Bond, James Bond: The iconic spy throughout the years

Actor Daniel Craig poses as James Bond. Craig was unveiled as legendary British secret agent James Bond 007 in the 21st Bond film "Casino Royale," at HMS President, St Katharine's Way on Oct. 14, 2005 in London, England.

Roger Moore poses driving a speedboat during the filming of James Bond film "Live And Let Die," in Kingston, Jamaica, March 1, 1973.

Irish actor Pierce Brosnan stars as 007 opposite French actor Sophie Marceau as Elektra King in the James Bond film "The World Is Not Enough," 1999. In the scene, Elektra uses an antique device to torture the imprisoned Bond.

Welsh actor Timothy Dalton as 007 and Maryam d'Abo as Kara Milovy in a publicity still for the 1987 James Bond film "The Living Daylights," 1986. Bond is holding his trademark Walther PPK.

Irish actor Pierce Brosnan leaps from a banker's window carrying a briefcase in the opening scene of the James Bond film "The World Is Not Enough," 1999. The scene was filmed in Bilbao, Spain.

Irish actor Pierce Brosnan as 007 with Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh as Wai Lin, on location in Thailand for the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies," 1997. Here they are handcuffed together for the motorcycle chase sequence.

Writer Ian Fleming (L) with actor Sean Connery during the filming of "From Russia with Love", Aug. 12, 1964. The Bond series is the brainchild of Fleming, who himself served as a naval intelligence officer during the Second World War.

Sean Connery acts during filming the James Bond movie "You Only Live Twice," on location in Tokyo, Japan, July 29, 1966.

Film star Roger Moore (James Bond) and the Bond Girls from the film "View to a Kill" directed by John Glen, Aug. 17, 1984.

James Bond, played by Sean Connery, discovers the murdered corpse of his contact, played by Charles Gray, in a scene from the Bond film "You Only Live Twice," 1966.

English film actor Roger Moore as James Bond in "The Spy Who Loved Me," 1976.

Actor Daniel Craig greets a naval officer as he is unveiled as the new actor to play the legendary British secret agent James Bond 007 in the 21st Bond film "Casino Royale," at HMS President, St Katharine's Way in London, England, Oct. 14, 2005.

A Walther PPK handgun is held up in front of a poster of the film "For Your Eyes Only" during the promotion of a sale of weapons from James Bond films in London, U.K., Nov. 2, 2006.

British actor Donald Pleasence (1919-1995) in character as Ernst Stavro Blofeld, holding a white cat on the set of the James Bond film "You Only Live Twice," Nov. 24, 1966.

Daniel Craig poses with the Brandenburg Gate behind during a photocall prior to the German premiere of the new James Bond movie "Spectre" at Hotel Adlon in Berlin, Germany, Oct. 28, 2015.

A billboard on Sunset Boulevard promotes the new James Bond film, "No Time To Die" in Hollywood, California, U.S., Sept. 24, 2021.