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 a
Welsh born
English actor. He is best known for portraying
James Bond in
The Living Daylights (1987) and
Licence to Kill (1989), as well as Rhett Butler in the television miniseries "
Scarlett" (1994), an original sequel to
Gone with the Wind. In addition, Emily Bronte’s "
Wuthering Heights" (1970), Charlotte Bronte’s "
Jane Eyre" (1983) and his portrayals in
Shakespearean films and plays, as leads in "
Romeo and Juliet", "
King Lear", "
Henry V", "
Love's Labours Lost” and "
Henry IV".
Early life
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-)]