Daniel Craig

Class of 1991

Daniel appeared in his first screen role in 1992, in The Power of One. Having played minor roles in the miniseries Anglo-Saxon Attitudes and the shows Covington Cross and Boon, he appeared in the National Theatre's production of Angels in America in 1993.

Also in 1993, Daniel featured in American shows Zorro and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, and British shows Heartbeat, Between the Lines, Drop the Dead Donkey and Sharpe's Eagle. In 1994, Daniel appeared in the filmed stage production The Rover, and the stage production Les Grandes Horizontales at the National Theatre Studio. In 1996, Daniel starred in the BBC drama serial Our Friends in the North, which is considered his breakthrough role.

Daniel appeared in three films in 1998; Love and Rage, Elizabeth, and Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon. In 2000, Daniel co-starred alongside Toni Collette in Hotel Splendide and Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

In 2002, Daniel appeared in Road to Perdition with Tom Hanks and Paul Newman. He then portrayed Heisenberg in the television drama Copenhagen. On stage, Daniel starred in the original production of A Number from September to November 2002 at the Royal Court Theatre, for which Daniel was nominated for Best Actor at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards. The next year, he starred as Sylvia Plath in The Mother. In 2004, Daniel starred in Layer Cake and in Enduring Love.

In 2005, Daniel was contacted by Eon Productions to portray James Bond, making him the first actor to portray the character to have been born after the Bond series started and after the death of Ian Fleming, the novels' writer. The first film, Casino Royale, premiered on 14 November 2006.

Daniel starred opposite Nicole Kidman in horror film The Invasion in 2007, as well as portraying Lord Asriel in The Golden Compass, a film adaptation of Philip Pullman's novel

In 2008, Daniel made his second appearance as James Bond in Quantum of Solace, and starred in the drama Flashbacks of a Fool. In his final release of 2008, Daniel starred in the war film Defiance.

Daniel co-starred with Hugh Jackman in A Steady Rain on Broadway at the Schoenfeld Theatre. In August 2010, Daniel starred in the adaptation of Stieg Larsson's novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The next year, he took up a leading role in Dream House. Daniel then co-starred with Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde in Cowboys & Aliens. The same year, Daniel provided his voice to Steven Spielberg's animated film The Adventures of Tintin.

Daniel reprised his role as Bond in Skyfall in 2012, as well as appearing as the character in the short film Happy and Glorious, in which he escorted Queen Elizabeth II to the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Daniel starred alongside Rachel Weisz in the Broadway play Betrayal, which ran from October 2013 to January 2014. Daniel’s fourth Bond film, Spectre, was released in 2015.

Daniel appeared in a modern production of William Shakespeare's Othello at the Off-Broadway New York Theatre Workshop throughout 2016 and early 2017. In 2017, Craig also co-starred in Steven Logan Lucky. In 2019, Daniel starred in the comedy murder-mystery Knives Out.

Daniel’s fifth Bond film, No Time to Die is scheduled for release on 30 September 2021. Daniel has confirmed that No Time to Die would be his last James Bond film.