THE BONDS

PIERCE BROSNAN
The fifth James Bond, with four films since 1995
"He has a very sexy accent and he fills out a tuxedo nicely."
Lucy Lawless

SEAN CONNERY
7 films, 1962-83
"What do you say about him? The man is sex, sex, sexy."
actress Maria Bello

ROGER MOORE
7 films, 1973-85
"He always seemed so classy and slick. And he was the Saint."
CSI's Jorja Fox

TIMORHY DALTON
1987's The Living Daylights and'89's Licence to Kill

GEORGE LAZENBY
1969's 0n Her Majesty's Secret Service

THE JUDGES

To compile our dossier on 007, PEOPLE polled authors JOHN CORK and BRUCE SCIVALLY (James Bond: The Legacy), Webheads JAMES RUMLEY and AJAY CHOWDHURY (editors of the Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang! Web site) and longtime fans including HUGH HEFNER, whose Playboy empire shared Bond's swinging-'60s mystique. We didn't have to look far for Bond nuts in Hollywood. "What kid didn't want to be Bond at some point in his life?" says 24 action hero KIEFER SUTHERLAND. "He always had the girls, the cars, and he always got out of any sticky situation without messing up his hair or wrinkling his clothes."

BOND GIRLS

URSULA ANDRESS
Honey Ryder in 1962's Dr. No,Bond film No.1
"The first was the best: a female counterpart to Bond in sexual allure."
Hugh Hefner

HONOR BLACKMAN
Femme fatale Pussy Galore in 1964's Goldfinger
"Just her name qualifies her. Her attitude makes her stand out."
Web site editor James Rumley

BARBARA BACH
Anya Amasova in '77's The Spy Who Loved Me
"Nothing like a hot Cold War relationship to warm things up onscreen."
James Rumley

HALLE BERRY
Jinx in the latest, Die Another Day
"I hope they put her in tight little numbers and let her kick some major butt."
Bond (and Berry) fan Cedric the Entertainer

BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS

BENICIO DEL TORO
Dario in Licence to Kill
"If he were in a Bond film now, he would be a superstar."
Box office expert Robert Bucksbaum of the ReelSource, Inc.

ALAN CUMMING
Boris Grishenko in 1995's GoldenEye
"It helped me get noticed. People said,'Who was that funny boy?' "

TELLY SAVALAS
Four years after playing Blofeld in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the actor traded his kitty cat for lollipops in Kojak

KIM BASINGER
Domino in '83's Never Say Never Again. The model went from Breck girl to Bond girl after some forgettable TV movies

JANE SEYMOUR
Played Solitaire in '73's Live and Let Die, her first big role
"I'VE come to appreciate the history of being a Bond girl, I embrace it."

VILLAINS AND HENCHMEN

DONALD PLEASENCE
Ernst Blofeld in '67's You Only Live Twice
"The original Dr. Evil, you can't beat the poisonous suavity."
Bond Web site editor Ajay Chowdhury

HAROLD SAKATA
Oddjob in Goldfinger
"The butler with the lethal derby. Even his name is scary."
Mindy Sterling

RICHARD KIEL
Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me
"It's boring to just be out to do evil. He was appealing."
Die Another Day baddie Rick Yune

LOTTE LENYA
Rosa Klebb in '63's From Russia with Love
"She could crack a whip with the best of them."
Mindy Sterling, the Klebb-inspired Frau Farbissina in Austin Powers

COOL STUFF

BELL TEXTRON JET PACK
1965's Thunderball
"It's such an iconic part of the Bond legacy that it makes a cameo in the new film."
Cork and Scivally

1977 LOTUS ESPRIT
The Spy Who Loved Me
"Arrow-sharp car turning into submarine. Cool and iconic."
Web site editor Ajay Chowdhury

ATTACHE CASE
From Russia with Love
"Complete with a rifle, gold sovereigns, knives amongst the underwear and clean shirts, it's every businessman's fantasy." Ajay Chowdhury

X-RAY GLASSES
1999's THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
"Allowed Bond to see the weapons everyone ia carrying. Now that's cool!"
Cork and Scivally

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