List of recurring characters in the James Bond film series

The James Bond film series is a British series of spy films based on the fictional character of MI6 agent James Bond, "007", who originally appeared in a series of books by Ian Fleming. There have been twenty-five films in total released between 1962 and 2021 and produced by Eon Productions, which now holds the adaptation rights to all of Fleming's Bond novels.^[1][2] Bond has been portrayed in these films by six actors: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig.

Several of the series' supporting characters, such as M, Q, and Miss Moneypenny, are MI6 posts, not character names, and some of the actor changes in these positions reflect in-universe replacements. Such change was explicit for M in GoldenEye (1995), with Judi Dench's character referred to as a newcomer, and in Skyfall (2012), as Ralph Fiennes' character Gareth Mallory replaces Dench's character as M; it was explicit for Q in Die Another Day (2002), as John Cleese's character replaces Desmond Llewelyn's Q after being his apprentice in The World Is Not Enough (1999). There is only one clear case of a single M, Q, or Moneypenny character switching actor: when Q, Major Boothroyd, switches from Peter Burton in Dr. No (1962) to Desmond Llewelyn in From Russia with Love (1963).

Overview

Film Character
	Dr. No	From Russia with Love	Goldfinger	Thunderball	You Only Live Twice	On Her Majesty's Secret Service	Diamonds Are Forever	Live and Let Die	The Man with the Golden Gun	The Spy Who Loved Me	Moonraker	For Your Eyes Only	Octopussy	A View to a Kill	The Living Daylights	Licence to Kill	GoldenEye	Tomorrow Never Dies	The World Is Not Enough	Die Another Day	Casino Royale	Quantum of Solace	Skyfall	Spectre	No Time to Die
James Bond 007
Felix Leiter
M
Miss Moneypenny
Q
Sylvia Trench
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Sheriff J. W. Pepper
Bill Tanner
General Gogol
Sir Frederick Gray
Jaws
Rublevitch
Smithers
Jack Wade
Valentin Zukovsky
Charles Robinson
René Mathis
Mr White
Dr. Madeleine Swann
Dr. Vogel

By era

1962–1971: Sean Connery and George Lazenby

List indicators

This section includes characters who have appeared in two or more Sean Connery films.

• An empty grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.
•  ^V indicates a voice-only role.

•  ^R indicates the actor reprises their role in a later era.

Character	1962	1963	1964	1965	1967	1969	1971
	Dr. No	From Russia with Love	Goldfinger	Thunderball	You Only Live Twice	On Her Majesty's Secret Service	Diamonds Are Forever
James Bond 007	Sean Connery[3]					George Lazenby[3]	Sean Connery[3]
Felix Leiter	Jack Lord[4]		Cec Linder[4]	Rik Van Nutter[4]			Norman Burton[4]
M	Bernard LeeR[5]
Miss Moneypenny	Lois MaxwellR[6]
Q	Peter Burton[7]	Desmond LlewelynR[7]
Sylvia Trench	Eunice Gayson[8]
Ernst Stavro Blofeld		Anthony Dawson[9] Eric PohlmannV[9]		Anthony Dawson[9] Eric PohlmannV[9]	Donald Pleasence[9]	Telly Savalas[9]	Charles Gray[9]

1973–1985: Roger Moore

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This section includes characters who have appeared in two or more Roger Moore films.

• An empty grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.
•  ^U indicates an uncredited appearance.

•  ^R indicates the actor reprises their role in a later era.

Character	1973	1974	1977	1979	1981	1983	1985
	Live and Let Die	The Man with the Golden Gun	The Spy Who Loved Me	Moonraker	For Your Eyes Only	Octopussy	A View to a Kill
James Bond 007	Roger Moore[3]
M	Bernard Lee[5]					Robert BrownR[5]
Miss Moneypenny	Lois Maxwell[6]
Sheriff J. W. Pepper	Clifton James[10]
Q		Desmond LlewelynR[7]
Bill Tanner		Michael GoodliffeU[11]			James Villiers[11]
General Gogol			Walter Gotell[11]
Sir Frederick Gray			Geoffrey Keen[11]
Jaws			Richard Kiel[12]
Rublevitch			Eva Rueber-Staier[13]		Eva Rueber-Staier[13]
Smithers					Jeremy Bulloch[14]

1987–1989: Timothy Dalton

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This section includes characters who have appeared in both Timothy Dalton films.

• An empty grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.

•  ^R indicates the actor reprises their role in a later era.

Character	1987	1989
	The Living Daylights	Licence to Kill
James Bond 007	Timothy Dalton[3]
Felix Leiter	John Terry[4]	David Hedison[4]
M	Robert Brown[5]
Miss Moneypenny	Caroline Bliss[6]
Q	Desmond LlewelynR[7]

1995–2002: Pierce Brosnan

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This section includes characters who have appeared in two or more Pierce Brosnan films.

• An empty grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.

•  ^R indicates the actor reprises their role in a later era.

Character	1995	1997	1999	2002
	GoldenEye	Tomorrow Never Dies	The World Is Not Enough	Die Another Day
James Bond 007	Pierce Brosnan[3]
M	Judi DenchR[5]
Miss Moneypenny	Samantha Bond[6]
Q	Desmond Llewelyn[7]		Desmond Llewelyn[7] John Cleese[7]	John Cleese[7]
Bill Tanner	Michael Kitchen[11]		Michael Kitchen[11]
Jack Wade	Joe Don Baker[15]
Valentin Zukovsky	Robbie Coltrane[16]		Robbie Coltrane[16]
Charles Robinson		Colin Salmon[17]

2006–2021: Daniel Craig

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This section includes characters who have appeared in two or more Daniel Craig films.

• An empty grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.
•  ^C indicates a cameo role.

Character	2006	2008	2012	2015	2021
	Casino Royale	Quantum of Solace	Skyfall	Spectre	No Time to Die
James Bond 007	Daniel Craig[3]
Felix Leiter	Jeffrey Wright[4]				Jeffrey Wright[4]
Olivia Mansfield M[a]	Judi Dench[5]			Judi DenchC[5]
René Mathis	Giancarlo Giannini[18]
Mr White	Jesper Christensen[19]			Jesper Christensen[19]
Bill Tanner		Rory Kinnear[20]
Gareth Mallory M[a]			Ralph Fiennes[5]
Eve Moneypenny			Naomie Harris[21]
Q			Ben Whishaw[22]
Franz Oberhauser Ernst Stavro Blofeld				Christoph Waltz[9]
Dr. Madeleine Swann				Léa Seydoux[23]
Dr. Vogel				Brigitte Millar[24]

See also

• Outline of James Bond

Notes

1. Olivia Mansfield (Judi Dench's M) dies in Skyfall (2012) and is replaced by character Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), appearing earlier in the same film. In Spectre (2015), Mansfield has a cameo appearance in a video she recorded before her murder.^[5]