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Daniel Craig (born 2 March 1968) is an actor who is a main cast member in the 2019 film, Knives Out, the 2022 film, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and the 2025 film, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. He portrays Benoit Blanc.

Biography[]

Daniel Wroughton Craig is an English actor who is best known for his role as James Bond in the 007 film series.

After training at the National Youth Theatre in London and graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1991, Craig began his career on stage. He began acting with the drama The Power of One (1992), and had his breakthrough role in the drama serial Our Friends in the North (1996). He gained prominence for his supporting roles in films such as Elizabeth (1998), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Road to Perdition (2002), Layer Cake (2004), and Munich (2005).

In 2006, Craig played Bond in Casino Royale and he continued the role in five other films. Later roles include The Golden Compass (2007), Defiance (2008), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Logan Lucky (2017), Queer (2024), and the upcoming film Narnia: The Magician's Nephew.

Awards[]

For his performance as Detective Benoit Blanc Knives Out (2019) and Glass Onion (2022), he received two Golden Globe Award nominations.

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