Portrayal of James Bond in film
Year Film Salary $ ( millions )
2006 Casino Royale 3.4
2008 Quantum of Solace 8.9
2012 Skyfall 17
2015 Spectre 39
2020 No Time to Die
Films -- Daniel Craig : 2005–present
Daniel Craig at the Berlin premiere of Spectre in October 2015 . On 14 October 2005 , Eon Productions , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures Entertainment introduced at a press conference in London Daniel Craig as the sixth actor to portray Bond in the Eon series . [ 142 ] A tuxedo- and lifejacket-clad Craig arrived via a Royal Navy speedboat . [ 143 ] Craig accepted the role based on the strength of the script for Casino Royale ; he later recalled that `` once I sat down and read the story , I just thought that I wanted to tell [ it ] ... I 'm a big Bond fan , and I love what he represents '' . [ 144 ] Significant controversy followed the decision , with some critics and fans expressing doubt the producers had made the right choice . Throughout the entire production period , Internet campaigns such as danielcraigisnotbond.com expressed their dissatisfaction and threatened to boycott the film in protest . [ 145 ] Craig , unlike previous actors , was not considered by the protesters to fit the tall , dark , handsome and charismatic image of Bond to which viewers had been accustomed . [ 146 ] Many disparagingly called him `` James Blonde '' , believing the 5 ft 10 in ( 1.78 m ) blond-haired blue-eyed rugged Craig far from the traditional tall , dark and suave actors who had earlier portrayed him . The Daily Mirror ran a front-page news story critical of Craig , with the headline , The Name 's Bland – James Bland . [ 147 ] Craig first played Bond in the 2006 film Casino Royale , an adaptation of Fleming 's novel of the same name and a reboot of the Eon series , [ 148 ] which saw Bond earn his 00 status . [ 149 ] Despite the negative press on his appointment , Craig was widely praised by critics and former Bonds after the release of the film , many of whom believed he was the first actor to truly nail Fleming 's character in the book . Todd McCarthy , reviewing the film for Variety , considered that `` Craig comes closer to the author 's original conception of this exceptionally long-lived male fantasy figure than anyone since early Sean Connery '' , [ 150 ] and he went on to say that `` Craig once and for all claims the character as his own '' , [ 150 ] while Steven Spielberg called Craig `` the perfect 21st-century Bond '' . [ 151 ] Paul Arendt , writing for the BBC , agreed , observing that `` Daniel Craig is not a good Bond . He 's a great Bond . Specifically , he is 007 as conceived by Ian Fleming—a professional killing machine , a charming , cold-hearted patriot with a taste for luxury . Craig is the first actor to really nail 007 's defining characteristic : he 's an absolute swine '' . [ 152 ] James Chapman commented on the realism and violence in the film noting that Bond is seen to seriously bleed for the first time in the series ; Chapman also identified a number of violent scenes which make Casino Royale notable in the series . [ 153 ] In 2012 Skyfall was released : it was Craig 's third outing as 007 . Reviewing the film , Philip French , writing in The Observer , considered that Craig managed to `` get out of the shadow of Connery '' , [ 154 ] while the New Statesman thought that he had `` relaxed into Bond without losing any steeliness '' . [ 155 ]
Commander James Bond RN - code number 007 - is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1952. The character appeared in a series of twelve novels and two short story collections written by Fleming and a number of continuation novels and spin-off works after Fleming's death in 1964. There have been twenty-seven films in total, produced between 1962 and 2020. Fleming portrayed Bond as a tall, athletic, handsome secret agent in his thirties or forties; he has several vices including drinking, smoking, gambling, automobiles and womanising. He is an exceptional marksman, and skilled in unarmed combat, skiing, swimming and golf. While Bond kills without hesitation or regret, he usually kills only when carrying out orders, while acting in self-defence and occasionally as revenge. American actor Barry Nelson was the first to portray Bond on screen, in a 1954 television adaptation, Casino Royale. In 1961 Eon Productions began work on Dr. No, an adaptation of the novel of the same name. The result was a film that spawned a series of twenty-four films produced by Eon Productions and two independent films. After considering the likes of refined English actors such as Cary Grant and David Niven, the producers cast Sean Connery as Bond in the film. Fleming was appalled at the selection of the uncouth, 31-year-old Scottish actor, considering him the antithesis of his character. However, Connery's physical prowess and sexual magnetism became closely identified with the character, with Fleming ultimately changing his view on Connery and incorporating aspects of his portrayal into the books.