Tom Felton’s Age, Bio, Net Worth, Career, Personal Life and FAQs
Thomas Andrew Felton is a British actor and musician. He is mainly known for his role in the Harry Potter series as Draco Malfoy, Harry’s rival. Felton began his career by acting in commercials and landed his first role in 1997. He has starred in many films and TV shows and produced many songs and albums.
Tom Felton was born on 22 September 1987 in Surrey, England and since he is 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 is a keen sportsman enjoying and enjoys many sports such as football, rollerblading, cricket, swimming, ice skating, rollerblading and many more.
Even though he is mainly known for his appearance in Harry Potter movies, he has acted in many films showing his range. Felton has released 5 albums since 2008, his debut album being Time Well Spent. He also posts his music on social media and performs acoustic versions of his songs on TikTok and Instagram.
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Personal Information
Name (User Name)
Thomas Andrew Felton @t22felton
DOB (Age)
22 September 1987 (34 years)
Followers/Likes
YouTube: 351,000 subscribers
Instagram: 11.9 million followers
TikTok: 9.9 million fans
Twitter: 3.1 million followers
Net Worth
$20 million
Spouse/Partner
N/A
Nationality
British
Career
Felton began acting in ads for companies such as Commercial Union and Barclaycard. He landed his first feature film role in 1997 when he starred in The Borrowers. He also voiced a character called James in the TV series Bugs. In 1999, Felton auditioned for the role of Harry Potter and Ron Weasely for the movie Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the film adaptation of J. K. Rowling’s novel of the same name. He ultimately landed the role of Draco Malfoy and received critical acclaim for his role, with other members of his cast receiving the same praise. Felton would go on to reprise his role in all the 7 Harry Potter movies that came after Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
Alongside his role in the Harry Potter movies, Felton has also portrayed Simon in the 2009 horror/thriller movie The Disappeared, Ray Marsden in White Other in 2010 and many more roles for which he received high praise from the media his fans. He has also given voice in Harry Potter games as his own character in the series, Draco Malfoy. In 2015, Felton reoccured in Murder in the First as Erich Blunt. Felton also appeared in a YouTube premium series called Origin opposite Harry Potter co-star Natalia Tena.
Felton has received the awards for best villain and best cast at MTV Movie awards in 2009, 2010 and 2011. He also won the awards for Best ensemble at scream awards 2009 and 2011 and choice movie villain at Teen Choice Award 2010. He released his first album, Time Well Spent, in 2008, which was actually an extended play which has more songs than a usual album.
He has released four more extended plays, All I Need, In Good Hands, Hawaii and YoOHoO, and have released many singles as well. Felton is also active on TikTok, with over 9.9 million fans and more than 144 million likes. He mainly uploads videos of duets with other creators on the platform, comedic bits, lip-syncing to audio clips and singing his own songs.
He is also active on Instagram, with over 11.9 million followers and over 1700 posts. His uploads on Instagram are mostly pictures of his daily life with a few reels. Although he hasn’t posted a single video on his YouTube channel after 2011, he has 351,000 subscribers and more than 16 million views.
Net Worth
Tom Felton has an estimated net worth of $20 million according to celebritynetworth.com as of June 2022. He has been able to amass such wealth due to his success in films, and TV shows and branching out his content to social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram.s
Personal Life
Felton was born in Epsom, Surrey, England, the youngest of four sons born to Peter Felton and Sharon Anstey. His parents divorced when he was an adolescent. Felton attended school at West Horsley’s Cranmore School until age 13, after which he attended the Howard of Effingham School for high school. Felton developed an interest in singing during his childhood and subsequently joined school choirs. He was a member of 4 choirs in school and was offered a place in the Guildford Cathedral Choir, which he rejected.
Felton was in a relationship with stunt assistant Jade Olivia Gordon, who played his character’s wife in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, from April 2008 until early 2016.
Felton fell ill while participating in a celebrity golf exhibition in September 2021 and was removed from the golf course on a stretcher and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
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Other ventures
In May 2022, Felton made his theatre debut, starring in the play 2:22 A Ghost Story alongside Mandip Gill. Felton starred in the show Adrenaline Junkie with Jack Osbourne in November 2008, taking part in several challenges in South Africa, including a 200-foot bungee leap over Bloukrans Bridge, a helicopter ride followed by a parachute freefall, and coming face-to-face with great white sharks.
Felton, David Proffitt and Philip Haydn-Slater created Six Strings Production, which sells music merchandise, albums, singles and more. They made the production company to promote creative independence and ownership of the material.
Popular TikToks
#dracotok #drapple
In this clip, Felton is using the filter “Which apple am I?” and reacting to the kinds of apples he gets.
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tell me …. #HarryPotterNY
In this comedic bit, Felton does the challenge “Tell me you’re _____ without telling me you’re _______” and impersonates his character from the series.
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DUET anyone ? 2nd March at 5pm PT #PeacockPotterParty on TikTok Live , watching Philosophers Stone in full. @peacockTV muggles welcome xx
In this TikTok, Felton lip-syncs a scene from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s stone.
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#duet with @vowizard #dracotok #pottahchallenge Bravo Bravo 👏🏼 x
In this clip, Felton reacts to another user who is impersonating several characters from the Harry Potter series.
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#duet with @kallmekris #pottahchallenge #dracotok
Felton scores kallmekris on her impersonation of Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter series.
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FAQs
Q. Who inspired Tom Felton to become a musician?
According to Tom Felton, he was inspired by American musician Jack Johnson to become a musician.
Q. What is #dracotok?
#dracotok is a hashtag that was created by Tom Felton and challenged all content creators to try impersonating different characters from the Harry Potter series.
Q. Did Tom Felton keep anything from the set of Harry Potter?
In an interview with the Vulture in 2011, Felton said that the production team let him keep Draco’s Slytherin ring and a tie pin. But he said most of the props and costumes were out of the question. He also wanted his wand, but it was in strict lockdown.
Q. When did Tom Felton start acting?
Felton first acted in commercials and landed his first role in a movie when he was only 10 years old in 1997.