Tom Felton has been acting since he was 8 years old at the suggestion of an actress friend of his family who recognized Felton's theatrical qualities. Felton met with an agent, and two weeks later, after auditioning with over 400 other children, he landed an international commercial campaign and went abroad to work.
A talented singer, he started singing in a church choir at the age of 7 and has been a member of four choirs at school. He declined an offer to join the Guildford Cathedral Choir. He is a keen sportsman enjoying football (soccer), ice skating, roller blading, basketball, cricket, swimming, and tennis.
After working on "Anna and the King" with Jodie Foster, Tom received his big break in Harry Potter e a Pedra Filosofal (2001) as Draco Malfoy, school boy rival to the titular character as played by Daniel Radcliffe. Tom managed to film the part of Draco in all eight "Harry Potter" movies while also having an active life outside the magical world it created. In between shoots he filmed independent horror movies The Disappeared(2008/I), 13Hrs (2010), and The Apparition (2011) with Twilight's Ashley Greene. It was directly after completing his filming on "Harry Potter" that he landed his roles in "Rise of the Apes" and "From the Rough."
In between acting gigs, Tom still manages times with his music. He is one of the founding owners and talent of Six String Productions, a recording company devoted to signing young musical artists overlooked by the major recording industry.
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 e o Prisioneiro de 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 As Bruxas de Salém (1996), and is portrayed in the film by Daniel Day-Lewis. Tom himself, of course, plays a wizard in the Harry Potter films.
In spite of what Draco is like, I really like school, and I miss it a lot when I'm filming. I've a fair idea what I want to do for my GCSEs, I will definitely be doing music.
I really tried out for the part of Harry Potter, but they ended up picking me for the part of the enemy of Harry. Actually it is really fun playing the bad kid because it just has so many interesting qualities to it. And Daniel Radcliffe and I get along really well off set so it's really fun filming.
[On playing a bad guy in Harry Potter's film]: I think it's more fun, there are a lot of goodies in the film and not a lot of baddies, so I like to be in the baddie group.
So those of you that think filming is all glamor, you're so wrong! Really, only the premieres are the glitzy bits.
(July 2003) Filming the third Harry Potter Film: Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban (2004) as Draco Malfoy.
(April 2004) Filming Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo (2005) as Draco Malfoy.
(March 2006) Filming Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix (2007) as Draco Malfoy.
(May 2008) Filming Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (2009) as Draco Malfoy.
(March 2010) Filming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) & Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) as Draco Malfoy.
