Daniel Wroughton Craig (born 2 March 1968 in Chester, England) is a British actor.
Craig is the sixth actor to play secret agent James Bond in the Bond film series, starring in five films from 2006 to 2021. He received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his first film as Bond, Casino Royale (2006). He also won a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in an Action Movie for Skyfall (2012) and was nominated again for the same award for Spectre (2015).
At the beginning of his career, Craig starred in various independent British films. He received three nominations at the British Independent Film Awards, winning Best Actor for Some Voices (2000), and won the London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actor of the Year for Enduring Love (2004). His other non-Bond appearances since 2006 include Infamous (2006), which earned him a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male, Cowboys & Aliens and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (both 2011), for which he received nominations for various awards. His performance as the private detective Benoit Blanc in the films Knives Out (2019) and its sequel Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) earned him two nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
In 2007, Craig was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2021, he was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was also made an honorary Commander (RN) in September of 2021. He was honoured with a CMG in the 2022 New Year's Honours by Queen Elizabeth II.
Awards and nominations + Award Year Category Nominated work Result AACTA International Awards 2025 Best ActorQueerrowspan=5 AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2025 Best ActorAlliance of Women Film Journalists Awards2012 Best Depiction of Nudity, Sexuality, or SeductionThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Most Egregious Age Difference Between the Leading Man and the Love Interest 2016Most Egregious Age Difference Between the Leading Man and the Love Interest Spectre 2022 No Time to Die 2025 Best Actor Queerrowspan=2 Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2023 Best Ensemble Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryBerlin International Film Festival 2000 EFP Shooting StarDaniel Craigrowspan=2 Britannia Awards 2012 British Artist of the YearBritish Academy Film Awards 2007 Best Actor in a Leading Role Casino Royalerowspan=2 British Independent Film Awards 1999Best Actor in a British Independent Film The Trench 2000 Some Voices 2004 Enduring Love 2007 Variety AwardDaniel Craigrowspan=3 Capri Hollywood International Film Festival 2023 Best Ensemble Cast Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryCritics' Choice Movie Awards 2013Best Actor in an Action Movie Skyfall 2016 Spectrerowspan=2 2020 Best Acting Ensemble Knives Out 2023 Best Acting Ensemble Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 2025 Best Actor Queer Critics' Choice Super Awards 2022 Best Actor in an Action Movie No Time to Die Drama Desk Awards 2017 Outstanding Actor in a Play Othellorowspan=3 Drama League Awards 2010Distinguished Performance A Steady Rain 2017 OthelloEdinburgh International Film Festival 1998 Best British Performance Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon Empire Awards 2005 Best British Actor Layer Cake 2007Best Actor Casino Royale 2009 Quantum of Solacerowspan=6 2012 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2013 SkyfallEuropean Film Awards 2004People's Choice Award for Best Actor 2005 Enduring Love and Layer Cake 2024 European Actor QueerEvening Standard British Film Awards 2007 Best Actor Casino Royale 2018 Best Supporting Actor Logan Luckyrowspan=2 Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2002 Best Actor A NumberGeorgia Film Critics Association Awards 2023 Best Ensemble Cast Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Golden Globe Awards 2020Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Knives Outrowspan=3 2023 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 2025 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama QueerGoldene Kamera 2009 Best International Actor Daniel Craigrowspan=2 Hollywood Critics Association Awards 2020 Best Cast Ensemble Knives Out 2023 Best Cast EnsembleGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mysteryrowspan=6 Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2023 Best Ensemble CastIndependent Spirit Awards 2007 Best Supporting Male InfamousIrish Film and Television Awards 2007 Best International Actor Casino RoyaleLondon Film Critics' Circle 1998 British Supporting Actor of the Year Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon 2004British Actor of the Year The Mother 2005 Enduring Love 2013 Skyfallrowspan=2 2025 Actor of the YearQueer Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film MTV Movie & TV Awards2013 Best FightSkyfallrowspan=3 Best Shirtless Performance 2022 Best Hero No Time to DieNational Board of Review Awards 2019 Best Ensemble Knives Outrowspan=2 2024 Best Actor QueerNational Film Awards 2016 Best Actor Spectrerowspan=2 National Movie Awards 2007 Best Male Performance Casino RoyaleNew York Film Critics Online Awards 2022 Best Ensemble Cast Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Outer Critics Circle Awards 2017 Outstanding Actor in a Play Othellorowspan=4 People's Choice Awards2021 Favorite Male Movie StarNo Time to Die Favorite Action Movie StarPrimetime Emmy Awards 2014 Outstanding Narrator One LifeSan Diego Film Critics Society 2017Best Comedic Performance Logan Lucky 2019 Knives Outrowspan=3 2023Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Best Ensemble 2024 Best Actor Queer Sant Jordi Awards 2007 Best Foreign Actor Casino Royale and Enduring Love Satellite Awards2019 Best Actor – Motion Picture Comedy or MusicalKnives Out Best Cast – Motion Picture 2023 Best Actor – Motion Picture Comedy or MusicalGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Best Cast – Motion Picture Saturn Awards 2007Best Actor Casino Royalerowspan=6 2013 Skyfall 2021 Knives OutScream Awards 2011 Best Science Fiction Actor Cowboys & AliensScreen Actors Guild Awards 2025 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role QueerSt. Louis Film Critics Association Awards2022 Best ActorGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Best Ensemble 2024 Best Actor Queerrowspan=2 Teen Choice Awards 2013 Choice Movie Actor – Action SkyfallWashington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2022 Best Acting Ensemble Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 2024 Best Actor Queer
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