Daniel Craig

Some Lesser Known Facts About Daniel Craig

• Daniel Craig’s father became the landlord of two Cheshire pubs named the Ring o’ Bells in Frodsham and the Boot Inn in Tarporley after he retired from the Merchant Navy.

• He is of Welsh and French origin. His ancestors include the French Huguenot minister Daniel Chamier and Sir William Burnaby, 1st Baronet.

• His middle name, Wroughton, is from his great-great-grandmother, Grace Matilda Wroughton.

• After Daniel Craig’s parents divorced in 1972, he and his sister moved to the Wirral Peninsula with their mother. He attended primary school in Hoylake and Frodsham, and then Hilbre High School in West Kirby. He played rugby union for Hoylake RFC.

• He used to play rugby at Hoylake Rugby Club when he was young.

  

• When he was 6, he began participating in school plays. He made his debut in the Frodsham Primary School production of Oliver!

• Daniel Craig failed in the eleventh standard once as he was not good at his studies.

• He used to attend Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre with his mother and became interested in acting.

• In 1982, Daniel Craig participated in many plays such as Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella at Hilbre High School.

• In 1984, he joined the National Youth Theatre and moved to London, where he worked part-time in restaurants to finance his acting classes.

• Daniel Craig’s parents then watched his stage debut as Agamemnon in Troilus And Cressida. He performed with the National Youth Theatre on tours to Valencia and Moscow under the leadership of director Edward Wilson.

• In 1988, he joined the Guildhall School of Music and earned a three-year course under the guidance of Colin McCormack, an actor from the Royal Shakespeare Company. There, he studied alongside notable actors such as Damian Lewis, Ewan McGregor, and Joseph Fiennes.

• Daniel Craig then began working in various television shows, mini-series, and stage productions and gained recognition.

• His breakthrough role came in 1996 with the BBC drama serial ‘Our Friends in the North,’ where he portrayed the troubled character George ‘Geordie’ Peacock.

  

• In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Daniel Craig appeared in various films and television productions. Some of his notable performances include his portrayal of a Jesuit priest in ‘Elizabeth’ (1998), a small-time thief in ‘Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon’ (1998), and a schizophrenic man in ‘Some Voices’ (2000).

• He married actress Fiona Loudon in 1992, and they had a daughter named Ella before divorcing in 1994. Ella Loudon, their daughter, is an actress and model who supports Craig publicly.

  

• Daniel Craig dated German actress Heike Makatsch for seven years. Later, he was in a relationship with film producer Satsuki Mitchell.

  

• His friend Mark Strong, who speaks fluent German, provided the German dubbing for Craig’s voice in a project titled Obsession in 1997. They lived together and starred together in a BBC drama titled ‘Our Friends in the North,’ and Craig is the godfather of Strong’s son Roman.

• Daniel Craig’s career gained popularity with his role as Lara Croft’s love interest in ‘Lara Croft: Tomb Raider’ (2001), based on a popular video game series.

• In 2002, he starred in the crime film ‘Road to Perdition’ alongside Tom Hanks and Paul Newman.

  

• He portrayed German physicist Werner Heisenberg in the BBC drama ‘Copenhagen.’

• After that, Daniel Craig’s performance in the play ‘A Number’ earned him critical acclaim and a nomination for the London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor.

• He then appeared in many films such as ‘Sylvia’ (2003), ‘Layer Cake’ (2004), and ‘Enduring Love’ (2004).

• When he shifted his career from television to film and from supporting to leading roles, Daniel Craig’s career led to his portrayal of James Bond in the ‘007’ film series.

  

• In 2006, Daniel Craig played the lead role in the James Bond Series ‘Casino Royale’ and earned the ‘Evening Standard British Film Award’ for Best Actor.

• In 2006, Daniel was named the ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ in a survey done by Durex, a condom brand.

• He took part in a fundraising event on Broadway on 8 December 2009 and raised over $1.5 million.

• In 2007, Daniel Craig acted with Nicole Kidman in a horror film called The Invasion. It was not a box office hit. The same year, Craig played Lord Asriel in a film based on Philip Pullman’s book The Golden Compass.

  

• He backed Barack Obama in both the 2008 and 2012 US presidential elections.

• Daniel Craig then appeared on a comedy TV show titled The Catherine Tate Show with Catherine Tate.

  

• In 2008, he starred in a war film titled Defiance. The film was about a group saving people during World War II. Craig then acted with Hugh Jackman in a play titled A Steady Rain in New York. The play earned positive reviews.

  

• Daniel Craig and actress Rachel Weisz began dating in December 2010 and got married in a private ceremony in New York City in June 2011, with only four guests present, including their children from previous relationships. They welcomed their first child, a daughter, in September 2018.

• In 2011, he played a journalist in the film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which was based on a book by Stieg Larsson. He then acted in a thriller with Rachel Weisz and others, but it didn’t do well.

• In 2011, Daniel Craig starred in a short film with Judi Dench to support International Women’s Day.

• He then appeared in a sci-fi Western film ‘Cowboys & Aliens,’ an American science-fiction film, with Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde.

• Daniel Craig lent his voice to a negative character in the animated film The Adventures of Tintin by Steven Spielberg.

  

• After that, his third James Bond film was released in 2012. He then appeared as James Bond in the short film Happy and Glorious for the Olympics.

• In 2012, his film Skyfall became the highest-grossing film ever in the Bond series and the 9th highest-grossing film ever.

• Daniel Craig visited Mongolia to help raise awareness and support for Orbis International’s medical team in 2012.

• In 2013, he travelled to Australia to watch a rugby tour.

• From October 2013 to January 2014, he and his wife acted in a play titled Betrayal at Broadway theatres.

  

• He joined others in calling for better representation of ethnic minorities in British broadcasting in August 2014.

• In September 2014, Daniel Craig read a poem in a video while promoting a sports event titled ‘Invictus Games’ held in London.

• In April 2015, the United Nations appointed Craig as its first global advocate for eliminating mines and explosive hazards, which aimed to raise awareness and support for the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS).

• Daniel Craig then launched the UNMAS Safe Ground campaign with the UN Secretary-General to turn minefields into safe areas for recreation.

• He appeared in the fourth James Bond film ‘Spectre’ in 2015. After that, he made a brief appearance in a Star Wars film as a stormtrooper.

  

• Daniel Craig then appeared with Halle Berry in a drama set titled ‘Kings’ during a riot in Los Angeles.

• He openly opposed Brexit before the 2016 EU membership referendum, and was seen wearing a ‘Vote Remain’ t-shirt with a message about unity.

  

• In January 2018, he bought a house in Brooklyn, New York, for over $6 million. He became an American citizen in 2019.

• In 2021, Daniel Craig and Tony Blair joined forces for a charity event in the UK and raised over $90 million.

• His fifth James Bond film ‘No Time to Die’ was released in 2021. After that, he earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It is located at 7007 Hollywood Boulevard and next to another Bond actor’s star, Roger Moore.

  

• In 2022, Daniel Craig acted in a play called Macbeth with Ruth Negga. Craig then starred in a film called Glass Onion, which was a sequel to Knives Out.

  

• He often supports various charities including S.A.F.E. Kenya and the Opportunity Network, which focuses on social issues and education.

• Daniel Craig supports an English Football Club titled Liverpool F.C.

  

• In October 2008, Daniel Craig converted an old house into a £4 million apartment in Primrose Hill near Regent’s Park, London.

• He is often spotted smoking cigarettes and enjoying alcoholic beverages on various occasions.
  

  

Daniel Craig while smoking a cigarette