Daniel Craig Biography, Age, Height, Career, Net Worth, Personal Life & More

Posted By: Aqib Khan | September 21, 2018

Daniel Craig Biography:

Daniel Craig is one of the best, successful and popular actors in the Hollywood. He is well known for his performance as the spy James Bond 007. This blonde haired and blue eyed person has calmed looks on the surface level, but at the deeper level, he has an ocean of artistic talent and acting skills. His roles in the movies are always serious, committed, and active. His talent, insight, body language, as well as expressions, give these roles a perfect balance.

He has a long list of super hit movies, rather say his almost all movies are super hit. These movies include “Love is the Devil,” “Elizabeth,” “The Trench,” “Road to Prediction” and many more. Daniel at the peak of fame when his role as spy James Bond 007 emerged and added a lot to his popularity. He reached the heights of success and popularity through the Bond films such as “Casino Royale,” “Quantum of Solace,” “Skyfall” and so on. This article will provide you with a lot of information about Daniel, his life, career, works, and achievements. So leave everything and enjoy the reading.

Daniel Craig Childhood and Early Life:

Carol Olivia gave birth to a child named Daniel Craig, on 2nd March 1968. He was born in Chester, Cheshire, England. His father was Timothy John Wroughton Craig, who owned two pubs namely “Ring O’ Bells” and “Boot’s Inn.” His mother was Carol Olivia, an Art teacher. In his early life, Daniel worked as the midshipman in the Merchant Navy. In his studies, he was of medium quality or ordinary student. He changed various schools for his formal education. He studied at Holy Trinity Primary School, Hilbre High School, and Calday Grange Grammar School. In the last school, he stayed very briefly as a sixth form student.

Besides formal education, he was also getting training in acting from Everyman Theatre. He shifted to London, at the age of sixteen for further training at the National Youth Theatre. In 1991, he completed his graduation from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in Barbican. He also received his training from Royal Shakespeare Company, for three years.

Daniel Craig Career:

Actually, he started his career in 1992 with the debut in “The Power of One.” He played the role of an Afrikaner soldier. After this movie, he appeared as a star in a number of movies including “A Kid in King Arthur’s Court,” “Sharpe’s Eagle,” “Kiss and Tell” and much more. He appeared on television in 1993 with the series, “Zorro.” He performed only in two episodes. Subsequently, he appeared in a lot of television series in guest roles such as “Heartbeat,” “Screen Two,” “Between the Lines,” “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles” and “Drop the Dead Donkey.”

Although he launched himself very well, his real breakthrough came with the television series “Our Friends in the North” in 1996. The audience and critics gave him a huge applaud after this series. Soon afterward, he emerged as a sex symbol. The public mostly admired him for his grand persona and killing looks rather than his acting. Daniel was not happy and satisfied with this image and started working in television series and films of varying genres.

Daniel Career, 1998:

On the other hand, with the perspective of his career, 1998 is the most successful year. Almost all of his movies in this year became successful. The year started with the release of a biopic named “Love is the Devil.” His artistic talent in this movie is well recognized by the critics. In the same year, another historical biopic, “Elizabeth,” is released. The movie is hugely acclaimed due to its subject and perfect portrayal of the character of the monk. Soon after, his other hit movies were released in which he depicted his acting talent. These movies include “The Trench,” “Some Voices,” “Hotel Splendide,” and “I Dreamed of Africa.”

Daniel’s next two movies bombed at the box office. The first one was “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” in which he performed with Angelina Jolie. The other one was “Road to Perdition” which made him a well-known superstar. After that, in next three movies, he again gave a powerful performance including “The Mother,” violent crime thriller “Layer Cake” and “Enduring Love” in which he played the character of Joe. In 2005, “The Jacket” and “Munich” by Steven Spielberg were again blockbuster successful movies.

As James Bond 007:

In fact, after seeing huge success in his movies, it was officially announced that he would be picked up as the next 007. This news created a stir. Though there was controversy in the people of the film industry and audience about this choice due to his blonde hairs and blue eyes, despite the criticism, he accepted the responsibilities that came with the character of James Bond 007. And believe me, he did it perfectly. Daniel Craig proved his opponents wrong on 14th November 2006 with the release of “Casino Royale,” the first Bond film starring him. The movie earned $594 million, which is the highest ever business by a bond film then. His perfect performance in this movie earned him a couple of nominations in the Best Actor category.

After the bond film, he appeared in different movies as a star, but none of them made much success. These movies included “Infamous,” “The Invasion,” “The Golden Compass” and “Flashbacks of a Fool.” His bad luck came to an end with the release of second Bond film, “Quantum of Solace.” Though this movie did not become as famous as “Casino Royale,” yet he again earned a couple of nominations for this movie. He again turned outside the spy character and starred in other movies including “Dream House,” Cowboys and Aliens,” “Defiance,” “The Adventure of Tintin” and “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.”

In 2012, He once Again Appeared:

In Fact, In 2012, he once again appeared in the role of James Bond 007 with the release of the movie titled “Skyfall.” According to box office business and audience reception, this movie surpassed all the 22 earlier Bond films. The film earned $1 billion at the box office and became the eighth highest grossing film of all time and the highest grossing film in the Bond series.

Besides films and televisions, he also lent his voice and image of James Bond to many video games like James Bond 007: Blood Stone, Nintendo 64, GoldenEye 007, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS and Microsoft Windows.

Daniel Craig Major Works:

Following are some best movies by Daniel Craig, and all these are worth seeing:

1.      Road to Prediction (2002)
2.      Casino Royale (2006)
3.      Quantum of Solace (2008)
4.      The Adventure of Tintin (2011)
5.      The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
6.      Skyfall (2012)
7.      Star Wars: Episode VII-The Force Awakens (2015)
8.      Spectre (2015)

Daniel Craig Awards and Achievements:

Throughout his career, he nominated many times for the prestigious awards. He won the following awards in the category of Best Actor:

Edinburgh International Film Festival Award.
Sant Jordi Awards.
Critics’ Choice Awards.
Evening Standard British Film Awards.
London Film Critics Circle Awards.
British Independent Film Awards.
Empire Awards.

Daniel Craig Personal Life and Affairs:

Daniel Craig married Fiona Loudon in 1992. They were blessed with a daughter named Ella. However, the marriage was not successful and soon after ended in divorce in 1994. After this, he remained in a relationship with a German actress, Heike Makatsch for almost seven years. He also had affairs with Satsuki Mitchell and Sienna Miller. From December 2010 onwards, he remained in the relationship with the actress Rachel Weisz and tied the nuptial knot with her in June 2011.

Trivia:

He is the shortest in height-5 feet 11 inches who portrayed the character of James Bond.

Daniel Craig Net Worth, Houses, Cars:

Daniel Craig has an estimated net worth of almost $95 million. He owned two houses, Primrose Hill, London, England and Tribeca, New York City, U.S. He is also the owner of three cars, Audi S6, Lexus Rx 350 and Aston Martin Vantage Roadster.

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