James Bond, 007 | Ian Fleming

Commander James Bond, licence to kill, is a British Secret Service agent, code number 007, residing in London but active internationally. Known for his enjoyment of cars, food, drink and women, Bond lives life in the fast lane, and has an average intake of sixty custom-made cigarettes a day. Ex Royal Navy, 007 is an orphan of Scottish and Swiss descent, alumni of Eton, a natural with a range of weapons and supremely quick witted.

DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown

HEIGHT: 6 foot / 1.83 m

APPEARANCE:

Short black hair. Blue-grey eyes. 3" vertical scar on right cheek and on left shoulder, signs of plastic surgery on back of right hand

SPOUSE: Tracy Bond (deceased)

'Has been known to carry a knife strapped to his left forearm; fights with tenacity and has a high tolerance of pain.'

From Russia With Love

'Doing all this, inspecting these minute burglar-alarms, did not make him feel foolish or self-conscious. He was a secret agent, and still alive thanks to his exact attention to the detail of his profession. Routine precautions were to him no more unreasonable than they would be to a deep-sea diver or a test pilot, or to any man earning danger-money.'

Casino Royale

'In the glass, the grey-blue eyes looked back at him with the extra light they held when his mind was focused on a problem that interested him. The lean, hard face had a hungry, competitive edge to it. There was something swift and intent in the way he ran his fingers along his jaw and in the impatient stroke of the hairbrush to put back the comma of black hair that fell down an inch above his right eyebrow'

Moonraker