Daniel Craig Bio | Wiki
Daniel Craig is an English actor. He gained international fame playing the secret agent James Bond in the film series, beginning with Casino Royale (2006) and in four further installments, up to No Time to Die (2021).
In 2011, Daniel made his Broadway debut in the revival of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal opposite his wife, the actress Rachel Weisz. He starred in the New York Theatre Workshop production of Othello in 2006. In 2022, he returned to Broadway in the title role of Macbeth with Ruth Negga.
Daniel Craig Age
Daniel was born on March 2, 1968, in Chester, United Kingdom. He is 54 years old.
Daniel Craig Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 10 in (Approx. 1.78 m).
Daniel Craig Family
He was born in Chester, Cheshire, to his parents, Carol Olivia and Timothy John Wroughton Craig. Daniel’s mother was an art teacher, and his father was a midshipman in the Merchant Navy and a steel erector.
His father later became the landlord of two Cheshire pubs: the Ring o’ Bells in Frodsham and the Boot Inn in Tarporley. Daniel has an older sister named Lea. He is of French and Welsh descent. When his parents divorced in 1972, he and his sister moved to the Wirral Peninsula with their mother. In 2019, Daniel announced he had American citizenship.
Daniel Craig Wife | Rachel Weisz
In 1992, Daniel married actress, Fiona Loudon. The couple had a daughter named Ella before divorcing in 1994. He later began a relationship with German actress Heike Makatsch, which lasted for seven years before ending in 2004. Subsequently, Daniel dated and was engaged to filming producer Satsuki Mitchell from 2005 until 2010.
Daniel and actress Rachel Weisz had known each other since working together on Les Grandes Horizontales (1994). They began dating in December 2010 and were married in a private ceremony in New York City on 22 June 2011 with only four guests in attendance, including Daniel’s daughter and Weisz’s son. It was reported on 1 September 2018 that their first child together, a daughter, had been born.
Daniel Craig Education
He attended primary school in Hoylake as well as a school in Frodsham. Later, Daniel attended Hilbre High School in West Kirby. Upon leaving there at 16, he attended Calday Grange Grammar School as a sixth-form student. He played rugby union for Hoylake RFC. After training at the National Youth Theatre in London and graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1991, Daniel began his career on stage.
Daniel Craig As Bond Movies
Born in 1968, Daniel is the first actor to portray James Bond to have been born after the Bond series started and after the death of Ian Fleming, the novel’s writer. The first film, Casino Royale, premiered on 14 November 2006 and grossed US$594,239,066 worldwide, which made it the highest-grossing Bond film until the release of Skyfall. The planned 19 April 2010 release of Daniel’s third Bond film was delayed, because of financial troubles; the film, titled Skyfall, was eventually released on 23 October 2012.
The same year, Daniel appeared as James Bond in the short film Happy and Glorious, in which he escorted Queen Elizabeth II to the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Daniel’s fourth Bond film, Spectre, began filming in December 2014 and was released on 26 October 2015. His first four Bond films have grossed $3.5 billion globally, after adjusting for inflation.
His fifth Bond film No Time to Die was directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and was released in cinemas on 30 September 2021 in the UK and in the US on 8 October 2021 having been delayed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In appearances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Graham Norton Show, Daniel said that No Time to Die would be his last James Bond film.
Movies With Daniel Craig
In addition to James Bond movies, Daniel has also appeared in other movies including:
2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2019 Knives Out
2017 Kings
2017 Logan Lucky
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2011 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011 The Adventures of Tintin
2008 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008 Defiance
2007 The Golden Compass
Daniel Craig Macbeth
In 2022, he starred in a contemporary revival of Macbeth opposite Ruth Negga on Broadway. Variety described his performance by writing “Craig has some strong moments but does not capture the transformation of Macbeth into a power-hungry tyrant.”
Daniel Craig 007 Movies
He has also been featured in video games:
007: Quantum of Solace 2008
GoldenEye 007 2010
James Bond 007: Blood Stone 2010
Daniel Craig Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Daniel’s estimated net worth is $160 million.
How Old Daniel Craig
He is 54 years old. Daniel was born on March 2, 1968, in Chester, United Kingdom.
How Tall Daniel Craig
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 10 in (Approx. 1.78 m).