Jeffrey Wright played Felix Leiter in three films next to Daniel Craig. On this day in 1965 he was born in Washington DC.

Three time Felix Leiter Jeffrey Wright was born on 7th December 1965 in Washington DC.

Starting out on stage, Wright’s first major film role was opposite Harrison Ford in Presumed Innocent (1990), leading to many movie appearances. He appeared as Felix Leiter in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.

Quantum of Solace director Marc Forster was born in Baveria on this day in 1969.

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Quantum of Solace director Marc Forster (shown above on set with Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko and Daniel Craig) was born on 30 November 1969 in Baveria, Germany.

His breakthrough, in 2001, was with Monster’s Ball with Halle Berry and prior to Quantum of Solace directed The Kite Runner.

 

Olga Kurylenko was born in Berdyansk (now Ukraine) on 14th November 1979. She played Camille Montes in Quantum of Solace.

Olga Kurylenko, who played Camille Montes in Quantum of Solace, was born in Berdyansk, in what is now Ukraine on 14th November 1979.

Mathieu Amalric, who played Dominic Greene in Quantum of Solace, was born on 25th October 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine in France.

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Mathieu Amalric, who played Dominic Greene in Quantum of Solace, was born on 25th October 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

As well as his role as the villain in Daniel Craig’s second 007 film, Amalric appeared in Munich, while drawing critical acclaim for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, based on the memoir of Jean-Dominique Bauby, in which he depicted the author’s life after suffering a massive stroke, paralysing him from the neck down.