James Bond: How Old Every 007 Actor Was In Each Movie

Daniel Craig is set to retire as Bond after the release of No Time To Die, but how old was each James Bond actor when they played the super-spy?

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Daniel Craig is set to retire as Bond after the release of No Time To Die, but how old was each James Bond actor when they played the famous super-spy? Layer Cake star Daniel Craig is wrapping up his tenure as James Bond with the upcoming No Time To Die, and it’s possible that The Dark Knight Returns villain/Mad Max hero Tom Hardy will be his replacement if the odds are any indication.

The prospect of Hardy playing Bond inspired serious debate on the Internet when the rumor began to gain serious traction. Much has been said on the subject of whether or not the Peaky Blinders and Mad Max actor is too old to play Bond, as a lot of fans think Hardy would make a perfect Bond otherwise. After all, the majority of Bond actors were mostly cast as largely upcoming stars, so having an older actor in the role seems like a departure from the norm.

If Hardy is cast, he wouldn’t be the oldest actor to play Bond as he’s 43. That title is firmly held by Roger Moore, who played the character from 45 to 57, though, admittedly, if Hardy is cast, it will be a few years before he’s handed his license to kill. That’s probably a little older than Bond’s creator Ian Fleming would have liked, as the author’s novels put Bond somewhere in his mid-to-late thirties with Moonraker specifically placing his age at 37. Here’s how close each Bond actor was to that.

Sean Connery

The first Bond was a relatively youthful 32 when Dr. No was released in 1962 and played the character in 6 films over 9 years. He was 33 for 1963’s Blofeld debut From Russia With Love, 34 by 1964’s Goldfinger, 35 in 1965’s Thunderball, and 37 in 1967’s You Only Live Twice. Connery was 41 in when he returned to the role and replaced George Lazenby in his final outing as Bond, 1971’s Diamonds Are Forever.

George Lazenby

Lasting only one outing, George Lazenby’s shorty-lived Bond was also the youngest incarnation of the character with the actor being a mere 30 in 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

Roger Moore

Unless it takes Tom Hardy two years to take on the role, he’s guaranteed to avoid being the oldest debuting Bond. Roger Moore was 45 when he began playing the character in 1973’s Live and Let Die, 46 when he starred in the next year’s The Man With the Golden Gun, 49 by the time 1977’s The Spy Who Loved Me rolled around, and 51 by the release of 1979’s Moonraker. Despite his advancing age, the actor would reprise the role three more times at 53 in 1981’s For Your Eyes Only, 55 in 1983’s Octopussy, and finally 57 (the oldest Bond so far) in 1985’s A View To A Kill.

Timothy Dalton

A comparatively fresh-faced newcomer after the Moore era, Dalton was actually as old as Connery’s final Bond outing by the time he began playing the character. The Hot Fuzz actor was 41 in 1987’s The Living Daylights and only lasted one more outing in the role, retiring his iteration of Bond at the age of 43 in 1989’s Licence to Kill.

Pierce Brosnan

Irish actor Pierce Brosnan won critical acclaim for his suave interpretation of Bond, and the actor was 42 when he took on the role in 1995’s Goldeneye. Over the following decade he held onto the character through three more outings, with the actor being 44 by the release of 1997’s Tomorrow Never Dies, 46 by the time 1999’s The World Is Not Enough came out, and a Roger Moore-worthy 49 when 2002’s Die Another Day brought his time as Bond to an end.

Daniel Craig

Finally, the most recent Bond. Craig’s embittered Bond is perpetually nearing retirement in the darker, post-9/11 spy installments, but the actor isn’t actually much older than his predecessors. Craig was only 38 when he took on the role in 2006’s Casino Royale, younger than Brosnan and Dalton’s respective first outings as James Bond. He was 40 in its much-hated sequel Quantum of Solace, 44 by the time 2012’s Skyfall was released, 47 in Spectre, and 50/51 while making the upcoming No Time To Die. Only time will tell how old the actor will be by the time No Time To Die is finally released, though.

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