Actor Craig has been recognised for services to film and theatre in the New Year Honours, for his glittering career where he played the world’s most famous secret agent for a run of five movies.
A CMG is the honour often given to diplomats, and the fictional spy is described as holding it in both the films and the books by Ian Fleming.
Craig, 53, made his final outing as 007 earlier this year with the highly anticipated release of No Time To Die, which achieved great success at the box office.
The actor took up the mantle as the British spy with 2006’s Casino Royale and played the spy in 2008’s Quantum Of Solace, 2012’s Skyfall and 2015’s Spectre.
Following multiple pandemic-enforced delays, his swansong in No Time To Die finally premiered at the Royal Albert Hall in September, in a glittering royal event attended by the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Ahead of the release of the film, Craig was made an honorary commander in the Royal Navy, in another tip of the hat to his most famous role, it matches the rank held by James Bond.
In October, he was also honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
Craig was born in Chester and trained at the National Youth Theatre and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
His other film credits include Layer Cake, Munich, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and 2019’s popular Knives Out, where he played the detective Benoit Blanc and has already commenced filming on a sequel.
The actor’s stage roles include the National Theatre’s production of Angels In America in 1993, and classic Shakespearean villain Iago in Othello in the New York Theatre Workshop’s version in 2016.
He is also due to take on the title role of Macbeth at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre for a limited run in 2022.
Craig has been married to fellow actress Rachel Weisz since 2011 and they share a daughter, while he also has 29-year-old daughter Ella from his previous marriage to Fiona Loudon and a step-son, Henry, courtesy of Weisz.
Meanwhile, Barbara Broccoli, who has been the driving force behind the Bond film franchise for more than 20 years, is recognised with a CBE for her services to film, drama, philanthropy and to skills.
Broccoli, with her brother Michael G Wilson, own EON Productions and have produced the last nine Bond films including all of Craig’s outings.
Wilson is also made a CBE in this year’s list.
Together, they have also produced The Rhythm Section starring Blake Lively and several independent film projects, while Broccoli has produced a number of Broadway stage productions including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, A Steady Rain, and Once, as well as West End productions of Chariots Of Fire and Strangers On A Train.
As a leading figure in the entertainment industry, Broccoli was appointed Bafta’s vice president for film in 2016.
The academy’s Albert R Broccoli Britannia award for worldwide contribution to filmed entertainment is named after her father, who turned 007 into the long-running film series.
Among her many philanthropic interests, Broccoli is a trustee of Into Film, a film education charity working with young people.
Broccoli is also the patron of the spinal charity Back Up; vice-patron of the Film and TV Charity; an Honorary Fellow of the National Film and Television School and also an honorary member of Women in Film and Television UK.
She is also the president of the National Youth Theatre.
Broccoli was made an OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List in 2008.
In 2014, Broccoli and Wilson were honoured by the Producers Guild of America with the David O Selznick achievement award in theatrical motion pictures.
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