Daniel Wroughton Craig (born 2 March 1968) is an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actor and film producer. His early film roles included
The Power of OneThe Power of One is a 1992 drama film based on the 1989 novel of the same name by Bryce Courtenay. Set in South Africa during the 1930s and 1940s, the film centers on the life of P.K., a young English boy raised during an apartheid era, and his relationship with a German pianist and a boxing coach....
,
A Kid in King Arthur's CourtA Kid in King Arthur's Court is a 1995 film directed by Michael Gottlieb, produced by Trimark Pictures, and released by Walt Disney Studio Entertainment...
and the television episodes
Sharpe's EagleSharpe's Eagle is the second in the series of Sharpe television dramas, based on the novel of the same name. Shown on ITV in 1993, the adaptation stars Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley and Assumpta Serna.-Plot summary:...
,
ZorroZorro was an early 1990s television series featuring Duncan Regehr playing the character of Zorro. Regehr portrayed him for 88 episodes on The Family Channel from 1990 to 1993...
and
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Daredevils of the DesertThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is an American television series that ran from 1992 to 1996. The series explores the childhood and youth of the fictional character Indiana Jones...
. He went on to star in his breakthrough performances
Layer CakeLayer Cake is a 2004 British gangster thriller, directed by Matthew Vaughn. It is based on the novel Layer Cake by J. J. Connolly.The title refers to the human social strata, especially in the British crime underworld, as well as the numerous plot layers in the film.-Plot:The film centers on a...
,
Road to PerditionRoad to Perdition is a period drama directed by Sam Mendes. The screenplay was adapted by David Self, from the graphic novel of the same name by Max Allan Collins. The film stars Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Tyler Hoechlin and Daniel Craig....
,
The Golden Compass and
Lara Croft: Tomb RaiderLara Croft: Tomb Raider is a film adaptation of the Tomb Raider video game series. Directed by Simon West and starring Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, it was released in U.S. theaters on June 15, 2001....
.
Craig became a household name when he was cast as the sixth actor to portray the fictional
secret agentSecret Agent is a 1936 British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on two stories in Ashenden: Or the British Agent by W. Somerset Maugham. The film starred John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll and Robert Young...
James BondCommander James Bond, CMG, RNVR is a fictional character created by novelist Ian Fleming in 1952. He is the protagonist of the James Bond series of novels, films, comics and video games. He is portrayed as an SIS agent residing in London...
in the long-running
Eon ProductionsEON Productions is a film production company known for producing the James Bond film series. The company is based in London's Piccadilly and also operates from Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom...
film series. He made his début as the character in the 2006 film,
Casino RoyaleCasino Royale is the twenty-first film in the James Bond series; it was directed by Martin Campbell and the first to star Daniel Craig as MI6 agent James Bond. Based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, it was adapted by screenwriters Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and Paul Haggis...
, to critical acclaim, and was nominated for a
BAFTAThe British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation...
award.
Early life
Craig was born at 41 Liverpool Road,
ChesterChester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
, the son of Olivia (
néeA married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
Williams), an art teacher, and Timothy John Wroughton Craig, who was the landlord of the pubs "Ring 'O Bells" and "The Boot Inn" and served as a
midshipmanA midshipman is an officer cadet, or alternatively a commissioned officer of the lowest rank, in the Royal Navy, United States Navy, and many Commonwealth navies.The word derives from the area aboard a ship, amidships, where these officers were berthed...
in the Merchant Navy. Craig was brought up in Liverpool and on the
WirralWirral or the Wirral is a peninsula in North West England. It is bounded to the west by the River Dee, which forms the boundary with Wales, and to the east by the River Mersey. Both terms "Wirral" and "the Wirral" are used locally , although the merits of each form are the subject of local...
