

The first Bond movie he ever saw at the cinema was Roger Moore's 007: Живи і дай померти (1973) young Daniel Craig saw it with his father, so it took a special place in his heart. From the age of six, Craig started acting in school plays, making his debut in the Frodsham Primary School production of "Oliver!", and his mother was the driving force behind his artistic aspirations.

His interest in acting was encouraged by visits to the Liverpool Everyman Theatre arranged by his mother. His parents split up in 1972, and young Daniel was raised with his older sister, Lea, in Liverpool, then in Hoylake, Wirral, in the home of his mother. Craig has English, as well as Irish, Scottish and Welsh, ancestry. His mother, Carol Olivia (Williams), was an art teacher.

His father, Timothy John Wroughton Craig, was a merchant seaman turned steel erector, and then became landlord of the "Ring O'Bells" pub in Frodsham, Cheshire. He was born Daniel Wroughton Craig on March 2, 1968, at 41 Liverpool Road, Chester, Cheshire, England.
