Daniel Wroughton Craig[2] (born 2 March 1968) is an English actor. His early film roles include Elizabeth, The Power of One, A Kid in King Arthur’s Court and the television episodes Sharpe’s Eagle, Zorro and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Daredevils of the Desert. His breakthrough performances were in the films Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Road to Perdition, Layer Cake, Munich, and The Golden Compass.
Lived in London with German actress Heike Makatsch. [April 2001]
He has a daughter, Ella Craig (born 1992), who lives with his ex-wife ‘Fiona Loudon’ in London.
2000: Named as one of European films ‘Shooting Stars’ by European Film Promotion.
He was nominated for a 2002 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Number at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs.
One of the many actors considered to take over James Bond from Pierce Brosnan. He officially accepted the role in October, 2005.
Was the last actor considered for the role of “Rorschach” in the movie adaptation of Alan Moore’s comic-book mini-series, Watchmen (2009).
Father: Tim Craig
Mother: Olivia Craig
Older sister: Lea Craig
Good friend of supermodel Kate Moss, Gaspard Ulliel and Nicole Kidman.
Visited Sarajevo Film Festival (in post-war Bosnia) in 2005.
Esquire magazine’s “Best dressed male” in 2006
Was the only member of the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) cast to be a huge fan of the Tomb Raider video games. His favorite in the series was Tomb Raider II (1997) (VG), released in 1997.
His girlfriend Satsuki Mitchell accompanied him to the world premiere of Casino Royale (2006) in London. It was their first public appearance together.
He’s a fan of Liverpool Football Club.
He is the first Bond actor to have been born after the Bond series began.
Appeared in Sharpe’s Eagle (1993) (TV) with Sean Bean. Bean played the villain in GoldenEye (1995), which was directed by Martin Campbell, who also directed Casino Royale (2006).
Voted #7 in Elle (France) Magazine’s “15 Sexiest Men” poll (June 2007).
One of 115 people invited to join AMPAS in 2007.
While being relatively tall standing at 5 feet and 11 inches, he is the shortest actor to play the role of James Bond.
October 2007 – Signed on to play “James Bond” in four more films after Casino Royale (2006).
Lord Aisrael, his character from The Golden Compass (2007), was previously played by Timothy Dalton in a London theater production. Craig and Dalton have also, of course, shared the role of James Bond.
Graduated from Guildhall of Music & Drama (London) in 1991.
Quit smoking before making Casino Royale (2006).
Between 2005 and 2008, Craig played militant Jewish soldiers or fighters three times in fairly quick succession: in Sorstalanság (2005) (“Fateless”), he plays an American soldier who identifies himself as Jewish while liberating a concentration camp; in Munich (2005), he plays the most militant member of a team of Mossad agents assigned to assassinate the terrorists responsible for killing Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics; and in Defiance (2008/I), he plays one of three Jewish brothers who escape from Nazi-occupied Poland to join the resistance.
Ranked #29 in the 2008 Telegraph’s list “the 100 most powerful people in British culture”.
Is a big fan of Robert Altman films.
He was a fan of the fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, before he was cast in the the trilogy’s first chapter The Golden Compass (2007).
Became good friends with Nicole Kidman, after they worked together on The Invasion (2007/I), and The Golden Compass (2007).
While incognito at a cinema in the USA, he was once asked if anyone had ever told him that he looked like Daniel Craig. He answered “no” and walked away.
Was considered for the part of Doctor in Blindness (2008) but Mark Ruffalo was cast instead.
Lives in London, England.
Made his film debut in The Power of One (1992), which also featured John Gielgud. He later appeared in Elizabeth (1998), which turned out to be Gielgud’s final film role.
Is in a relationship with Rachel Weisz, having met on the set of Dream House (2011) (December 2010).
First cousin, once removed, of Simon Jones.
Close friends with Mark Strong and is the godfather of one of his sons.
