Tom Felton, The Bad Blonde From Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
An older Draco
We all know the character Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter movies and books. Blonde, sulky, evil, brooding, vindictive, cold blue eyes, and pale skin. The evil child who has grown into an even more evil adult. But, do you know who plays Draco Malfoy? Well, the answer to that is Tom Felton. Want to know more about Tom Felton? Read on.
Facts about Tom Felton
* Tom was born with the formal name of Thomas Andrew Felton in London, England, on the 22nd September, 1987. He is the youngest of 4 boys.
* Tom Felton attended West Horsley’s Grammar School, and then went to secondary school in Surrey, at Howard of Effingham.
* A family friend thought that Tom had acting potential and recommended an agent for the 8 year old.
* Tom scored his first acting gig in a commercial at the age of 8. Soon after this he jetted off to New York to film a Commercial Union ad in Times Square, and was also in ads for Barclaycard.
* Tom Felton also enjoys playing sport and enjoys soccer, cricket, tennis, swimming, and ice hockey.
* However, one of Tom’s favourite past times is catch and release fishing. In fact, when Tom has finished the Harry Potter movies he intends to study fishery management, as one of his older brothers did.
Where does Tom Felton Live?
Tom Felton was brought up with his 3 brothers in Surrey, England.
Tom Felton
Tom Felton Trivia
- Tom had not read any of the Harry Potter novels before auditioning for the movie. In fact, he actually initially auditioned for the part of Harry Potter.
- Prior to filming the Harry Potter movies, Tom Felton was the most experienced actor of all the 4 pivotal children acting in the movie.
- Tom is not naturally a blonde, but actually has light brown hair. He has to reach for the peroxide and have his hair bleached for the part of Draco Malfoy.
- Tom Felton is 185 cm, or 6′1″ tall.
- Tom Felton played for England in 2008 for SoccerAid.
- Tom is so keen on fishing that along with his brother Chris, he helped establish the World Junior Carp Tournament. This is a family friendly fishing competition for kids aged 11- 18.
- Tom likes to shop in New York.
- Tom Felton has said that he is pleased that his character Draco escaped the fate of having kissing scenes in any of the Harry Potter movies, explaining that some of the cast members found it awkward having to kiss their old mates.
- Tom loves to be in the great outdoors and wilderness.
- He loves playing the evil character in the Harry Potter movies, and has said that the other parts he would want to play are the ultimate in evil, Voldemort, and his screen father, Lucius Malfoy.
Tom Felton Filmography
Although Tom Felton shot to international stardom in 2001 as Harry Potter’s arch enemy in the first Harry Potter movie “The Philosopher’s Stone”, Tom had already acted and worked in other films and TV shows. These were:
- 1995, the television series “Bugs”, Tom was the voice of James.
- 1997, the film “The Borrowers”, played the part of Peagreen Clock.
- 1999, the film “Second Sight” with Clive Owen, played Thomas Ingham.
- 1999, the film “Anna and the King” with Jodie Foster, played Louis T.Leonowens.
- 2000, “Second Sight 2: Hide and Seek”, again played Thomas Ingham.
Young Draco Malfoy
List of Harry Potter Movies:
- 2001, “The Philosopher’s Stone”.
- 2002, “The Chamber of Secrets”.
- 2004, “The Prisoner of Azkaban”.
- 2005, “The Goblet of Fire”.
- 2007, “The Order of the Phoenix”.
- 2009, “The Half-Blood Prince”.
“The Deathly Hallows” parts 1 and 2 are due for release in 2010, and 2011, respectively and Tom Felton will be appearing in both of these as Draco Malfoy.
Tom Felton the actor has also filmed these movies around the Harry Potter movies:
- 2005, “The Home Farm Twins” where he plays the character of Adam Baker.
- 2009, “The Disappeared”, playing Simon.
- 2009, “13 Hours”, playing Gary.
Tom Felton Music.
- Tom is just not an actor, but a talented musician and singer as well. As a 7 year old he started singing in the local church choir. While at school, he was a member of 4 school choirs.
- Tom was offered a place in the Guildford Cathedral Choir, which he turned down.
- Tom can also play the guitar and harmonica, and writes his own lyrics. He has a fantastic voice, and his songs are popular.
- In 2008, Tom Felton posted “Silhouettes in Sunset” which is an instrumental acoustic guitar piece that he wrote, under Feltbeats on YouTube.
- Next was a video with him singing called “Time Isn’t Healing”. Around this time his music started to be covered by main stream media, including Harry Potter fan sites.
- After this came “Time Well Spent” and then an album with 4 songs “All I Need.” “If You Could Be Anywhere” and “In Good Hands” followed.
- Tom Felton Feltbeats music is all available on iTunes.
Conclusion.
Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter may have propelled Tom Felton into the movie celebrity stratosphere, but this highly talented young man was undoubtedly headed for the stars, regardless.
Here is a great link through to Tom’s Feltbeats website. See all the latest videos, photos, interviews, and all the Youtube videos he has downloaded.
See Tom Felton singing here
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Brittany
hello. just wanted to say that at the very begining when you were talking about Draco Malfoy’s appearance you made a mistake. Draco has cold grey eyes not cold blue eyes. just thought i’d let you know
August 18th, 2009 at 11:20 amadmin
Interesting observation Brittany. The declaration of ‘blue eyes’ was made by Tom Felton not be us. We just went with the flow …err quote
August 18th, 2009 at 3:53 pmmery
Tom Felton I Love You
August 20th, 2009 at 9:18 amEmily
I may be wrong but i am pretty sure that you got the title of the first harry potter movie wrong its the Scorcerer’s stone. Also if tom felton ever reads this i site i reallyyyyyyyy think you are awsomeand if you could be anywhere is my favorite song
August 24th, 2009 at 8:55 pmBubbly Bex
Emily, in your comment you said it was the Sorcerers stone, it I’d in fact the philosohers stone. I own all the books and read them a million times already!!
Love you Tom!!!
September 6th, 2009 at 6:23 pmFutureMrsTomFelton
Indead! the philosopher’s stone is the British term (which they all are British) 4 a sorcerer. So its the same thing, emily
September 9th, 2009 at 11:19 pmAmelia
I think you should add a little bit more.
October 11th, 2009 at 1:06 pmHe has a girlfriend- Emma Watson!
I’m just telling you
xxx
I love you Tom!!
Mrs.Felton (Dallas)
heey tom , i just wanted you to know that i am the biggest fan of you, i think you are relly hot , sweet and you have an amazing personality.
December 27th, 2009 at 10:42 pmi just love you soo freaking much..
plus you have an amazing voice and whoever doesnt love you and your amazing british beautiful voice is relly stupid.
and you looked amazing in harry potter and the half blood prince, i cryed when harry almost killed you. ( although it is just a movie and its just like mapleleaf but it looks WIKID real ).
and i have the movie i watch it a million times just to see you in it.
I love you tom.
ps: i wish i could meet you, but thats all just in my dreams.
Nobudy
Mrs.Felton…. You are one crazy fangirl…… you disgust me with your creepy ways
January 4th, 2010 at 8:27 pmtommygirl
you are awesome Tom Felton. You are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute. I hope you see this!!! I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 7th, 2010 at 11:10 pmtom's wife
you are soooooooooooo sexxxxxxxyyyy and cute……..I lOVE you soooooo MUCH,…………. I hope you see this Tom Felton……………i just wanted you to know that i am the biggest fan of you, i think you are relly hot , sweet and you have an amazing personality.
January 9th, 2010 at 7:58 pmi just love you soo freaking much……..I have all the movies of harry potter and i watch it a million times just to see you in it.
emma
this is cool, Tom you are so cute and I don’t know what to say…speechless …
March 13th, 2010 at 12:36 pmMonique
Nice article on Tom Felton/Draco Malfoy. I have written a lot about Draco since he’s my favorite HP character; you can view it here:
March 13th, 2010 at 6:20 pmhttp://moniqueblog.net/?page_id=2235
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arra
Tom, your very awsome and cool, and it’s cooler that you can sing, i love your song and your pretty handsome. I like you most at HP, and i have a request, stay your hair blonde, please….hehe, i love u that’s all.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:51 amarra
hey TOM,. Its a litt bit crazy that I’m writting a comment to you but… your so adorable, even though there’s so many girls that’s crazy to you, i love you even more than them, i wish i could see you at personal…i hope you’ll see this…=D
April 14th, 2010 at 3:01 amlili
i like tom felton i think that he is the best.
May 17th, 2010 at 4:23 pmAmanda
In response to the person who thinks it’s “Sorcerer’s Stone” vs “Philosopher’s Stone” it both. Some markets chose Sorcerer and others Philosopher (Canada and US is Philosopher)
As for the music: He’s good
. He seems to also truly enjoy singing and playing which is fantastic to see 
. What I mean is he seems truly into his performance 
. Truly nice to see. (and I’m a performer – music and drama).
June 7th, 2010 at 3:12 pmHaley
i don’t care for his voice !
June 28th, 2010 at 2:25 pmhannah
tom, i had no idea you wrote music and played guitar. i just started playing guitar and i love it! you are really talented and i hope to see you in more films. i will soon check out your songs and see if i enjoy them. also, do you think it is sincere when people write “i love you” and “Mrs.Felton” because personally i believe its slightly creepy? i hope you read this and choose to respond.
July 5th, 2010 at 9:18 am