Daniel Craig#Filmography

Daniel Wroughton Craig was born on 2 March 1968 in Chester, Cheshire, to an art teacher, Carol Olivia (née Williams), and Timothy John Wroughton Craig, a midshipman in the Merchant Navy and steel erector. His father later became the landlord of two Cheshire pubs: The Ring o' Bells in Frodsham and The Boot Inn in Tarporley.{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/08/26/james-bond-star-daniel-craigs-father-tim-dies-aged-77-13183007/|title=James Bond Star Daniel Craig's Father Tim Craig Dies Aged 77|work=Metro|first=Kim|last=Novak|date=26 August 2020|access-date=17 January 2021|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121060830/https://metro.co.uk/2020/08/26/james-bond-star-daniel-craigs-father-tim-dies-aged-77-13183007/|url-status=live}} Craig has an older sister named Lea (born 1965),{{cite web|title=Filmography: Daniel Craig|url=https://www.cinenews.be/en/actors/242/daniel-craig/filmography/|website=Cinenews.be|publisher=cinenews|date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127211016/https://www.cinenews.be/en/actors/242/daniel-craig/filmography/|url-status=live}} and a younger half-brother named Harry (1991).{{cite web|url=https://www.famechain.com/family-tree/1375/daniel-craig|title=Daniel Craig Family Tree & History, Ancestry & Genealogy – FameChain|website=www.famechain.com|access-date=1 December 2023|archive-date=16 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216042558/https://www.famechain.com/family-tree/1375/daniel-craig|url-status=live}} He is of part Welsh and distant French descent, counting the French Huguenot minister Daniel Chamier and Sir William Burnaby, 1st Baronet, among his ancestors. His middle name, Wroughton, comes from his great-great-grandmother, Grace Matilda Wroughton.{{cite news |title=Je m'appelle Bond... James Bond |url=http://www.genealogyreviews.co.uk/reviews/article/families-of-the-famous-james-bond/ |access-date=1 May 2015 |work=Genealogy Reviews |archive-date=14 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614221703/http://www.genealogyreviews.co.uk/reviews/article/families-of-the-famous-james-bond/ |url-status=live }}

When Craig's parents divorced in 1972, he and his sister moved to the Wirral Peninsula with their mother, where he attended primary school in Hoylake as well as school in Frodsham. He attended Hilbre High School in West Kirby. Upon leaving there at the age of 16, he attended Calday Grange Grammar School as a sixth form student.{{cite web |url=http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/10000816.Royal_seal_of_approval_for_Daniel_Craig_s_007_Skyfall_premiere/ |title=Royal seal of approval for Daniel Craig's 007 Skyfall premiere |date=23 October 2012 |publisher=Wirralglobe.co.uk |access-date=13 July 2013 |archive-date=30 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530034833/http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/10000816.Royal_seal_of_approval_for_Daniel_Craig_s_007_Skyfall_premiere/ |url-status=live }} He played rugby union for Hoylake RFC.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/5181708.stm |title=A-Hoylake! |work=BBC News |access-date=29 December 2007 |last=Slater |first=Matt |date=17 July 2006 |archive-date=22 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822140354/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/5181708.stm |url-status=live }}

Craig began acting in school plays at the age of six, making his debut in the Frodsham Primary School production of Oliver! He became interested in serious acting by attending Liverpool's Everyman Theatre with his mother. At the age of 14 in 1982, he played roles in Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella at Hilbre High School. In 1984, he was accepted into the National Youth Theatre and moved to London, where he worked part-time in restaurants to finance his education. His parents watched his stage debut as Agamemnon in Troilus And Cressida. He performed with the National Youth Theatre on tours to Valencia and Moscow under the leadership of director Edward Wilson. He entered the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1988, and graduated in 1991 after a three-year course under the tutelage of Colin McCormack, an actor from the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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Craig appeared in his first screen role in 1992, playing an Afrikaner in The Power of One.{{cite web |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6188834/bryce-courtenay-and-the-power-of-one/ |title=Remembering Bryce Courtenay, 30 Years after The Power of One Novel |work=The Canberra Times, Australia |first=Megan |last=Doherty |date=29 May 2019 |access-date=18 January 2021 |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127232406/https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6188834/bryce-courtenay-and-the-power-of-one/ |url-status=live }} Having played minor roles in the miniseries Anglo-Saxon Attitudes and the shows Covington Cross and Boon, he appeared in November 1993 as Joe in the Royal National Theatre's production of Tony Kushner's Angels in America.{{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/DVD-review-Anglo-Saxon-Attitudes-3205486.php |title=Review: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes |work=Hearst |first=David |last=Wiegand |date=13 July 2008 |access-date=22 January 2021 |archive-date=2 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202041323/https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/DVD-review-Anglo-Saxon-Attitudes-3205486.php |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/covington-cross/cast/ |title=Covington Cross Cast |work=ABC |date=25 August 1992 |access-date=22 January 2021 |archive-date=27 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127092023/http://www.tv.com/shows/covington-cross/cast/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://drama.uktv.co.uk/shows/boon/ |title=About Boon, the Television Series |work=Central Independent Television |date=8 September 1992 |access-date=22 January 2021 |archive-date=19 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119032323/https://drama.uktv.co.uk/shows/boon/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/theater/angels-in-america-london.html |title=How Taking Flight in London Helped Angels in America Soar |work=The New York Times |first=Matt |last=Trueman |date=3 May 2017 |access-date=18 January 2021 |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127231944/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/theater/angels-in-america-london.html |url-status=live }} Also in 1993, Craig was featured in two episodes of the American television shows Zorro and George Lucas's The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles,{{cite news |url=http://wherehollywoodhides.com/celebrity-interviews/zorro-duncan-regehr-daniel-craig-actors/ |title=Zorro Television Show |work=New World Television |date=31 December 1993 |access-date=22 January 2021 |archive-date=31 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131113858/http://wherehollywoodhides.com/celebrity-interviews/zorro-duncan-regehr-daniel-craig-actors/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last1=Eames|first1=Tom|title=15 big-name stars you forgot appeared in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Daniel Craig, Elizabeth Hurley and more|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/feature/a785621/15-big-name-stars-you-forgot-appeared-in-the-young-indiana-jones-chronicles-daniel-craig-elizabeth-hurley-and-more/|website=Digital Spy|access-date=16 February 2018|date=5 March 2016|archive-date=7 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707102239/http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/feature/a785621/15-big-name-stars-you-forgot-appeared-in-the-young-indiana-jones-chronicles-daniel-craig-elizabeth-hurley-and-more/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/the-young-indiana-jones-chronicles/cast/ |title=The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (ended 1996) |work=ABC |date=31 December 1993 |access-date=25 January 2021 |archive-date=18 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918021302/http://www.tv.com/shows/the-young-indiana-jones-chronicles/cast/ |url-status=dead }} and British shows Heartbeat, in which he played Peter Begg; Between the Lines; Drop the Dead Donkey and Sharpe's Eagle.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10419213.stm |title=Heartbeat is Axed After 18 Years |date=25 June 2010 |work=BBC |access-date=25 January 2021 |archive-date=3 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703171425/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10419213 |url-status=live }}{{cite news| url=http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainment/bond_star_in_heartbeat_1_1871804| title=Bond star in Heartbeat| work=Whitby Gazette| date=15 August 2007| access-date=3 August 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117072229/http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainment/bond_star_in_heartbeat_1_1871804| archive-date=17 January 2012| url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Daniel Craig: career in pictures|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/11455372/Daniel-Craig-in-pictures.html?frame=3222811|website=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=16 February 2018|date=13 March 2015|archive-date=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103143006/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/11455372/Daniel-Craig-in-pictures.html?frame=3222811|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/between-the-lines/new-order-363630/ |title=Between The Lines: Season 2 Episodes |work=World Productions for the BBC |date=31 December 1993 |access-date=25 January 2021 |archive-date=15 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115114605/http://www.tv.com/shows/between-the-lines/new-order-363630/ |url-status=dead }} In 1994, Craig appeared in The Rover, a filmed stage production and Les Grandes Horizontales, a stage production at the National Theatre Studio, where he first met Rachel Weisz, who would become his second wife.{{cite web |url=https://search.library.brown.edu/catalog/b3610402 |title=The Rover: Play and Film |work=BBC |date=31 December 1994 |access-date=22 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/daniel-craig-rachel-weisz-marriage-1490587 |title=The Sweet, Unexpected and Top Secret Love Story of Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz |work=Newsweek |first=Janice |last=Williams |date=7 May 2020 |access-date=18 January 2021 |archive-date=6 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206115119/https://www.newsweek.com/daniel-craig-rachel-weisz-marriage-1490587 |url-status=live }} Craig was featured in the poorly received Disney film A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995).{{cite web |url=https://movies.disney.com/a-kid-in-king-arthurs-court |title=A Kid In King Arthur's Court |work=Disney |date=11 August 1995 |access-date=18 January 2021 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128223858/https://movies.disney.com/a-kid-in-king-arthurs-court |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine|last1=Nashawaty|first1=Chris|title=24 Stars' Worst Movies|url=https://ew.com/gallery/24-stars-worst-movies/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=16 February 2018|date=2 December 2011|archive-date=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142903/https://ew.com/gallery/24-stars-worst-movies/|url-status=live}} In 1996, Craig starred in the BBC drama serial Our Friends in the North as the troubled George 'Geordie' Peacock. Appearing alongside Christopher Eccleston, Gina McKee and Mark Strong, Craig's part in the series is considered his breakthrough role.{{cite web|last1=Raphael|first1=Amy|title=Our Friends In The North made a star of Daniel Craig but almost wasn't made|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/sep/18/our-friends-flannery-eccleston|website=The Guardian|access-date=16 February 2018|date=18 September 2010|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082519/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/sep/18/our-friends-flannery-eccleston|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Knight|first=Sam|date=9 March 2020|title=Heart of An Assassin: How Daniel Craig Changed James Bond Forever|url=https://www.gq.com/story/daniel-craig-james-bond-no-time-to-die-cover-2020|website=GQ|access-date=10 March 2020|archive-date=9 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309223503/https://www.gq.com/story/daniel-craig-james-bond-no-time-to-die-cover-2020|url-status=live}}

