Everyone knows the name of Daniel Craig, the British actor, through the role of spy James Bond, with the code name 007. Over the past 15 years, he has played that spy role very successfully in a total of five “007” movies.

Actor Daniel Craig plays drug dealer XXXX in “Layer Cake.” (Image: avenirserhone.org)
He just officially retired from the role of James Bond after filming the new “No Time To Die” which premiered on October 8, and is being highly praised.

However, not only did he successfully play the role of James Bond, actor Craig also impressed the audience through many other works, including the five films below.

Layer Cake

Thanks to his performance in the 2004 film “Layer Cake”, actor Daniel Craig was chosen as the successor to the role of James Bond from actor Pierce Brosnan.

He played the main role of a drug dealer nicknamed XXXX, also known as the unnamed drug dealer, in London, England. Although the main character is a drug dealer, he does not like violence, and works with the professionalism and care of a real businessman.

The character XXXX has a protector, Morty, and an assistant, Gene. Assistant Gene is also the person who transmits information to gang boss Jimmy Price.

When Mr. XXXX wanted to leave the criminal world, boss Jimmy invited him to lunch and assigned him two dangerous missions.

The first mission is to hunt down and kidnap Ms. Charlie, the drug addicted daughter of an acquaintance of Mr. Jimmy. The second task he had to do was to buy one million “ecstasy” pills from a drug dealer nicknamed Duke who had just returned to London from Amsterdam.

Those dangerous missions forced the main character XXXX to find every way to complete and eventually leave the criminal world. However, each side is ready to deceive the other side, and no one knows when they will be betrayed.

Thanks to his great performance in “Layer Cake,” actor Daniel Craig was noticed by director Martin Campbell, and eventually invited him to play James Bond in 2006’s “Casino Royale.”
Actor Daniel Craig (center) plays explosives expert Joe Bang in “Logan Lucky.” (Image: motionpictures.org)
Logan Lucky

Not only playing action movies in strong leading roles, actor Craig can also play comedy movies, and his most recent successful movie is “Logan Lucky” released in 2017.

Although he did not play the main role, actor Craig left a deep impression on the audience because he impersonated the American accent of people living in the Southeast states.

In addition to actor Craig, “Logan Lucky” has a cast full of veterans such as Adam Driver, Channing Tatum, Riley Keough, Seth MacFarlane, Katie Holmes, Sebastian Stan, and Hilary Swank.

The main role of the film is Mr. Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum), a fired construction worker.

He must cooperate with his younger brother Clyde (played by Adam Driver) and sister Mellie (played by Riley Keough) to take money from the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina during the Coca-Cola 600 race held on Memorial Day every year. .

Because he used to work as a construction worker for the tunnels under the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Mr. Jimmy wanted to use his knowledge to break in and take money when one of the largest racing events in the United States was taking place.

To break the tunnel, brothers Jimmy and Clyde must find a way to help Mr. Joe Bang (Daniel Craig), an explosives expert, escape from prison, then must recruit his two brothers to join the racetrack robbery group.

This group of robbers must find every way to get the money at the racetrack, and must find a way to avoid an FBI agent, leading to many humorous details.
The main role of detective Benoit Blanc in “Knives Out” is played by actor Daniel Craig. (Image: the ronin.org)
Knives Out

While waiting to see the latest “007” part, the audience was very impressed with the appearance of actor Daniel Craig in “Knives Out” released in 2019.

With director Rian Johnson at the helm, this is one of the highest-grossing non-blockbuster films of the 2010s.

“Knives Out” is set on the 85th birthday of mystery novelist Harlan Thrombey, at his Massachusetts mansion. However, Mr. Harlan’s housekeeper found him with his throat slit in his room the next morning, and police believed he committed suicide.

However, someone hires famous detective Benoit Blanc (played by Daniel Craig) to investigate the writer’s mysterious death.

The Thrombey family has many abnormalities, and every member of that family is a suspect in the eyes of detective Benoit. Not only that, he also had to question every person who worked for this family.

To uncover the mystery behind the death of writer Harlan Thrombey, detective Benoit Blanc must expose many secrets, and always be on guard against many dangers.

In addition to actor Craig, “Knives Out” also has actors such as Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, and Michael Shannon, contributing to attracting attention to this work.

With a budget of $40 million, “Knives Out” had a gross of $311.4 million. In March 2021, Netflix paid $450 million for the rights to produce two sequels, and actor Daniel Craig will return as detective Benoit Blanc.

Actor Daniel Craig (far right) plays spy Steve and the Israeli spy group of “Munich.” (Image: moma.org)
Munich

Before playing spy James Bond, actor Daniel Craig also played an Israeli spy in the movie “Munich” by famous director Steven Spielberg, released in 2005.

This work is based on a true story that happened in 1972, the massacre in Munich, Germany. At that time, 11 Israeli athletes and coaches were killed while attending the Olympics in Munich.

The Israeli government ordered five spies to take revenge, and the targets were 11 Palestinians around the world.

The main role of “Munich” is spy Avner Kaufman, played by actor Eric Bana. He and four spies must find every way to complete their mission, and must travel around the world to assassinate targets.

After each assassination, the spy group was severely affected psychologically, and did not know whether their mission was right or wrong.

Actor Daniel Craig plays spy Steve, who is in charge of driving to leave the scene and escape danger.

Although he did not play the main role, his acting contributed greatly to the audience’s discomfort after each assassination of a person.

“Munich” is based on a tragic true story, a subject that is “difficult to swallow,” and director Steven Spielberg successfully conveyed that discomfort on screen.

Before 2006’s “Casino Royale” premiered, audiences saw actor Daniel Craig’s acting in “Munich” and looked forward to seeing him play James Bond.

Actor Daniel Craig plays Michael Rooney, the son of a gang boss, in “Road to Perdition.” (Image: themoviedb.org)
Road to Perdition

One of the successful movies before “Casino Royale” with the appearance of actor Daniel Craig was “Road to Perdition” in 2002.

The main role of the film is veteran actor Tom Hanks as assassin Michael Sullivan of a gang in the Midwestern United States during the period after the Great Depression.

He works for mob boss John Rooney, played by actor Paul Newman.

Mr. Michael and gang boss John have a close relationship like father and son, and that makes his son Connor Rooney jealous of the main role.

The person who plays Connor Rooney is actor Daniel Craig, and he impersonates an American accent very well.

When Mr. Michael’s eldest son, also named Michael like his father, witnessed a gang murder, Mr. Connor used that as an excuse to kill the main character’s wife and youngest son.

Mr. Michael had to lead his eldest son to run away, but still wanted revenge, and father and son journeyed to many places in the United States.

“Road to Perdition” is a film full of father-son love, from the Sullivan father and son, to the Rooney gang boss father and son, and the father-son love of the main character Michael Sullivan and boss John Rooney.

Actor Daniel Craig shows cold jealousy in many scenes, making the audience unable to sympathize with his character. That shows that he was successful when playing the character Michael Rooney.