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M is a fictional character in Ian Fleming's James Bond book and film series; the character is the Head of the Secret Intelligence Service—also known as MI6. Fleming based the character on a number of people he knew who commanded sections of British intelligence. M has appeared in the novels by Fleming and seven continuation authors, as well as appearing in twenty-four films. In the Eon Productions series of films, M has been portrayed by four actors: Bernard Lee, Robert Brown, Judi Dench and Ralph Fiennes, the incumbent; in the two independent productions, M was played by John Huston, David Niven and Edward Fox.

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Bernard Lee
Bernard Lee
(12 films)
Judi Dench
Judi Dench
(8 films)
Robert Brown
Robert Brown
(5 films)
Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes
(3 films)
John Huston
John Huston
(1 films)
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Filmography of M (27 films)

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The Spy Who Loved Me, 2h6
Directed by Lewis Gilbert, John Glen, Ernest Day
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Spy films, Seafaring films, Politique, Sports films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Political films, Arme nucléaire
Actors Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens, Richard Kiel, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn
Rating69% 3.4983453.4983453.4983453.4983453.498345
British and Soviet ballistic-missile submarines mysteriously disappear. James Bond—MI6 agent 007—is summoned to investigate. On the way he escapes an ambush by Soviet agents in Austria, killing one during a downhill ski chase, and escaping via a Union Flag parachute. Bond learns that the plans for a highly advanced submarine tracking system are on the market in Egypt. There, he encounters Major Anya Amasova—KGB agent Triple X—his rival for the plans. They travel across Egypt together, tracking the microfilm plans, meeting Jaws—a tall assassin with steel teeth—along the way. Bond and Amasova later team up through a truce agreed by their respective superiors and identify the person responsible for the thefts as the shipping tycoon, scientist, and anarchist Karl Stromberg.
From Hong Kong with Love, 1h37
Directed by Yvan Chiffre
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Gérard Rinaldi, Jean-Guy Fechner, Jean Sarrus, Gérard Filippelli, Clifton James, Mickey Rooney
Rating41% 2.0652752.0652752.0652752.0652752.065275
La reine Élisabeth II est enlevée par un riche américain mégalomane (Mickey Rooney) : les services secrets britanniques demandent l'aide de leurs homologues français. Le SDECE confie alors l'affaire à quatre agents gaffeurs (les Charlots) et, pour cacher la disparition de la reine, font tenir le rôle de cette dernière par une femme de chambre qui se trouve être son sosie. L'enquête se poursuit jusqu'à Hong Kong...
The Man with the Golden Gun, 2h5
Directed by Guy Hamilton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Films about terrorism
Actors Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Hervé Villechaize, James Cossins
Rating66% 3.347443.347443.347443.347443.34744
In London, a golden bullet with James Bond's code "007" etched into its surface is received by MI6. It is believed that it was sent by famed assassin Francisco Scaramanga, who uses a golden gun, to intimidate the agent. Because of the perceived threat to the agent's life, M relieves Bond of a mission revolving around the work of a scientist named Gibson, thought to be in possession of information crucial to solving the energy crisis with solar power. Bond sets out unofficially to find Scaramanga.
Live and Let Die, 2h2
Directed by Guy Hamilton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Monde imaginaire, Films about drugs, Films about terrorism, Transport films
Actors Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, David Hedison, Geoffrey Holder, Bernard Lee
Rating66% 3.3483053.3483053.3483053.3483053.348305
Three MI6 agents, including one "on loan" to the American government, are killed under mysterious circumstances within 24 hours of each other in the United Nations, New Orleans and a small Caribbean island, San Monique, respectively, while monitoring the operations of Dr. Kananga, the island's dictator. James Bond, agent 007, is sent to New York City to investigate the first murder. Kananga is also in New York, visiting the United Nations. Just after Bond arrives, his driver is shot dead by Whisper, one of Kananga's men, while taking Bond to meet Felix Leiter of the CIA. Bond is nearly killed in the ensuing car crash.
Diamonds Are Forever, 2h
Directed by Guy Hamilton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Space adventure films, Spy films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Satellite
Actors Sean Connery, Jill St John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, Jimmy Dean, Bernard Lee
Rating64% 3.249113.249113.249113.249113.24911
James Bond—agent 007—pursues Ernst Stavro Blofeld and eventually finds him at a facility where Blofeld look-alikes are being created through surgery. Bond kills a test subject, and later the "real" Blofeld, by drowning him in a pool of superheated mud.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 2h16
Directed by Peter Hunt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Romance
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Christmas films, Sports films, Films about terrorism
Actors George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Bernard Lee, Gabriele Ferzetti, Lois Maxwell
Rating66% 3.3490653.3490653.3490653.3490653.349065
In Portugal, James Bond – agent 007, sometimes referred to simply as '007' – saves a woman on the beach from committing suicide by drowning, and later meets her again in a casino. The woman, Contessa Teresa "Tracy" di Vicenzo, invites Bond to her hotel room to thank him. The next morning, Bond is kidnapped by several men while leaving the hotel, who take him to meet Marc-Ange Draco, the head of the European crime syndicate Unione Corse. Draco reveals that Tracy is his only daughter and tells Bond of her troubled past, offering Bond a personal dowry of one million pounds if he will marry her. Bond refuses, but agrees to continue romancing Tracy under the agreement that Draco reveals the whereabouts of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE.
