Professional stage debut in "Coriolanus" at London's Queen's Theatre

Starred on stage in "Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs"; resulted in contract with Birmingham Rep

Appeared with the Birmingham Repertory in West End production of "As You Like It"

Screen acting debut in "The Lion in Winter"

First US film, "Permission to Kill", a co-production with West Germany

US TV miniseries debut, "Centennial"

Officially named the new James Bond on August 6

Debuted as James Bond in "The Living Daylights"

Played the role of James Bond a second time in "License to Kill"

Dalton and producers of upcoming James Bond films announced that he had resigned from the role

Played Rhett Butler in the TV miniseries based on the "Gone With the Wind" sequel, "Scarlett"

Cast as Julius Caesar in the TV miniseries "Cleopatra" (ABC)

Portrayed a priest enlisted to perform an exorcism in the fact-based Showtime movie "Possessed"

Cast as Scottish detective Alan Pinkerton in "American Outlaws"

Played a parody of James Bond in the film "Looney Tunes: Back in Action"

Played the charming but sinister supermarket manager in the U.K. comedy "Hot Fuzz"