This tall, steely-eyed Welsh born actor was a respected stage actor for over 20 years before exploding onto the layman’s radar in 1987 as the new face of Ian Fleming’s master spy, James Bond. Among the last of a dying breed of classically trained Shakespearean actors who has forged simultaneous and successful careers in theater, television and film, Dalton was one of the great, underappreciated actors of our time.

Born Timothy Peter Dalton on March 21, 1946 in Colwyn Bay, Wales, Dalton began acting in his teens. In 1964, Dalton gained acceptance into England’s famed Royal Academy of