In the same year, Craig guest-starred in an episode of the HBO horror anthology series Tales from the Crypt and was featured in the BBC television film Saint-Ex.{{cite web|last1=Seddon|first1=Gem|title=Here's a 'Tales from the Crypt' That Stars Daniel Craig|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/7559-here-s-a-tales-from-the-crypt-that-stars-daniel-craig|website=Inverse|access-date=16 February 2018|date=29 October 2015|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217024046/https://www.inverse.com/article/7559-here-s-a-tales-from-the-crypt-that-stars-daniel-craig|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Saint-Ex (1996)|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7deaabb0|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=16 February 2018|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217025533/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7deaabb0|url-status=dead}} Craig gave a lead performance in the Franco-German drama Obsession in 1997, about a love triangle between Craig's character and a couple.{{cite web|last1=Lazos|first1=Tracey|title=Obsession|url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/obsession-1.560802|website=The National|access-date=16 February 2018|date=10 March 2009|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082533/https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/obsession-1.560802|url-status=live}} The same year, he played a leading role in Hurlyburly, a play performed in the West End at the Old Vic.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/gallery/2020/nov/13/stars-before-they-were-famous-in-pictures-rachel-weisz-damian-lewis-daniel-kaluuya |title=Gallery: Stars Before They Were Famous |work=The Guardian |first=Tristram |last=Kenton |date=13 November 2020 |access-date=22 January 2021 |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124114227/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/gallery/2020/nov/13/stars-before-they-were-famous-in-pictures-rachel-weisz-damian-lewis-daniel-kaluuya |url-status=live }}

Craig appeared in three films in 1998: the independent drama Love and Rage,{{cite web|last1=Cockrell|first1=Eddie|title=Love & Rage|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/love-rage-1200459641/|website=Variety|access-date=16 February 2018|date=4 October 1999|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217035659/http://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/love-rage-1200459641/|url-status=live}} the biographical drama Elizabeth, in which he played Jesuit priest John Ballard, who was executed for being involved in the Babington Plot, an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England,{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-Craig |title=Daniel Craig Biography |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |first=Richard |last=Pallardy |date=14 May 2020 |access-date=22 January 2021 |archive-date=21 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121184315/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-Craig |url-status=live }}{{cite news|last1=Robey|first1=Tim|title=Beyond Bond: Daniel Craig's best roles|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/what-to-watch/daniel-craig-best-roles/|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=16 February 2018|date=21 October 2015|archive-date=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142931/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/what-to-watch/daniel-craig-best-roles/|url-status=live}} and the BBC television film Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998), in which Craig played small-time thief George Dyer who becomes the lover and muse of painter Francis Bacon, who was portrayed by Derek Jacobi.{{cite web|last1=Rooney|first1=David|title=Love Is the Devil – Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/love-is-the-devil-study-for-a-portrait-of-francis-bacon-1200453549/|website=Variety|access-date=16 February 2018|date=25 May 1998|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217035655/http://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/love-is-the-devil-study-for-a-portrait-of-francis-bacon-1200453549/|url-status=live}} The following year, Craig starred in a television drama called Shockers: The Visitor and as Sergeant Telford Winter in the independent war film The Trench, which takes place in the confines of the trenches in the First World War during the 48 hours leading up to the Battle of the Somme.{{cite web |url=https://trakt.tv/movies/shockers-the-visitor-1999 |title=Shockers: The Visitor |website=Trakt.tv |date=26 October 1999 |access-date=25 January 2021 |archive-date=8 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208153526/https://trakt.tv/movies/shockers-the-visitor-1999 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last=Holden|first=Stephen|author-link=Stephen Holden|title=Idealism Is a Casualty In War Zone|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C00E0DC173AF931A15752C1A9669C8B63|website=The New York Times|access-date=16 February 2018|date=22 November 2000|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082425/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C00E0DC173AF931A15752C1A9669C8B63|url-status=live}}

Craig played a schizophrenic man who falls in love with a woman (played by Kelly Macdonald) after being discharged from psychiatric hospital in the drama Some Voices (2000).{{cite web|last1=Bradshaw|first1=Peter|title=Some Voices|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_Film_of_the_week/0,4267,358518,00.html|website=The Guardian|access-date=16 February 2018|date=25 August 2000|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082637/https://www.theguardian.com/film/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_Film_of_the_week/0,4267,358518,00.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2000/08/22/some_voices_review.shtml |title=Some Voices |work=BBC |first=Michael |last=Thomson |date=22 August 2000 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=25 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225162331/https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2000/08/22/some_voices_review.shtml |url-status=live }} Also in 2000, Craig co-starred alongside Toni Collette in the dark comedy Hotel Splendide and was featured in I Dreamed of Africa, based on the life of Kuki Gallmann (played by Kim Basinger).{{cite web|last1=Thomson|first1=Michael|title=Hotel Splendide (2000)|url-status=live|date=19 September 2000|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2000/09/19/hotel_splendide_review.shtml|publisher=BBC|access-date=16 February 2018|archive-date=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142956/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2000/09/19/hotel_splendide_review.shtml}}{{cite web |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/050500dreamed-film-review.html |title='I Dreamed of Africa': Art Doesn't Grow on Trees. Or Does It? |work=The New York Times |first=Stephen |last=Holden |author-link=Stephen Holden |date=5 May 2000 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128063008/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/050500dreamed-film-review.html |url-status=live }} Craig played the love interest of Angelina Jolie's character Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), based on the video game series Tomb Raider.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/15/movies/film-review-hey-guys-wanna-see-a-babe-swing-a-bungee.html |title=Hey, Guys, Wanna See A Babe Swing a Bungee? |work=The New York Times |first=Elvis |last=Mitchell |author-link=Elvis Mitchell |date=15 June 2001 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126023818/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/15/movies/film-review-hey-guys-wanna-see-a-babe-swing-a-bungee.html |url-status=live }} He later admitted to having taken on the role in the poorly-reviewed yet commercially successful film only for the money.{{cite web|last1=Beresford|first1=Jack|title=16 Things Fans Never Knew About Angelina Jolie's Disastrous Tomb Raider Movies|url=https://screenrant.com/tomb-raider-angelina-jolie-disastrous-movies-facts-trivia-secrets/|website=Screen Rant|access-date=16 February 2018|date=5 January 2018|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082635/https://screenrant.com/tomb-raider-angelina-jolie-disastrous-movies-facts-trivia-secrets/|url-status=live}} In 2001, Craig also starred in the four-part Channel 4 drama Sword of Honour, based on the trilogy of novels of the same.{{cite web|last1=Morris|first1=Mark|title=Declaration of Waugh|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/jan/02/tvandradio.television1|website=The Guardian|access-date=16 February 2018|date=2 January 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082423/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/jan/02/tvandradio.television1|archive-date=17 February 2018|url-status=live}} Craig appeared in the anthology film Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002), starring in the segment "Addicted to the Stars", directed by Michael Radford.{{cite news|title=Ten Minutes Older: The Cello|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/ten-minutes-older-the-cello-mfqfgqhqf0q|newspaper=The Times|access-date=16 February 2018|date=11 December 2003|archive-date=20 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120102359/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ten-minutes-older-the-cello-mfqfgqhqf0q|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/film/2729/ |title=Ten Minutes Older: The Cello |work=Cineuropa |date=31 December 2002 |access-date=22 January 2021 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418183432/https://cineuropa.org/en/film/2729/ |url-status=live }}

