Sean Connery

A variety of actors have played the part from David Niven, and Pierce Brosnan, to Daniel Craig and Sean Connery, and each brought something new to the role. The ...

The most recent Bond, Daniel Craig, had an impressive five-film run that saw the series take on an entirely new dimension in films like [Skyfall](https://screenrant.com/tag/skyfall/) (2012). Moore played the part because he enjoyed it, and he was still popular with fans by the release of A View to a Kill in 1985. Though Lazenby failed to usurp Connery with On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Moore was able to blaze his own trail by presenting the superspy in a somewhat sillier light, and he imbued the character with an aloof demeanor that fans gravitated to. For years, Connery was thought to be the quintessential James Bond, and his six performances between 1962 and 1971 was a record that seemed unbreakable when Roger Moore inherited the role in Live and Let Die in 1973. [On Her Majesty's Secret Service is a fan favorite](https://screenrant.com/james-bond-majesty-secret-service-best-movie-favorite/), actors like George Lazenby and David Niven who only got the chance to play the part one time are rarely recalled as James Bond. The question of who is the very best Bond may never be settled, but who actually played the part the most is a title that goes to one man alone.