Mr. Craig becomes the sixth actor to take on the role since 1962, after Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Mr. Brosnan.
At 17, he became the first actor to be put under exclusive contract by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
He became the first actor to play both Sherlock Holmes and, for the director Billy Wilder in 1970, Sherlock's brother Mycroft.
Knighted in 1947, he became the first actor to receive a peerage in 1970, allowing him to sit in the House of Lords.
It turned out that Mr. Dutton knew members of Mr. Candis's family and became the first actor to sign onto the project.
Leto will become the first actor since The Dark Knight's late Heath Ledger to play the Joker on the big screen.
In 1974, he became the first actor to receive the Life Achievement Award of the American Film Institute for major contributions to films and for timeless artistry.
With his Oscar for "Save the Tiger," Mr. Lemmon became the first actor to win Academy Awards in both the supporting and star categories.
Because of world hype around The Artist, he has become the first actor to have a French Spitting Image puppet since Gérard Depardieu.
October 28, 1939 Boston, Massachusetts Jane Alexander, née Jane Quigley (born Oct. 28, 1939, Boston, Mass., U.S.) American actress who, in addition to achieving a successful performance career, became the first actor to chair the National Endowment for the Arts.