His second release of 2002 was Sam Mendes' crime film Road to Perdition with Tom Hanks and Paul Newman, in which he played Irish mobster Connor Rooney, the son of the crime organisation's boss.{{cite web|last1=Ebert|first1=Roger|author-link1=Roger Ebert|title=Road to Perdition|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/road-to-perdition-2002|website=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=16 February 2018|date=12 July 2002|archive-date=15 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715220401/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/road-to-perdition-2002|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Road to Perdition: A Hell for Fathers and Sons|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/12/movies/film-review-a-hell-for-fathers-and-sons.html|first=Stephen|last=Holden|author-link=Stephen Holden|work=The New York Times|date=July 2002|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=25 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125030208/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/12/movies/film-review-a-hell-for-fathers-and-sons.html|url-status=live}} Craig then portrayed German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg in the BBC television drama Copenhagen (2002), which depicts Heisenberg's involvement in the German nuclear weapon project during World War II.{{cite web|last1=Vallely|first1=Paul|title=Daniel Craig: Rough cut|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/daniel-craig-rough-cut-319732.html|website=The Independent|access-date=16 February 2018|date=14 October 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217084113/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/daniel-craig-rough-cut-319732.html|archive-date=17 February 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Miscasting-TV-adaptation-inhibit-Copenhagen-2766472.php |title=Miscasting, TV Adaptation Inhibit 'Copenhagen' Drama |work=San Francisco Gate |first=Steven |last=Winn |date=28 September 2002 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=20 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120102342/https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Miscasting-TV-adaptation-inhibit-Copenhagen-2766472.php |url-status=live }} On stage, Craig starred opposite Michael Gambon in the original production of Caryl Churchill's play A Number from September to November 2002 at the Royal Court Theatre.{{cite web|last1=Gardner|first1=Lyn|title=A Number|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2002/sep/27/theatre.artsfeatures1|website=The Guardian|access-date=22 February 2018|date=27 September 2002|archive-date=22 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222230120/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2002/sep/27/theatre.artsfeatures1|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/10/theater/theater-an-imagination-that-pulls-everyone-else-along.html |title=Theater; An Imagination That Pulls Everyone Else Along |work=The New York Times |first=Benedict |last=Nightingale |author-link=Benedict Nightingale |date=10 November 2002 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224004443/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/10/theater/theater-an-imagination-that-pulls-everyone-else-along.html |url-status=live }} Craig received a London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor nomination for his role as a man who is cloned twice by his father.{{cite web|title=Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2002 shortlist|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/evening-standard-theatre-awards-2002-shortlist-7290949.html|website=London Evening Standard|access-date=22 February 2018|date=13 November 2002|archive-date=23 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223050754/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/evening-standard-theatre-awards-2002-shortlist-7290949.html|url-status=live}} The next year, he starred as poet Ted Hughes opposite Gwyneth Paltrow as Sylvia Plath in the biographical film Sylvia (2003), which depicts the romance between the two poets.{{cite web|last1=Scott|first1=A. O.|author-link1=A. O. Scott|title=A Poet's Death, A Death's Poetry|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0CE2DF143EF934A25753C1A9659C8B63|website=The New York Times|access-date=16 February 2018|date=17 October 2003|archive-date=15 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015095242/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0CE2DF143EF934A25753C1A9659C8B63|url-status=live}} In the same year, he appeared in The Mother as a man who engages in an affair with the much older mother (played by Anne Reid) of his lover and best friend.{{cite web|last1=Bradshaw|first1=Peter|title=Film of the week: The Mother|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_Film_of_the_week/0,,1084312,00.html|website=The Guardian|access-date=16 February 2018|date=14 November 2003|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082356/https://www.theguardian.com/film/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_Film_of_the_week/0,,1084312,00.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/28/movies/film-review-trying-to-sidestep-old-age-with-a-brisk-leap-into-bed.html |title=Trying to Sidestep Old Age With a Brisk Leap Into Bed |work=The New York Times |first=Stephen |last=Holden |author-link=Stephen Holden |date=28 May 2004 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128101829/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/28/movies/film-review-trying-to-sidestep-old-age-with-a-brisk-leap-into-bed.html |url-status=live }}

The crime thriller Layer Cake, directed by Matthew Vaughn, starred Craig as an unnamed London-based cocaine supplier known only as "XXXX" in the film's credits.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/13/movies/derailing-a-drug-dealers-retirement.html |title=Derailing a Drug Dealer's Retirement |work=The New York Times |first=Manohla |last=Dargis |author-link=Manohla Dargis |date=13 May 2005 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=29 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929194424/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/13/movies/derailing-a-drug-dealers-retirement.html |url-status=live }} Kevin Crust, writing for the Los Angeles Times, praised Craig's "stunningly suave performance", while Roger Ebert thought he was "fascinating" in the film.{{cite news|last1=Crust|first1=Kevin|title=Cast, writing keep 'Layer Cake' fresh|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-may-13-et-layer13-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=16 February 2018|date=13 May 2005|archive-date=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142907/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-may-13-et-layer13-story.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Ebert|first1=Roger|title=Layer Cake|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/layer-cake-2005|website=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=16 February 2018|date=19 May 2005|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082624/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/layer-cake-2005|url-status=live}} Craig next starred as a man who is stalked by a stranger (played by Rhys Ifans) after they witness a deadly accident together in Enduring Love (2004).{{cite web|last1=Bradshaw|first1=Peter|author-link=Peter Bradshaw|title=Enduring Love|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,4267,1359588,00.html|website=The Guardian|access-date=16 February 2018|date=26 November 2004|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082517/https://www.theguardian.com/film/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,4267,1359588,00.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/29/movies/he-loves-him-him-loves-her-her-loves-herself.html |title=He Loves Him, Him Loves Her, Her Loves Herself |work=The New York Times |first=Manohla |last=Dargis |author-link=Manohla Dargis |date=29 October 2004 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323201932/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/29/movies/he-loves-him-him-loves-her-her-loves-herself.html |url-status=live }}

Craig appeared in three theatrical films in 2005, all of which were supporting roles. His first release of the year, was the thriller The Jacket starring Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley.{{cite web|last1=Schager|first1=Nick|title=The Jacket|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/the-jacket|website=Slant Magazine|access-date=16 February 2018|date=3 March 2005|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082749/https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/the-jacket|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/13/movies/derailing-a-drug-dealers-retirement.html |title=A Gulf War Veteran Who Is Abused With Drugs, Restraints and Overacting |work=The New York Times |first=A. O. |last=Scott |author-link=A. O. Scott |date=4 March 2005 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=29 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929194424/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/13/movies/derailing-a-drug-dealers-retirement.html |url-status=live }} He then made a brief appearance in the Hungarian film Fateless as a United States Army Sergeant who takes a liking to a teenage boy who survives life in concentration camps.{{cite web|last1=Bradshaw|first1=Peter|title=Fateless|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2006/may/05/2|website=The Guardian|access-date=16 February 2018|date=5 May 2006|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082616/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2006/may/05/2|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/06/movies/finding-the-beauty-in-a-boys-days-of-horror.html |title=Finding the Beauty in a Boy's Days of Horror |work=The New York Times |first=A. O. |last=Scott |author-link=A. O. Scott |date=6 January 2006 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=3 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703171422/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/06/movies/finding-the-beauty-in-a-boys-days-of-horror.html |url-status=live }} Craig's third and final role of the year was in Munich, directed by Steven Spielberg, as a South African driver who is a part of a covert Israeli government assassination mission against 11 Palestinians allegedly involved in the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|last1=Ascherson|first1=Neal|title=A master and the myths of Munich|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/jan/15/features.review1|website=The Guardian|access-date=16 February 2018|date=15 January 2006|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082526/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/jan/15/features.review1|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/23/movies/an-action-film-about-the-need-to-talk.html |title=An Action Film About the Need to Talk |work=The New York Times |first=Manohla |last=Dargis |author-link=Manohla Dargis |date=23 December 2005 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125012712/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/23/movies/an-action-film-about-the-need-to-talk.html |url-status=live }} Also in 2005, Craig starred in the BBC television film Archangel – based on Robert Harris' novel – as an English academic who stumbles upon a notebook believed to have belonged to Joseph Stalin.{{cite news|last1=Falk|first1=Quentin|title=The don who came in from the cold|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3638894/The-don-who-came-in-from-the-cold.html|website=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=22 February 2018|date=18 March 2005|archive-date=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142942/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3638894/The-don-who-came-in-from-the-cold.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-oct-31-et-archangel31-story.html |title='Archangel' Intrigue on High |work=Los Angeles Times |first=Mary |last=McNamera |date=31 October 2008 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126054318/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-oct-31-et-archangel31-story.html |url-status=live }}

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According to various sources, EON Productions had become aware of Craig and begun to consider him as a future Bond candidate because of Our Friends in the North in 1996{{cite magazine|last=Diehel|first=Jessica|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/11/daniel-craig-james-bond-skyfall|title=Bond Ambition|date=November 2012|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=24 March 2020|archive-date=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142907/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/11/daniel-craig-james-bond-skyfall|url-status=live}} or Elizabeth in 1998.{{cite news |last1=Feinberg |first1=Scott |title='Awards Chatter' Live Pod: Daniel Craig on Playing Gay in 'Queer,' Bond Typecasting ("Boo-Hoo") and Facing "My Final Act" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/awards-chatter-daniel-craig-queer-bond-typecasting-1236074049/ |access-date=5 December 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=30 November 2024}}

In 2004, Craig first met longtime Bond co-producer Barbara Broccoli at the funeral of casting director Mary Selway, who had cast Craig in Love Is the Devil. Broccoli asked Craig to join her for "a cup of tea" at EON's Piccadilly office, and offered him the role of James Bond. Initially, he was unsure about the role and was resistant to the producers' overtures. "There was a period of trying to woo him", Broccoli later commented in 2012. During this period, Craig sought advice from colleagues and friends, of whom "most of us said to him ... 'there is life after Bond'".{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Steve|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/25/daniel-craig-reluctant-bond-made-role-own-spectre|title=Daniel Craig: a reluctant Bond who has made the role his own|date=25 October 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=24 March 2020|archive-date=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142940/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/25/daniel-craig-reluctant-bond-made-role-own-spectre|url-status=live}} He asked Pierce Brosnan at an event for advice and Brosnan told him, "Go for it. Just go for it." He stated he "was aware of the challenges" of the Bond franchise, which he considered "a big machine that makes a lot of money". He aimed at bringing more "emotional depth" to the character.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4335052.stm| title=Daniel Craig: Our Friend in MI6| work=BBC News| access-date=27 December 2007| date=14 October 2005| archive-date=24 February 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224130517/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4335052.stm| url-status=live}} Born in 1968, Craig 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 novels' writer.

