Tom Felton is a talented musician and actor. Malfoy Draco - the role that made him famous

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Tom Felton began his acting career at an early age and gained worldwide fame almost immediately, landing a big role in the Harry Potter film series (Draco Malfoy). The name of the actor has become associated with blond hair and the vicious mockery of a schoolboy in a robe. Having played in eight films about the adventures of wizards, Tom Felton continues to act actively, releases several albums of author's songs and devotes a lot of time to sports.

Actor biography

Tom Felton was born in London in 1987. There are four children in the family, Tom is the youngest. From childhood, the boy showed great abilities for singing and acting, and also fell in love with fishing. Tom was in four choirs at once.

The boy's parents took him to the agency after the advice of a close acquaintance of the family who worked as an actress. In his very first audition for a commercial, Tom beat over 400 kids and got the part.

First roles

Already two weeks after his stay at the film studio, Tom Felton began acting in the film "Thieves". It showed a family of little men whoneighbors 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, a mother and son move to Thailand so that a woman can teach English to the king's family.

Followed by another role - in the film Second Sight. Hide and Seek, where Tom Felton played the main witness to the crime. The boy also worked on the radio, participating in radio plays.

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. For eight films, Tom Felton played Draco Malfoy, growing up and changing with his character.

Already after the first film, the believable performance of Tom Felton was noted - small children were frightened by "Draco Malfoy" when they met him on the street. And the fans of the film even showed aggression towards Felton - the young actor played the role of a negative character so convincingly. Malfoy Draco eventually became one of the favorite characters, whose fate the audience followed 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 showed Draco's arrogance and arrogance so well that now such roles have become his role.

Felton released for sale inonline stores 2 music albums in 2008. They were released in limited quantities and were successfully sold out. Despite the lack of professional guitar playing skills, Tom Felton's songs are enjoyed by both his fans and people unfamiliar with his acting work.

Private life

During the filming of the Harry Potter films, Tom Felton was repeatedly credited with a romantic relationship with a colleague at work - Emma Watson, but they were connected only by close friendship.

Since 2008, Tom Felton has been dating Jade Olivia Gordon, whom he met while filming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Jade worked as a stunt coordinator, and they began to chat in the dressing room, where the actor spent so much time. Malfoy was blond, unlike Tom Felton, who had to not only dye his brown hair, but also style it with various gels.

In his free time, the actor devotes a lot of time to sports - basketball, roller skating, 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.