor of Panama, and the first Harry Potter film.
- Daniel has signed on for the seventh, and eighth films (year seven is being made in two parts).
- Daniel is 'very happy' that the decision has been made to split the last film into two parts, as he doesn't believe that anything should be cut out of the climactic book.
- In 2002, Daniel appeared as a guest in the West End production The Play What I Wrote directed by Kenneth Branagh (who appeared with Daniel in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Professor Lockhart).
- In 2006, he began to make the transition from child to adult actor, appearing in the television series Extras as a parody of himself, as well as filming the independent Australian drama December Boys.
- The December Boys, was filmed in six weeks and released in North America on September 14, 2007. Daniel worked with a language coach for six months to perfect an Australian accent. Daniel took the role because he wanted to appear in a film in which he played a supporting role rather than the central character.
- Daniel appeared nude in one scene in the play Equus. Daniel's performance received positive reviews, as critics were impressed by the nuance and depth of his performance.
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