Daniel Wroughton Craig (born 2 March 1968 in Chester, England) is a BAFTA-nominated English actor best known as the sixth actor to portray secret agent James Bond in the official film series from EON Productions since 2006. He made his debut as the character on 14 November 2006, in the 21st official Bond film, Casino Royale, to much critical acclaim.

Craig was born in Chester, England, the son of Timothy John Wroughton Craig, who served as a Midshipman in the Merchant Navy and worked in various occupations when he came ashore; and Olivia Craig ('Carol' née Williams), an art teacher. He was brought up in Frodsham where his father was landlord of the 'Ring 'O Bells and The Boot in Willington, near Chester, and then Hoylake on the Wirral (near Liverpool). Here, he attended Hilbre High School and Calday Grange Grammar School. He played for Hoylake Rugby Club. Craig moved to London when he was sixteen to join the National Youth Theatre after a brief stay at Calday. He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1991, and appeared in some minor roles including Sharpe's Eagle and an episode of Drop The Dead Donkey in 1993, with his first major leading role on screen being as a co-star in the 1996 BBC Television serial Our Friends in the North. He continued his relationship with the BBC by starring in the 1997 Francis Bacon biopic Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, portraying Bacon's jilted lover George Dyer. In the latter movie, Daniel Craig agreed to be shot in the nude, including full-frontals.