, Merseyside. He began acting in school plays at age six. Craig moved to
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
when he was sixteen to join the
National Youth TheatreThe National Youth Theatre is a registered charity, committed to creative, personal and social development of young people through the medium of creative arts...
after a brief stay at Caldy. He and his older sister, Lea, attended
Hilbre High SchoolHilbre High School is an all-ability, co-educational secondary school located in West Kirby, on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. The school holds Specialist Humanities College status and is administered by the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral....
and
Calday Grange Grammar SchoolCalday Grange Grammar School is a non-denominational selective grammar school, founded in 1636, situated on Caldy Hill above the town of West Kirby on the Wirral . The school admits boys from the ages of 11 through to 18, and girls for the sixth form only...
in
West KirbyWest Kirby is a town on the north-west corner of the coast of the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England, at the mouth of the River Dee across from the Point of Ayr in North Wales. To the north-east of the town lies Hoylake, with the suburbs of Grange and Newton to the east, and the village of Caldy...
. He played for Hoylake Rugby Club. He attended the
Guildhall School of Music and DramaGuildhall School of Music and Drama is an independent music and dramatic arts school which was founded in 1880 in London, England. Students can pursue courses in Music, Opera, Drama, Stage Management and Technical Theatre-History:...
at the Barbican and graduated in 1991 after three years of study under
Colin McCormackColin McCormack was a professional British actor who enjoyed considerable success in classical stage performances and television shows over a career approaching fifty years from his debut as a child actor in a BBC TV's Dixon of Dock Green episode, a show he returned to twenty years later when he...
.
Breakthrough
An early television role was as 'Geordie' in the BBC's 1996 drama 'Our Friends in the North', with early film roles being as
Angelina JolieAngelina Jolie is an American actress and Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. She has received three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and an Academy Award. Jolie has promoted humanitarian causes throughout the world, and is noted for her work with refugees through...
's rival and love interest in
Lara Croft: Tomb RaiderLara Croft: Tomb Raider is a film adaptation of the Tomb Raider video game series. Directed by Simon West and starring Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, it was released in U.S. theaters on June 15, 2001....
(2001), before appearing in
Sam Mendes'sSamuel Alexander "Sam" Mendes CBE is an English stage, film and commercial director at RSA US. He is known for his 1998 production of Cabaret, starring Alan Cumming, and his debut film, American Beauty, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director.-Early years:Mendes was born in Reading,...
movie
Road to PerditionRoad to Perdition is a period drama directed by Sam Mendes. The screenplay was adapted by David Self, from the graphic novel of the same name by Max Allan Collins. The film stars Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Tyler Hoechlin and Daniel Craig....
(2002), with
Tom HanksThomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title role in Forrest Gump, Commander James...
and
Paul NewmanPaul Leonard Newman was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and auto racing enthusiast...
. Other leading film roles include
Sword of HonourThe Sword of Honour trilogy by Evelyn Waugh is his look at the Second World War. It consists of three novels, Men at Arms , Officers and Gentlemen and Unconditional Surrender , which loosely parallel his war time experiences...
(2001),
The MotherThe Mother is a 2003 British film directed by Roger Michell.-Plot:May is an ordinary grandmother from Northern England. When her husband dies on a family visit to London, she recedes into the background of her busy, metropolitan children's lives...
(2003) with
Anne ReidAnne Reid is BAFTA Award-nominated English film and television actress from Newcastle upon Tyne, best known for her roles as Valerie Tatlock in Coronation Street and Jean in Dinnerladies.-Val Barlow:...
,
SylviaSylvia is a 2003 British motion picture that tells a biographical story of the romance between Sylvia Plath, a prominent American poet and her husband Ted Hughes, an English poet...
(2003) with
Gwyneth PaltrowGwyneth Kate Paltrow is an American actress.The daughter of Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner, Paltrow dropped out of her university to follow an acting career. She began her career in theatre in 1990, and made her film debut the following year...
,
Layer CakeLayer Cake is a 2004 British gangster thriller, directed by Matthew Vaughn. It is based on the novel Layer Cake by J. J. Connolly.The title refers to the human social strata, especially in the British crime underworld, as well as the numerous plot layers in the film.-Plot:The film centers on a...
