My Take
Timothy Dalton doesn't get nearly enough credit for what he did with James Bond, and honestly that bothers me. When he stepped into the role with The Living Daylights in 1987, he brought a raw, Shakespearean intensity that had been missing from the franchise for years — this was a Bond who actually felt dangerous, not just suave. Licence to Kill pushed it even further, getting genuinely dark in ways the series wouldn't revisit until Daniel Craig. But beyond Bond, Dalton had serious stage chops before any of that, and you can feel it in how he inhabits a scene. He was trained, deliberate, committed. The fact that legal disputes between the Bond producers cut his run short to just two films feels like one of cinema's quiet injustices. He gave us a glimpse of something real, and then it was gone.
Overview
Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett (; born 21 March 1946) is a British actor. He gained international prominence as the fourth actor to portray fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, starring in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989). Beginning his career on stage, he made his film debut as Philip II of France in the 1968 historical drama The Lion in Winter.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Timothy Dalton
- Name (Japanese)
- ティモシー・ダルトン
- Reading
- てぃもしー・だるとん
- Born
- March 21, 1946 (age 80)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Dog
- Origin
- Colwyn Bay, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 74 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / stage actor / television actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.