Daniel
Wroughton Craig (born 2 March 1968) is an English actor. Brought
up on the Wirral, he joined the National Youth Theatre at the age
of sixteen and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and
Drama in 1991. His early film roles included The Power of One, A
Kid in King Arthur's Court and the television episodes Sharpe's
Eagle and "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Daredevils of
the Desert." He went on to star in his breakthrough
performance Layer Cake and also Lara Croft: Tomb Raider opposite
Angelina Jolie. Other leading film roles include Sword of Honour
(2001), The Mother (2003) with Anne Reid, Sylvia (2003) with
Gwyneth Paltrow, Layer Cake (2004) with Sienna Miller, Enduring
Love (2004) with Rhys Ifans, Steven Spielberg's Munich (2005), and
Infamous (2006). Craig became the sixth actor to portray the
fictional secret agent James Bond (seventh if you include Barry
Nelson in the 1950s CBS TV movie production of Casino Royale) in
the film series of the same name. He made his debut as the
character in the 2006 film, Casino Royale, to critical acclaim and
was nominated for a BAFTA award. Grossing US$593 million
worldwide, it became the highest grossing James Bond film. His new
film is the 22nd James Bond movie, Quantum
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