Daniel Craig
Daniel Wroughton Craig (born March 2, 1968) is an English actor. He gained international fame by playing the fictional secret agent James Bond for five installments in the film series: Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015), and No Time to Die (2021).
After training at the National Youth Theatre in London and graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1991, Craig began his career on stage. He began acting with the drama The Power of One (1
In 2006, Craig played Bond in Casino Royale, a reboot of the Bond franchise that was favourably received by critics and earned Craig a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. His non-Bond appearances since then include roles in the fantasy film The Golden Compass (2007), the drama Defiance (2008), the science fiction Western Cowboys & Aliens (2011), the mystery thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), and the heist film Logan Lucky (2017). For his performance as Detective Benoit Blanc in the Knives Out film series (2019, 2022), he received two Golden Globe Award nominations.
On stage, Craig starred in the Royal National Theatre's production of Angels in America (1993) on the West End. He made his Broadway debut in the play A Steady Rain (2009) and returned to Broadway in the revivals of Harold Pinter's Betrayal (2011) and William Shakespeare's Macbeth (2022). He starred as Iago in the New York Theatre Workshop production of Othello (2016).
Born
Mar 02, 1968
Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Movies
87 acting
4 crew
Popularity
4.7
Known For
Knives Out
2019
as Benoit Blanc
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
as Stormtrooper (uncredited)
No Time to Die
2021
as James Bond
Spectre
2015
as James Bond
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
as Benoit Blanc
Casino Royale
2006
as James Bond
The Golden Compass
2007
as Lord Asriel
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
as Mikael Blomkvist
Logan Lucky
2017
as Joe Bang
Skyfall
2012
as James Bond
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