- Daniel Craig is the only James Bond actor who refused to dye his hair black for the role, keeping his natural blond look throughout his tenure.
- Craig is the shortest actor to play James Bond, standing at 5’10”.
- Before landing his breakthrough, Craig starred as an Afrikaner in his first film appearance in 1992’s “The Power of One.”
- He won his big break with the BBC drama “Our Friends in the North” in 1996, despite struggling with the Geordie accent at his audition.
- Craig became lifelong friends with Mark Strong during filming of that series and is now godfather to Strong’s sons.
- Craig was reportedly offered $150 million to return for two more Bond movies after Spectre.
- He had his body insured for $9.5 million between Bond productions, a testament to the physical demands of the role.
- In Casino Royale, Craig quit smoking and gained twenty pounds of muscle for the physically intense fight scenes.
- He played a crucial role in the casting of the Bond girls, he approved personally all of them.
- Daniel Craig made an uncredited cameo in Star Wars: Episode VII as the stormtrooper manipulated by Rey’s Jedi mind trick.
- He does not use social media and enjoys a low profile outside the film world.
- Craig is a huge fan of science fiction, especially Star Trek, Doctor Who, and the cult series Firefly.
- Audiences once didn’t recognize him in a U.S. cinema; asked if he looked like Daniel Craig, he said “no” and walked away.
- In 2021, Craig was appointed honorary Royal Navy Commander, commemorating his on-screen role as a Navy Commander.
- He is only the second Englishman after Roger Moore to play Bond, and officially became the longest-serving James Bond actor in 2019.





