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Daniel Craig
Daniel Craig (born March 2, 1968) plays Mikael Blomkvist in the 2011 movie adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
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Career
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Craig appeared as Joe in the Royal National Theatre's production of Tony Kushner's Angels in America in November 1993. An early starring role was as 'Geordie' in the BBC's 1996 drama Our Friends in the North, with early film roles being as Angelina Jolie's rival and love interest in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), before appearing in Sam Mendes's movie Road to Perdition (2002), with Tom Hanks and Paul Newman. Other leading film roles include Sword of Honour (2001), The Mother (2003) with Anne Reid, Sylvia (2003) with Gwyneth Paltrow, Layer Cake (2004) with Sienna Miller, Enduring Love (2004) with Rhys Ifans, Steven Spielberg's Munich (2005) with Eric Bana, Infamous (2006), and The Golden Compass (2007). He recently starred in Defiance in 2008 as well as 2011's Cowboys and Aliens and Dream House.
Besides The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Craig will also appear in the film The Adventures of Tintin.
James BondEdit
In addition to his work in other films, Craig is perhaps best known for portraying secret agent James Bond aka 007 in the films Casino Royale, released in 2006, and Quantum of Solace, released in 2008. His next Bond film is called Skyfall, and it will be released on November 9, 2012.
Personal lifeEdit
In 1992, Craig married Scottish actress Fiona Loudon, with whom he has a daughter, Ella. However, the marriage ended in divorce in 1994. After his divorce he was in a seven-year relationship with German actress Heike Makatsch. Starting in 2004, he was in a relationship with film producer Satsuki Mitchell. They split in 2010. He later started dating his Dream House co-star Rachel Weisz, whom he has known for several years, in December 2010. The couple were married on June 22, 2011 in a private ceremony in New York with only four guests in attendence including Craig's daughter Ella & Weisz's son Henry.
Added by KristiegirlCraig had to quit smoking and hire a personal trainer to prepare for the role as James Bond. He is an avid video game player and was excited to have a Quantum of Solace video game released.
In October 2008, Craig paid £4 million for an apartment near Regent's Park, London. Craig is also a passionate Liverpool F.C supporter.
FilmographyEdit
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | The Power of One | Sgt. Botha, a.k.a. The Judge | |
| 1993 | Zorro | Lt Hidalgo | Two episodes of a US TV series filmed in Madrid. |
| 1993 | Sharpe's Eagle | Lt. Berry | Television Drama |
| 1995 | A Kid in King Arthur's Court | Master Kane | |
| 1996 | Kiss And Tell | Matt Kearney | TV Film |
| 1996 | The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders | James "Jemmy" Seagrave | Television Drama |
| Our Friends in the North | George "Geordie" Peacock | Television Drama: 8 Episodes | |
| 1997 | Obsession – Besessene Seelen | John McHale | |
| The Ice House | D.S. Andy McLoughlin | TV Mystery/Drama from the novel by Minette Walters | |
| 1998 | Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | George Dyer | Edinburgh International Film Festival Award for Best British Performance |
| Love and Rage | James Lynchehaun | ||
| Elizabeth | John Ballard | ||
| 1999 | The Trench | Sgt. Telford Winter | British Independent Film Award for Best Actor |
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert | Schiller | ||
| 2000 | Some Voices | Ray | British Independent Film Award for Best Actor |
| Hotel Splendide | Ronald Blanche | ||
| I Dreamed of Africa | Declan Fielding | ||
| 2001 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Alex West | |
| Sword of Honour | Guy Crouchback | ||
| 2002 | Copenhagen | Werner Heisenberg | Television Drama (Stage Adaptation) |
| Ten Minutes Older: The Cello | Cecil | ||
| Road to Perdition | Connor Rooney | ||
| 2003 | Sylvia | Ted Hughes | |
| The Mother | Darren | British Independent Film Award for Best Actor Nominated — European Film Awards|European Film Audience Award for Best Actor Nominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor | |
| 2004 | Layer Cake | XXXX | Empire Award for Best Actor Nominated — European Film Awards|European Film Awards Audience Award for Best Actor also for Enduring Love |
| Enduring Love | Joe | European Film Awards Audience Award for Best Actor also for Layer Cake | |
| 2005 | Munich | Steve | |
| Archangel | Christopher Kelso | Television Drama | |
| Fateless | American Soldier | ||
| The Jacket | Rudy Mackenzie | ||
| 2006 | Casino Royale | James Bond | Empire Award for Best Actor Evening Standard British Film Awards|Evening Standard British Film Awards Award for Best Actor Cinema of Spain|Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actor Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actor |
| Renaissance | Barthélémy Karas | Voice role | |
| Infamous | Perry Smith | Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male | |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | Lord Asriel | |
| The Invasion | Ben Driscoll | ||
| 2008 | Flashbacks of a Fool | Joe Scot | Also Executive Producer |
| Quantum of Solace | James Bond | Empire Award for Best Actor | |
| Defiance | Tuvia Bielski | ||
| 2011 | The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn | Red Rackham | Post-production |
| Dream House | Will Attenton | Post-production | |
| Cowboys & Aliens | Jake Lonergan | Post-production | |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Mikael Blomkvist | Post-production |
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