(2004) with
Sienna MillerSienna Rose Miller is an American-born English actress, model, and fashion designer, best known for her roles in G.I. Joe, Alfie, and Factory Girl.-Early life:...
,
Enduring Love (2004) with
Rhys IfansRhys Ifans is a Welsh actor.-Early life:Ifans was born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, the son of Beti Wyn, a nursery school teacher at Ysgol Pentrecelyn, and Eurwyn Evans, a primary school teacher...
,
Steven Spielberg'sSteven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. In a career of over four decades, Spielberg's films have touched on many themes and genres. Spielberg's early sci-fi and adventure films, sometimes centering on children, were seen as an archetype of modern...
MunichMunich is a 2005 historical fiction film about the Israeli government's secret retaliation after the 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli Olympic athletes by Black September terrorists. The film stars Eric Bana and was co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg...
(2005) with
Eric BanaEric Bana is an Australian film and television actor. He began his career as a comedian in the sketch comedy series Full Frontal before gaining critical recognition in the biopic Chopper...
,
InfamousInfamous is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Douglas McGrath. The screenplay, based on the 1997 book Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career by George Plimpton, covers the period from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s...
(2006), and
The Golden Compass (2007). He recently starred in
DefianceDefiance is a war film directed by Edward Zwick, set in the western part of the Nazi occupied Belarusian SSR.The film is an adaptation of Nechama Tec's Defiance: The Bielski Partisans, which tells how the region was in Poland to 1939 and was seized by the Soviet Union in accordance with the...
.
James Bond (2005-Present)
On 23 October 2005, Craig signed a five-film contract with
EON ProductionsEON Productions is a film production company known for producing the James Bond film series. The company is based in London's Piccadilly and also operates from Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom...
to portray
James BondJames Bond 007 is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. The character has also been used in the longest running and most financially successful English language film franchise to date, starting in 1962 with Dr...
. He stated that he "was aware of the challenges" of the James Bond franchise which he considers "a big machine" that "makes a lot of money". He aimed at bringing more "emotional depth" to the character. Being born in 1968, Craig is the first actor to portray
James BondJames Bond 007 is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. The character has also been used in the longest running and most financially successful English language film franchise to date, starting in 1962 with Dr...
to be born after the Bond series already started, and
Ian FlemingIan Lancaster Fleming was a British author and journalist. Fleming is best remembered for creating the character of James Bond and chronicling Bond's adventures in twelve novels and nine short stories...
, the novels' writer, had died.
Although the choice of Craig was controversial, numerous actors publicly voiced their support. Most notably, four of the five actors who had previously portrayed Bond —
Pierce BrosnanPierce Brendan Brosnan is an Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist, who holds both Irish and American citizenship. After leaving school at 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration, but trained at the Drama Centre in London for three years...
,
Timothy DaltonTimothy Peter Dalton is a Welsh born English actor. He is best known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill , as well as Rhett Butler in the television miniseries "Scarlett" , an original sequel to Gone with the Wind...
,
Sean ConnerySir Thomas Sean Connery , best known as Sean Connery, is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA Award winning Scottish actor and producer....
, and
Roger MooreSir Roger George Moore KBE is a English actor and film producer. He is perhaps best known for portraying two British action heroes, Simon Templar in the television series The Saint from 1962 to 1969, and James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985.-Early life:Moore was born in Stockwell, London...
— called his casting a good decision.
Clive OwenClive Owen is an English actor and has been working for nearly two and a half decades. He won a Golden Globe, BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for his appearance in the 2004 film, Closer.- Early life :...
, who had been linked to the role, also spoke in defence of Craig.
The first film,
Casino RoyaleCasino Royale is the twenty-first film in the James Bond series; it was directed by Martin Campbell and the first to star Daniel Craig as MI6 agent James Bond. Based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, it was adapted by screenwriters Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and Paul Haggis...
, premièred on 14 November 2006, and grossed a total of US$594,239,066, which makes the film the 2nd highest grossing Bond film.
