Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig

actor, producer, soundtrack

Daniel Craig was born on Mar 02, 1968 in UK. Daniel Craig's big-screen debut came with Anglo Saxon Attitudes - Season 1 directed by Diarmuid Lawrence in 1992, strarring Gilbert Stokesay. Daniel Craig is known for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery directed by Rian Johnson, Daniel Craig stars as Benoit Blanc and Edward Norton as Miles Bron. Daniel Craig has got 17 awards and 43 nominations so far. The most recent award Daniel Craig achieved is Alliance of Women Film Journalists. The upcoming new movie Daniel Craig plays is Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery which will be released on Dec 23, 2022.

One of the British theatre's most famous faces, Daniel Craig, who waited tables as a struggling teenage actor with the National Youth Theatre, has gone on to star as James Bond in Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), 007 Spectre (2015) and Mourir peut attendre (2021).He was born Daniel Wroughton Craig on March 2, 1968, at 41 Liverpool Road, Chester, Cheshire, England. His father, Timothy John Wroughton Craig, was a merchant seaman turned steel erector, and then became landlord of the "Ring O'Bells" pub in Frodsham, Cheshire. His mother, Carol Olivia (Williams), was an art teacher. Craig has English, as well as Irish, Scottish and Welsh, ancestry. His parents split up in 1972, and young Daniel was raised with his older sister, Lea, in Liverpool, then in Hoylake, Wirral, in the home of his mother. His interest in acting was encouraged by visits to the Liverpool Everyman Theatre arranged by his mother. From the age of six, Craig started acting in school plays, making his debut in the Frodsham Primary School production of "Oliver!", and his mother was the driving force behind his artistic aspirations. The first Bond movie he ever saw at the cinema was Roger Moore's Vivre et laisser mourir (1973); young Daniel Craig saw it with his father, so it took a special place in his heart. He was also a good athlete and was a rugby player at Hoylake Rugby Club.At age 14, Craig played roles in "Oliver", "Romeo and Juliet" and "Cinderella" at Hilbre High School in West Kirby, Wirral. He left Hilbre High School at age 16 to audition at the National Youth Theatre's (NYT) troupe on their tour in Manchester in 1984. He was accepted and moved down to London. There, his mother and father watched his stage debut as Agamemnon in Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida". As a struggling actor with the NYT, he was toiling in restaurant kitchens and as a waiter. Craig performed with NYT on tours to Valencia, Spain, and to Moscow, Russia, under the leadership of director Edward Wilson. He failed at repeated auditions at the Guildhall, but eventually his persistence paid off, and in 1988, he entered the Guildhall School of Music and Drama at the Barbican. There, he studied alongside Ewan McGregor and Alistair McGowan, then later Damian Lewis and Joseph Fiennes, among others. He graduated in 1991, after a three-year course under the tutelage of Colin McCormack, the actor from the Royal Shakespeare Company. From 1992-1994, he was married to Scottish actress Fiona Loudon, their daughter, named Ella Craig (born 1992).Craig made his film debut in La puissance de l'ange (1992). His film career continued on television, notably the BBC2 serial Our Friends in the North (1996). He shot to international fame after playing supporting roles in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) and Les sentiers de la perdition (2002). He was nominated for his performances in the leading role in Layer Cake (2004), and received other awards and nominations. Craig was named as the sixth actor to portray James Bond, in October 2005, weeks after he finished his work in Munich (2005), where he co-starred with Eric Bana under the directorship of Steven Spielberg. Craig's reserved demeanor and his avoidance of the showbiz-party-red-carpet milieu makes him a cool 007. He is the first blond actor to play Bond, and also the first to be born after the start of the film series, and also the first to be born after the death of author Ian Fleming in 1964. Four of the past Bond actors: Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan have indicated that Craig is a good choice as Bond.He was appointed Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) by Queen Elizabeth II at the 2022 Queen's New Years Honours for his services to Film and Theatre.

  • Birthday

    Mar 02, 1968
  • Place of Birth

    Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
  • Also known

    Деніел Крейг, Дэниел Крэйг, Дэниэл Крэйг, ダニエル・クレイグ, Ντάνιελ Κρεγκ, 다니엘 크레이그, دانيال كريغ, 대니얼 크레이그, แดเนียล เคร็ก, 丹尼尔·克雷格

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Awards

17 wins & 43 nominations

Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2022
Most Egregious Age Difference Between the Leading Man and the Love Interest
Winner - EDA Special Mention Award
Critics Choice Super Awards
2022
Best Actor in an Action Movie
Winner - CCA Super Award
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