He next played poet Ted Hughes, husband to feminist icon Sylvia Plath (Gwyneth Paltrow), who committed suicide after he left their deteriorated marriage, in the uneven biopic, "Sylvia" (2003). In "Road to Perdition" (2002), he was the angry son of an Irish mobster (Paul Newman) who treats one of his hit men (Tom Hanks) like the son he never had. Craig then made the jump to larger Hollywood fare, appearing as old flame and fellow tomb raider Alex West in the live-action take on the popular video game, "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" (2001), starring Angelina Jolie. He next appeared in a supporting role in the bland and uninspired romantic adventure, "I Dreamed of Africa" (2000), starring a well-meaning Kim Basinger. That same year, he appeared in "Elizabeth," the widely acclaimed historical biopic starring an Oscar-snubbed Cate Blanchett as the Virgin Queen.After landing major roles in smaller projects, including the World War I drama "The Trench" (1999) and the late 19th century drama "Love and Rage" (1999), Craig earned a British Independent Film Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of a schizophrenic man adjusting to the real world after his release from an institution in "Some Voices" (2000). A return to PBS in "The Ice House" (1998) found Craig playing an assistant investigator who doubts the Chief Inspector's conclusion that a recently discovered corpse is the dead husband of a woman previously suspected in his disappearance. Playing petty thief George Dyer, renowned painter Francis Bacon's lover and artistic inspiration, Craig earned critical kudos in a film otherwise subjected to mixed reviews. The period biopic, "Love is the Devil" (1998), offered him an opportunity to expand his range. He next appeared in the romantic thriller, "Obsession" (1997), wherein he was one of several characters whose divergent lives cross in Berlin. After playing a commoner involved in a forbidden love with King Arthur's daughter in the children's fantasy, "A Kid in King Arthur's Court" (1995), Craig gained fame in native England playing a hapless musician turned homeless person in the BBC's "Our Friends in the North" (1996), an ambitious nine-part serial about the lives of four friends spanning thirty years.In the PBS adaptation of Daniel Defoe's "Moll Flanders" (1996), he played the enterprising bride's one true love. Craig then appeared in "Genghis Cohn" (A&E, 1993), a satire about a Nazi SS officer (Robert Lindsay) confronted with the ghost of a Jewish comedian (Antony Sher) he killed in a concentration camp. ![]() In 1992, Craig made his film debut in the coming-of-age drama, "The Power of One," wherein he played an Afrikaner soldier who beats and humiliates a white South African boxer (Stephen Dorff) trained by a black man (Morgan Freeman). ![]() At 16, he moved to London to train at the National Youth Theatre and later graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Born in Chester, England - also known as the Walled City - Craig grew up in nearby Liverpool, where his mother studied art at university and his stepfather, the painter Max Blond, plied his craft.
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