After the film was released, Craig's performance was highly acclaimed. Critic Paul Arendt of BBC Films, Kim NewmanKim Newman is an English journalist, film critic, and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction—both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's Dracula at the age of eleven—and alternate fictional versions of history...
of EmpireEmpire is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer Consumer Media. From the first issue in July 1989, the magazine was edited by Barry McIlheney and published by Emap. Bauer purchased Emap Consumer Media in early 2008...
and Todd CartyTodd Carty Todd Carty Todd Carty (born 31 August 1963, North London to Irish parents, is a British actor and director, who has grown up on television screens in a variety of roles...
of VarietyVariety is a weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the Daily...
all described Craig as the first actor to truly embody the original James Bond from
Ian FlemingIan Lancaster Fleming was a British author and journalist. Fleming is best remembered for creating the character of James Bond and chronicling Bond's adventures in twelve novels and nine short stories...
's novels: "ironic, brutal, and cold". He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor on January 2006, and won the Best Actor award at the
Evening Standard British Film AwardsThe Evening Standard British Film Awards were established in 1973 by the British London area evening newspaper Evening Standard. The Standard Awards is the only ceremony "dedicated to British and Irish talent," judged by a panel of "top UK critics." Each ceremony honors films from the previous...
on 2 February 2007, both firsts for an actor in the role of James Bond.
A widely circulated report on several news channels and newspapers claimed that Craig had lost two teeth filming a fight scene; Craig later said it was just a crown that had come loose. Producer
Barbara BroccoliBarbara Dana Broccoli OBE is the daughter of the famous James Bond producer Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli...
also denied other rumours in an interview with
VarietyVariety is a weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the Daily...
.
As production of Casino RoyaleCasino Royale is the twenty-first film in the James Bond series; it was directed by Martin Campbell and the first to star Daniel Craig as MI6 agent James Bond. Based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, it was adapted by screenwriters Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and Paul Haggis...
reached its conclusion, producers Michael G. WilsonMichael Gregg Wilson OBE is producer and screenwriter of James Bond movies. He is the stepson of the late James Bond producer Albert R. Broccoli and half brother to current James Bond co-producer, Barbara Broccoli. Actor Lewis Wilson is his father....
and Barbara BroccoliBarbara Dana Broccoli OBE is the daughter of the famous James Bond producer Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli...
announced that pre-production work had already begun on the 22nd Bond film. After several months of speculation as to the release date, Wilson and Broccoli officially announced on 20 July 2006 that the follow-up film, Quantum of Solace
, was to be released on 7 November 2008 and that Craig plays Bond with an option for a third film. On 25 October 2007, MGM CEO Harry Sloan revealed at the Forbes Meet II Conference that Craig had signed on for four more Bond films, through to Bond 25
.
In 2006, Craig was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures....
.
On 12 June 2008, Craig sliced the top of one of his fingers off while filming Quantum of Solace. The accident was the latest in a string of incidents surrounding the shoot, including a fire at one of the sets in
Pinewood StudiosPinewood Studios is a major British film studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. Approximately west of Central London on what was the estate of Heatherden Hall, the studios were created in 1934 by Charles Boot and built within 12 months by the Henry Boot Company of Sheffield. Boot drew his...
, UK; a car crash that left the stunt driver in a serious condition; and an
Aston MartinAston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Clinton in BuckinghamshireFrom 1994 until 2007...
skidding off the roads in heavy rains while being transported to the set in northern Italy and plunging into Lake Garda.
Craig describes his portrayal of Bond as an antihero: “The question I keep asking myself while playing the role is, ‘Am I the good guy or just a bad guy who works for the good side?’ Bond’s role, after all, is that of an assassin when you come down to it. I have never played a role in which someone’s dark side shouldn’t be explored. I don’t think it should be confusing by the end of the movie, but during the movie you should be questioning who he is.” Craig also states that his favourite previous Bond actor was Sean Connery, but says, "I'd never copy somebody else. I would never do an impression of anybody else or try and improve on what they did. That would be a pointless exercise for me".
