Biography "Tom Felton"

Thomas Andrew "Tom" Felton (born 22 September 1987) is an English actor and musician. He is best known for playing the role of Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series, the movie adaptations of the best-selling Harry Potter fantasy novels by author J. K. Rowling, for which he auditioned at age twelve.

Felton started filming in commercials when he was eight years old and in films at the age of ten, appearing in The Borrowers and Anna and the King. After being cast as Draco Malfoy he has subsequently appeared in all eight Harry Potter films, from 2001 to 2011.

Felton's portrayal of Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 won him the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain in 2010 and 2011.

Early life

Felton was born in Kensington, London, the son of Sharon (née Anstey) and Peter Felton. He is the youngest of four brothers, and lives in Surrey with his family. He was in four choirs throughout his childhood, starting with his church choir at age seven. Felton was educated at West Horsley's Cranmore School, until the age of thirteen,and then at the Howard of Effingham School, a comprehensive school in Surrey.

Early career

Felton began acting in commercials for companies such as Commercial Union and Barclaycard. In 1995, he performed the voice of James in the television series Bugs and landed his first feature film role in 1997 when he played the part of Peagreen Clock in Peter Hewitt's film 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.Felton made an appearance in the episode "Hide and Seek" of Second Sight 2 followed in 2000.The Guildford Cathedral Choir also offered him a position.

Filmography

Films
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	The Borrowers	Peagreen Clock
1999	Anna and the King	Louis T. Leonowens
2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Draco Malfoy	Released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in other countries Nominated-Young Artist Award for Best Ensemble in a Feature Film Nominated-Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actor
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2009	The Disappeared	Simon
	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Draco Malfoy	MTV Movie Award for Best Villain Sream Award for Best Ensemble
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1		MTV Movie Award for Best Villain Teen Choice Award for Movie: Villain
	White Other	Ray Marsden	Short Film
	Get Him to the Greek	Himself	Cameo
	13Hrs	Gary Ashby
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Draco Malfoy	Nominated – Sream Award for Best Ensemble
	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	Dodge Landon
	The Apparition	Patrick
	From the Rough	Edward	post-production
Television
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1998	Bugs	James	1 episode (Pandoras' Box)
1999	Second Sight	Thomas Ingham	TV movie
2000	Second Sight 2: Hide and Seek
2005	Home Farm Twins	Adam Baker