Background
Thomas Andrew Felton was born on 22 September 1987, in Epsom, England. His parents are Sharon and Peter Felton. They have four children, Thomas being the youngest one. His older brothers are Ashley, Jonathan and Chris.
Thomas Andrew Felton was born on 22 September 1987, in Epsom, England. His parents are Sharon and Peter Felton. They have four children, Thomas being the youngest one. His older brothers are Ashley, Jonathan and Chris.
Felton was educated at West Horsley's Cranmore School until the age of thirteen, after which time he attended The Howard of Effingham School. Felton is a singer and was a part of a choir at the age of seven. He was a member of four school choirs and was given the chance to be part of the Guildford Cathedral Choir.
As a child, Felton began acting in adverts. He has been acting at the suggestion of an actress friend of his family who identified Felton's theatrical gift. Felton met with an agent, and after auditioning with over 400 other children, he landed an international commercial campaign and went abroad to work.
He landed his first feature film role in 1997 when he played the part of Peagreen Clock in "The Borrowers". Felton played witness Thomas Ingham opposite Clive Owen in "Second Sight" in 1999. Felton's role of Louis T. Leonowens in the film "Anna and the King", starring Jodie Foster, was also filmed in 1999 in Malaysia. The Guildford Cathedral Choir also offered him a position.
By 2001, Felton had become known internationally for his portrayal of Draco Malfoy in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". He appeared in all of the Harry Potter films. At first Felton tried to get the part of Harry Potter, but lost it to Daniel Radcliffe, and now says he is the best person to lose to. Of the four young leading actors, Felton had the most extensive film experience. Felton started his Official Tom Felton Fan Club in 2004, which was reported to have attracted so many fans that Felton had to put a temporary stop to people signing up to his fan club.
Felton posted three music videos on YouTube under an account called "Feltbeats", in which he performs fragments of original songs. He also recorded an album titled In Good Hands.
In November 2010 the film "White Other", which Tom played the main character, was released. Felton had a cameo role in "Get Him to the Greek", released in 2010. In February 2010, he was cast in the thriller film "The Apparition". Felton portrays the human character Dodge Landon in the 2011 science-fiction film "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".
In 2016 and 2017, Felton appeared as CSI Julian Albert / Doctor Alchemy on the third season of The Flash. On April 26, 2018, it was announced that Felton was cast in the series regular role of Logan Maine on the YouTube science fiction series Origin.
Tom Felton has won several awards for his role in the Harry Potter film series. Some of them are the ‘MTV Movie Award’ for ‘Best Villain’ in 2009 for ‘Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince’, and ‘Teen Choice Award’ for ‘Choice Movie Villain’ in 2010 for ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 1’.
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2016Felton sang in his church choir when he was a kid, and eventually was asked to join the Guildford Cathedral Choir. He describes himself as an "indecisive agnostic". Prior to working on his 2016 film Risen (2016), he considered himself an "out and out atheist" and stated in an interview that the experience of working on the film changed his views on Christ and his final days.
Tom isn't involved into politics.
Tom described himself as not particularly patriotic in one interview where he complained about English food and called the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration an inconvenience.
In 2003, Felton and his brother Chris worked with Joe Babbitt, the St. Lawrence County Angler's Association, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Region 6, the Chamber of Commerce, and a diverse group of other organisations to form the World Junior Carp Tournament, which involves competitive fishing for ages 11 to 18.
Quotations:
“I get letters that say ‘Stop being evil to Harry or we’ll go to Hogwarts and kick your butt. Some fans are so weird. One changed his name legally to Lucius Malfoy and wanted to adopt me.”
“If I could be anywhere, where would I be?”
“I'll take my clothes off - whatever the job requires.”
Tom Felton admits that while being a bully on screen, he used to be bullied himself in real life. He spoke about his classmates' jealousy when he had to miss a lot of classes due to Harry Potter films and return back to the classroom with his hair dyed white.
Tom owns a dog (of Chesapeake Bay Retriever breed) named Timber.
He loves clothing from the Air Jordan collection.
Tom smokes.
Physical Characteristics:
Height - 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight - 66 kg (145.5 pounds)
Hair color - dark blonde
Eye color - blue
His natural hair color is dark blonde. He bleached his hair platinum blonde for all eight of the Harry Potter films. Over the 10-year period the franchise was filmed, it was said that he had to color his hair every ten days. He said in an interview when the series had ended that he was looking forward to not having to dye his hair anymore.
Tom has two tattoos; a dog on the inside of his right bicep and palm trees on the inside of his right ankle.
Quotes from others about the person
"Tom is a real nice, professional young man, always happy, smiling, laughing, full of power - a real gentleman." - a visitor of the autographing session in Germany
Tom Felton is known to have dated Emma Watson, Phoebe Tonkin, and Melisa Tamschick.
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