Craig's casting as Bond caused some controversy due to his physical appearance. Some fans considered the blond-haired, {{convert|5|ft|10|in|m|adj=mid|-tall}} Craig to not fit the image of the taller, dark-haired Bond portrayed by the previous actors.{{cite news| title=Blond, James Blond| url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/11/08/commentary/mediabiz/index.htm| website=CNN| date=6 November 2006| access-date=2 April 2007| first=Paul R.| last=La Monica| archive-date=3 January 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142911/https://money.cnn.com/2006/11/08/commentary/mediabiz/index.htm| url-status=live}} Throughout the entire production period, Internet campaigns expressed their dissatisfaction and threatened to boycott the film in protest.{{cite news |url=http://www.moono.com/news/news01533.html |title=Anti-Bond protests |website=Moono |access-date=3 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319164649/http://www.moono.com/news/news01533.html |archive-date=19 March 2007 }} Although the choice of Craig was controversial, numerous actors publicly voiced their support. Most notably four of the five actors who had previously portrayed Bond – Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan and Timothy Dalton – called his casting a good decision.{{cite news |title=Connery supports latest 007 |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/connery-supports-latest-007-233195.html |access-date=3 July 2020 |work=Irish Examiner |archive-date=3 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103143003/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30233195.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news| last=Medley| first=Mark| url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/incoming/pierce-brosnan-answers/article1103118/| title=Pierce Brosnan answers| work=The Globe and Mail| location=Toronto| date=14 September 2006| access-date=18 September 2017| archive-date=3 January 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142913/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/incoming/pierce-brosnan-answers/article1103118/| url-status=live}} Connery notably shared his thoughts on Craig's casting as Bond in 2008, describing him as "fantastic, marvelous in the part". The other actor to have previously played Bond, George Lazenby, has since voiced his approval of Craig, as well.{{cite web| url=http://popcultureaddict.com/interviews/georgelazenb| title=The George Lazenby of 007s: A Conversation with George Lazenby| publisher=popcultureaddict.com| access-date=3 August 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013233401/http://popcultureaddict.com/interviews/georgelazenb/| archive-date=13 October 2012}} Clive Owen, who had been linked to the role, also spoke in defence of Craig.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5360554.stm| title=Owen backs 'proper actor' as Bond| work=BBC News| date=19 September 2006| access-date=19 September 2006| archive-date=19 September 2006| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060919195121/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5360554.stm| url-status=live}}

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.{{cite web| title=Casino Royale box office results| website=Box Office Mojo| url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jamesbond21.htm| access-date=4 January 2008| archive-date=18 June 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618114126/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jamesbond21.htm| url-status=live}} After the film was released, Craig's performance garnered critical acclaim.{{cite web|title=Renewing a License to Kill and a Huge Movie Franchise|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/17/movies/17roya.html|work=The New York Times|first=Manohla|last=Dargis|author-link=Manohla Dargis|date=17 November 2006|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=25 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125012017/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/17/movies/17roya.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news| title=New Bond| work=The New York Times| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/17/movies/17crai.html| access-date=25 January 2011| first=Sarah| last=Lyall|author-link=Sarah Lyall| date=17 November 2006| archive-date=4 June 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604161734/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/17/movies/17crai.html| url-status=live}} Craig lent his voice and likeness as James Bond for both the Wii game GoldenEye 007, an enhanced remake of the 1997 game for the Nintendo 64, and James Bond 007: Blood Stone.{{cite news |title=New generation of gamers play Bond in 'Goldeneye' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/marcsaltzman/2010-11-13-goldeneye_N.htm |first=Marc |last=Saltzman |date=13 November 2010 |access-date=20 August 2011 |work=USA Today |archive-date=3 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103143005/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/marcsaltzman/2010-11-13-goldeneye_N.htm |url-status=live }} In addition to Casino Royale, Craig also appeared in two more films in 2006: the drama Infamous as mass murderer Perry Edward Smith and as the voice of the lead character in the English-language version of the French animated film Renaissance.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/13/movies/13infa.html|title=Truman Capote's Journey on In Cold Blood, Again|work=The New York Times|first=A. O.|last=Scott|author-link=A. O. Scott|date=13 October 2006|access-date=20 January 2021|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128040759/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/13/movies/13infa.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Gritten |first1=David |title=You wait years for a good Capote film, then two come along at once |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3662260/You-wait-years-for-a-good-Capote-film-then-two-come-along-at-once.html |website=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=16 February 2018 |date=5 January 2007 |archive-date=17 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217024050/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3662260/You-wait-years-for-a-good-Capote-film-then-two-come-along-at-once.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Holden |first1=Stephen|author-link=Stephen Holden|title=Even in a Place Like Paris, It's Not Good to Live Forever |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/movies/22rena.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=16 February 2018 |date=22 September 2006 |archive-date=17 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217024122/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/movies/22rena.html |url-status=live }} In 2006, Craig was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.{{cite press release |url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2007/07.06.18.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224094334/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2007/07.06.18.html |archive-date=24 December 2007 |title=Academy Invites 115 to Become Members| date=18 June 2007 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}

Craig starred opposite Nicole Kidman in the science fiction horror film The Invasion in 2007, the fourth film adaptation of the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney, which was met with a negative reception.{{cite web|last1=Ebert|first1=Roger|title=The Invasion|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-invasion-2007|website=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=16 February 2018|date=16 August 2007|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082502/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-invasion-2007|url-status=live}} He portrayed Lord Asriel in The Golden Compass, the 2007 film adaptation of Philip Pullman's novel.{{cite news|title=Craig lands role in Pullman film|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5263658.stm|work=BBC News|date=18 August 2006|access-date=19 August 2006|archive-date=21 August 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821221248/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5263658.stm|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/movies/07comp.html |title=Bless the Beasts and Children |work=The New York Times |first=Manohla |last=Dargis |author-link=Manohla Dargis |date=7 December 2007 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126013238/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/movies/07comp.html |url-status=live }} In March 2007, Craig made a cameo appearance as himself in a sketch with Catherine Tate who appeared in the guise of her character Elaine Figgis from The Catherine Tate Show. The sketch was made for the BBC Red Nose Day 2007 fundraising programme.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6903105.stm |title=Michael to be in Tate sketch show |work=BBC News |date=17 July 2007 |access-date=9 September 2007 |archive-date=3 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142952/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6903105.stm |url-status=live }} In 2008, in addition to Quantum of Solace and its accompanying video game, Craig starred in the drama Flashbacks of a Fool alongside Emilia Fox, as a washed-up Hollywood actor who reflects on his life; although the film was received negatively, Craig's performance was praised.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/movies/14quan.html|title=007 Is Back, and He's Brooding|work=The New York Times|first=A. O.|last=Scott|author-link=A. O. Scott|date=13 November 2008|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=19 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119131204/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/movies/14quan.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/movies/17flas.html |title=Scot. Joe Scot. |work=The New York Times |first=Jeannette |last=Catsoulis |date=16 October 2008 |access-date=18 January 2021 |archive-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125024734/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/movies/17flas.html |url-status=live }} In his final release of 2008, the war film Defiance, Craig starred as Tuvia Bielski, the leader of the Bielski partisans, fighting in the forests of Belarus during World War II, saving 1,200 people.{{cite web| url=http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/antisemitism/voices/transcript/index.php?content=20090312 |title=Voices on Antisemitism interview with Daniel Craig|publisher=United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |date=12 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505183718/http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/antisemitism/voices/transcript/index.php?content=20090312 |archive-date=5 May 2012 }}

