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Jack LowdenBorn 2 Jun 1990Jack Lowden is the Scottish actor behind River Cartwright in Slow Horses, with film roles in Dunkirk and Benediction. He would bring Bond a convincing intelligence officer's watchfulness, a dry sense of humour and vulnerability beneath the bravado. His work as River makes sudden danger feel messy…0i - 2
Callum TurnerBorn 15 Feb 1990Callum Turner is the British actor known for Masters of the Air, The Capture and the Fantastic Beasts films. As aviator John Egan, he combines swagger with the strain of leadership, a useful blueprint for Bond's confidence under pressure. He could make the dinner-jacket glamour feel effortless…0i - 3
Josh O'ConnorBorn 20 May 1990Josh O'Connor is the English actor who played Prince Charles in The Crown and the provocative tennis player Patrick in Challengers. That contrast is his Bond audition in miniature: establishment manners on one side, restless mischief on the other. He could make 007's charm feel like a tactical…0i - 4
Aaron Taylor-JohnsonBorn 13 Jun 1990Aaron Taylor-Johnson is the English star of Kick-Ass, Nocturnal Animals and Bullet Train, where his sharp-suited hitman Tangerine mixes comic timing with explosive violence. That ability to turn a joke into a threat would give Bond both bite and entertainment value. He has the physical confidence…0i - 5
Henry CavillBorn 5 May 1983Henry Cavill is the British actor best known as Superman, with spy credentials in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Mission: Impossible - Fallout. Napoleon Solo supplies the debonair wit; Fallout supplies the bruising physical presence. Put those qualities together and the case for a commanding, classic…0i - 6
Theo JamesBorn 16 Dec 1984Theo James is the British actor who leads The Gentlemen and played Cameron in The White Lotus. His poised aristocrat Eddie Horniman makes a persuasive case for a Bond who can navigate wealthy company while quietly assessing the threat in the room. He also has the sly humour to make a raised eyebrow…0i - 7
Richard MaddenBorn 18 Jun 1986Richard Madden is the Scottish actor known for Robb Stark in Game of Thrones, David Budd in Bodyguard and the spy thriller Citadel. Bodyguard is the key evidence: he can hold a scene through stillness, scan for danger and let suppressed trauma leak through a disciplined exterior. That would give…0i - 8
James Norton (actor)Born 18 Jul 1985James Norton is the English actor whose range runs from Grantchester's Sidney Chambers to Happy Valley's Tommy Lee Royce and McMafia's Alex Godman. The attraction for Bond is that distance between reassuring charm and genuine menace. McMafia shows how comfortably he can inhabit expensive,…0i - 9
Regé-Jean PageBorn 24 Jan 1988Regé-Jean Page is the British actor who broke through as Simon Basset in Bridgerton and brought deadpan nobility to Xenk in Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves. Bridgerton makes the case for romance and social command; Xenk shows he can be physically assured and funny without chasing the joke.…0i - 10
Idris ElbaBorn 6 Sept 1972Idris Elba is the English actor behind Stringer Bell in The Wire and John Luther in Luther. He can project authority before speaking, then reveal the obsession and weariness underneath it, exactly the ingredients for a formidable veteran Bond. His appeal is less about the tuxedo than the sense that…0i