Casino Royale, 2h11
Directed by Robert Parrish, John Huston, Ken Hughes, Val Guest, Richard Talmadge, Joseph McGrath
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Politique, Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors David Niven, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, Woody Allen, William Holden
Rating50% 2.503412.503412.503412.503412.50341
The story of Casino Royale is told in an episodic format. Val Guest oversaw the assembly of the sections, although he turned down the credit of "co-ordinating director".
You Only Live Twice, 1h57
Directed by Lewis Gilbert, Peter Hunt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films about children, Space adventure films, Spy films, Seafaring films, Sports films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Volcanisme, Martial arts films, Political films
Actors Sean Connery, Tetsurō Tanba, Mie Hama, Donald Pleasence, Akiko Wakabayashi, Bernard Lee
Rating67% 3.3982153.3982153.3982153.3982153.398215
An American NASA spacecraft is hijacked from orbit by another, unidentified spacecraft. The U.S. suspect it to be the Soviets, but the British suspect Japanese involvement since the spacecraft landed in the Sea of Japan. To investigate, MI6 operative James Bond—agent 007—is sent to Tokyo after faking his own death in Hong Kong and being buried at sea from HMS Tenby (F65).
Thunderball, 2h4
Directed by Ricou Browning, Terence Young, Peter Hunt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Seafaring films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Underwater action films, Arme nucléaire
Actors Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Rik Van Nutter, Desmond Llewelyn
Rating68% 3.4482453.4482453.4482453.4482453.448245
James Bond—MI6 agent 007 and sometimes simply "007"—attends the funeral of Colonel Jacques Bouvar, a SPECTRE operative (Number 6). Bouvar is alive and disguised as his own widow, but Bond identifies him. Following him to a château, Bond fights and kills him, escaping using a jetpack and his Aston Martin DB5.
Goldfinger
Goldfinger (1964)
, 1h45
Directed by Michael G. Wilson, Guy Hamilton, Peter Hunt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Films about terrorism
Actors Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe, Honor Blackman, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Harold Sakata
Rating76% 3.847013.847013.847013.847013.84701
After destroying a drug laboratory in Latin America, James Bond—agent 007—travels to Miami Beach where he receives instructions from his superior, M, via CIA agent Felix Leiter to observe bullion dealer Auric Goldfinger, who is staying at the same hotel as Bond. The agent sees Goldfinger cheating at gin rummy and stops him by distracting his employee, Jill Masterson, and blackmailing Goldfinger into losing. Bond and Jill consummate their new relationship; however, Bond is subsequently knocked out by Goldfinger's Korean manservant Oddjob. When Bond regains consciousness, he finds Jill dead, covered in gold paint, having died from "epidermal suffocation".
From Russia with Love, 1h55
Directed by Terence Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Politique, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Sean Connery, Pedro Armendáriz, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw, Anthony Dawson, Bernard Lee
Rating72% 3.6480053.6480053.6480053.6480053.648005
SPECTRE's expert planner Kronsteen devises a plot to steal a Lektor cryptographic device from the Soviets and sell it back to them while exacting revenge on Bond for killing their agent Dr. No. The Spectre Number 1 puts ex-SMERSH operative and Number 3 Rosa Klebb in charge of the mission. Klebb recruits Donald "Red" Grant as an assassin, and Tatiana Romanova, a cipher clerk at the Soviet consulate in Istanbul, as an unwitting pawn, as Romanova thinks Klebb is still working for SMERSH.
Dr. No
Dr. No (1962)
, 1h45
Directed by Terence Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Crime
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Seafaring films, Films about terrorism, Transport films
Actors Sean Connery, Joseph Wiseman, Ursula Andress, Jack Lord, John Kitzmiller, Bernard Lee
Rating71% 3.598063.598063.598063.598063.59806
Strangways, the British Intelligence (SIS) Station Chief in Jamaica, is ambushed and killed, and his body taken by a trio of assassins known as the "Three Blind Mice". In response, British agent James Bond—also known as 007—is summoned to the office of his superior, M. Bond is briefed to investigate Strangways' disappearance and to determine whether it is related to his cooperation with the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on a case involving the disruption of rocket launches from Cape Canaveral by radio jamming.