Daniel Craig

.. Born Daniel Wroughton Craig on March 2, 1968, at 41 Liverpool Road, Chester, Cheshire, England. Father, named Tim Craig, was a merchant seaman turned steel erector, then became landlord of 'Ring O' Bells' pub in Frodsham, Cheshire. Mother, named Carol Olivia Craig, was an art teacher. My parents split up in 1972, and I was raised with my older sister, Lea, in Liverpool, then in Hoylake, Wirral, in the home of my mother. My interest in acting was encouraged by visits to the Liverpool Everyman Theatre arranged by my mother. From the age of 6, I started acting in school plays, and my mother, Carol, was the driving force behind his artistic aspirations. I was also a good athlete and was a rugby player at Hoylake Rugby Club. At the age of 14 I played roles in 'Oliver', 'Romeo and Juliet', and 'Cinderella' at Hilbre High School in West Kirby, Wirral, UK. I left Hilbre High at 16 to audition at the National Youth Theatre's (NYT) troupe on our tour in Manchester in 1984. I was accepted and moved down to London. There my mother and father watched his stage debut as Agamemnon in Shakespeare's 'Troilus And Cressida'. As a struggling actor with the NYT, I was toiling in restaurant kitchens and as a waiter. I performed with NYT on tours to Valencia, Spain, and to Moscow, Russia, under the leadership of director Edward Wilson. I failed at repeated auditions at the Guildhall, but eventually my persistence paid off, and in 1988, I entered the Guildhall School of Music and Drama at the Barbican. There I studied alongside Ewan McGregor and Alistair McGowan, then later Damian Lewis and Joseph Fiennes, among others. I graduated in 1991, after a three-year course under the tutelage of Colin McCormack, the actor from the Royal Shakespeare Company. From 1992-1994 I was married to Scottish actress Fiona Loudon, our daughter, named Ella, was born in 1992.I made my film debut in The Power of One (1992). My film career continued on television, notably the BBC2 serial 'Our Friends in the North' (1996). I shot to international fame after playing supporting roles in 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider' (2001) and Road to Perdition (2002). I was nominated for my performances in the leading role in Layer Cake (2004), and received other awards and nominations. I was named as the sixth actor to portray James Bond, in October of 2005, weeks after I finished my work in Munich (2005), where I co-starred with Eric Bana under the directorship of Steven Spielberg. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Acteur Anglais, divorcé, une fille, Ella. A passé son enfance à Liverpool, en Angleterre. A fait son début au théâtre à l'école élémentaire de Frodsham. En 1984, entrée au National Youth Theatre. En 1991, obtention du diplôme de l'école Guildhall School of Music and Drama. En 1992, début cinématographique dans le film The Power of One, dans le rôle du Sergeant Botha. .. table table table{ background-color:CCCCCC; border-color:000000; border-style:solid; bo