James Bond actors listed by total film appearances

James Bond has become one of the most persistent live-acting characters ever. Few characters can claim Suave’s secret agent combination of complete longevity and the huge amount of actors played. Because of this, every viewer has plenty of James Bond’s favorite actors to choose from. However, this time we do not play favorites. Instead, we look at cold, hard facts to find out which Bond actor has made the majority of film appearances as the character.

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Lists like this are usually quite simple, but as nothing ever becomes easy for James Bond, there is one basic rule we need to install. To get a comprehensive list and avoid potential issues, the bond actor who has made more films for the official production company of James Bond’s film series Eon Productions will get the victory in case of a tie. With that settled and with no further ado, let’s dive into our list of James Bond actors, listed according to the number of their appearances.

Even Sean Connery was not confident he would make a good James bond At first, and probably didn’t help the writer of the novels Bond, Ian Fleming, was promoting for a different actor. Fleming’s favorite for the role was David Niven, who had a slightly more refined air than the relative newcomer Connery – not to mention Academy Award for Best Actor in a leading role for “separate boards” (1958) in his pocket. Fate and the film industry work in strange ways, however. The role went to Connery, and history has proven that the choice is a solid rock. As for Niven, he also had to play the role once … after fashion, anyway.

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Niven’s contribution to the history of the James Bond screen is the famous parody, starred “Casino Royale” (1967) which tends to be remembered less than dear. The humorous movie sets a Niven version of the character like the original James Bond, which comes out of retirement for one last explosive mission (thus innovating on the theory “Each bond actor portrays a different guy” that keeps floating around). Enough to say, the end result so far is drawn from Ian Fleming’s original novel and Bond Film franchise that did not bother the contents of this version of “Casino Royale” on our James Bond movies site.

After Sean Connery left the role of James Bond in the aftermath of “You Live Twice” (1967) (1967), the re -drawing of the secret agent became a necessity – but one that caused his share of difficulties. Eventually, the proverbial finger highlighted the Australian model George Lazenby, who had even less experience in the film business than Connery when he was selected in the role.

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In one way, this worked well. Lazenby’s only contribution in the role was “on the secret service of Her Majesty” (1969), which is actually one of the Bet Bond films, and by far the role is not bad. In another, more significant way, the casting of someone who was not an experienced pro may have been a mistake in continuity. Lazenby did not like the experience of making the film open and did not continue as a bond, in effect disappear from Hollywood after this same big role. Connery ended returning in the Eon folds to play bond in “Diamonds are Forever” in 1971.

Until Daniel Craig’s incarnation came on much later, James Bond by Timothy Dalton was the only 007 who was a truly credible murderer. Instead of the antics of a joke action hero, Anufel, Dalton opted for a relatively realistic and cruel version of the character who needed a very specific type of film to really work. Unfortunately, one never had. The “The Living Daylights” (1987) and the quite forgotten installment “license to kill” (1989) remains the only Dalton Bond films, putting it one ahead of Lazenby but leaving a film or two scarcely lacking it lacking the kind of legacy it would have deserved.

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Interestingly, in some other reality, Dalton might have received another blow in the role. Among the various scripts for the potential continuity of the Dalton 007 story was James Bond Film Canceled called “Reunion with Death,” which would have sent a bond on his first mission to Japan since “You Live Twice,” by Sean Connery, and even resulted in contacts with that film. Of course, nothing ever came out of it, and James Bond was left sipping Martinis on the sideline until Pierce Brosnan took over the role.

Pierce Brosnan arrived from the mid -1990s as James Bond marked a shift back to the sensuality of the adventure of the series bomb after Timothy Dalton’s quieter tenure was quieter from the late 1980s. Brosnan presented a performance that at the same time was a “biggest hits” collection of 007 feature and still completely attended the character. Bond has a charm, wit, and genuine hardness, and the incarnation was durable enough to star in four films.

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As James Bond’s films gone, the tenure of Brosnan spaced at least one certifiable pearl. “Goldeneye” (1995) and remained nothing less than a memorable masterpiece for – among other things – its variety of amazing acting scenes and great rogue agent Sean Bean, Alec “006” Trevelyan. “Tomorrow Never Dies” (1997), “the world is not enough” (1999), and especially the “Die Another Day” (2002) (2002) have all failed to emulate the thrill, but nevertheless they have plenty of enjoyable moments, and there is little denial that Brosnan is more than holding himself as a bond actor.

Daniel Craig has maintained a healthy career besides a bond for much of his tenure 007 and threatened to quit so many times that it is difficult to keep an account, but nevertheless did not less than five impressive (mainly) bond films before closing the file on this particular incarnation of the secret agent quite final. The first of Craig’s films was of course “Casino Royale” (2006), which could be the best bond film ever made. It all dried up his name in 1967 out of the history books by introducing a thrilling new 007, a female leader unlike anyone else in Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), and one of the largest James Bond villains ever At Le Chiffre Mads Mikkelsen.

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As with Pierce Brosnan, the opening Act Stellar was difficult to follow. “Quantum of Solace” (2008), “Specter” (2015), and “No Time to Die” (2021) are all obvious offerings weaker than the appearance of an incredible rock bond, with just “Skyfall” (2012) coming close in quality. Still, for the most part, a very decent argument could be made that James Bond Craig’s films were the most consistent of the lot, which says something as he was one of the three most prolific bond actors.

Ah, yes, Sean Connery. The first and, for many, began James Bond’s best actor his work in “Dr. No” (1962), and the success of the film slapped five sequences led by connection: “from Russia with Love” (1963), “Goldfinger” (1964), “Thunderball” (1965), “only forever” you live “and his film” and his films “are six films” Many of them in the discussion whenever the best James Bond movies are named.

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Connery also has a seventh bond film to name. In 1983-the year “Octopussy” for the first time-Roger Moore was already deep into his time as 007 when he returned the original bond to do what David Niven had done for him in 1967: Make a competitive, non-Eon James Bond film, portraying an older bond in his final mission. James Bond Film last Connery Called “Never Say Never Again,” and is effectively an inferior remix of “Thunderball,” which itself is far from the best 007 film out there. Nevertheless, this unrivaled appearance leaves a connection with a prestigious total of seven appearances in the James Bond films, which would be more than enough to win … except for the fact that one actor bond has seven full EON bond roles under his Tuxedo belt.

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Sean Connery may be the choice of many James Bond fans for the best 007, but Roger Moore has beaten as the most abundant one … though he has just inches. The distinctive, but relatively light but relatively light, attitude has the character in “Live and Let Die” (1973), and went to play the Role Tan “a View to a Kill” (1985). Between these two films were “The Man with the Golden Gun” (1974), “The Spy Who Loved Me” (1977), “Moonraker” (1979), “for your Eyes Only” (1981), and “Octopussy” (1983) (1983), which gives a prestigious total of seven films to a Moore version of bond – the same number, but since Eon connection, but since.

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Unlike many of his Bond colleagues, Moore did not turn his 007 fame into a huge film career after leaving the franchise. Although in no means the cessation of acting after “octopussy” did not stop, the actor has been more likely to appear in Cameo roles and support turns in films such as Jean-Claude Van Damme 1996 martial arts film “The Quest” than the kind of block obstacles and dear ensemble movies like Connery and Daniel Craig have become known. Of course it is worth noting that its lack of screen presence may have a great deal to do with the fact that that Moore retired from James Bond movies at the end of 58 – Not to mention his complete commitment to his role as Unicef’s Goodwill Ambassador, a role where he served between 1991 and 2018.

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