- 2007: Played the charming but sinister supermarket manager in the U.K. comedy "Hot Fuzz"
- 2003: Played a parody of James Bond in the film "Looney Tunes: Back in Action"
- 2001: Cast as Scottish detective Alan Pinkerton in "American Outlaws"
- 2000: Portrayed a priest enlisted to perform an exorcism in the fact-based Showtime movie "Possessed"
- 1999: Cast as Julius Caesar in the TV miniseries "Cleopatra" (ABC)
- 1994: Dalton and producers of upcoming James Bond films announced that he had resigned from the role
- 1994: Played Rhett Butler in the TV miniseries based on the "Gone With the Wind" sequel, "Scarlett"
- 1989: Played the role of James Bond a second time in "License to Kill"
- 1987: Debuted as James Bond in "The Living Daylights"
- 1986: Officially named the new James Bond on August 6
- 1979: US TV miniseries debut, "Centennial"
- 1975: First US film, "Permission to Kill", a co-production with West Germany
- 1968: Screen acting debut in "The Lion in Winter"
- 1966: Appeared with the Birmingham Repertory in West End production of "As You Like It"
- 1966: Starred on stage in "Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs"; resulted in contract with Birmingham Rep
- 1964: Professional stage debut in "Coriolanus" at London's Queen's Theatre




