History Creator / DanielCraig

He also has had a long and healthy career as a stage actor, including playing Joe in the Royal National Theatre's production of ''Theatre/AngelsInAmerica'' in addition to starring in Broadway productions of ''A Steady Rain'' (opposite Creator/HughJackman) and Harold Pinter’s ''Betrayal''. He will soon return to the stage for an off Broadway production of ''Othello'', playing Iago opposite David Oyelowo as the title character.

Despite being known primarily for Bond, Craig has had major roles in a number of other films, including: Angelina Jolie's love interest / rival in ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider'' (2001), Irish mobster Conner Rooney in ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' (2002), Afrikaner Mossad team member Steve in the [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Spielberg]] directed ''Film/{{Munich}}'' (2005), Lord Asriel in the [[Film/TheGoldenCompass film adaptation]] of ''[[Literature/HisDarkMaterials The Golden Compass]]'' (2007), Dr. Ben Driscoll in ''Film/TheInvasion'' (2007), Jewish resistance leader Tuvia Bielski in ''Film/{{Defiance}}'' (2008), protagonist Jake Lonergan of ''Film/CowboysAndAliens'' (2011), journalist Mikael Blomkvist in the Creator/DavidFincher adaption of ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo'', Mr. Sakharine / Red Rackham in the [[DreamTeam Dream Production Team]] motion capture film adaption of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin'' and [[DeepSouth Joe]]
[[DemolitionsExpert Bang]] in ''Film/LoganLucky''.

Despite being known primarily for Bond, Craig has had major roles in a number of other films, including: Angelina Jolie's love interest / rival in ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider'' (2001), Irish mobster Conner Rooney in ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' (2002), Afrikaner Mossad team member Steve in the [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Spielberg]] directed ''Film/{{Munich}}'' (2005), Lord Asriel in the [[Film/TheGoldenCompass film adaptation]] of ''[[Literature/HisDarkMaterials The Golden Compass]]'' (2007), Dr. Ben Driscoll in ''Film/TheInvasion'' (2007), Jewish resistance leader Tuvia Bielski in ''Film/{{Defiance}}'' (2008), protagonist Jake Lonergan of ''Film/CowboysAndAliens'' (2011), journalist Mikael Blomkvist in the Creator/DavidFincher adaption of ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo'', Mr. Sakharine / Red Rackham in the [[DreamTeam Dream Production Team]] motion capture film adaption of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin'' and DeepSouth DemolitionsExpert Joe Bang in ''Film/LoganLucky''.

Despite being known primarily for Bond, Craig has had major roles in a number of other big budget films, including: Angelina Jolie's love interest / rival in ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider'' (2001), Irish mobster Conner Rooney in ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' (2002), Afrikaner Mossad team member Steve in the [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Spielberg]] directed ''Film/{{Munich}}'' (2005), Lord Asriel in the [[Film/TheGoldenCompass film adaptation]] of ''[[Literature/HisDarkMaterials The Golden Compass]]'' (2007), Dr. Ben Driscoll in ''Film/TheInvasion'' (2007), Jewish resistance leader Tuvia Bielski in ''Film/{{Defiance}}'' (2008), and protagonist Jake Lonergan of ''Film/CowboysAndAliens'' (2011), lead role Mikael Blomkvist in the Creator/DavidFincher adaption of ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo'', Mr. Sakharine / Red Rackham in the [[DreamTeam Dream Production Team]] motion capture film adaption of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin'' and DeepSouth DemolitionsExpert Joe Bang in ''Film/LoganLucky''.

Cast in the role for the 2006 reboot of the franchise in ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'', he reprised the role in 2008's ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', 2012's ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', 2015's ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' and an allegedly final Bond film in 2019 (13 years since his debut, dethroning Creator/RogerMoore as the longest-serving Bond actor, whose tenure lasted 12 years). He was also used as the design base and voice of Bond in ''VideoGame/BloodStone'', the ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' tie-in video game, and the remake of the ''[[VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 GoldenEye 007]]'' game for the Wii. He also escorted none other than UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen in a short film for the London Olympics opening ceremony.

Daniel Wroughton Craig (born in Chester on 2 March 1968) is a British actor. Craig's career has included appearances in the classic MiniSeries ''Series/OurFriendsInTheNorth'' and ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'', and movies such as ''Film/{{Elizabeth}}'' and ''Film/LayerCake'', but he's now going to be known for one role:

* BadassBaritone: Very deep and smooth, quite suitable for the role of 007.

