Timothy Peter Dalton (born 21 March 1946
[Some Internet sites (including IMDB) indicate that he was born in 1944; which is probably incorrect. His official sites and the official James Bond sites indicate his year of birth as 1946. Refer to this link in his chat group site for confirmation:The Biography of Timothy Dalton, and read the celebration of his 61st birthday at MI6 in 2007: MI6 on Dalton's Birthday, and at CommanderBond:Dalton's 61st Birthday.]) is an
English actor[ His father, who moved his family to Wales during World War 2, was English. Refer to the biography in his chat group:The Biography of Timothy Dalton] [Great Dalton interview - CBn Forums] of
stage and
screen, best known for portraying
James Bond in
The Living Daylights (1987) and
Licence to Kill (1989) and for his roles in
Shakespearean films and plays.
Early life and career
Dalton was born in
Colwyn Bay,
Wales, to an
American mother of
Italian and
Irish descent, and an
English father, who was a captain in the
Special Operations Executive during
World War II and had become an advertising executive at the time of his son's birth.
[Timothy Dalton Biography (1944-)]