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He co-starred with Hugh Jackman in a limited engagement of the drama A Steady Rain, on Broadway, which played in autumn 2009 at the Schoenfeld Theatre, for which he gained positive reviews.{{cite web |url=https://broadwaycares.org/jackman-and-craig-raise-1-5-million-shattering-all-bcefa-records/ |title=Jackman and Craig Raise $1.5 Million, Shattering All BC/EFA Records |work=Broadway Cares |author=Broadway Cares staff |date=10 December 2009 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128062704/https://broadwaycares.org/jackman-and-craig-raise-1-5-million-shattering-all-bcefa-records/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news| title=Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman on a Sentimental Journey| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/theater/reviews/30steady.html| newspaper=The New York Times| date=29 September 2009| access-date=13 November 2015| issn=0362-4331| first=Ben| last=Brantley|author-link=Ben Brantley| archive-date=30 September 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930213934/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/theater/reviews/30steady.html| url-status=live}} In August 2010, Craig starred as crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist in David Fincher's 2011 adaptation of Stieg Larsson's novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2010/07/daniel-craig-closes-deal-for-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-56793/ |title=Daniel Craig Closes Deal For 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' |date=26 July 2010 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=26 November 2006 |last=Fleming |first=Mike |location=New York |archive-date=3 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142943/https://deadline.com/2010/07/daniel-craig-closes-deal-for-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-56793/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/movies/the-girl-with-dragon-tattoo-movie-review.html |title=Tattooed Heroine Metes Out Slick, Punitive Violence |work=The New York Times |first=A. O. |last=Scott |author-link=A. O. Scott |date=19 December 2011 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=1 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001024809/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/movies/the-girl-with-dragon-tattoo-movie-review.html |url-status=live }} The next year, he took up a leading role in Dream House, a psychological thriller directed by Jim Sheridan and co-starring Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts and Marton Csokas.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/movies/dream-house-with-daniel-craig-and-rachel-weisz-in-review.html |title=Moving Out of New York Is Just a Bad Idea |work=The New York Times |first=Jeannette |last=Catsoulis |date=30 September 2011 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=26 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926120526/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/movies/dream-house-with-daniel-craig-and-rachel-weisz-in-review.html |url-status=live }} It garnered mostly negative reviews and low box office results. Craig then co-starred with Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde in Cowboys & Aliens, an American science fiction Western film, based on Scott Mitchell Rosenberg's 2006 graphic novel of the same name.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/movies/30cowboys.html |title=Question for Big Film: It's Not a Comedy? |work=The New York Times |first=Michael |last=Cieply |author-link=Michael Cieply |date=29 November 2010 |access-date=22 January 2021 |archive-date=11 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111173642/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/movies/30cowboys.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/it-books-platinum-studios-announce-cowboys-aliens-graphic-novel-paperback-edition-on-otcbb-pdos-1521236.htm |title=It Books and Platinum Studios Announce "Cowboys & Aliens" Graphic Novel Paperback Edition on Stands 28 June 2011 |work=Marketwire |publisher=Marketwire.com |date=1 June 2011 |access-date=13 July 2013 |archive-date=7 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807030129/http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/it-books-platinum-studios-announce-cowboys-aliens-graphic-novel-paperback-edition-on-otcbb-pdos-1521236.htm |url-status=live }} The same year, Craig provided his voice to Steven Spielberg's animated film The Adventures of Tintin in 2011, playing the villainous pirate Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine and his ancestor Red Rackham in a dual role.{{cite web|last1=Reynolds|first1=Simon|title='Adventures of Tintin': 10 teasers for Steven Spielberg's blockbuster|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a345856/adventures-of-tintin-10-teasers-for-steven-spielbergs-blockbuster/|website=Digital Spy|access-date=20 February 2018|date=17 October 2011|archive-date=17 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117040127/http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a345856/adventures-of-tintin-10-teasers-for-steven-spielbergs-blockbuster/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://nymag.com/listings/movie/adventures-of-tintin-the/ |title=The Adventures of Tintin |work=New York |first=David |last=Edelstein |date=21 December 2011 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125141726/https://nymag.com/listings/movie/adventures-of-tintin-the/ |url-status=live }}

The planned 19 April 2010 release of Craig's third Bond film was delayed, because of financial troubles; the film, titled Skyfall, was eventually released on 23 October 2012.{{cite web| last=Taylor| first=Sophie| url=http://www.theweek.co.uk/15177/daniel-craig-s-bond-film-put-on-hold-indefinitely| title=Daniel Craig's Bond film put on hold indefinitely| work=The First Post| date=20 April 2010| access-date=12 September 2010}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |last=Masters |first=Tim |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-20044627 |title=Skyfall Premiere is Biggest and Best |work=BBC |date=24 October 2012 |access-date=18 January 2021 |archive-date=21 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121213728/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-20044627 |url-status=live }} The same year, he 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-19018666 |title=How James Bond whisked the Queen to the Olympics |work=BBC |first=Nicholas |last=Brown |date=27 July 2012 |access-date=22 January 2021 |archive-date=5 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405065315/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-19018666 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/10/28/queen-elizabeth-james-bond-daniel-craig-olympics/ |title=Queen Elizabeth Wanted Speaking Role With James Bond in Olympic Skit |work=NBC |author=Olympic Talk |date=29 October 2019 |access-date=22 January 2021 |archive-date=29 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129231739/https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/10/28/queen-elizabeth-james-bond-daniel-craig-olympics/ |url-status=live }} He and his wife Weisz starred in a Broadway play titled Betrayal, which ran from October 2013 to January 2014.{{cite news| title=Daniel Craig Heads Back To Broadway With 'Betrayal'| url=https://www.npr.org/2013/09/18/223752897/daniel-craig-heads-back-to-broadway-with-betrayal| access-date=26 September 2013| series=All Things Considered| work=NPR| date=18 September 2013| archive-date=9 November 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109192934/http://www.npr.org/2013/09/18/223752897/daniel-craig-heads-back-to-broadway-with-betrayal| url-status=live}}{{cite news| title=Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz to Star in Broadway 'Betrayal'| url=https://variety.com/2013/legit/news/daniel-craig-rachel-weisz-broadway-1200333595/| access-date=26 September 2013| work=Variety| date=5 April 2013| first=Gordon| last=Cox| archive-date=13 November 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113012356/http://variety.com/2013/legit/news/daniel-craig-rachel-weisz-broadway-1200333595/| url-status=live}} Despite mixed reviews, it grossed $17.5 million, becoming the second highest earning Broadway play of 2013.{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jan/07/daniel-craig-rachel-weisz-huge-success-betrayal-broadway| title=Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz claim huge success with Betrayal on Broadway| work=The Guardian| date=7 January 2014| access-date=16 January 2014| archive-date=14 January 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114155126/http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jan/07/daniel-craig-rachel-weisz-huge-success-betrayal-broadway| url-status=live}} Craig'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.{{cite web| url=https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/business/media/james-bond-sony-mgm-eon-productions.html| title=Five Studios' Mission: Winning the Distribution Rights to James Bond| first=Brooks| last=Barnes| work=The New York Times| date=20 April 2017| access-date=21 April 2017| archive-date=20 April 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420163056/https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/business/media/james-bond-sony-mgm-eon-productions.html| url-status=live}}

Prior to the inaugural Invictus Games held in London in September 2014, Craig, along with other entertainers and athletes, read the poem "Invictus" in a promotional video.{{cite news| title=When are Prince Harry's Invictus Games and what are they?| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/05/when-are-prince-harrys-invictus-games-and-what-are-they/| access-date=9 May 2016| work=The Daily Telegraph| date=8 May 2016| archive-date=3 January 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103143027/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/05/when-are-prince-harrys-invictus-games-and-what-are-they/| url-status=live}} He made an uncredited cameo appearance as a stormtrooper in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.{{cite magazine| last1=Lee| first1=Chris| title=Daniel Craig's Star Wars: The Force Awakens cameo revealed| url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/17/daniel-craig-makes-cameo-star-wars-force-awakens| access-date=17 December 2015| magazine=Entertainment Weekly| date=17 December 2015| archive-date=3 January 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142917/https://ew.com/article/2015/12/17/daniel-craig-makes-cameo-star-wars-force-awakens/| url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://comicbook.com/starwars/news/star-wars-the-force-awakens-daniel-craig-james-bond-stormtrooper/ |title=Daniel Craig Reveals How He Got Involved In 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' |website=ComicBook.com |first=J. K. |last=Schmidt |date=11 September 2017 |access-date=21 January 2021 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128202120/https://comicbook.com/starwars/news/star-wars-the-force-awakens-daniel-craig-james-bond-stormtrooper/ |url-status=live }} Craig appeared in a modern production of William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello at the Off-Broadway New York Theatre Workshop throughout late 2016 and early 2017. The production starred David Oyelowo as the titular character and Craig as the main antagonist, Iago.{{cite news |last1=Snyder |first1=Diane |title=Othello, New York Theatre Workshop, review: 'Daniel Craig chills the blood, David Oyelowo arouses the passions' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/othello-new-york-theatre-workshop-review-daniel-craig-chills/ |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=1 March 2018 |date=13 December 2016 |archive-date=3 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142947/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/othello-new-york-theatre-workshop-review-daniel-craig-chills/ |url-status=live }} Diane Snyder of The Daily Telegraph praised his "chilling" portrayal of Iago in the play.