Cast in the role for the 2006 reboot of the franchise in ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'', he reprised the role in 2008's ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', 2012's ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', 2015's ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' and an allegedly final Bond film in 2019 . He was also used as the design base and voice of Bond in ''VideoGame/BloodStone'', the ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' tie-in video game, and the remake of the ''[[VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 GoldenEye 007]]'' game for the Wii. He also escorted none other than UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen in a short film for the London Olympics opening ceremony.

Despite being known primarily for Bond, Craig has had major roles in a number of other big budget films, including: Angelina Jolie's love interest / rival in ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider'' (2001), Irish mobster Conner Rooney in ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' (2002), Afrikaner Mossad team member Steve in the [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Spielberg]] directed ''Film/{{Munich}}'' (2005), Lord Asriel in the [[Film/TheGoldenCompass film adaptation]] of ''[[Literature/HisDarkMaterials The Golden Compass]]'' (2007), Dr. Ben Driscoll in ''Film/TheInvasion'' (2007), Jewish resistance leader Tuvia Bielski in ''Film/{{Defiance}}'' (2008), and protagonist Jake Lonergan of ''Film/CowboysAndAliens'' (2011), lead role Mikael Blomkvist in the Creator/DavidFincher adaption of ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo'', Mr. Sakharine / Red Rackham in the [[DreamTeam Dream Production Team]] motion capture film adaption of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin'' and DeepSouth safecracker Joe Bang in ''Film/LoganLucky''.

Daniel Wroughton Craig (born in Chester on 2 March 1968) is a British actor. Craig's career has included appearances in the classic MiniSeries ''Series/OurFriendsInTheNorth'', ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'', ''Film/{{Elizabeth}}'' and ''Film/LayerCake'', but he's now going to be known for one role:

Cast in the role for the 2006 reboot of the franchise in ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'', he reprised the role in 2008's ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', 2012's ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' (which is incidentally the 50th anniversary year of the first Bond film, ''Film/DrNo''), 2015's ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' and an allegedly final Bond film in 2019 . He was also used as the design base and voice of Bond in ''VideoGame/BloodStone'', the ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' tie-in video game, and the remake of the ''[[VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 GoldenEye 007]]'' game for the Wii. He also escorted none other than UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen in a short film for the London Olympics opening ceremony.

Cast in the role for the 2006 reboot of the franchise in ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'', he reprised the role in 2008's ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', 2012's ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' (which is incidentally the 50th anniversary year of the first Bond film, ''Film/DrNo''), and 2015's ''Film/{{Spectre}}''. He was also used as the design base and voice of Bond in ''VideoGame/BloodStone'', the ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' tie-in video game, and the remake of the ''[[VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 GoldenEye 007]]'' game for the Wii. He also escorted none other than UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen in a short film for the London Olympics opening ceremony.

!! Tropes:

* DoingItForTheArt: [[invoked]] Not to the level of Tom Cruise, but Craig doesn't mind doing some particularly dangerous stunts, case in point being the ''Skyfall'' train brawl.

* OneOfUs: [[invoked]] Self-described "{{Trekkie}}", "Browncoat," and "Whovian." He'd love to film a scene of [[WMG/TimeLord Bond regenerating]]. He even cameoed in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''! He also loves video games such as ''Halo'' and ''Guitar Hero'', to name a couple of examples.
* UncreditedRole: He has a brief uncredited cameo in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''.

* OneOfUs: [[invoked]] Self-described "{{Trekkie}}", "Browncoat," and "Whovian." He'd love to film a scene of [[WMG/TimeLord Bond regenerating]]. He even cameod in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''! He also loves video games such as ''Halo'' and ''Guitar Hero'', to name a couple of examples.

Despite being known primarily for Bond, Craig has had major roles in a number of other big budget films, including: Angelina Jolie's love interest / rival in ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider'' (2001), Irish mobster Conner Rooney in ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' (2002), Afrikaner Mossad team member Steve in the [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Spielberg]] directed ''Film/{{Munich}}'' (2005), Lord Asriel in the [[Film/TheGoldenCompass film adaptation]] of ''[[Literature/HisDarkMaterials The Golden Compass]]'' (2007), Dr. Ben Driscoll in ''Film/TheInvasion'' (2007), Jewish resistance leader Tuvia Bielski in ''Film/{{Defiance}}'' (2008), and protagonist Jake Lonergan of ''Film/CowboysAndAliens'' (2011), lead role Mikael Blomkvist in the Creator/DavidFincher adaption of ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo'', Mr. Sakharine / Red Rackham in the [[DreamTeam Dream Production Team]] motion capture film adaption of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin'' and DeepSouth safecracker in ''Film/LoganLucky''.

