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"The name's Craig. Daniel Craig."
British actor, born in Chester in 1968.
Craig's career has included appearances in the classic Miniseries, Our Friends in the North (alongside Christopher Eccleston), Sharpe, Elizabeth and Layer Cake, but he's without a doubt best known for his role as James Bond.
Cast in the role for 2006's Continuity Reboot Casino Royale, he reprised the role in 2008's Quantum of Solace, 2012's Skyfall (the 50th anniversary year of the first Bond film, Dr. No), 2015's Spectre and 2021's No Time to Die. He also lent his voice and likeness to various Bond games, most notably the remake of the GoldenEye 007 game for the Wii.
Despite being known primarily for Bond, Craig has had major roles in a number of other big-budget films, including: Angelina Jolie's love interest/rival in Tomb Raider (2001), Mossad team-member Steve in the Spielberg-directed Munich (2005), Lord Asriel in the film adaption of The Golden Compass (2007), Jewish resistance leader Tuvia in Defiance (2008), and protagonist Jake Lonergan of Cowboys and Aliens (2011), lead role Mikael Blomkvist in the David Fincher adaption of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and Red Rackham in the Dream-Production-Team film adaption of Tintin.
Since leaving behind the role of Bond, he's found new success as Southern-Fried Genius Benoit Blanc in Knives Out and its sequel Glass Onion.
He married Rachel Weisz in June 2011.
On an unrelated sidenote, he has been said to resemble Russian President Vladimir Putin. He also bears a resemblance to Jason Isaacs to the point one would think they're related, but both have denied this.
He's also the Stormtrooper that Rey pulls a Jedi Mind Trick on in The Force Awakens. And yes, he loved being in Star Wars.