In 2017, Craig co-starred in Steven Soderbergh's comedy Logan Lucky, about two brothers who pull off a heist during a NASCAR race.{{cite web |last1=Busch |first1=Anita |title=Daniel Craig And Katherine Heigl Finalizing Deals To Join Steven Soderbergh's Logan Lucky As James Bond News Surfaces |url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/daniel-craig-steven-soderbergh-logan-lucky-bond-questions-1201763020/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=8 January 2017 |date=26 May 2016 |archive-date=3 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142919/https://deadline.com/2016/05/daniel-craig-steven-soderbergh-logan-lucky-bond-questions-1201763020/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/movies/review-logan-lucky-steven-soderbergh-and-his-motley-band-of-thieves.html |title=Review: Logan Lucky: Steven Soderbergh and His Motley Band of Thieves |work=The New York Times |first=A. O. |last=Scott |author-link=A. O. Scott |date=16 August 2017 |access-date=18 January 2021 |archive-date=19 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119202153/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/movies/review-logan-lucky-steven-soderbergh-and-his-motley-band-of-thieves.html |url-status=live }} Craig starred alongside Halle Berry in the drama Kings set during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The film premiered in September 2017 and was distributed by the Orchard the following year.{{cite web|last1=Bradshaw|first1=Peter|title=Kings review – Halle Berry and Daniel Craig fail to ignite baffling LA riots drama|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/13/kings-review-halle-berry-toronto-film-festival-tiff|website=The Guardian|access-date=20 February 2018|date=14 September 2017|archive-date=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142951/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/13/kings-review-halle-berry-toronto-film-festival-tiff|url-status=live}} In 2019, Craig starred in Rian Johnson's black comedy murder-mystery Knives Out as Benoit Blanc, a detective investigating the sudden death of a family patriarch.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/daniel-craig-rian-johnson-knives-out-1202925913/|title=Daniel Craig to Star in Rian Johnson's New Film|first1=Dave|last1=McNary|date=4 September 2018|access-date=2 July 2019|archive-date=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142945/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/daniel-craig-rian-johnson-knives-out-1202925913/|url-status=live}} It premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, and was theatrically released that November.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/daniel-craig-rian-johnson-knives-out-release-date-1203089243/|title=Rian Johnson's Murder Mystery 'Knives Out,' Starring Daniel Craig, Set for Thanksgiving Release|first1=Dave|last1=McNary|work=Variety|date=13 December 2018|access-date=2 July 2019|archive-date=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142941/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/daniel-craig-rian-johnson-knives-out-release-date-1203089243/|url-status=live}} Knives Out earned critical praise and found success at the box office.{{cite web|last1=Rubin|first1=Rebecca|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/box-office/box-office-knives-out-milestone-1203501247/|title=Box Office: 'Knives Out' Hits $300 Million Worldwide|work=Variety|date=11 February 2020|access-date=24 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404013636/https://variety.com/2020/film/box-office/box-office-knives-out-milestone-1203501247/|archive-date=4 April 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Sperling|first1=Nicole|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/business/media/netflix-knives-out-deal.html|title=With 'Knives Out' Deal, Netflix Signals It's in the Franchise Business|work=The New York Times|url-access=limited|date=19 April 2021|access-date=24 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526021444/http://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/business/media/netflix-knives-out-deal.html|archive-date=26 May 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Singh|first1=Anvita|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/captain-america-goes-dark-knives-out-director-chris-evans-eat-shit-line-scene-stealer-8338488/|title=When Captain America went dark: Knives Out director reveals Chris Evans came up with 'eat s**t' line|work=The Indian Express|date=25 December 2022|access-date=24 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105032935/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/captain-america-goes-dark-knives-out-director-chris-evans-eat-shit-line-scene-stealer-8338488/|archive-date=5 January 2023|url-status=live}} He earned a Golden Globe Awards nomination for his performance.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/2020-golden-globes-nominations-list-nominees-1203426905/|title=Golden Globes 2020: The Complete Nominations List|work=Variety|date=9 December 2019|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209155211/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/2020-golden-globes-nominations-list-nominees-1203426905/|archive-date=9 December 2019}}

After experiencing delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Craig's fifth Bond film, No Time to Die, was released in September 2021, receiving favourable reviews.{{cite web|last1=Yossman|first1=K.J.|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/eon-productions-turnover-bond-285-million-1235482152/|title='No Time to Die' Sees Eon Productions Post Revenues of $285 Million|work=Variety|date=9 January 2023|access-date=24 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210131844/https://variety.com/2023/film/global/eon-productions-turnover-bond-285-million-1235482152/|archive-date=10 February 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58718299|title=No Time To Die: Daniel Craig's final Bond film gets five-star reviews|publisher=BBC News|date=29 September 2021|access-date=24 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716070519/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58718299|archive-date=16 July 2023|url-status=live}} Craig says No Time to Die was his last film as James Bond.{{cite magazine|last1=Collis|first1=Clark|url=https://ew.com/movies/2019/11/23/daniel-craig-james-bond/|title=Daniel Craig confirms he's 'done' with James Bond franchise|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=23 November 2019|access-date=6 February 2020|archive-date=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103143020/https://ew.com/movies/2019/11/23/daniel-craig-james-bond/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Tinoco|first1=Armando|url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/james-bond-fate-of-james-bond-no-time-to-die-1235196099/|title=Daniel Craig Opens Up About The Fate Of James Bond In 'No Time To Die': "This Is It, I Don't Want To Do Any More'|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=11 December 2022|access-date=24 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628030445/https://deadline.com/2022/12/james-bond-fate-of-james-bond-no-time-to-die-1235196099/|archive-date=28 June 2023|url-status=live}} Two days before the film's release in the US, Craig was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame which is located at 7007 Hollywood Boulevard (a reference to Bond's code number "007"), and next to the star of fellow Bond actor Roger Moore.{{cite news |last1=Serjeant |first1=Jill |title=Goodbye Bond, hello Walk of Fame star for Daniel Craig |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/goodbye-bond-hello-walk-fame-star-daniel-craig-2021-10-07/ |access-date=7 October 2021 |work=Reuters |date=7 October 2021 |archive-date=7 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007035904/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/goodbye-bond-hello-walk-fame-star-daniel-craig-2021-10-07/ |url-status=live }}

In 2022, Craig starred in a contemporary revival of Macbeth opposite Ruth Negga on Broadway.Variety described his performance writing "Craig has some strong moments but does not capture the transformation of Macbeth into a power-hungry tyrant."{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2022/legit/reviews/macbeth-review-daniel-craig-ruth-negga-broadway-1235254654/|title= 'Macbeth' Review: Daniel Craig, Ruth Negga Star in a Broadway Production That's All Smoke|website= 29 April 2022|date= 29 April 2022|access-date= 30 April 2022|archive-date= 30 April 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220430034057/https://variety.com/2022/legit/reviews/macbeth-review-daniel-craig-ruth-negga-broadway-1235254654/|url-status= live}} The Guardian{{'s}} Alexis Soloski rated the production 3/5, stating, "... Craig's burly Macbeth, clad handsomely in Suttirat Larlab's modern dress costumes, is every inch a man of action and a soldier, even in a silky bathrobe, entirely convincing in motion, less persuasive when zipping through Macbeth's equivocations."{{cite web |date=29 April 2022 |title=Macbeth review – Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga soar but there's magic missing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/apr/29/macbeth-review-daniel-craig-ruth-negga |access-date=29 November 2022 |website=The Guardian |archive-date=26 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126141221/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/apr/29/macbeth-review-daniel-craig-ruth-negga |url-status=live }} Craig also starred in Glass Onion, a sequel to Knives Out directed by Johnson.{{cite web |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Peter |title=Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery review – Daniel Craig's drawling detective is back |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/23/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-review-daniel-craig-shakes-and-stirs-up-the-party |website=The Guardian |access-date=25 November 2022 |date=23 November 2022 |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206131648/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/23/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-review-daniel-craig-shakes-and-stirs-up-the-party |url-status=live }}

In 2024, he starred as William Lee in Luca Guadagnino's adaptation of William S. Burroughs novel Queer.{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |last2=Kroll |first2=Justin |date=9 December 2022 |title=Luca Guadagnino-Directed Adaptation Of 'Queer' With Daniel Craig In Works |url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/daniel-craig-luca-guadagnino-queer-1235194243/ |access-date=13 December 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213203646/https://deadline.com/2022/12/daniel-craig-luca-guadagnino-queer-1235194243/ |url-status=live }} The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.{{cite web |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |date=3 September 2024 |title=Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey's Psychedelic Sexual Awakening in Luca Guadagnino's 'Queer' Earns 9-Minute Venice Ovation |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/festivals/daniel-craig-venice-standing-ovation-queer-luca-guadagnino-1236119359/|access-date=26 October 2024|website=Variety }} Craig's performance was praised by critics.{{cite web |last=Barber |first=Nicholas |date=3 September 2024 |title=Queer review: Daniel Craig is 'heartbreaking' in this explicit gay romance, but the story goes off the rails |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240903-queer-film-review |access-date=4 September 2024 |publisher=BBC }}{{cite news |last=Collin |first=Robbie |date=3 September 2024 |title=Queer: Daniel Craig puts Bond to bed with this sensational – and explicit – gay drama |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/queer-daniel-craig-review-luca-guadagnino/ |access-date=4 September 2024 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |issn=0307-1235}}{{cite web |last=Lattanzio |first=Ryan |date=3 September 2024 |title=Queer Review: Daniel Craig Is Heartbreaking in Luca Guadagnino's Profound Kaleidoscope of Unrequited Love, Addiction, and Ayahuasca |url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/queer-review-luca-guadagnino-daniel-craig-1235043068/ |access-date=4 September 2024 |website=IndieWire }}{{cite web |last=Rooney |first=David |date=3 September 2024 |title=Queer Review: Daniel Craig Burns a Hole in the Screen With Obsessive Desire in Luca Guadagnino's Trippy Gay Odyssey |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/queer-review-daniel-craig-luca-guadagninos-1235986089/ |access-date=4 September 2024 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter }}{{cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |date=3 September 2024 |title=Queer review – Daniel Craig is needy, horny and mesmeric in Guadagnino's erotic drama |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/sep/03/queer-review-daniel-craig-william-burroughs |access-date=4 September 2024 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}} Craig stated "The reason I wanted to get into cinema was because of movies like this. ... Scripts don’t come around like this very often, directors don’t come around like this very often. I didn’t know what the end result would be, but I knew the journey was going to be something else. And that’s really what appealed to me, to be working with such a wonderful person, the most creative and exciting people.”[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/daniel-craig-drew-starkey-luca-guadagnino-making-queer-1236068056/ Why Daniel Craig’s A24 Indie ‘Queer’ is 30 Years In the Making for Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino]

