Stage and screen star Daniel Craig's popularity as a leading man spread beyond his native England with the success of the 2004 crime drama Layer Cake. Prior to that he was known to TV audiences as the star of the BBC miniseries Our Friends in the North (1996), and to movie audiences as Paul Newman's son in the 2002 film Road to Perdition (with Tom Hanks and Jude Law), and as poet Ted Hughes in Sylvia (2003, starring Gwyneth Paltrow as author Sylvia Plath). Known for his rough-around-the-edges looks and on-screen intensity, Craig's other films include Some Voices (2000), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001, starring Angelina Jolie) and Enduring Love (2004, with Samantha Morton). In 2005 Craig was chosen to succeed Pierce Brosnan as filmdom's new James Bond. His first film as Bond, Casino Royale, is due for release in late 2006.