Other projects
In 1999 Daniel starred as Richard in a TV drama called Shockers: The Visitor
. In 2007, Craig moved on to portraying the character of Lord AsrielLord Asriel is a major character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series.Asriel is a member of the English aristocracy in a parallel universe dominated by the Church...
in The Golden Compass
, the film adaptation of Philip Pullman'sPhilip Pullman CBE is an English writer. He is the best-selling author of His Dark Materials , and a number of other books.- Biography :...
novel. Eva GreenEva Gaëlle Green is a French actress, raised in Paris and living partly in London. She has been noted by Vogue for her "killer looks, intelligence and modesty", and described by The Independent as "gothic, quirky, and sexy"....
, who played Bond girlA Bond girl is a character or actress portraying a love interest of James Bond in a film, novel, or video game. They occasionally have names that are double entendres, such as "Pussy Galore," "Mary Goodnight," "Plenty O'Toole," "May Day," "Xenia Onatopp," and "Holly Goodhead."Bond Girls are often...
Vesper LyndVesper Lynd is a fictional character of Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Casino Royale. It has been claimed that Fleming based Lynd on Christine Granville/Krystyna Skarbek. In the 1967 film of Casino Royale she is played by Ursula Andress...
in Casino Royale
, also starred in the film, although she did not appear in any scenes with Craig. In a stage version of the book, Asriel had previously been played by Timothy DaltonTimothy Peter Dalton is a Welsh born English actor. He is best known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill , as well as Rhett Butler in the television miniseries "Scarlett" , an original sequel to Gone with the Wind...
, one of Craig's predecessors in the role of James Bond.
In early 2001, Craig expressed an interest in being a part of the Star TrekStar Trek is an American science fiction entertainment series.The original Star Trek was an American television series, created by Gene Roddenberry, which debuted in 1966 and ran for three seasons, following the interstellar adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Federation...
franchise, professing his love of the series to the World Entertainment News Network and a desire to have a "stint in the TV show or a film. It's been a secret ambition of mine for years." On 16 March 2007, Craig made a cameo appearance as himself in a sketch with Catherine TateCatherine Tate, born 12 May 1968 as Catherine Ford, is an English actress, writer and comedienne. She has won numerous awards for her work on the sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show as well as being nominated for an International Emmy Award and four BAFTA Awards...
who appeared in the guise of her character Elaine Figgis from The Catherine Tate ShowThe Catherine Tate Show is an award-winning British television sketch comedy written by Catherine Tate who stars in all of the show's sketches, which feature a wide range of characters. The Catherine Tate Show airs on BBC Two and is shown worldwide through the BBC...
. The sketch was made for the BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation, usually referred to by its abbreviation as the "BBC", is the longest established and largest broadcaster in the world...
Red Nose Day 2007 fundraising program.
In 2008's DefianceDefiance is a war film directed by Edward Zwick, set in the western part of the Nazi occupied Belarusian SSR.The film is an adaptation of Nechama Tec's Defiance: The Bielski Partisans, which tells how the region was in Poland to 1939 and was seized by the Soviet Union in accordance with the...
, he played Tuvia Bielski, a Jewish resistance fighter in the woods of Belarus during World War II who saved 1,200 people.
The shot in Casino RoyaleCasino Royale is the twenty-first film in the James Bond series; it was directed by Martin Campbell and the first to star Daniel Craig as MI6 agent James Bond. Based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, it was adapted by screenwriters Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and Paul Haggis...
of Craig sporting swimming trunksThe square cut or square leg style suit is a form-fitting male swimsuit used as a slightly more conservative style than swim briefs for water polo and diving, or for recreational wear. Like swim briefs, they are made of a nylon and spandex blend. They typically sit low on the waist and high on the...
