Daniel Craig movies

He made his debut as the character on 14 November 2006, in the 21st official Bond film, Casino Royale, to much critical acclaim.BiographyEarly lifeCraig was born in Chester, England, the son of Timothy John Wroughton Craig, who served as a Midshipman in the Merchant Navy and worked in various occupations when he came ashore; and Olivia Williams Craig, an art teacher.He was brought up in Frodsham where his father was landlord of the "Ring O Bells" and "The Boot" pubs in Willington, near Chester, and then Hoylake on the Wirral (near Liverpool). He attended Hilbre High School and Calday Grange Grammar School. He played for Hoylake Rugby Club."A-Hoylake!" Craig moved to London when he was sixteen to join the National Youth Theatre after a brief stay at Calday.He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1991, and appeared in some minor roles includingSharpes Eagle and an episode of Drop The Dead Donkey in 1993, with his first major leading role on screen being as a co-star in the 1996 BBC Television serial Our Friends in the North.

He continued his relationship with the BBC by starring in the 1997 Francis Bacon biopic Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, portraying Bacons jilted lover George Dyer. In the latter movie, Craig agreed to be shot in the nude, including full-frontals.
Following an introduction to international audiences as Angelina Jolies rival and love interest in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), he continued his career in the United States in Sam Mendess movie Road to Perdition (2002), with Tom Hanks and Paul Newman. Craig played Connor Rooney, the son of an Irish mob boss (played by Newman) and a conniving murderer who hides behind his mobster fathers shadow. Other leading film roles include The Mother (2003) with Anne Reid, Layer Cake (2004) with Sienna Miller, Sword of Honour (2001), Sylvia (2003) with Gwyneth Paltrow, Enduring Love (2004) with Rhys Ifans, and Steven Spielbergs Munich (2005).In 2006, after playing James Bond in Casino Royale (see below), Craig moved on to portraying the character of Lord Asriel in the forthcoming film adaptation of Philip Pullmans novel His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass. Eva Green, who played Bond girl Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale will also star in the film. In a stage version of the book Asriel had previously been played by Timothy Dalton, one of Craigs predecessors in the role of James Bond.In early 2007, Craig expressed an interest in being a part of the Star Trek 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.

Daniel Craig Movies

All movies starring Daniel Craig.

• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
• Munich
• Road to Perdition
• The Golden Compass
• The Invasion