Anecdotes

Desmond Llewelyn claimed in an interview of Dalton that his portrayal of James Bond was closer to Ian Fleming's original novel version of the character than any other Bond actor.

His colder, grittier portrayal of James Bond is considered by many fans of the franchise to be the closest to the characterization of Bond from the original novels by Ian Fleming, but was greeted with a mixed reaction from the general public following twelve years of Roger Moore's much more lighthearted portrayal.

Publicly announced he would not be returning as James Bond in GoldenEye (1995) on 12 April 1994. Two months later, Pierce Brosnan was revealed as his successor.

In 1986, he and Sylvester McCoy were performing together with Vanessa Redgrave in a season of Shakespeare at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Dalton and McCoy sympathized with each other about the difficulty in finding good long-term acting jobs. A year later, McCoy was cast as the Seventh Doctor in Docteur Who (1963) and Dalton was cast as James Bond in Tuer n'est pas jouer (1987). Unfortunately, neither proved long-term, as both of these iconic British franchises were cancelled for several years in 1989 and recast when they eventually returned.

He is a U.S. citizen through his American mother.

He says that his favorite James Bond films are the first three Bond movies: James Bond 007 contre Dr. No (1962), Bons Baisers de Russie (1963) and Goldfinger (1964) largely because they are the closest to the books they're based on.

In the Drôles de dames (1976) episode "Fallen Angel", Dalton's character, Damien Roth, is referred to as being like James Bond, which was 8 years before Dalton's first Bond outing.

Oksana Grigorieva gave birth to his son, Alexander Dalton, on 7 August 1997 in London, England.

Lives in London, England and Los Angeles, California.

He was born in Wales, to Dorothy (Scholes) and Peter Dalton-Leggett, who was from England.

Has appeared in two films nominated for Best Picture Academy Award: Le Lion en hiver (1968) and Toy Story 3 (2010).

His father is English and his mother is American.

Dalton is a Manchester City F.C. supporter, and is often seen at the City of Manchester Stadium to watch the team play.

Out of the six James Bond actors, he is the only one that has never married.

Attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) but dropped out before he completed his studies.

Loves fishing, especially in the Pacific Ocean.

Played Lord Asriel in a London stage adaptation of the His Dark Materials trilogy. In the film À la croisée des mondes : La Boussole d'or (2007), this role was played by Daniel Craig, who also succeeded him in the role of James Bond.

He is the first EON James Bond actor not to have Bernard Lee as his boss M (who died in 1981, six years before Dalton's first outing) or Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny.

Is the first actor from the Baby Boom generation (1946 - 1964) to play James Bond.