Daniel Craig becomes longest-serving James Bond*
 

(*conditions apply)

Daniel Wroughton Craig is stamping his name on the Bond records for good.

On Saturday 19 October 2019, he becomes the longest-serving actor to play James Bond in terms of days in the role.

Back in January 2017, I saw people tweeting about the longest-serving Bond actors so did some calculations.

A word here about my method, as this caused a few chippy Bond fans to moan last time. 

The start date is when they were publicly announced in the role. The end date is when a replacement actor is named in the role.

I know that actors have sometimes told the world they won’t play Bond again and some were sacked before the next actor is announced, but tough. Just like the role of UK prime minister, you are Bond until someone else is.

I know this doesn’t suit everyone but...

So, as of Saturday 19 October 2019, Daniel Craig has occupied the role for 5,119 days, ever since his announcement on Friday 14 October 2005.

Sir Roger Moore was, as you can imagine, in the lead for a very long time with a whopping 5,118 days. Next up is Pierce Brosnan on 4,146 days. 

Sir Sean Connery, with his two stints added together, comes in fourth with 3,049 days, T-Daltz fifth on 2,863, and George Lazenby on 875 days.

Notes:

• Sir Sean Connery's two stints lasted 2,530 and 519 days respectively.
• I’m only dealing with the official EON Bond films.
• Sources for dates:
• Some Kind of Hero - Matthew Field and Ajay Chowdhury
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Alan Barnes and Marcus Ahern
•  The announcement dates of the actors are as follows:
• Sir Sean Connery, 3 November 1961
• George Lazenby, 7 October 1968
• Sir Sean Connery (again), 1 March 1971
• Sir Roger Moore, 1 August 1972
• Timothy Dalton, 6 August 1986
• Pierce Brosnan, 8 June 1994
• Daniel Craig, 14 October 2005