James Bond or James Bond 007 was born on April 13, 1968 in Glencoe, Scotland। He is a fictional British agent, creation of writer Ian Fleming.
Biography and Career :
Ian Fleming died in 1964 and authors like Kingsley Amis, John Pearson, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Charlie Higson or Sebastian Faulks continued writing about this interesting character.
The EON Productions film series made him a famous character all over the world. He is a British Secret Intelligence Service and his name was created after the names of an American ornithologist, a Caribbean bird expert and author of the definitive field guide book "Birds of the West Indies".
His parents' names are Andrew Bond and Monique Delacroix. They come from a Scotsman and Canton de Vaud, Switzerland. He likes eating s
crambled eggs and drink coffee and his habits are drinking, smoking, wearing short-sleeve shirts.
Until now (2007) six actors played the role of Bond: Sean Connery between 1962 and 1967 and in 1971, George Lazenby in 1969, Roger Moore between 1973 and 1985, Timothy Dalton between 1987 and 1989, Pierce Brosnan between 1995 and 2002 and Daniel Craig since 2006.
During the years the films were very successful and placed on high position in Box Office. There were also created comic strips and books, radio and television programs and the "James Bond Theme" was written by Monty Norman.
In 1983 appeared the first video game and the last until now will appear in 2008. The character has a great car with good equipment which helps him very much.
James Bond has a new face: It belongs to Daniel Craig, a low-profile actor, known for his roles in Road to Perdition and Tomb Raider. He was in the lead role in neither. But then, as James Bond's casting director Debbie McWiliams said, they did not want someone as big as Russel Crowe to be the next Bond either.
Daniel Craig picks up the tuxedo from Pierce Brosnan, till now the reigning spy of the eternal intelligence flick James Bond. Brosnan is now 52. Craig becomes Bond at the age of 37.
Craig the Bond will debut with Casino Royale, a remake of the first Bond novel. The endearing MI-6 spy comes across as a cold, yet humorous character in the Bond movie, which will begin shooting in early January.
Before Daniel Craig, the other actors starring as James Bond were Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton.
At a function to announce the name of the new Bond to the media, Daniel Craig turned up in a military speedboat, attired in Bond a suit, wearing shades. Craig said he had to down a couple of drinks just to come to terms with the reality that he is to star as the agent of agents. Craig was chosen from among about 200 actors vying to play the MI-6 spy.
Said Daniel Craig: "It's a huge challenge. Life is about challenges and this is one of the big ones as an actor."
Craig had put up a commendable performance in Layer Cake. Like many aspiring actors, he started his acting career with television. Daniel Craig has also had his studies in acting at the National Youth Theatre and Guildhall School of Music and Dance. Ace director Steven Spielberg recently finished shooting his movie Munich with Craig, a fact not widely known. Munich is based on the historical events of 1972, when Olympics athletes were massacred at the peak of cold war.
Recently, Craig was in the news over his relationship with Sienna Miller, a favourite of the British tabloid press.
The new Bond movie is expected to have less of gadgets and more of character, according to reports. The next Bond movie will be "definitely darker, more character, less gadgets", said Director Martin Campbell.
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