Craig will next star in a third Benoit Blanc film titled Wake Up Dead Man,{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |title=Josh O'Connor And Cailee Spaeny Join Daniel Craig In Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/josh-oconnor-cailee-spaeny-daniel-craig-wake-up-dead-man-a-knives-out-mystery-1235942121/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=23 June 2024 |date=27 May 2024 |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528202442/https://deadline.com/2024/05/josh-oconnor-cailee-spaeny-daniel-craig-wake-up-dead-man-a-knives-out-mystery-1235942121/ |url-status=live }} with Johnson to direct again.{{cite web |last1=Klawans |first1=Justin |title=Rian Johnson Planning to Write 'Knives Out 3' After New Year's |url=https://collider.com/knives-out-3-rian-johnson-writing-soon/ |website=Collider |access-date=25 November 2022 |date=23 November 2022 |archive-date=24 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124072443/https://collider.com/knives-out-3-rian-johnson-writing-soon/ |url-status=live }}

In 2007, Craig and British Prime Minister Tony Blair took part in the United Kingdom's Comic Relief charity fundraiser, ultimately raising more than USD $90 million. Craig made a cameo appearance as himself in a sketch with Catherine Tate who appeared in the guise of her character Elaine Figgis from The Catherine Tate Show, for the BBC Red Nose Day 2007 fundraising programme.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/u-k-s-comic-relief-raises-90m-1.654622 |title=United Kingdom's Comic Relief raises $90M |work=CBC/Radio-Canada |author=CBC Arts |date=19 March 2007 |access-date=18 January 2021 |archive-date=3 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703171424/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/u-k-s-comic-relief-raises-90m-1.654622 |url-status=live }} Craig participated in the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS fundraising 8 December 2009, raising $1,549,953 in the 21st annual Gypsy of the Year competition, from six weeks of curtain appeals at their hit Broadway drama, A Steady Rain.{{cite web |url=http://www.broadwaycares.org |title=Broadway Cares |publisher=Broadway Cares |date=9 February 2010 |access-date=6 September 2010 |archive-date=12 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212225846/http://broadwaycares.org/ |url-status=live }} Craig starred in 2011 in a short film narrated by Judi Dench, which was produced for International Women's Day.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUm7WAcEnJk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/uUm7WAcEnJk |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=International Women's Day with Daniel Craig and Judi Dench |publisher=International Woman's Day. |website=YouTube |date=13 April 2016 |access-date=22 January 2021}}{{cbignore}} The next year, Craig worked with Orbis International in Mongolia to raise support and awareness of the Orbis medical team and their Flying Eye Hospital.{{cite web |url=https://www.omegawatches.com/planet-omega/social/orbis/ |title=Omega Watches and Orbis International Documentary: Through Their Eyes |work=Omega Watches |date=1 June 2012 |access-date=6 June 2017 |archive-date=3 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142937/https://www.omegawatches.com/planet-omega/social/orbis |url-status=live }}

He is involved with multiple charities including S.A.F.E. Kenya, which uses street theatre to address social issues.{{cite news |title=Clearing the road for Daniel Craig |url=http://safekenya.org/clearing-the-road-for-daniel-craig/ |publisher=SafeKenya.org |date=9 May 2016 |access-date=9 May 2016 |archive-date=24 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924092047/http://safekenya.org/clearing-the-road-for-daniel-craig/ |url-status=dead }} He is also involved with the Opportunity Network, which provides access to education for low-income students in New York.{{cite web |title=The Opportunity Network's 2016 Night of Opportunity Gala |url=https://opportunitynetwork.org/ |access-date=12 April 2016 |archive-date=3 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103143029/https://opportunitynetwork.org/ |url-status=live }} In 2011, he collaborated with Dame Judi Dench to highlight gender inequality for International Women's Day.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/07/james-bond-video-womens-day |title=James Bond video for international women's day shows 007's feminine side |first=Esther |last=Addley |newspaper=The Guardian |date=7 March 2011 |access-date=11 December 2016 |archive-date=3 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103143024/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/07/james-bond-video-womens-day |url-status=live }} In August 2014, he added his name to a letter to British broadcasters calling for better representation of ethnic minorities.{{cite web |url=https://www.looktothestars.org/news/12472-stars-write-to-broadcasters-for-diversity |title=Stars Write To Broadcasters For Diversity |work=Look to the Stars |date=21 August 2014 |access-date=24 December 2014 |archive-date=3 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142926/https://www.looktothestars.org/news/12472-stars-write-to-broadcasters-for-diversity |url-status=live }} In 2015, Craig appeared in the film Comic Relief: Behind the Bond for the BBC Red Nose Day 2015 fundraising programme.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31705883 |title=Daniel Craig Films Bond Sketch for Comic Relief |work=BBC |date=3 March 2015 |access-date=27 January 2021 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126141816/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31705883 |url-status=live }}

In April 2015, the United Nations appointed Craig the first global advocate for the elimination of mines and explosive hazards. The role involves raising awareness for the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS), and political and financial support for the cause. Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Craig: "You have been given a licence to kill, I'm now giving you a licence to save."{{cite news |title=Bond actor Daniel Craig's new 'licence to save' role |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-32311931 |issue=14 April 2015 |work=BBC News |date=16 April 2015 |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=3 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142944/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-32311931 |url-status=live }} In 2019, Craig appeared in a video with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, and launched the UNMAS Safe Ground campaign to turn minefields into playing fields.{{cite web |url=https://www.unmas.org/en/safe-ground |title=UNMAS: Safe Ground Program |work=United Nations |date=24 January 2021 |access-date=26 January 2021 |archive-date=1 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201222833/https://www.unmas.org/en/safe-ground |url-status=live }}

In 2012, Craig expressed a dislike and distrust for politics and politicians in general, being quoted as saying, "Politicians are shitheads. That's how they become politicians, even the good ones. We're actors, we're artists, we're very nice to each other. They'll turn around and stab you in the fucking back".{{cite web |last=Chen |first=Joyce |date=27 December 2011 |title=Daniel Craig slams politicians as 'sh–heads' and backstabbers, but applauds George Clooney for political know-how |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2011/12/27/daniel-craig-slams-politicians-as-sh-heads-and-backstabbers-but-applauds-george-clooney-for-political-know-how/ |access-date=16 April 2024 |website=New York Daily News |archive-date=16 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416234109/https://www.nydailynews.com/2011/12/27/daniel-craig-slams-politicians-as-sh-heads-and-backstabbers-but-applauds-george-clooney-for-political-know-how/ |url-status=live }} He was particularly scathing about former Labour Party Prime Minister Tony Blair, comparing the friends of Blair with the Faustian protagonist of Klaus Mann's anti-Nazi Exilliteratur novel Mephisto. Craig has also expressed a reluctance to involve himself with politicians, arguing that by doing so "you immediately are aligning yourself with a political party."{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/daniel-craig-politicians-shitheads_n_1169851|title=Daniel Craig SLAMS Politicians With Explicit Words|date=26 December 2011|website=HuffPost|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185727/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/daniel-craig-politicians-shitheads_n_1169851|url-status=live}}

Craig supported Barack Obama in the 2008 and 2012 US presidential elections.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/daniel-james-bond-craig-s_n_135503|title=Daniel "James Bond" Craig Speaks Out For Obama|date=17 November 2008|website=HuffPost UK|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185305/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/daniel-james-bond-craig-s_n_135503|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://thegrio.com/2012/10/19/james-bond-star-daniel-craig-declares-his-support-for-president-obama/|title=James Bond star Daniel Craig declares his support for President Obama: 'I trust him'|date=19 October 2012|website=TheGrio|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184322/https://thegrio.com/2012/10/19/james-bond-star-daniel-craig-declares-his-support-for-president-obama/|url-status=live}} He was outspoken about his opposition to Brexit before the 2016 EU membership referendum. In 2016, he was pictured wearing a "Vote Remain" t-shirt which was adorned with the words, "No man is an island. No country by itself."{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/eu-referendum-brexit-remain-who-do-celebrities-support-david-beckham-jk-rowling-a7094751.html|title=The celebrities that support Brexit (and the ones backing Remain)|work=The Independent|access-date=27 November 2018|archive-date=27 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027024833/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/eu-referendum-brexit-remain-who-do-celebrities-support-david-beckham-jk-rowling-a7094751.html|url-status=live}}

