--- title: Daniel Radcliffe Aided Injured Mugging Victim description: The former 'Harry Potter' actor was on hand to assist after a stranger was attacked on a London street, witnesses say. canonical: https://time.com/4862470/daniel-radcliffe-mugging/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-18T14:56:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:28.282Z og:title: Sidewalk Hero Daniel Radcliffe Aided Injured Mugging Victim og:description: He showed true Gryffindor spirit og:url: https://time.com/4862470/daniel-radcliffe-mugging/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd154a7a5d8dfea07/6988d6190b72e38db96eeac5/daniel-radcliffe.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Empire Live: "Swiss Army Man" & "Imperium" - Double Bill Gala Screening - VIP Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sidewalk Hero Daniel Radcliffe Aided Injured Mugging Victim twitter:description: He showed true Gryffindor spirit twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd154a7a5d8dfea07/6988d6190b72e38db96eeac5/daniel-radcliffe.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sidewalk Hero Daniel Radcliffe Showed His True Gryffindor Spirit in Mugging Incident  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 18, 2017 2:56 PM UTC  Daniel Radcliffe attends the Empire Live: Swiss Army Man & Imperium double bill gala screening in London, England, on September 23, 2016. Daniel Radcliffe attends the Empire Live: Swiss Army Man & Imperium double bill gala screening in London, England, on September 23, 2016.David M. Benett—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 18, 2017 2:56 PM UTC Daniel Radcliffe showed true [Gryffindor spirit](http://time.com/3959875/daniel-radcliffe-nylon-office-prank/) this weekend, when eyewitnesses reported seeing the [Harry Potter star](http://time.com/4511373/daniel-radcliffe-donald-trump-voldemort/) coming to the aid of an injured victim of a mugging on a London street Friday night. According to the [_Evening Standard_](http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/harry-potter-star-daniel-radcliffe-rushes-to-help-tourist-injured-in-moped-robbery-a3589376.html), an unnamed man was targeted by interlocutors on mopeds on a street in the posh Chelsea neighborhood. They managed to take off with his Louis Vuitton bag and left him with a facial cut. But the former Boy Who Lived was on hand to assist in consoling the victim, as onlookers witnessed. “A lot of people — especially in his position — wouldn’t have stepped in to help, so fair play to him,” one of the eyewitnesses [told the BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40635073). He also [said](http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/harry-potter-star-daniel-radcliffe-rushes-to-help-tourist-injured-in-moped-robbery-a3589376.html) that Radcliffe confirmed his identity to him. “It was a bit of the surreal moment, I said ‘you’re Daniel Radcliffe’ and he replied ‘I am,'” the witness said, adding that the victim was “very shaken up.” A spokesperson for Radcliffe confirmed that the actor was indeed present, but did not comment further on his act of kindness. It certainly does seem like the kind of thing that Radcliffe has been primed to do, given all that time he spent in character as Potter, who made a point to never leave anyone behind — even noted archenemy [Draco Malfoy](http://time.com/4015884/harry-potter-draco-malfoy-neville-longbottom-twitter/). Besides being a casual sidewalk hero, Radcliffe acted this spring in a production of the play [_Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead!_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6845728/?ref%5F=nm%5Fflmg%5Fact%5F4) as the titular character Rosencrantz on London’s West End. > [](https://twitter.com/DavidVidecette/status/885938106658107397) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4862470/daniel-radcliffe-mugging/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4862470/daniel-radcliffe-mugging/"},"headline":"Sidewalk Hero Daniel Radcliffe Showed His True Gryffindor Spirit in Mugging Incident","datePublished":"2017-07-18T14:56:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:28.282Z","description":"The former 'Harry Potter' actor was on hand to assist after a stranger was attacked on a London street, witnesses say.","url":"https://time.com/4862470/daniel-radcliffe-mugging/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","celebrities","london","daniel radcliffe"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd154a7a5d8dfea07/6988d6190b72e38db96eeac5/daniel-radcliffe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd154a7a5d8dfea07/6988d6190b72e38db96eeac5/daniel-radcliffe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Empire Live: \"Swiss Army Man\" & \"Imperium\" - Double Bill Gala Screening - VIP Arrivals","caption":"Empire Live: \"Swiss Army Man\" & \"Imperium\" - Double Bill Gala Screening - VIP Arrivals","creditText":"David M. 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