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Biography #2 (for Infamous)
Born in Chester and raised in Liverpool, England, Daniel Craig is regarded as one of Britain's finest actors who is now also one of Hollywood's most sought after leading men.Daniel Craig's lengthy list of critically acclaimed performances in feature films, television and on stage led to his selection to play the iconic secret agent James Bond in the latest 007 film, Casino Royale, to be released in November 2006.
He will also star opposite Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman in The Visiting, the highly anticipated remake of the classic sci-fi thriller Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Craig was most recently seen in Steven Spielberg's Oscar nominated Munich and received rave reviews as the star of Matthew Vaughn's indie smash hit Layer Cake.
His other film credits also include the Hollywood blockbuster hit Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, starring opposite Angelina Jolie, and the Academy Award?-nominated drama Elizabeth. In 2002 he garnered critical acclaim co-starring with Tom Hanks in Road to Perdition, directed by Sam Mendes. The following year he starred opposite Gwyneth Paltrow in Sylvia, about the life and death of poet Sylvia Plath. Craig has also worked with director John Maybury in both The Jacket, with Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley, and Love is the Devil, opposite Derek Jacobi as the brilliant and tortured painter Francis Bacon.
Bio courtesy Warner Independent for "Infamous" (25-Nov-2006)
Biography #3 (for Sylvia)
Already well-known to audiences in his native England, Daniel Craig won American acclaim in 2002 for his performance as Connor Rooney, the conniving son of crime boss John Rooney (Paul Newman), in Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition.He will soon be seen in Roger Michell's The Mother (which screened at the 2003 Cannes and Toronto International Film Festivals), starring opposite Anne Reid and Steven Mackintosh.
Mr. Craig won the British Independent Film Award for Best Actor for his performance as a schizophrenic in Simon Cellan Jones' Some Voices. He had been nominated in the same category once prior, for his performance as a WWI sergeant in William Boyd's The Trench. His performance as George Dyer, opposite Sir Derek Jacobi as Francis Bacon, in John Maybury's Love is the Devil, brought him an acting award at the 1998 Edinburgh Film Festival.
His other feature film credits include Simon West's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider; Hugh Hudson's I Dreamed of Africa; Shekhar Kapur's Academy Award-winning Elizabeth (his first project with Sylvia producer Alison Owen); and John Avildsen's The Power of One. He also starred in Michael Radford's short film Addicted to the Stars, which was part of the Ten Minutes Older series.
Mr. Craig has starred in several notable miniseries that have been seen in both the U.S. and the U.K. These include The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (starring opposite Alex Kingston and directed by David Attwood); the BAFTA Award-winning Our Friends in the North (with Christopher Eccleston and Gina McKee); Sword of Honour (directed by Bill Anderson); and The Ice House (directed by Tim Fywell). He was most recently seen in Howard Davies' telefilm version of Copenhagen, adapted by Michael Frayn from the latter's original play.
He is also an accomplished stage actor, having joined London's National Youth Theatre while still in his teens. He recently starred in multiple roles (opposite fellow Sylvia actor Sir Michael Gambon) in Stephen Daldry's West End world premiere staging of Caryl Churchill's play A Number (for which he received an Evening Standard Theater Award nomination as Best Actor). He previously starred in the Peter Hall Company's Old Vic staging of David Rabe's Hurlyburly; and in the London National Theatre production of Tony Kushner's Angels in America.
Bio courtesy Focus Features for "Sylvia" (18-Oct-2003)
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