James Bond

James Bond, also known as Agent 007, is the main protagonist of the James Bond franchise.

James is a superspy who works for the Mi6 secret service branch of the British Government.

Appearance
Almost every incarnation of James Bond appears as a tall, middle-aged(being 30,s or 40,s) dark-haired white man. He wears a black tuxedo with a white undershirt and black bow tie. Daniel Craig is the only incarnation being shorter and blond while Sean Connery and the late Sir Roger Moore have brown hair and George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan have black hair.

Personality
The stereotype of a spy, detective, martial artist and assassin, Bond is a highly unique individual. He appears to be of sound mind and strong spirit. He is highly intelligent, exceedingly cunning and diabolically independent. He is also extremely sensible, calm, mature and sly. Like most who lose parents in their youth, Bond has abandonment issues, which is why he never makes friends or long-lasting relationships, his only relationship being with Vesper. He professes to have never fallen in love. He maintains no friendships from before his parents’ death and only the most irregular contact with friends from his late teens.

At first, Bond was arrogant and conceited, almost overconfident that he would be able to win each situation he got himself into.

Bond is not nostalgic, but lives firmly in the present. He has only vague notions or thoughts about old age and retirement, which he does not seem to think he will live to see. He enjoys pushing himself to the limit, both mentally and physically. Bond's stress levels actually drop when the stakes are higher. He is prone to boredom and mild depression when not challenged. He is not sentimental, not missing his childhood home in Scotland, actually saying that he "always hated this place", and showing no remorse in blowing up the house.

Bond has strong interpersonal skills. He can act comfortably in many situations, but does not seek out companionship except, most notably, for sexual recreation. Bond's lone wolf personality-type tends to attract others. He is highly manipulative, calculating and possesses a high level of intelligence. He sometimes has a hot temper.

Bond is goal-oriented, but he often seeks these goals in an indirect and secretive way. He has kept many areas of his life meticulously compartmentalized, never allowing the emotional issues from the loss of his family or from relationships to intrude on his professional life. Bond seems to have an emotional and mental need for multiple layers of reality. He thrives when not revealing all of himself, carefully organizing the aspects of his personality he reveals to others. Thus Bond is excellent as burying information he does not wish to reveal, making him a very good security risk if questioned under almost any circumstance.

Bond seeks structure in his life. He is a man of pattern and habit. He has acquired strong tastes. Bond both thrives under structure yet finds subtle ways of rebelling against it. He is not self-destructive, but he can be a challenge to his superiors, who mostly despise his unorthodox skills of completing a job and his personality.

Bond uses humor as a shield and a weapon. He is skilled at making cutting remarks that reveal insecurities of others or mock death, danger and risk so he can intimidate people who are a threat to him.

Most importantly, Bond is deeply loyal to institutions. After his parents' death, Bond embraced his British and Scottish roots. His concept of his nationality is a large part of his identity. This is reflected in some of his social attitudes, which seem to embrace a British identity of the not to distant past. When pressed, Bond seems to identify with the notion of helping to "protect the realm", or "serving the monarch" and the ideals embodied in the mythic notion of St. Georges.

Bond is very idealistic, but is solitary. He does not console himself by surrounding himself with others nor he discusses his problems or personality with other people. His athletic pursuits tend to be solitary: running, skiing, hiking, swimming, diving, and most remarkably, climbing, which are his way of seeking solace and comfort after.

Even though Bond clearly doesn't see the world black and white, he doesn't tend to see it in stark terms of chaos and order, tradition and change. Bond has chosen to identify with order and tradition. Because of his complete self-sufficiency and independence, Bond became an incredible tactician when it comes to pursuits and assassinations. He is also vengeful.

Abilities
Bond has developed a taste for fine wine, and his favorites are Martini's and a very expensive bottle called Dom Perginon. He smokes, mostly cigars, and prefers tuxedos as the clothing to wear when present at social events. Over the years, Bond has been provided incredible equipment by Q.

Chief among these are the cars they have given him, which have been able to be remote controlled, turn invisible and are able to shoot missiles and volleys of bullets at targets. He wears a watch that contains a dart gun that can paralyze a man, a stun taser, a grapple hook that can support his weight with a string of wire, GPS, and a laser that can burn through metal.

He has been provided many oddities of equipment, including a grenade pen, gas canisters hidden in a attache case, flash bang guns, and remote detonators. His preference for a weapon would be a 7.65 MM Walther PPK, a light handgun. Bond has considerable skills in almost everything. He speaks multiple languages, including Russian, Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish.

He is a master at Judo, and is very intelligent. Mostly demonstrated in "Goldfinger", when he figures out the logistics of how many men, trucks, and how much time it would take to move all of the gold out of Fort Knox. He also figures out how long something would stay radiated if a nuclear bomb was detonated on it. Bond's most impressive skill, however, is his ability to think on the fly. Many times he has been outnumbered, only to use his surroundings and figure out his opponents weaknesses.

Trivia

 * Facially, Bond resembles the composer, singer and actor Hoagy Carmichael. In Casino Royale Vesper Lynd remarks, "Bond reminds me rather of Hoagy Carmichael, but there is something cold and ruthless." Likewise, in Moonraker, Special Branch Officer Gala Brand thinks that Bond is "certainly good-looking . . . Rather like Hoagy Carmichael in a way. That black hair falling down over the right eyebrow. Much the same bones. But there was something a bit cruel in the mouth, and the eyes were cold." Others, such as journalist Ben Macintyre, identify aspects of Fleming's own looks in his description of Bond. General references in the novels describe Bond as having "dark, rather cruel good looks".
 * In the novels (notably From Russia, with Love), Bond's physical description has generally been consistent: slim build; a three-inch long, thin vertical scar on his right cheek; blue-grey eyes; a "cruel" mouth; short, black hair, a comma of which falls on his forehead. Physically he is described as 183 centimetres (6 feet) in height and 76 kilograms (167 lb) in weight. After Casino Royale, Bond also had the faint scar of the Russian cyrillic letter "Ш" (SH) (for Shpion: "Spy") on the back of one of his hands, carved by a SMERSH agent.