Despite being known primarily for Bond, Craig has had major roles in a number of other big budget films, including: Angelina Jolie's love interest / rival in ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider'' (2001), Irish mobster Conner Rooney in ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' (2002), Afrikaner Mossad team member Steve in the [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Spielberg]] directed ''Film/{{Munich}}'' (2005), Lord Asriel in the [[Film/TheGoldenCompass film adaptation]] of ''[[Literature/HisDarkMaterials The Golden Compass]]'' (2007), Dr. Ben Driscoll in ''Film/TheInvasion'' (2007), Jewish resistance leader Tuvia Bielski in ''Film/{{Defiance}}'' (2008), and protagonist Jake Lonergan of ''Film/CowboysAndAliens'' (2011), lead role Mikael Blomkvist in the Creator/DavidFincher adaption of ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo'', and Mr. Sakharine / Red Rackham in the [[DreamTeam Dream Production Team]] motion capture film adaption of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin''.

'''Daniel Wroughton Craig''' (born in Chester on 2 March 1968) is a British actor. Craig's career has included appearances in the classic MiniSeries ''Series/OurFriendsInTheNorth'', ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'', ''Film/{{Elizabeth}}'' and ''Film/LayerCake'', but he's now going to be known for one role:

* OneOfUs: [[invoked]] Self-described "{{Trekkie}}", "Browncoat," and "Whovian." He'd love to film a scene of [[WMG/TimeLord Bond regenerating]]. He even cameo'd in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''! He also loves video games such as ''Halo'' and ''Guitar Hero'', to name a couple of examples.

* OneOfUs: [[invoked]] Self-described "{{Trekkie}}", "Browncoat," and "Whovian." He'd love to film a scene of [[WMG/TimeLord Bond regenerating]]. [[spoiler: He even cameo'd as a First Order Stormtrooper in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''!]] He also loves video games such as ''Halo'' and ''Guitar Hero'', to name a couple of examples.

Despite being known primarily for Bond, Craig has had major roles in a number of other big budget films, including: Angelina Jolie's love interest / rival in ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider'' (2001), Irish mobster Conner Rooney in ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' (2002), Afrikaner Mossad team member Steve in the [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Spielberg]] directed ''Film/{{Munich}}'' (2005), Lord Asriel in the [[Film/TheGoldenCompass film adaptation]] of ''[[Literature/HisDarkMaterials The Golden Compass]]'' (2007), Jewish resistance leader Tuvia Bielski in ''Film/{{Defiance}}'' (2008), and protagonist Jake Lonergan of ''Film/CowboysAndAliens'' (2011), lead role Mikael Blomkvist in the Creator/DavidFincher adaption of ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo'', and Mr. Sakharine / Red Rackham in the [[DreamTeam Dream Production Team]] motion capture film adaption of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin''.

He also has had a long and healthy career as a stage actor, including playing Joe at in the Royal National Theatre's production of ''Theatre/AngelsInAmerica'' in addition to starring in Broadway productions of ''A Steady Rain'' (opposite Creator/HughJackman) and Harold Pinter’s ''Betrayal''. He will soon return to the stage for an off Broadway production of ''Othello'', playing Iago opposite David Oyelowo as the title character.

Despite being known primarily for Bond, Craig has had major roles in a number of other big budget films, including: Angelina Jolie's love interest / rival in ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider'' (2001), Irish mobster Conner Rooney in ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' (2002), Afrikaner Mossad team member Steve in the [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Spielberg]] directed ''Film/{{Munich}}'' (2005), Lord Asriel in the [[Film/TheGoldenCompass film adaptation]] of ''[[Literature/HisDarkMaterials The Golden Compass]]'' (2007), Jewish resistance leader Tuvia in ''Film/{{Defiance}}'' (2008), and protagonist Jake Lonergan of ''Film/CowboysAndAliens'' (2011), lead role Mikael Blomkvist in the Creator/DavidFincher adaption of ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo'', and Mr. Sakharine / Red Rackham in the [[DreamTeam Dream Production Team]] motion capture film adaption of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin''.

'''Daniel Wroughton Craig''' (born in Chester on 2 March 1968) is a British actor. Craig's career has included appearances in the classic MiniSeries ''Series/OurFriendsInTheNorth'' (alongside Creator/ChristopherEccleston), ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'', ''Elizabeth'' and ''Film/LayerCake'', but he's now going to be known for one role:

[[caption-width-right:246:''[[TheNameIsBondJamesBond "The name's Craig. Daniel Craig."'']]]]

[[caption-width-right:246: "[[TheNameIsBondJamesBond The name's Craig. Daniel Craig.]]"]]

On an unrelated sidenote, he has been said to resemble UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}n President UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin, and more bizarrely, Deborah Meaden from DragonsDen. On a further unrelated sidenote, it's been shown as canon that he is [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy and Faith's]] fantasy guy.