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Daniel Wroughton Craig (born 2 March 1968) is an English actor. Craig trained at the National Youth Theatre and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1991, before beginning his career on stage. His film debut was in the drama ''The Power of One'' (1992). Other early appearances were in the Disney family film ''A Kid in King Arthur's Court'' (1995) and the biographical film ''Elizabeth'' (1998), as well as in the historical war drama television series ''Sharpe's Eagle'' (1993) and the action-adventure drama series ''Zorro''. Cast as the fictional British secret agent James Bond in October 2005, his first film in the role, ''Casino Royale'', was released internationally in November 2006. Craig's appearances in the British television film ''Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon'' (1998), the indie war film ''The Trench'' (1999), and the drama ''Some Voices'' (2000) attracted the film industry's attention. This led to roles in bigger productions such as the action film ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' (2001), the crime thriller ''Road to Perdition'' (2002), the crime thriller ''Layer Cake'' (2004), and the Steven Spielberg historical drama ''Munich'' (2005). Craig achieved international fame when chosen as the sixth actor to play the role of Ian Fleming's James Bond in the official film series, taking over from Pierce Brosnan in 2005. Although his casting was initially greeted with scepticism, his debut was highly acclaimed and earned him a BAFTA award nomination, with ''Casino Royale'' becoming the highest-grossing in the series at the time. ''Quantum of Solace'' followed two years later. Craig's third Bond film, ''Skyfall'', premiered in 2012 and is currently the highest-grossing film in the series, as well as the highest-grossing film in the UK and the twelfth-highest-grossing film of all time. Craig's fourth Bond film, ''Spectre'', premiered in 2015. In 2006, he joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Since taking the role of Bond, he has continued to appear in other films. In 2011, he starred in the English-language adaptation of the mystery thriller ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' and made a guest appearance as Bond in the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, alongside Queen Elizabeth II. == Early life == Craig was born in Chester, Cheshire. His mother, Carol Olivia (''née'' Williams), was an art teacher, and his father, Timothy John Wroughton Craig, was the landlord of the pubs Ring o' Bells in Frodsham, Cheshire and the Boot Inn in Tarporley, Cheshire, having served as a midshipman in the Merchant Navy.〔 Both of Craig's parents were of part Welsh descent. He also has distant French Huguenot ancestry. Huguenot minister Daniel Chamier is among his ancestors, as is Sir William Burnaby, 1st Baronet. Craig's middle name, Wroughton, comes from his great-great-grandmother Grace Matilda Wroughton. Raised on the Wirral Peninsula, Craig attended primary school in Frodsham and Hoylake, Merseyside. Later, he attended Hilbre High School in West Kirby, Merseyside, along with his older sister Lea, after failing his Eleven plus. When his parents divorced, Craig and his sister lived with their mother, moving to Liverpool.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Daniel Craig – Biography )〕 Upon finishing his compulsory secondary school education at the age of 16, he briefly joined Calday Grange Grammar School as a sixth form student. He played rugby union for Hoylake RFC. Craig began acting in school plays at the age of six, and was introduced to serious acting by attending the Everyman Theatre in nearby Liverpool city centre with his mother.〔 At the age of 16, Craig was admitted to the National Youth Theatre, leaving school and moving to London, where he worked part-time in restaurants to finance his training.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Daniel Craig – Biography )〕 Later on, after multiple attempts at auditioning for drama schools, he was accepted to attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama at the Barbican, where he graduated in 1991 after three years of study under Colin McCormack.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Colin McCormack – Obituaries )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daniel Craig」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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