Sean Connery played the big screen's first James Bond in Dr. No (1962), a role he played an additional five times in the official series, while other actors inheriting the role have included George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and, most recently, Daniel Craig.
George Robert Lazenby (/ˈleɪzənbi/; born 5 September 1939) is an Australian actor. He was the second actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, playing the character in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969).
Bob Simmons could arguably be called the first official James Bond actor, and he was in fact the first person to portray 007 in a cinema-released Bond film. Bob's scene was reused up until Goldfinger, before being reshot with Sean Connery.
Roger Moore: 1972- 1985
Roger Moore is the longest running James Bond, having spent 12 years making seven films in the famous franchise. He took over from Sean Connery in 1972 and made his debut in Live And Let Die and retired from the role in 1985.
The first place is a tie (as of 2022): Roger Moore & Sean Connery have each been 007 in… 007 movies. In 2nd place, we find Daniel Craig with 5 movies, followed by Pierce Brosnan in 3rd place, with 4.
Sean Connery (1962-1967, 1971 and 1983) – roughly 21 years
Sean Connery the first guy to ever play Agent 007 in the James Bond film franchise is also the actor who played the character for the longest time.
This is a problem,'” Jackman said. Of course, instead of Jackman, the role of James Bond went to Daniel Craig, who went on to star in the role for more than 10 years. Craig appeared in five total films, the final of which was 2021's No Time to Die.
Lazenby quit the role of Bond right before the premiere of his only film, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), citing he would get other acting roles, and that his Bond contract, which was fourteen pages thick, was too demanding on him.
Lazenby's own personal beliefs, mixed with advice from his agent, Ronan O'Rahilly, meant he believed the 007 role was outdated and about to become unfashionable.
John Glen holds the record for directing the most Bond films, with a total of five (FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, OCTOPUSSY, A VIEW TO A KILL, THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS and LICENCE TO KILL).
Actor Roger Moore is considered the longest-serving James Bond, appearing in seven films from 1973 to 1985: Live and Let Die (1973), The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), A View to a Kill (1985).
In Ian Fleming's novels, M's real name is Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy KCMG; the name, hinted at throughout the series, was finally revealed in The Man with the Golden Gun, Fleming's final novel. In the novels, M displays a liking for Bond, when he bends the rules for Bond on several occasions.
Ursula Andress
Key Data: The Bond girl that tops most lists is by far the hottest. From the very first Bond adventure, the template was set. Ursula Andress was the standard by which all followers had to be measured, and, in terms of pure beauty and sexiness, her Honey Ryder is still the sweetest Bond girl ever.
Hugh Jackman has claimed he was offered and turned down the role of James Bond before Casino Royale. The X-Men star says he was offered the role thanks to the popularity of him playing Wolverine but he 'didn't want to do the same things' so turned it down.
Wait, James Bond dies? Yes, for the first time in the character's 59-year cinematic history (and 68-year literary one), 007 is killed. The movie's title lied to us. It's pretty definitive too; he'd been badly wounded by Safin and the missile strike wiped out the island.
Then, during a fight with Safin, Safin uses a specific poison on Bond that makes him a carrier that would kill anyone he came in physical contact with. So Bond is both bleeding out and even if he managed to get off the island, he'd still be stuck with poisonous nanobots for the rest of his natural life.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson has been identified as one of the leading candidates to replace Daniel Craig as the next James Bond. After it was revealed that the 32-year-old actor had participated in a screen test, he unexpectedly became the frontrunner to play the leading role in the self-titled film franchise.
Coming in first place was Sir Sean Connery, whose face was 89.2 per cent accurate to the ratio. Features including his eyes, eyebrows, nose lips, chin and jaw were closer to the Greek image of perfect than any other Bond.