Daniel Wroughton Craig is an English actor, best known for playing British secret agent James Bond since 2006. Craig is an post-graduate of the National Youth Theatre and then graduated from the Guildhall School of music and drama in London, beginning his career on stage. Daniel starred in Casino Royale as James Bond, this was classed as a Action Thriller Film.
Daniel Craig, one of British theatre's most famous faces who was waiting tables as a struggling teenage actor with the National Youth Theatre, went on to star as "James Bond" in Casino Royale in 2006, Quantum of Solace two years later and then Skyfall in 2012.
He was born Daniel Wroughton Craig on March 2, 1968, at 41 Liverpool Road, Chester, Cheshire, England. His father, Tim Craig, was a merchant seaman turned steel erector. His mother, Carol Olivia Craig, was an art teacher. His parents sadly split up in 1972, and young Daniel Craig was raised with his older sister, Lea, in Liverpool. His interest in acting was encouraged by visits to the Liverpool Everyman Theatre arranged by his mother. From there, at age of 6, Craig started acting in school plays, making his debut in Primary School production of "Oliver!". The first Bond movie he ever saw at the cinema was Roger Moore's Live And Let Die in 1973.
When he was a struggling actor with the Nation Youth Theatre, he was working in restaurant kitchens and as a waiter as well as performing with NYT on tours to Valencia, Spain, and to Moscow, Russia, under the leadership of director Edward Wilson, this made his career start. However, he failed at repeated auditions at the Guildhall, but eventually his stamina paid off, and in 1988, he entered the Guildhall School of Music and Drama at the Barbican. He then worked with Ewan McGregor and Alistair McGowan, then later Damian Lewis and Joseph Fiennes, and others. He graduated in 1991, after a three-year course under the coaching 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, was born in 1992. Daniel Craig made his film debut in The Power of One in 1992. His film career continued on television, notably the BBC2 serial Our Friends in the North in 1996. He finally became international famous after playing roles in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in 2001 and Road to Perdition in 2002. He was then nominated for his performances in the leading role in Layer Cake in 2004, and received other awards and nominations. Daniel Craig was named as the sixth actor to portray "James Bond", in October of 2005 where he started to film the 3 James Bond films.
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