10 Actors Who Could Be The Next James Bond

10. Idris Elba

Starting where the rest of the world's media is, Idris Elba's name first get mentioned in the same sentence as Bond following the leak of a few sensitive Sony emails. Some fans were in uproar, some were beside themselves with joy, but it still bears repeating that he would make a fantastic 007.

Elba's shown he can do brooding in Luther, flaunted his action credentials in Pacific Rim and, if you've ever seen him talking in public, demonstrated a level of slick, suave, and sophisticated wise-cracking that would put some previous incumbents of the role to shame.

While some opponents to his appointment point to a particular physical characteristic not making him suitable for the part, it's obvious to everybody else that there's no reason that a man with a goatee couldn't play James Bond. Beyond how he looks, Ian Fleming wrote Bond as the coolest man on the entire planet and on that basis alone Elba's the natural choice.