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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born on August 25, 1930) is a Scottish actor and producer, Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award winner.

He is famous for his James Bond character, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. Connery won the Academy Award in 1988 for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables.

Connery was considered the “greatest living Scot” and was knighted in July 2000. In 1989, People magazine named him the Sexiest Man Alive, while in 1999, at the age of 69, was voted as the Sexiest Man of the Century.

Connery was born in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, and he first worked as a milkman in Edinburgh at St. Cuthbert’s Co-operative Society. Later on he joined the Royal Navy where he got two tattoos; one of them is a tribute to his parents “Mum and Dad” while the other reads “Scotland Forever”. Following his discharge from the navy on medical grounds, he returned to the co-op working as a lorry driver, a labourer, an artist model for the Edinburgh College of Art, and as a coffin polisher.

Helping out backstage at the King’s Theatre around Christmas of 1951, Connery became interested in the procedures and thus his career was launched.

Connery took up bodybuilding as a hobby and was also a devoted footballer, playing for a team Bonnyrigg Rose in his younger days. He declined an offer to play for Manchester United, wanting to be an actor rather than a footballer. One of his major parts in his early career was in Another Time, Another Place in 1958. A year later he got a leading role in Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959). Connery performed a major television role in the 1961’s production of Anna Karenina, co-starring with Claire Bloom.

The turning point in Connery’s carrer came along with the role of secret agent James Bod, playing the role in seven films: Dr. No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), Diamonds are Forever (1971) and Never Say Never Again (1983), all seven of them being major commercial successes.

During the James Films, Connery appeared in other highly praised films as Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Wind and the Lion (1975) or A Bridge Too Far (1977).

His performance in the successful European production The Name of the Rose (1986) earned Connery a BAFTA Award. His role as a cop in the Untouchables (1987) earned him the Academy Award in Best Supporting Actor category.

His recent year’s filmography includes the First Knight (1995), The Avengers (1998) or The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) and the positively reviewed Finding Forrester (2000). He later received a Crystal Globe for his remarkable artistic contribution to world cinema.

Connery was offered to play the role of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, but he declined it for “not understanding the script”.

On his 78th birthday, on August 25, 2008, Connery made public his autobiography Being a Scot, co-written with Murray Grigor.

Although retired from acting, Connery returned to voice acting with the animated short, Sir Billi the Vet, and in 2005 recording voice-overs for the video game version of the Bond film From Russia with Love.

Connery married actress Diane Cilento in 1962, having a son together, actor Jason Connery. Their marriage lasted till 1973. he has been married to painter Micheline Roquebrune since 1975. He is an enthusiastic golfer and was knighted in July 2000.

Connery is a member of the Scottish National Party and a great supporter of Scotland’s independence, being convinced that Scotland will be independent within his lifetime.

In 1993 following his radiation treatment, the media reported that Connery was suffering from throat cancer. Soon after, Connery appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman and denied it. In 2003, he underwent surgery to remove cataracts from both eyes, while in 2008 he damaged a bone in his shoulder following a fall while playing golf.

Filmography

Sir Billi the Vet (2006) (voice) …. Sir Billi
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love (2005) (VG) (voice) …. James Bond
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) …. Allan Quatermain
“Freedom: A History of Us” …. John Muir (1 episode, 2003)
Finding Forrester (2000) …. William Forrester
Entrapment (1999) …. Robert MacDougal
Playing by Heart (1998) …. Paul
The Avengers (1998) …. Sir August de Wynter
The Rock (1996) …. John Patrick Mason
Dragonheart (1996) (voice) …. Draco
First Knight (1995) …. King Arthur
Just Cause (1995) …. Paul Armstrong
A Good Man in Africa (1994) …. Dr. Alex Murray
Rising Sun (1993) …. Capt. John Connor
The Princess and the Cobbler (1993) (voice) (unconfirmed) …. Tack the Cobbler
Medicine Man (1992) …. Dr. Robert Campbell
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) (uncredited) …. King Richard
Highlander II: The Quickening (1991) …. Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez
The Russia House (1990) …. Bartholomew ‘Barley’ Scott Blair
The Hunt for Red October (1990) …. Marko Ramius
Family Business (1989) …. Jessie McMullen
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) …. Professor Henry Jones
The Presidio (1988) …. Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell

