Daniel Craig Net Worth

Daniel Craig Net Worth

Daniel Wroughton Craig was born on 2 March 1968, in Chester, Cheshire, England, of part-Welsh and Huguenot ancestry and is an actor best known for portraying the role of James Bond in four movies of the franchise; his acting career actually began in 1992.

So just how rich is Daniel Craig, as of early 2018? Authoritative sources have estimated that his net worth is  as high as $45 million, enhanced considerably by playing ‘James Bond’. However, he has appeared in almost 40 films on the big screen, and been involved in 20 more shows on TV, plus made several stage appearances too.

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Daniel Craig Net Worth $45 Million

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Daniel Craig and his sister Lea were raised in the family of a pub landlord and an art teacher. He attended Holy Trinity Primary School located in Hoylake, then at the age of 16 Craig moved with his parents to London, where he attended the National Youth Theatre.

Daniel Craig started to make an investment in his net worth as an actor in 1992, when he had an opportunity to act in an American drama film called “The Power of One”. Four years later he was invited to play in “Our Friends in the North” as Geordie, and that made another great contribution to his net worth. Prior to playing 007, in the early 2000s other notable film roles included in “Sword of Honour”, “The Mother with Anne Reid; “Sylvia” with Gwyneth Paltrow; “Layer Cake with Sienna Miller; “Enduring Love” with Rhys Ifans, and Steven Spielberg’s “Munich” (2005) with Eric Bana, all adding steadily to Daniel’s net worth.

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Of course, appaering in four films of the ‘James Bond franchise since 2006 has made Craig both famous world-wide, and relatively rich. Also, it’s estimated that these films have grossed over $3.5 billion at the box office, due in no small way to Daniel’s performance. “Casino Royale”, was followed by “Quantum of Solace” in 2008, “Skyfall” in 2012 and “Spectre” in 2015, with Craig’s performances praised in all of them, but particularly in “Skyfall”, which increased Craig’s amount of net worth immediately and made his name actually a household word. It was nominated for many different awards, and furthermore, Craig received an award from Critic’s Choice for The Best Actor in an Action Movie.

Talking about Daniel’s earnings, we should mention that he received $5 million for taking part in filming  “Dream House” in 2011, and in the same year he was paid $6 million for “Cowboys & Aliens”, followed shortly afterwards by one more popular Craig role, in the movie “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, together with Rooney Mara, Steven Berkoff and Christopher Plummer.

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Craig has also increased his net worth even more as he has ‘played’ James Bond in several video games too. His debut as a voice actor in the games was in 2008, when he played in “007: Quantum of Solace”. Two years later he played in two games: “Golden Eye 007” and “James Bond 007: Blood Stone”. The last game in which Craig appeared as James Bond was released in 2011 and entitled “Golden Eye 007: Reloaded”.

Recent performances have been in “Logan Lucky” and “Kings” in 2017, but he also made a cameo appearance in “Star Wars: the Force Awakens” in 2015, and among other commitments hosted “Saturday Night Live” and narrated the TV film “Superheroes Unite for BBC Children in Need” in 2016.

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In his personal life, Daniel Craig married actress Fiona Loudon in 1992, and they had a daughter before divorcing two years later. He was then in a relationship with German actress Heike Makatsch, and was subsequently engaged to Satsuki Mitchell – a film producer – from 2005 until 2010. However, after a friendship with actress Rachel Weisz over several years, they married in 2011.

Daniel does a lot for charity too, including fundraising for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, S.A.F.E. Kenya, Opportunity Network, and in 2015 became the first UN global advocate for the elimination of mines and explosive hazards, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon quoting – ” You now also have a licence to save!” – a reference to Bond’s ‘licence to kill’.

Daniel and Rachel divide their time between residences in London and Ascot.

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