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Puzzle #754: Daniel Radcliffe → Dwayne Johnson

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

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On Tuesday, September 8, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Daniel Radcliffe and Dwayne Johnson. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 12 actors have worked with both of them in their best-known films, so it can be done in just 2 moves.

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The shortest solution

Show the 2-move answer (spoiler)
  1. Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), which also stars John Hurt as Mr Ollivander.
  2. John Hurt as Cotys in Hercules (2014), alongside Dwayne Johnson as Hercules.

The full chain: Daniel Radcliffe → Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) → John Hurt → Hercules (2014) → Dwayne Johnson.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Daniel Radcliffe → Now You See Me 2 (2016) → Michael Caine → Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) → Dwayne Johnson
  • Daniel Radcliffe → Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) → Peter Mullan → Hercules (2014) → Dwayne Johnson
  • Daniel Radcliffe → The Lost City (2022) → Channing Tatum → G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) → Dwayne Johnson

About Daniel Radcliffe

Born
July 23, 1989 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Film career
2001–2022
Widely seen films
29 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain:

About Dwayne Johnson

Born
May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California, USA
Film career
2001–2026
Widely seen films
52 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain: