Recurring Cast
'M' and 'Q' are MI6 posts, not character names, so a change of actors may reflect an in-universe replacement; this was explicit for M in both GoldenEye (Judi Dench's character is referred to as a newcomer) and Skyfall (Ralph Fiennes' character, Gareth Mallory, replaces Dench's character as M), as well as Q in Die Another Day (John Cleese's character was an assistant to Desmond Llewellyn's Q in The World Is Not Enough). There is only one clear case of a single M or Q character switching actor: when Q, Major Boothroyd, switches from Peter Burton (Dr. No) to Desmond Llewellyn (From Russia with Love).
| Film | Title | Year | James Bond | M | Moneypenny | Q | Felix Leiter | Bill Tanner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. No | 1962 | Sean Connery | Bernard Lee | Lois Maxwell | Peter Burton | Jack Lord | |
| 2 | From Russia with Love | 1963 | Desmond Llewelyn | |||||
| 3 | Goldfinger | 1964 | Cec Linder | |||||
| 4 | Thunderball | 1965 | Rik Van Nutter | |||||
| 5 | You Only Live Twice | 1967 | ||||||
| 6 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | 1969 | George Lazenby | |||||
| 7 | Diamonds Are Forever | 1971 | Sean Connery | Norman Burton | ||||
| 8 | Live and Let Die | 1973 | Roger Moore | David Hedison | ||||
| 9 | The Man with the Golden Gun | 1974 | Desmond Llewelyn | Michael Goodliffe | ||||
| 10 | The Spy Who Loved Me | 1977 | ||||||
| 11 | Moonraker | 1979 | ||||||
| 12 | For Your Eyes Only | 1981 | James Villiers | |||||
| 13 | Octopussy | 1983 | Robert Brown | |||||
| 14 | A View to a Kill | 1985 | ||||||
| 15 | The Living Daylights | 1987 | Timothy Dalton | Caroline Bliss | John Terry | |||
| 16 | Licence to Kill | 1989 | David Hedison | |||||
| 17 | GoldenEye | 1995 | Pierce Brosnan | Judi Dench | Samantha Bond | Michael Kitchen | ||
| 18 | Tomorrow Never Dies | 1997 | ||||||
| 19 | The World Is Not Enough | 1999 | Michael Kitchen | |||||
| 20 | Die Another Day | 2002 | John Cleese | |||||
| 21 | Casino Royale | 2006 | Daniel Craig | Jeffrey Wright | ||||
| 22 | Quantum of Solace | 2008 | Rory Kinnear | |||||
| 23 | Skyfall | 2012 | Judi Dench and Ralph Fiennes | Naomie Harris | Ben Whishaw |
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