Stumbling into acting after a family friend recognized his inherent talent and suggested he meet with an agent, it was a mere two weeks before then eight-year-old
Tom Felton landed an international commercial campaign that launched his career. Born in September of 1987, Felton began singing in four choirs at the age of seven. The family friend was not the only one to recognize young Felton's talents, as he was offered a place in the Guildford Cathedral Choir shortly before launching his acting career. Beating out over 400 aspiring young actors for the coveted ad campaign, Felton made his feature debut in The Borrowers (1997), turned in a memorable performance as a witness to crime in television's Second Sight, and turned up alongside Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat in Anna and the King (1999). In 2001, Felton took on his biggest challenge to date when he appeared in the much anticipated Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. ~ Jason Buchanan.
He has three elder brothers: Jonathan, Ashley, and Chris.
He enjoys football (soccer), ice-skating, roller-blading, basketball, cricket, swimming, and tennis, but his first love is fishing. He was introduced to it through one of his brothers. His biggest catch so far has been a 37.14-pound common carp. He fishes using the catch-and-release system so as not to harm any fish. He hopes to study fisheries management in college after the filming of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).
His elder brother was his chaperon on the set of the earlier Harry Potter movies.
He likes hip-hop and acoustic-based music claiming Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Jason Mraz, and Eminem as inspiration.
Hadn't read any of the Harry Potter books prior to being cast as Draco Malfoy.
Attended Howard of Effingham School, a comprehensive school located in Surrey. He left school at the age of 16 in May 2004 after completing his GCSEs. When he finishes filming the Harry Potter films, Tom hopes to follow in the footsteps of his elder brother and study fishing management at university.
Bleaches his hair blonde for the Harry Potter films. His natural hair color is light brown.
as a boy, he owned a pet chinchilla named Stanley.
Favorite brand of car is BMW.
Favorite animal is a tiger.
Has said he would enjoy studying fishery management in college, but admitted in interviews during the fall of 2009, that he would prefer to continue acting.
Loves shopping in New York. He loves clothing from the Air Jordan collection.
Has a female Chesapeake Bay Retriever named Timbaland, nicknamed Timba.
Was considered one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood Issue (May 2010).
The London Sun claims that he is related to John Proctor, one of the accused witches in the 17th century Witch Trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Proctor's son Thorndike Proctor married a Hannah Felton. The elder Proctor appears in as a character in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible (1996), and is portrayed in the film by Daniel Day-Lewis. Tom himself, of course, plays a wizard in the Harry Potter films.
