List of actors considered for the James Bond character
Actor Years auditioned/considered Film Character Affiliation
George Baker 1962 On Her Majestys Secret Service ( 1969 ) The Spy Who Loved Me ( 1977 ) Sir Hillary Bray Captain Benson College professor Royal Navy
Michael Billington 1968 , 1973 , 1979 , 1981 , 1983 The Spy Who Loved Me ( 1977 ) Sergei Barsov ( KGB agent Anya Amasova 's lover ) KGB
Julian Glover 1979 For Your Eyes Only ( 1981 ) Aristotle Kristatos MI6/KGB ( double agent )
Sean Bean 1987 , 1994 GoldenEye ( 1995 ) Alec Trevelyan Former MI6 agent 006 turned villain
Ralph Fiennes 1994 , 2004 Skyfall ( 2012 ) Spectre ( 2015 ) No Time to Die ( 2020 ) Gareth Mallory/M MI6
Colin Salmon 2004 Tomorrow Never Dies ( 1997 ) The World Is Not Enough ( 1999 ) Die Another Day ( 2002 ) Charles Robinson MI6
Considered but chosen for a different role in a Bond film
The following actors were considered for the role of James Bond , but were cast as supporting or opposing characters ; in the case of Colin Salmon , consideration as Bond came after his appearances in the films .
This is a list of actors who were considered for the role of James Bond, both officially (auditioned by the film producers) and unofficially (supported by fans and celebrities) but did not play the role of agent 007. The separate list of James Bond films details the actors who have played the role of agent 007.