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Sean Connery
Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a legendary Scottish actor renowned for being the first to portray the iconic character, James Bond, on film. He starred in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983 starting with Dr. No and including From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever, and a non-Eon Bond film, Never Say Never Again. His powerful portrayals earned him international fame and imprinted the James Bond character into the world’s cultural psyche. Connery’s acting career wasn’t limited to James Bond; he demonstrated his acting prowess in collaborations with esteemed directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Lumet, and John Huston in films like Marnie, The Hill, The Offence, Murder on the Orient Express, and The Man Who Would Be King. Connery also starred in Robin and Marian, A Bridge Too Far, Time Bandits, Highlander, The Name of the Rose, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Hunt for Red October, Dragonheart, The Rock and Finding Forrester. His last on-screen role was as Allan Quatermain in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. His distinguished career saw him awarded numerous accolades including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables, the first Scottish actor to achieve this honor. Furthermore, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to drama in 2000.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Thomas Sean Connery
Born: Edinburgh, Scotland
Citizenship: Scottish
Birthday: August 25, 1930
Occupations: Actor, Producer
Years Active: 1954-2007, 2012
Children: 1
Spouses: Diane Cilento, Micheline Roquebrune
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Awards and Nominations Received by Sean Connery
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Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actor)
Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeMovies Featuring Sean Connery
Marnie
A Bridge Too Far
The Great Train Robbery
Goldfinger
Cuba
Woman of Straw
The Man Who Would Be King
The Name of the Rose
The Next Man
The Hill
The Russia House
Never Say Never Again
Time Bandits
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Thunderball
From Russia with Love
Dr. No
Diamonds Are Forever
You Only Live Twice
Murder on the Orient Express
Rising Sun
Finding Forrester
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Just Cause
First Knight
The Untouchables
The Hunt for Red October
The Presidio
The Rock
Entrapment
The Avengers
Highlander
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Zardoz
Outland
Highlander II: The Quickening
The Offence
Shalako
A Good Man in Africa
The Molly Maguires
The Wind and the Lion
The Anderson Tapes
Playing by Heart
Family Business
A Fine Madness
Five Days One Summer
Wrong Is Right
Robin and Marian
Meteor
Medicine Man
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir Billi
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
We’re Nothing Like James Bond
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Everything or Nothing
Spanish Western
HyperNormalisation
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Inside ‘From Russia with Love’
Bond Girls Are Forever
Best Ever Bond
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
Inside ‘Dr. No’
Making ‘Murder on the Orient-Express’
G’olé!
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco’s ‘The Name of the Rose’
Sean Connery’s Edinburgh
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
Rat Pack
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
Anna Karenina
30 Years of James Bond
Macbeth
Lilacs in the Spring
Time Lock
Infinite Space: The Architecture of John Lautner
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Another Time, Another Place
On the Fiddle
The Guns of James Bond
Circasia
A Night to Remember
Sad?
Ransom
The Bowler and the Bunnet
Behind the Scenes with ‘Thunderball’
No Road Back
Action of the Tiger
The James Bond Story
The Incredible World of James Bond
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
A Young World
The Red Tent
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure
Hell Drivers
The Sean Connery Paradox
Junket Whore
Career Timeline
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2023
The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
Self (archive footage)
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
Self (archive footage)
2012
Sir Billi
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
We’re Nothing Like James Bond
Self
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
Everything or Nothing
Self (archive footage)
2002
Bond Girls Are Forever
James Bond (archive footage) (uncredited)
Best Ever Bond
Self / James Bond (archive footage)
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