, has often topped many sexiest male celebrity polls, and in 2009 Del Monte FoodsDel Monte Foods is an American food production and distribution company based in San Francisco, California.It offers canned goods in Del Monte, S&W and Contadina brands, pet foods under Kibbles n' Bits, 9Lives, Pounce, Milk-Bone and several premium brands.-History:In the 1870s and '80s, California...
launched an ice popAn ice pop is a frozen water-based dessert on a stick. It is made by freezing coloured, flavoured liquid around a stick. Once the liquid freezes solid, the stick can be used as a handle to hold the ice pop. In Ireland the term "ice pop" is used, but it is usually called a lolly ice...
molded to resemble Craig emerging from the sea.
Craig is co-starring with Hugh JackmanHugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor and producer who is involved in film, musical theatre and television. He has won international recognition for his roles in major films, notably as action/superhero, period and romance characters...
on BroadwayBroadway Theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, is the theatre associated with the 40 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City...
at the Schoenfeld Theatre in a limited engagement of the play A Steady RainA Steady Rain is a play by Keith Huff. With a plot similar to a real-life event involving Jeffrey Dahmer, it focuses on two Chicago policemen who inadvertently return a Vietnamese boy to a cannibalistic serial killer who claims to be the child's uncle...
, opening in previews on September 10, 2009 and closing on December 6, 2009.
Personal life
In 1992, Craig married Scottish actress Fiona Loudon, with whom he has a daughter, Ella. However, the marriage ended in a divorce in 1994. After his divorce he was in a seven-year relationship with German actress
Heike Makatsch- Early life :Makatsch was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, the daughter of former German national ice hockey team goaltender Rainer Makatsch. She spent several months in New Mexico in 1988 in an effort to improve her English, and later studied politics and sociology at the University of Düsseldorf for...
and is currently in a relationship with film producer Satsuki Mitchell.
In October 2008, Craig paid £4 million for an apartment close to
Regent's ParkRegent's Park is one of the Royal Parks of London. It is in the northern part of central London partly in the City of Westminster and partly in the London Borough of Camden.It contains Regent's College and the London Zoo....
, London.
Craig supported Democratic presidential candidate
Barack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office, as well as the first president born in Hawaii...
in the 2008 presidential election.
Filmography
| Year |
Film |
Role |
Notes |
| 1992 |
The Power of OneThe Power of one is a novel by Bryce Courtenay, first published in 1989. Set in South Africa during the 1930s and 1940s, it tells the story of an Anglo-African boy who, through the course of the story, acquires the nickname of Peekay. The Power of one is a novel by Bryce Courtenay, first published...
|
Sgt. Botha, a.k.a. The Judge |
|
| 1993 |
ZorroZorro was an early 1990s television series featuring Duncan Regehr playing the character of Zorro. Regehr portrayed him for 88 episodes on The Family Channel from 1990 to 1993...
|
Lt Hidalgo |
Two episodes of a US TV series filmed in Madrid. |
| 1993 |
Sharpe's Eagle Sharpe's Eagle is the second in the series of Sharpe television dramas, based on the novel of the same name. Shown on ITV in 1993, the adaptation stars Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley and Assumpta Serna.-Plot summary:...
|
Lt. Berry |
Television drama |
| 1995 |
A Kid in King Arthur's Court A Kid in King Arthur's Court is a 1995 film directed by Michael Gottlieb, produced by Trimark Pictures, and released by Walt Disney Studio Entertainment...
|
Master Kane |
|
| 1996 |
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders |
James "Jemmy" Seagrave |
Television drama |
Our Friends in the NorthOur Friends in the North is a British television drama serial, produced by the BBC and originally broadcast in nine episodes on BBC2 in early 1996...
|
George "Geordie" Peacock |
Television drama |
| 1997 |
Obsession – Besessene Seelen |
John McHale |
|
| The Ice House |
D.S. Andy McLoughlin |
TV Mystery/Drama from the novel by Minette Walters |
| 1998 |
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon is a 1998 film made for television by the British Broadcasting Corporation . It was written and directed by John Maybury and stars Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, and Tilda Swinton....
