James Bond

First appearance	Casino Royale, 1953 novel
Created by	Ian Fleming
Portrayed by	Barry Nelson (1954) Sean Connery (1962–1971 & 1983) David Niven (1967) George Lazenby (1969) Christopher Cazenove (1973) Roger Moore (1973–1985) Timothy Dalton (1986–1993) Pierce Brosnan (1995–2002) Daniel Craig (2006–present)
Voiced by	Bob Holness (1956) George Baker (1969) Michael Jayston (1990) Toby Stephens (2008–2010)
Information
Gender	Male
Occupation	00 Agent
Title	Commander (Royal Naval Reserve)
Family	Andrew Bond (Father) Monique Delacroix Bond (Mother)
Spouse(s)	Teresa di Vicenzo (widowed) Kissy Suzuki (invalid) Harriett Horner (invalid)
Children	James Suzuki Bond (son with Kissy)
Relatives	Charmian Bond (Aunt) Max Bond (Uncle)
Nationality	British

James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis, Christopher Wood, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks and Jeffery Deaver. Additionally, Charlie Higson wrote a series on a young James Bond and Kate Westbrook wrote three novels based on the diaries of a recurring series character, Moneypenny.
The fictional British Secret Service agent has also been adapted for television, radio, comic strip and video game formats as well as being used in the longest running and the second-highest grossing film franchise to date, which started in 1962 with Dr. No, starring Sean Connery as Bond. As of 2012, there have been twenty two films in the Eon Productions series, with a twenty third, Skyfall, due for release on 26 October 2012. The film will star Daniel Craig in his third portrayal of Bond: he is the sixth actor to play Bond in the Eon series. There have also been two independent productions of Bond films, Casino Royale, a 1967 spoof, and Never Say Never Again, a 1984 remake of an earlier Eon produced film, Thunderball.
The films are renowned for a number of features, including the musical accompaniment, with the theme songs to the films having picked up Academy Award nominations on several occasions. Other important elements which run through most of the films include Bond's cars, his guns and the gadgets he is supplied with by Q Branch.

Title	Year	Actor	Director
Dr. No	1962	Sean Connery	Terence Young
From Russia with Love	1963
Goldfinger	1964		Guy Hamilton
Thunderball	1965		Terence Young
You Only Live Twice	1967		Lewis Gilbert
On Her Majesty's Secret Service	1969	George Lazenby	Peter R. Hunt
Diamonds Are Forever	1971	Sean Connery	Guy Hamilton
Live and Let Die	1973	Roger Moore
The Man with the Golden Gun	1974
The Spy Who Loved Me	1977		Lewis Gilbert
Moonraker	1979
For Your Eyes Only	1981		John Glen
Octopussy	1983
A View to a Kill	1985
The Living Daylights	1987	Timothy Dalton
Licence to Kill	1989
GoldenEye	1995	Pierce Brosnan	Martin Campbell
Tomorrow Never Dies	1997		Roger Spottiswoode
The World Is Not Enough	1999		Michael Apted
Die Another Day	2002		Lee Tamahori
Casino Royale	2006	Daniel Craig	Martin Campbell
Quantum of Solace	2008		Marc Forster
Skyfall	2012		Sam Mendes