In the seventy-year history of the cinematic James Bond, no actor has shaped the character of 007 quite as definitively for the modern era as Daniel Craig. The Chester-born son of a steel-erector turned pub landlord and an art-teacher mother, who at thirty-eight took over the Bond role with Casino Royale (2006) and finished his five-film tenure with No Time to Die (2021) — having grossed nearly $3 billion at the global box office as Bond and reinvented the character for a new generation — is one of the most-watched English film actors of his lifetime. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 2025 New Year Honours. Behind every action scene sat a small Liverpool-region working-class family and an Oscar-winning actress wife.

The Family's Roots: Liverpool and the Wirral

The Craig family is English working-class with roots around Liverpool and the Wirral peninsula. Daniel was born in Chester, Cheshire, on 2 March 1968, and raised primarily in Liverpool after his parents' separation.

His Father: Timothy John Wroughton Craig

Tim Craig worked as a steel erector and then took over a pub on the Wirral. He and Daniel's mother separated when Daniel was about four.

His Mother: Carol Olivia Williams

Carol Williams was an art teacher. She raised Daniel and his elder sister in Liverpool after the separation. Her work in education and her commitment to her son's drama-school path were the central facts of his early life.

His Sister: Lea Craig

Lea Craig, Daniel's elder sister (born 1965), is a private person who has stayed out of the press.

His Wives and Daughter

Fiona Loudon, a Scottish actress, was Daniel's first wife. They married in 1992 and divorced in 1994. They have one daughter:

Ella Loudon Craig, born September 1992, is an actress and model.

Rachel Weisz, born 7 March 1970, is an Oscar-winning English-American actress (Best Supporting Actress, The Constant Gardener, 2005). She and Daniel were friends for years before they started dating in late 2010 (during the filming of Dream House). They married in a small private ceremony in New York on 22 June 2011.

Daniel and Rachel have one daughter:

  • A daughter (name kept private), born August 2018

The Craig Family Tree at a Glance

Family Origins

  • English working-class; Liverpool and the Wirral

Parents

  • Father: Tim Craig — steel erector and then pub landlord
  • Mother: Carol Olivia Williams — art teacher

Siblings

  • Lea Craig (b. 1965) — elder sister
  • Daniel Wroughton Craig (b. 2 March 1968)

Daniel Craig

  • Born 2 March 1968, Chester, Cheshire
  • Hilbre High School, West Kirby; Calday Grange Grammar School
  • National Youth Theatre (London); Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1991)
  • Major films: Elizabeth (1998), Road to Perdition (2002), Layer Cake (2004)
  • Casino Royale (2006) — debut as James Bond
  • Bond films: Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre, No Time to Die
  • Other films: Knives Out (2019), Glass Onion (2022)
  • CMG (2022); KCMG (Knight Commander) (2025 New Year Honours)

First Wife: Fiona Loudon

  • Scottish actress
  • Married 1992; divorced 1994

Daughter (with Fiona)

  • Ella Loudon Craig (b. September 1992) — actress, model

Second Wife: Rachel Weisz

  • Born 7 March 1970
  • Oscar-winning actress (The Constant Gardener, 2005)
  • Married Daniel on 22 June 2011

Daughter (with Rachel)

  • Daughter (name private) (b. August 2018)

What the Craig Family Story Teaches Us

A steel-erector-turned-pub-landlord father. An art-teacher mother who raised two children after separation. A first marriage at twenty-four that lasted two years. A daughter from that marriage who is now an actress in her own right. An Oscar-winning second wife. A second daughter whose name has been kept off every press page.

For every family — large or small, famous or otherwise — the Craig story carries the same lesson. Daughters from first marriages are still daughters; second wives' children are equally children of the family. The tree should hold both daughters with equal weight, no matter what the cover-story version of the celebrity life chooses to show. Write everyone down.

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