|
George Dyer |
|
| Love and Rage Love and Rage is a 1998 Irish-German drama film directed by Cathal Black and starring Greta Scacchi, Daniel Craig and Stephen Dillane....
|
James Lynchehaun |
|
ElizabethElizabeth is a 1998 film loosely based on the early reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. The film was written by Michael Hirst and directed by Shekhar Kapur. It stars Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Christopher Eccleston, and Richard Attenborough. It was the final film of acclaimed...
|
John Ballard John Ballard was an English Jesuit priest executed for being involved in an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England in the Ridolfi Plot.Ballard was educated at Caius College, Cambridge and at the English College at Rheims...
|
|
| 1999 |
The Trench The Trench is a 1999 film directed by William Boyd that portrays a group of young British soldiers on the eve of the Battle of the Somme in the last 48 hours.-Sypnosis:...
|
Sgt. Telford Winter |
|
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert |
Schiller |
|
| 2000 |
Some Voices Some Voices is a British 2000 film directed by Simon Cellan-Jones and adapted for the screen by Joe Penhall, from his own stage play . It is the first feature film by Cellan-Jones, a renowned TV director respected for his work on the BAFTA-winning Our Friends in the North...
|
Ray |
|
| Hotel Splendide Hotel Splendide is a 2000 independent dark comedy film, written and directed by Terence Gross and starring Toni Collette and Daniel Craig. The film appeared in a number of British and European film festivals but was not released in the US...
|
Ronald Blanche |
|
| I Dreamed of Africa I Dreamed of Africa is a 2000 film starring Kim Basinger, Vincent Perez, Eve Marie Saint, Garrett Strommen, Liam Aiken and Shannon Esra. It is based on the autobiography of Kuki Gallmann, an Italian writer who moved to Kenya and became involved in conservation work...
|
Declan Fielding |
|
| 2001 |
Lara Croft: Tomb RaiderLara Croft: Tomb Raider is a film adaptation of the Tomb Raider video game series. Directed by Simon West and starring Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, it was released in U.S. theaters on June 15, 2001....
|
Alex West |
|
| Sword of Honour The Sword of Honour trilogy by Evelyn Waugh is his look at the Second World War. It consists of three novels, Men at Arms , Officers and Gentlemen and Unconditional Surrender , which loosely parallel his war time experiences...
|
Guy Crouchback |
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| 2002 |
Copenhagen Copenhagen is a play by Michael Frayn, based around an event that occurred in Copenhagen in 1941, a meeting between the physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg. It debuted in London in 1998. Within the National Theatre in London, it ran for more than 300 performances, starring David Burke ,...
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Werner HeisenbergWerner Heisenberg was a German theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to quantum mechanics and is best known for asserting the uncertainty principle of quantum theory...
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Television drama, stage adaptation |
| Ten Minutes Older: The Cello |
Cecil |
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Road to PerditionRoad to Perdition is a period drama directed by Sam Mendes. The screenplay was adapted by David Self, from the graphic novel of the same name by Max Allan Collins. The film stars Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Tyler Hoechlin and Daniel Craig....
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Connor Rooney |
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| 2003 |
SylviaSylvia is a 2003 British motion picture that tells a biographical story of the romance between Sylvia Plath, a prominent American poet and her husband Ted Hughes, an English poet...
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Ted HughesEdward James Hughes OM was an English poet and children's writer, known as Ted Hughes. Critics routinely rank him as one of the best poets of his generation. Hughes was British Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death.Hughes was married to the American poet Sylvia Plath, from 1956 through 1962...
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| The Mother The Mother is a 2003 British film directed by Roger Michell.-Plot:May is an ordinary grandmother from Northern England. When her husband dies on a family visit to London, she recedes into the background of her busy, metropolitan children's lives...
