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James Bond is a fictional character created by British novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. A British secret agent working for MI6 under the codename 007, Bond has been portrayed on film in twenty-seven productions by actors Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig.
Bond was first portrayed on screen by American actor Barry Nelson, in a 1954 Climax! television adaptation, "Casino Royale". In 1961, Eon Productions began work on an adaptation of the 1958 novel, Dr. No. The result was a film that spawned a series of twenty-five films produced by Eon Productions and two independent films.
Daniel Craig. Daniel Wroughton Craig CMG (born 2 March 1968) is an English actor. He gained international fame by playing the fictional secret agent James Bond for five installments in the film series, from Casino Royale (2006) up to No Time to Die (2021). [ 1][ 2]
Father of comedian Des Bishop, who later wrote his biography, entitled My Dad Was Nearly James Bond. [ 8][ 9][ 10] Patrick Mower. Reason unknown. [ 11] Daniel Pilon. Harry Saltzman felt he was too young; aged 27 at the time. [ 12] John Richardson. George Lazenby won the role based on a screen-test fight scene.
Pierce Brendan Brosnan OBE (born 16 May 1953) is an Irish [a] actor and film producer. He was the fifth actor to play the fictional secret agent James Bond in the James Bond film series, after Sean Connery (1962−1967; 1971), George Lazenby (1969), Roger Moore (1973−1985), and Timothy Dalton (1987−1989), starring in four films from 1995 to 2002 (GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World ...
Ian Fleming created the fictional character of James Bond as the central figure for his works. Bond is an intelligence officer in the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6. Bond is known by his code number, 007, and was a Royal Naval Reserve Commander. Fleming based his fictional creation on a number of individuals he came across ...
George Lazenby. George Robert Lazenby ( / ˈleɪzənbi /; born 5 September 1939) [ 1] is a retired Australian actor. He was the second actor to portray the fictional British secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, playing the character in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). Since he appeared in only one film, Lazenby's ...
Budget. $7 million. Box office. $161.8 million. Live and Let Die is a 1973 spy thriller, the eighth film in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the first to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by Guy Hamilton and produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, while Tom Mankiewicz wrote ...