Daniel Craig Height, Age, Wife, Family, Biography
Some Lesser Known Facts About Daniel Craig
- 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.
- Craig has Welsh and French ancestry. 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 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.
- When he was 6, he began participating in school plays. He made his debut in the Frodsham Primary School production of Oliver!
- Craig failed in the eleventh standard once as he was not good at studies.
- He used to attend Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre with his mother and became interested in acting.
- In 1982, he 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.
- His 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, Craig joined the Guildhall School of Music. In 1991, he earned a three-year course under the guidance of Colin McCormack, an actor from the Royal Shakespeare Company.
- 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, 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).
- 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, Craig 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, his 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.
- His Skyfall was the highest-grossing movie ever in the Bond series and the 9th highest-grossing film ever.
- Daniel Craig supports an English Football Club titled Liverpool F.C. and Rugby. He used to play Rugby in his school time.
- In October 2008, Craig converted an old house into a £4 million apartment in Primrose Hill near Regent’s Park, London.