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Darren |
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| 2004 |
Layer CakeLayer Cake is a 2004 British gangster thriller, directed by Matthew Vaughn. It is based on the novel Layer Cake by J. J. Connolly.The title refers to the human social strata, especially in the British crime underworld, as well as the numerous plot layers in the film.-Plot:The film centers on a...
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XXXX |
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| Enduring Love |
Joe |
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| 2005 |
Munich Munich is a 2005 historical fiction film about the Israeli government's secret retaliation after the 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli Olympic athletes by Black September terrorists. The film stars Eric Bana and was co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg...
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Steve |
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| Archangel |
Christopher Kelso |
Television drama |
| Fateless Fateless is a film directed by Lajos Koltai, released in 2005. It was based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same title by the Nobel Prize winner author Imre Kertész, who also wrote the screenplay...
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American Soldier |
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| The Jacket The Jacket is a 2005 psychological thriller, directed by John Maybury partly based on the Jack London novel, The Star Rover. Massy Tadjedin wrote the screenplay based on a story by Tom Bleecker and Marc Rocco...
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Rudy Mackenzie |
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| 2006 |
Casino RoyaleCasino Royale is the twenty-first film in the James Bond series; it was directed by Martin Campbell and the first to star Daniel Craig as MI6 agent James Bond. Based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, it was adapted by screenwriters Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and Paul Haggis...
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James BondCommander James Bond, CMG, RNVR is a fictional character created by novelist Ian Fleming in 1952. He is the protagonist of the James Bond series of novels, films, comics and video games. He is portrayed as an SIS agent residing in London...
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Nominated: BAFTA Award for Best Actor (EON Productions EON Productions is a film production company known for producing the James Bond film series. The company is based in London's Piccadilly and also operates from Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom...
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RenaissanceRenaissance is a 2006 animated cyberpunk/science fiction detective film by French director Christian Volckman. It was co-produced in France, United Kingdom and Luxembourg and released on 15 March 2006 in France and 28 July 2006 in the UK by Miramax Films...
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Barthélémy Karas |
Voice role |
| Infamous Infamous is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Douglas McGrath. The screenplay, based on the 1997 book Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career by George Plimpton, covers the period from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s...
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Perry Smith Perry Edward Smith was one of two ex-convicts who murdered four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, United States on November 15, 1959, a crime made famous by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood.-Family and early life:Perry Edward Smith was born in Huntington,...
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The Golden Compass |
Lord AsrielLord Asriel is a major character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series.Asriel is a member of the English aristocracy in a parallel universe dominated by the Church...
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| The Invasion The Invasion is a 2007 science fiction and horror thriller film starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. The screenplay was written by Dave Kajganich, and it is the fourth film adaptation of the 1955 novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney, following the 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers...
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Ben Driscoll |
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| 2008 |
Flashbacks of a Fool Flashbacks of a Fool is a 2008 British drama film about a Hollywood actor who reflects upon his life following the death of his best friend...
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Joe Scot |
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| Quantum of Solace |
James Bond |
(EON Productions EON Productions is a film production company known for producing the James Bond film series. The company is based in London's Piccadilly and also operates from Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom...
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| Defiance Defiance is a war film directed by Edward Zwick, set in the western part of the Nazi occupied Belarusian SSR.The film is an adaptation of Nechama Tec's Defiance: The Bielski Partisans, which tells how the region was in Poland to 1939 and was seized by the Soviet Union in accordance with the...
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Tuvia Bielski Tuvia Bielski was the leader of the partisan group the Bielski partisans who were situated in the Naliboków forest in pre-war Poland during World War II.-Early life:...
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| 2010 |
I, Lucifer -Plot Summary:In I, Lucifer, God presents the devil with a chance of redemption by living a somewhat sinless life in a human body. Lucifer, not wanting redemption, takes God’s offer for a trial but instead takes it as a month vacation. This story takes place in London and Lucifer lives in the body...
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Lucifer |
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| 2011 |
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn |
Red Rackham Red Rackham is a fictional pirate who appears in the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin. He appears in The Secret of the Unicorn.-History:...
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| Bond 23 |
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