The Untouchables (1987) …. Jim Malone
Der Name der Rose (1986) …. William of Baskerville
Highlander (1986) …. Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984) …. The Green Knight
Never Say Never Again (1983) …. James Bond
Five Days One Summer (1982) …. Douglas Meredith
Wrong Is Right (1982) …. Patrick Hale
Time Bandits (1981) …. King Agamemnon / Fireman
Outland (1981) …. O’Niel
Cuba (1979) …. Maj. Robert Dapes
Meteor (1979) …. Dr. Paul Bradley
The First Great Train Robbery (1979) …. Pierce
A Bridge Too Far (1977) …. Maj. Gen. Robert E. Urquhart
The Next Man (1976) …. Khalil Abdul-Muhsen
Robin and Marian (1976) …. Robin Hood
The Man Who Would Be King (1975) …. Daniel Dravot
The Wind and the Lion (1975) …. Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) …. Colonel Arbuthnot
Ransom (1974/II) …. Tahlvik
Zardoz (1974) …. Zed

The Offence (1972) …. Detective Sergeant Johnson
Diamonds Are Forever (1971) …. James Bond)
The Anderson Tapes (1971) …. Duke Anderson
The Molly Maguires (1970) …. Jack Kehoe
Krasnaya palatka (1969) …. Roald Amundsen
“ITV Saturday Night Theatre” …. MacNeil (1 episode, 1969)
Male of the Species (1969) (TV) …. McNeil
Shalako (1968) …. Moses Zebulon ‘Shalako’ Carlin
You Only Live Twice (1967) …. James Bond
A Fine Madness (1966) …. Samson Shillitoe
Thunderball (1965) …. James Bond
The Hill (1965) …. Joe Roberts
Goldfinger (1964) …. James Bond
Marnie (1964) …. Mark Rutland
Woman of Straw (1964) …. Anthony ‘Tony’ Richmond
From Russia with Love (1963) …. James Bond
Dr. No (1962) …. James Bond
The Longest Day (1962) …. Pvt. Flanagan
Anna Karenina (1961) (TV) …. Wronski
On the Fiddle (1961) …. Pedlar Pascoe
The Frightened City (1961) …. Paddy Damion
Macbeth (1961) (TV) …. Macbeth
“Adventure Story” …. Alexander (5 episodes, 1961)
Without the Grail (1960) (TV) …. Innes Corrie
“An Age of Kings” …. Harry Percy / … (6 episodes, 1960)
Riders to the Sea (1960) (TV) …. Bartley
“BBC Sunday-Night Play” …. Julien (1 episode, 1960)
Colombe (1960) (TV) …. Julien

“ITV Play of the Week” …. John Proctor / … (2 episodes, 1959)
Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure (1959) …. O’Bannion
Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959) …. Michael McBride
“Disneyland” …. Michael MacBride (1 episode, 1959)
“Armchair Theatre” (1 episode, 1958)
Women in Love (1958) (TV) …. Jewish Pianist/Nazi War Criminal
A Night to Remember (1958) (uncredited) …. Titanic deck hand
Another Time, Another Place (1958) …. Mark Trevor
Anna Christie (1957) (TV) …. Mat Burke
Action of the Tiger (1957) …. Mike
Time Lock (1957) …. Welder 1
Hell Drivers (1957) …. Johnny Kates
“BBC Sunday-Night Theatre” …. Mountain McClintock (1 episode, 1957)
Blood Money (1957) (TV) …. Harlan ‘Mountain’ McClintock
No Road Back (1957) …. Spike
“The Jack Benny Program” …. Porter (1 episode, 1957)
“Sailor of Fortune” …. Achmed (1 episode, 1956)
“Dixon of Dock Green” …. Joe Brasted (1 episode, 1956)
Lilacs in the Spring (1954) (uncredited) …. Undetermined Role

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