Ol' Blue Eyes

Shame on the naysayers who opposed Daniel Craig's assignment to her majesty's secret service; obviously they had not witnessed his performance in Layer Cake. Had they, they would have known the Bond franchise was in perfectly capable hands. And oh...those hands. And those eyes. And that voice. Put him in a suit and you can take him anywhere.
As the drug dealer formerly known as "X," Craig is whipsawed in Cake by triple crosses and his early retirement plan. Sienna Miller has a bit part as a baby faced city girl in her next best role since Fast Eddie's roommate [which was tragically axed] on FOX's small screen, and Colm Meany almost makes you think it's normal to have a soundproofed refrigeration room in your home.
That same year, Daniel Craig made an interesting film with Bill Nighy and Rhys Ifans called Enduring Love, a discomfitting story about an ordinary man who becomes the object of obsession for another man who believes they shared a life changing moment.
As an audience of one, I've really only made a small dent in Daniel Craig's filmography; one look at his performance history and you see a man who's worked steadily and purposefully for quite some time. He's done smaller roles in large films (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Road to Perdition, Munich), and larger roles in smaller films (The Jacket, Infamous, I Dreamed of Africa, Sylvia, Obsession, Some Voices, The Mother); graphic animation (Renaissance); TV drama (Archangel, The Young Indiana Jones, Moll Flanders).
In this moment, I can't think of an American actor who's been as good for as long in as many different showcases. I will be paying my $$ for Bond for as long as Daniel Craig decides to keep the camera rolling.