Skyfall is a 2012 spy film and the twenty-third in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. The film is the third to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond and features Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the villain, with Judi Dench returning as M. Directed by Sam Mendes and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and John Logan, the film has Bond investigating a series of targeted data leaks and co-ordinated attacks on MI6 led by Silva. It sees the return of two recurring characters, Miss Moneypenny and Q, after an absence of two films. Ralph Fiennes, Bérénice Marlohe, and Albert Finney are among the supporting cast.
Theatrical release poster
Director Sam Mendes at the film's premiere in Paris, October 2012
The Aston Martin DB5 featured in the film
The MI6 Building in London
Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem is a Spanish actor. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Bardem at the 2018 Goya Awards
Bardem at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival
Bardem at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011
Bardem receiving his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside director Sam Mendes in 2012