Craig came out against the concept of inheritance in 2021, calling it "distasteful".{{cite web |date=19 August 2021 |title=Daniel Craig Says Leaving His Multi-Million Dollar Movie Fortune to His Kids Is 'Distasteful' |url=https://hypebeast.com/2021/8/daniel-craig-inheritance-interview-candis-magazine-james-bond |access-date=7 May 2024 |website=Hypebeast |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507192057/https://hypebeast.com/2021/8/daniel-craig-inheritance-interview-candis-magazine-james-bond |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Daniel Craig |url=https://www.candis.co.uk/all-celebs/we-talk-to-daniel-craig/ |access-date=7 May 2024 |website=Candis |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507192058/https://www.candis.co.uk/all-celebs/we-talk-to-daniel-craig/ |url-status=live }} He claims his philosophy is "get rid of it or give it away before you go".{{cite web |last=Cardoza |first=Riley |date=2 May 2024 |title=Celebs Not Leaving Their Children Inheritances |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/pictures/daniel-craig-more-celebs-not-leaving-their-children-inheritances/ |access-date=7 May 2024 |website=Us Weekly |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507192209/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/pictures/daniel-craig-more-celebs-not-leaving-their-children-inheritances/ |url-status=live}}

File:Daniel Craig Made Honourary Commander of Royal Navy II.jpg and Commander Daniel Craig, following Craig's appointment to the honorary Royal Navy rank of Commander in September 2021]]

In 1992, Craig married actress Fiona Loudon; they had a daughter, Ella, before divorcing in 1994.{{cite web |url=http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-news/hot-topics/daniel-craig/2010/09/23/daniel-craig-biography-of-the-james-bond-star-59067-27328852/ |title=Daniel Craig – Biography of the James Bond Star |work=Chester Chronicle |date=23 September 2010 |access-date=13 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805002501/http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-news/hot-topics/daniel-craig/2010/09/23/daniel-craig-biography-of-the-james-bond-star-59067-27328852/ |archive-date=5 August 2012}}{{cite web |title=All About Daniel Craig's Daughter Ella Loudon |url=https://people.com/parents/who-is-ella-loudon-daniel-craig-daughter/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Peoplemag |archive-date=26 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426151855/https://people.com/parents/who-is-ella-loudon-daniel-craig-daughter/ |url-status=live}} Ella Loudon is an actress and model who has publicly expressed pride in Craig's work.{{cite web |title=All About Daniel Craig's Daughter Ella Loudon |url=https://people.com/parents/who-is-ella-loudon-daniel-craig-daughter/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Peoplemag |archive-date=26 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426151855/https://people.com/parents/who-is-ella-loudon-daniel-craig-daughter/ |url-status=live}}

Craig later began a relationship with German actress Heike Makatsch that lasted for seven years. He subsequently dated film producer Satsuki Mitchell.{{cite journal| url=http://www.wmagazine.com/people/celebrities/2007/02/nicole_kidman_daniel_craig|title=Nicole Kidman & Daniel Craig| journal=W| access-date=19 May 2014| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514132816/http://www.wmagazine.com/people/celebrities/2007/02/nicole_kidman_daniel_craig| archive-date=14 May 2014}}

Craig's friend Mark Strong speaks fluent German,{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2010/may/09/mark-strong-ridley-scott-robin-hood |title=Robin Hood star Mark Strong: 'Real knights would have needed tea breaks' |newspaper=The Observer |first=Elizabeth |last=Day |date=9 May 2010 |access-date=6 July 2010 |location=London |archive-date=3 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103192959/http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2010/may/09/mark-strong-ridley-scott-robin-hood |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/features/INTERVIEW-MARK-STRONG.6293351.jp |title=Interview: Mark Strong |newspaper=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=13 May 2010 |first=Susan |last=Griffin |access-date=6 July 2010 |archive-date=15 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515130640/http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/features/INTERVIEW-MARK-STRONG.6293351.jp |url-status=live }} and in 1997 provided the German dubbing for Craig's voice in Obsession when "German with an English accent" was required.{{cite web|title=Mark Strong Webchat|url=https://www.empireonline.com/interviews/Preview.asp?IID=1031&CurrentPage=2|access-date=22 June 2015|website=Empire|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622132215/http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/Preview.asp?IID=1031&CurrentPage=2|archive-date=22 June 2015}} Strong and Craig previously lived together, became friends, and co-starred in the BBC drama Our Friends in the North.{{cite web|last=Simpson|first=George|date=3 June 2021|title=Mark Strong blames Daniel Craig for failing Bond villain audition after drunken night out|url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1444966/Mark-Strong-James-Bond-villain-audition-Daniel-Craig|access-date=3 June 2021|website=Express.co.uk|archive-date=9 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709120611/https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1444966/Mark-Strong-James-Bond-villain-audition-Daniel-Craig|url-status=live}} Craig is also the godfather of Strong's son Roman.Preston, John (18 February 2009). "Mark Strong: the strong, violent type". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 18 November 2010.

Craig and actress Rachel Weisz had known each other since working together on Les Grandes Horizontales (1994).{{cite web |title=Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz's Relationship Timeline |url=https://people.com/movies/daniel-craig-rachel-weisz-relationship-timeline/ |access-date=21 March 2024 |website=Peoplemag |archive-date=21 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321182011/https://people.com/movies/daniel-craig-rachel-weisz-relationship-timeline/ |url-status=live }} 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 Craig's daughter and Weisz's son.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jun/26/danielcraig |title=Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz get married |work=The Guardian |date=26 June 2011 |access-date=13 October 2012 |location=London |archive-date=7 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407094811/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jun/26/danielcraig |url-status=live }}{{cite news| url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/25/rachel-weisz-daniel-craig-married_n_884653.html| work=The Huffington Post| first=Jordan| last=Zakarin| title=Rachel Weisz, Daniel Craig Get Married: Actress, Actor Wed In Secret Ceremony| date=25 June 2011| access-date=17 April 2020| archive-date=3 January 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103142950/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rachel-weisz-daniel-craig-married_n_884653| url-status=live}} It was reported on 1 September 2018 that their first child together, a daughter, had been born.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/daniel-craig-rachel-weisz-baby-girl-first-child-birth-a8518501.html |title=Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz welcome first child together |newspaper=The Independent |date=1 September 2018 |access-date=1 September 2018 |archive-date=3 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103143041/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/daniel-craig-rachel-weisz-baby-girl-first-child-birth-a8518501.html |url-status=live }}

In January 2018, Craig purchased a house in Brooklyn, New York, for an amount in excess of $6 million.{{cite web|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/daniel-craig-purchases-brooklyn-brownstone|title=Daniel Craig Has Reportedly Purchased a Brooklyn Brownstone for $6.75 Million|publisher=Architectural Digest|first=Evelyn|last=Wang|date=9 January 2018|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204054635/https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/daniel-craig-purchases-brooklyn-brownstone|url-status=live}} He is an avid fan of Liverpool F.C., and is also a fan of rugby, having travelled to Australia in 2013 to watch the British and Irish Lions tour.{{cite news |title=James Bond star Daniel Craig enjoys Liverpool FC victory over Newcastle |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/05/04/james-bond-star-daniel-craig-enjoys-liverpool-fc-victory-over-newcastle-100252-23536754/ |newspaper=Liverpool Echo |date=4 May 2009 |access-date=7 November 2012 |archive-date=11 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011143007/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/05/04/james-bond-star-daniel-craig-enjoys-liverpool-fc-victory-over-newcastle-100252-23536754/ |url-status=live }} In 2019, Craig announced he had obtained American citizenship.{{efn|In a video for Variety, he mentioned he actually became an American citizen in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PkSjRVIWHU&t|title=How Well Do Daniel Craig & Drew Starkey Really Know Each Other?|work=Variety|via=YouTube|date=4 November 2024}} 2019 is the year the media reports based on a quote he made while promoting Knives Out that year.}}{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/now/daniel-craig-says-american-years-160813160.html|title=Daniel Craig Says He's 'American' Years After Wife Rachel Weisz Attained Her U.S. Citizenship|work=Yahoo!|via=People|date=15 November 2019|quote=I'm an immigrant. I'm an American.|access-date=15 October 2021|archive-date=29 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029175844/https://www.yahoo.com/now/daniel-craig-says-american-years-160813160.html|url-status=live}} He was made an honorary Commander in the Royal Navy in September 2021, matching the on-screen rank of James Bond.{{cite web |title=Actor Daniel Craig appointed honorary Royal Navy Commander |url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2021/september/23/210923-daniel-craig-honorary-commander |website=royalnavy.mod.uk |publisher=British Ministry of Defence |access-date=11 July 2024}} Craig was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to film and theatre, matching the CMG of James Bond.{{London Gazette|issue=63571|supp=y|page=N3|date=1 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/31/daniel-craig-recognised-new-year-honours-list-title-held-james/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/31/daniel-craig-recognised-new-year-honours-list-title-held-james/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Daniel Craig recognised in New Year Honours List with same title held by James Bond|last=Rayner|first=Gordon|date=31 December 2021|work=The Telegraph|access-date=1 January 2022}}{{cbignore}}

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{{BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film}}

{{Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor in an Action Movie}}

{{Empire Award for Best Actor}}

{{Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor}}

{{London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the Year}}

{{National Board of Review Award for Best Actor}}

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