Daniel Craig
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Daniel Wroughton Craig (born March 2, 1968) is an English actor. Born the year after the release of You Only Live Twice, Craig is the first James Bond actor to be born after the start of the film series. Much media attention has also been given to him for being the "blondest" official Bond actor.
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Biography
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He was born in Chester, the son of a steel erector and an art teacher. He was brought up in Prescot, near Liverpool. He attended Hilbre High School, West Kirby (near Liverpool) and played rugby at nearby Hoylake Rugby Club. He moved to London when he was 16 to join the National Youth Theatre, later securing a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
The Role of James BondEdit
As early as February 2005, Craig had been named in the media as a possible contender to replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. On April 6, 2005 Craig was reported to have been signed by EON Productions as part of a three-film contract worth £15 million, however, this news was later debunked by the BBC who contacted EON for an official report. According to Craig, MGM offered him the role but the Broccoli family never got in touch with him.
Added by BroadcastCorpFinally, on October 14, 2005, Eon Productions named Daniel Craig as the sixth actor to portray 007, taking over from Pierce Brosnan. Craig signed a three-film contract, with the first, Casino Royale, to begin filming in January of 2006 with an expected release of November 17, 2006. The announcement was made at noon in London at HMS President, a Royal Naval Reserve station at St. Katharine Docks, on the banks of the River Thames downstream of Tower Bridge.
Selected FilmographyEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 2012 | Skyfall | James Bond | James Bond Film |
| 2008 | Quantum of Solace | James Bond | James Bond Film |
| 2006 | Casino Royale | James Bond | James Bond Film |
| 2006 | The Visiting | Ben | Released |
| 2006 | Infamous | Perry Smith | Released |
| 2005 | Munich | Steve | Released |
| 2005 | Archangel | Fluke Kelso | Television Drama |
| 2005 | Fateless | American Soldier | Released |
| 2005 | The Jacket | Rudy Mackenzie | Released |
| 2004 | Layer Cake | XXXX | Released |
| 2004 | Enduring Love | Joe | Released |
| 2003 | Sylvia | Ted Hughs | Released |
| 2003 | The Mother | Darren | Released |
| 2002 | Ten Minutes Older: The Cello | Cecil | Released |
| 2002 | Road to Perdition | Connor Rooney | Released |
| 2001 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Alex West | Released |
| 2000 | Some Voices | Ray | Released |
| 2000 | I Dreamed of Africa | Declan Fielding | Released |
| 1998 | Love is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | George Dyer | Released |
| 1998 | Elizabeth | John Ballard | Released |
| 1997 | Obsession | John McHale | Released |
| 1996 | Our Friends in the North | George "Geordie" Peacock | Television Drama |
| 1995 | A Kid in King Arthur's Court | Master Kane | Released |
| 1992 | The Power of One | Sgt. Botha | Released |
TriviaEdit
- Due to being the "blondest" Bond actor, Hollywood has nicknamed him 'James Blonde'.
Personal LifeEdit
His first marriage, from 1992-1994, was to actress Fiona Loudon, with whom he has a daughter, Ella. After that marriage ended, he later was in two serious relationships, one with German actress Heike Makatsch that ended in 2001, and with American film producer Satsuki Mitchell, which lasted from 2004 to 2010.
Craig and Rachel Weisz, his co-star in the film Dream House, started dating in December 2010 and were married on June 22, 2011 in a small ceremony in New York with only four guests including Craig's daughter Ella and Weisz's
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