James Bond Fans Think They've Worked Out Secret Identity of 007 First Light Actor

Fans of concealed cause James Bond haven't taken agelong to determine who they deliberation is the (not so) mysterious histrion playing the relation successful 007 First Light.

The game's caller trailer, revealed astatine Sony's State of Play broadcast, shows disconnected a notably younger-looking Bond, caller retired of the Royal Navy and keen to gain his 00 cause status. But who is playing the rubric role?

Minutes aft the trailer aired, fans connected reddit began guessing that Dexter: New Blood prima Patrick Gibson was the down the caller Bond — and helium surely shares a beardown similarity with the quality successful the trailer.

"I clocked it THE SECOND I saw the soiled smirk of his," wrote 1 007 aficionado. "Yeah I peeped that arsenic soon arsenic I seen it," said another.

"Watching the trailer and knew the look looked familiar," said a third. "After astir a infinitesimal oregon truthful I screamed 'DEXTER.' I'm beauteous definite it's him."

Aged 30, the Irish histrion is conscionable a fewer years older than the 26-year-old mentation of Bond helium looks acceptable to represent successful the upcoming crippled — and, if IO Interactive gets its way, respective sequels.

And if Gibson looks acquainted to you too, well, the histrion already has a swathe of TV and movie roles nether his belt, including appearances successful Shadow and Bone, The Tudors, and The OA. But it's his relation arsenic a younger mentation of Dexter Morgan successful prequel bid Dexter: Original Sin for which he's astir famous.

Patrick Gibson. Photo by Francois G. Durand/WireImage.

Curiously, 007 First Light developer IO Interactive is yet to corroborate Gibson itself — though IGN has asked the workplace if it tin remark connected the internet's speculation. Gibson also, for now, appears to keeping schtum.

A property merchandise issued alongside Gibson's evident debut successful 007 First Light's trailer describes the crippled arsenic as globe-trotting story-driven action-adventure crippled wherever you tin take however to navigate assorted challenges — either with brute unit oregon 007's trademark charm.

The trailer showed Bond cracking a mates of deadpan jokes arsenic helium got himself retired of (and into) trouble. Gibson's acting chops arsenic the antihero Dexter look acceptable to beryllium enactment to bully use.

007 First Light is owed to motorboat astatine immoderate constituent successful 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2, PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S. In lawsuit you missed it, here's everything announced astatine Sony's State of Play June 2025 showcase.

Photo by Francois G. Durand/WireImage.

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