Tom Felton Biography, Age, Height, Girlfriend & Net Worth

Tom Felton is a British actor, singer, and guitarist. He is best known for his role as Draco Malfoy in the harry potter film, which is based on the novel of the same name by Joanne K. Rowling.

Felton was chosen to play Draco Malfoy’s role at the age of eleven, after having participated in “The Borrowers” (1997), and “Anna and the King” (1999). In 2011, he appeared in the American science fiction film: Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

The following year he played Camille Raquin, alongside Elizabeth Olsen, in the critically acclaimed American erotic thriller romance film In Secret (2013). Felton is also a musician and has been publishing music since 2008.

Facts About Tom Felton

Tom Felton Biography

Tom Felton was born on 22 September 1987, Epsom, Surrey, The United Kingdom as Thomas Andrew Felton. He has born into an upper-middle-class Anglican Christianity family.

Tom Felton’s father’s name is Peter Felton, who is a former employee of Cisco Systems and his mother’s name is Sharon Anstey, who owns an appliance store named Dorking Domestic Appliances in Dorking.

When he was a teenager, his parents divorced. He began singing in the Guildford Cathedral Choir at the age of seven and over time became a member of several other choirs. He completed his primary education at Cranmore School in West Horsley, England.

Then he take admitted to the Howard of Effingham School for his higher secondary education. At the age of sixteen, he decided to stop school after passing his GCSEs to devote himself to his acting career. Draco Malfoy real name is Tom Felton.

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Personal Life

Felton’s favorite hobby is fishing. Besides fishing, he also enjoys other sports such as cricket, basketball, football, roller skating, golf, and tennis. His favorite holiday destination is the United States. And his favorite villain in movies is Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

During the filming of the Harry Potter movie, rumors spread that Tom Felton and Emma Watson are in a relationship, but they both claim that they are just friends. From 2006 to 2008, he dated Australian actress and model, Phoebe Tonkin.

Since 2008, he was in a relationship with stunt assistant Jade Olivia Gordon, but after 8 years of the relationship, they broke up in early 2016.

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Acting Career

Tom Felton began his acting career in adverts for companies such as Commercial Union and Barclaycard. In 1998, he voiced the role of James in the British television drama series “Bugs”.

Felton made his first feature film debut in 1997, where he played the role of Peagreen Clock in Peter Hewitt’s “The Borrowers”. In 1999, he played the role of Louis T. Leonowens alongside Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-fat in the film “Anna and the King”.

In 1999, the casting for the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone began. Interestingly, when he give auditioned for the movie, he auditioned for the character Harry Potter but lost him to Daniel Radcliffe