"He's the real deal" – Chatty, energetic, unpolished, but still the same man: Meet gaming's exclusive James Bond, played by Dexter's Patrick Gibson

While it admittedly was plainly obvious to anyone who has seen his face on TV or in film, Danish developer IO Interactive has now made it official: their video game exclusive iteration of the world famous Agent 007 is to be played by Irish actor Patrick Gibson.

Let’s get the obvious facts and figures out of the way first. Gibson is the seventh actor to portray Bond in a visual medium product endorsed by MGM and EON, the stewards of the cinematic franchise. Gibson has a range of impressive credits, but his most high-profile is arguably his most recent, playing a young Dexter Morgan in Dexter: Original Sin. Gibson is the second Irish actor to take on the mantle of Bond, and will go into the record books as the youngest Bond – he’ll be 30 when he makes his debut in 007: First Light.

“What he brings is energy,” explains Martin Emborg, First Light’s cinematic and narrative director, who naturally played a key role in casting and then directing Gibson.

“A lot of the time the cinematic artists will start with a long lens shot, and he’s always moving. He’s so dynamic. He has this impatience to him. He’s not someone who can sit in a chair and be extremely calm. Which is great, because that’s a key part of his personality.”