Movies Gallery The evolution of James Bond By Madeline Boardman Madeline Boardman Madeline Boardman is a former digital features director at Entertainment Weekly. She left EW in 2017. EW's editorial guidelines Published on November 17, 2016 04:25PM EST Trending Videos Close this video player 01 of 26 James Bond through the years Francois Duhamel/MGM; Courtesy Everett Collection (2); Keith Hamshere/MGM; Getty Images Nearly 14 years ago Daniel Craig made his debut as James Bond. The British star became the sixth actor to play 007 with the debut of Casino Royale. He took on the famed role nearly 45 years after Sean Connery brought the spy to theaters with 1962's Dr. No. In honor of the last Bond film starring Mr. Craig, see the evolution of James Bond through the years, ahead. 02 of 26 Sean Connery in Dr. No (1962) Everett Collection 03 of 26 Sean Connery as From Russia with Love (1963) Everett Collection 04 of 26 Sean Connery in Goldfinger (1964) Everett Collection 05 of 26 Sean Connery in Thunderball (1965) Courtesy Everett Collection 06 of 26 Sean Connery in You Only Live Twice (1967) Everett Collection 07 of 26 George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Courtesy Everett Collection 08 of 26 Sean Connery in Diamonds Are Forever (1971) Everett Collection 09 of 26 Roger Moore in Live and Let Die (1973) Anwar Hussein/Getty Images 10 of 26 Roger Moore in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) Everett Collection 11 of 26 Roger Moore in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Everett Collection 12 of 26 Roger Moore in Moonraker (1979) Everett Collection 13 of 26 Roger Moore in For Your Eyes Only (1981) Everett Collection 14 of 26 Roger Moore in Octopussy (1983) Everett Collection 15 of 26 Roger Moore in A View to a Kill (1985) Everett Collection 16 of 26 Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights (1987) Everett Collection 17 of 26 Timothy Dalton in Licence to Kill (1989) United Artists/Courtesy Everett Collection 18 of 26 Pierce Brosnan in GoldenEye (1995) Everett Collection 19 of 26 Pierce Brosnan in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) Pierce Brosnan and Michelle Yeoh in 'Tomorrow Never Dies'. Everett Collection 20 of 26 Pierce Brosnan in The World Is Not Enough (1999) Everett Collection 21 of 26 Pierce Brosnan in Die Another Day (2002) 22 of 26 Daniel Craig in Casino Royale (2006) Jay Maidment/Sony Pictures 23 of 26 Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace (2008) Karen Ballard/MGM 24 of 26 Daniel Craig in Skyfall (2012) Francois Duhamel 25 of 26 Daniel Craig in Spectre (2015) Columbia/Eon/Danjaq/Mgm/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock 26 of 26 Daniel Craig in No Time to Die (2020) Nicola Dove/MGM