Wroughton, Daniel Craig CMG is an English actor who was born on March 2, 1968. He rose to international prominence as secret agent James Bond in the James Bond film series, which began with Casino Royale (2006) and continued for four more instalments till No Time to Die (2021).
Craig began his career on stage after training at the National Youth Theatre in London and graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1991. He made his cinematic debut in the drama The Power of One (1992) and the family feature A Kid in King Arthur’s Court (1995), but it was in the drama series Our Friends in the North that he got his breakthrough role (1996). He was cast in the historical picture Elizabeth (1998) and the action flick Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001).
Craig was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in Casino Royale, a reinvention of the Bond franchise that was released in November 2006. Since then, he has been in films such as The Golden Compass (2007), Defiance (2008), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Logan Lucky (2017), and Knives Out (2019). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for the latter.
His famous movies are mentioned below:
1. Casino Royale – Released In 2006.
Eon Productions created the spy flick Casino Royale. Daniel Craig plays the lead in the film. It is Bond’s twenty-first film and the third adaptation of Ian Fleming’s 1953 novel of the same name.
2. Quantum of Solace – Released In 2008.
007 battles the impulse to make his next assignment personal after being betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved. In order to learn the truth, James Bond and M question Mr. White, who discloses that the organisation that coerced Vesper is considerably more intricate and deadly than anybody could have anticipated.
3. Skyfall – Released In 2012.
Sam Mendes directs Skyfall, an espionage thriller film. Daniel Craig plays James Bond in the film. It is the twenty-third instalment in Eon Productions’ James Bond series.
4. Spectre – Released in 2015.
Eon Productions will produce the twenty-fourth James Bond film, Spectre. It will be the second film in the series directed by Sam Mendes, and it will star Daniel Craig in his fourth role as James Bond, as well as Christoph Waltz as the film’s villain, Franz Oberhauser.
5. No Time To Die – Released in 2022
Cary Joji Fukunaga directs No Time To Die, the 25th instalment in the James Bond franchise. The film will be released on October 8, 2021, and is produced by Eon Productions. Daniel Craig plays James Bond in this film, which is based on Ian Fleming’s novel James Bond. Plot: James Bond has left the military and is now residing in the United Kingdom.