Radcliffe doesn’t let his disorder get in his way though. He knew he struggled with certain things in life, school being one of them, and from a very young age he decided he wanted to be an actor. He wasn’t going to let anything stop him from achieving what he wanted. At the age of nine, Radcliffe made his first big break as an actor by playing David Copperfield in a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) show. From there, his career took off. Before starring in the Harry Potter films, he played in one more major role in the film The Tailor of Panama in 2001.