The James Bond film series is a British series of spy films based on the fictional character of MI6 agent James Bond, "007", who originally appeared in a series of books by Ian Fleming. There have been twenty-five films in total released between 1962 and 2021 and produced by Eon Productions, which now holds the adaptation rights to all of Fleming's Bond novels. Bond has been portrayed in these films by six actors: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig.
Several of the series' supporting characters, such as M, Q, and Miss Moneypenny, are MI6 posts, not character names, and some of the actor changes in these positions reflect in-universe replacements. Such change was explicit for M in GoldenEye (1995), with Judi Dench's character referred to as a newcomer, and in Skyfall (2012), as Ralph Fiennes' character Gareth Mallory replaces Dench's character as M; it was explicit for Q in Die Another Day (2002), as John Cleese's character replaces Desmond Llewelyn's Q after being his apprentice in The World Is Not Enough (1999). There is only one clear case of a single M, Q, or Moneypenny character switching actor: when Q, Major Boothroyd, switches from Peter Burton in Dr. No (1962) to Desmond Llewelyn in From Russia with Love (1963).
Overview rowspan="2" James Bond colspan="7" colspan="7" colspan="2" colspan="4" colspan="5" Felix Leiter colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="6" colspan="2" colspan="4" colspan="2" colspan="2" M colspan="7" colspan="4" colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="4" colspan="5" Miss Moneypenny colspan="7" colspan="7" colspan="2" colspan="4" colspan="2" colspan="3" Q colspan="7" colspan="6" colspan="2" colspan="4" colspan="2" colspan="3" Sylvia Trench colspan="2" colspan="5" colspan="7" colspan="2" colspan="4" colspan="5" Ernst Stavro Blofeld colspan="4" colspan="4" colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="4" colspan="3" colspan="2" Sheriff J. W. Pepper colspan="7" colspan="2" colspan="5" colspan="2" colspan="4" colspan="5" Bill Tanner colspan="7" colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="4" General Gogol colspan="7" colspan="2" colspan="5" colspan="4" colspan="5" Sir Frederick Gray colspan="7" colspan="2" colspan="5" colspan="4" colspan="5" Jaws colspan="7" colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="3" colspan="2" colspan="4" colspan="5" Rublevitch colspan="7" colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="4" colspan="5" Smithers colspan="7" colspan="4" colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="4" colspan="5" Jack Wade colspan="7" colspan="7" colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="5" Valentin Zukovsky colspan="7" colspan="7" colspan="2" colspan="5" Charles Robinson colspan="7" colspan="7" colspan="2" colspan="3" colspan="5" René Mathis colspan="7" colspan="7" colspan="2" colspan="4" colspan="2" colspan="3" Mr White colspan="7" colspan="7" colspan="2" colspan="4" colspan="2" Dr. Madeleine Swann colspan="7" colspan="7" colspan="2" colspan="4" colspan="3" colspan="2" Dr. Vogel colspan="7" colspan="7" colspan="2" colspan="4" colspan="3" colspan="2"
By era 1962–1971: Sean Connery and George Lazenby
Character 1962 1963 1964 1965 1967 1969 1971 Dr. No From Russia with Love Goldfinger Thunderball You Only Live Twice On Her Majesty's Secret Service Diamonds Are Forever James Bond Sean Connery George Lazenby Sean Connery Felix Leiter Jack Lord Cec Linder Rik Van Nutter colspan="2" Norman Burton M Bernard Lee Miss Moneypenny Lois Maxwell Q Peter Burton Desmond Llewelyn Sylvia Trench Eunice Gayson colspan="5" Ernst Stavro Blofeld Anthony DawsonEric Pohlmann Anthony DawsonEric Pohlmann Donald Pleasence Telly Savalas Charles Gray
1973–1985: Roger Moore
Character 1973 1974 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 Live and Let Die The Man with the Golden Gun The Spy Who Loved Me Moonraker For Your Eyes Only Octopussy A View to a Kill James Bond Roger Moore M Bernard Lee colspan="1" Robert Brown Miss Moneypenny Lois Maxwell Sheriff J. W. Pepper Clifton James colspan="5" Q Desmond Llewelyn Bill Tanner Michael Goodliffe colspan="2" James Villiers colspan="2" General Gogol colspan="2" Walter Gotell Sir Frederick Gray colspan="2" Geoffrey Keen Jaws colspan="2" Richard Kiel colspan="3" Rublevitch colspan="2" Eva Rueber-Staier Eva Rueber-Staier Smithers colspan="4" Jeremy Bulloch
1987–1989: Timothy Dalton
Character 1987 1989 The Living Daylights Licence to Kill James Bond Timothy Dalton Felix Leiter John Terry David Hedison M Robert Brown Miss Moneypenny Caroline Bliss Q Desmond Llewelyn
1995–2002: Pierce Brosnan
Character 1995 1997 1999 2002 GoldenEye Tomorrow Never Dies The World Is Not Enough Die Another Day James Bond Pierce Brosnan M Judi Dench Miss Moneypenny Samantha Bond Q Desmond Llewelyn Desmond LlewelynJohn Cleese John Cleese Bill Tanner Michael Kitchen Michael Kitchen Jack Wade Joe Don Baker colspan="2" Valentin Zukovsky Robbie Coltrane Robbie Coltrane Charles Robinson Colin Salmon
2006–2021: Daniel Craig
Character 2006 2008 2012 2015 2021 Casino Royale Quantum of Solace Skyfall Spectre No Time to Die James Bond Daniel Craig Felix Leiter Jeffrey Wright colspan="2" Jeffrey Wright Olivia Mansfield Judi Dench Judi Dench René Mathis Giancarlo Giannini colspan="3" Mr White Jesper Christensen Jesper Christensen Bill Tanner Rory Kinnear Gareth Mallory colspan="2" Ralph Fiennes Eve Moneypenny colspan="2" Naomie Harris Q colspan="2" Ben Whishaw Franz Oberhauser colspan="3" Christoph Waltz Dr. Madeleine Swann colspan="3" Léa Seydoux Dr. Vogel colspan="3" Brigitte Millar
See also Outline of James Bond
Notes
References
External links Official website for the film series