--- title: Film: Bookmakers Are Betting on Damian Lewis as the Next James Bond description: Hello, Damian Lewis canonical: https://time.com/3922678/betting-next-james-bond/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-16T15:08:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:03:01.851Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: U.K. Bookies Are Betting on This Actor As the Next James Bond og:description: He has the best odds og:url: https://time.com/3922678/betting-next-james-bond/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70451c83d40bd0fe/698854ae06f2c144d433aa8d/462858496-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Damian Lewis at the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin on Feb. 6, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: U.K. Bookies Are Betting on This Actor As the Next James Bond twitter:description: He has the best odds twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70451c83d40bd0fe/698854ae06f2c144d433aa8d/462858496-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # U.K. Bookies Are Betting on This Actor as the Next James Bond ## Video: SPECTRE TV spot [Watch (HLS stream): SPECTRE TV spot](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/kdhvz9YQ.m3u8) (1:00)  _Published 2015-06-10. SPECTRE TV spot_ by [Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly Jun 16, 2015 3:08 PM UTC  Damian Lewis at the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin on Feb. 6, 2015. Damian Lewis at the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin on Feb. 6, 2015.Mehmet Kaman—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images by [Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly Jun 16, 2015 3:08 PM UTC If U.K. bookmakers are to be believed, Damian Lewis may be the next James Bond. William Hill has slashed odds on Lewis, 44, becoming the next 007, citing a number of large bets on the _Homeland_ and _Wolf Hall_ star. Odds for Lewis are [as short as 6/4](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/16/damien-lewis-new-bookies-favourite-to-be-next-james-bond), pushing him ahead of other favorites like Idris Elba (5/2), Tom Hardy (4/1), Henry Cavill (5/1), and Michael Fassbender (7/1). Daniel Craig, 47, is [believed to be contracted](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jason-statham-would-love-play-799413) to one more Bond film after the upcoming _Spectre_, and rumors have been swirling for years about who might replace him. (Idris Elba was the longtime favorite, but in April, he said that the rumor was “really starting to eat itself,” adding, “If there was ever any chance of me getting Bond, it’s gone.”) In the meantime, _Spectre_, the 24th Bond movie, will be released Nov. 6. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/16/damian-lewis-next-bond) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com)_._ ### Meet Every James Bond Ever  Dr. No (1962) - Sean Connery United Artists  From Russia with Love (1963) - Sean Connery United Artists  Goldfinger (1964) - Sean Connery United Artists  Thunderball (1965) - Sean Connery United Artists  You Only Live Twice (1967) - Sean Connery United Artists  On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - George Lazenby United Artists  Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - Sean Connery United Artists  Live and Let Die (1973) - Roger Moore United Artists  The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) - Roger Moore United Artists  The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) - Roger Moore United Artists  Moonraker (1979) - Roger Moore United Artists  For Your Eyes Only (1981) - Roger Moore United Artists  Octopussy (1983) - Roger Moore United Artists  A View to a Kill (1985) - Roger Moore United Artists  The Living Daylights (1987) - Timothy Dalton United Artists  Licence to Kill (1989) - Timothy Dalton United Artists  GoldenEye (1995) - Pierce Brosnan MGM  Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - Pierce Brosnan MGM  The World Is Not Enough (1999) - Pierce Brosnan MGM  Die Another Day (2002) - Pierce Brosnan MGM  Casino Royale (2006) - Daniel Craig MGM/Columbia  Quantum of Solace (2008) - Daniel Craig MGM/Columbia  Skyfall (2012) - Daniel Craig MGM/Columbia ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3922678/betting-next-james-bond/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3922678/betting-next-james-bond/"},"headline":"U.K. Bookies Are Betting on This Actor as the Next James Bond","datePublished":"2015-06-16T15:08:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:03:01.851Z","description":"Hello, Damian Lewis","url":"https://time.com/3922678/betting-next-james-bond/","keywords":["movies","James Bond","Daniel Craig"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70451c83d40bd0fe/698854ae06f2c144d433aa8d/462858496-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70451c83d40bd0fe/698854ae06f2c144d433aa8d/462858496-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Damian Lewis at the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin on Feb. 6, 2015.","caption":"Damian Lewis at the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin on Feb. 6, 2015.","creditText":"Mehmet Kaman—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3922678/betting-next-james-bond/","name":"U.K. Bookies Are Betting on This Actor as the Next James Bond"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"SPECTRE TV spot","description":"SPECTRE TV spot","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/kdhvz9YQ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-10T13:57:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/kdhvz9YQ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3922678/betting-next-james-bond/","duration":"PT1M","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3922678/betting-next-james-bond/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```