Daniel Craig took the role of Bond.
Casino Royale is the 21st film in the Eon Productions James Bond film series and the first to star Daniel Craig as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond . Daniel Craig . Craig achieved international fame when chosen as the sixth actor to play the role of Ian Fleming 's James Bond in the official film series , taking over from Pierce Brosnan in 2005 . Craig 's fourth Bond film , Spectre , premiered in 2015 . Spectre (2015 film) . It is Daniel Craig 's fourth performance as James Bond , and the second film in the series directed by Sam Mendes following Skyfall , with a screenplay written by John Logan , Neal Purvis , Robert Wade and Jez Butterworth .