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Sean Connery(1930-2020)

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Sean Connery in Another Time, Another Place (1958)
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The tall, handsome and muscular Scottish actor Sean Connery is best known as the original actor to portray James Bond in the hugely successful movie franchise, starring in seven films between 1962 and 1983. Some believed that such a career-defining role might leave him unable to escape it, but he proved the doubters wrong, becoming one of the most notable film actors of his generation, with a host of great movies to his name. This arguably culminated in his greatest acclaim in 1988, when Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as an Irish cop in The Untouchables (1987), stealing the thunder from the movie's principal star Kevin Costner. Connery was polled as "The Greatest Living Scot" and "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". In 1989, he was proclaimed "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine, and in 1999, at age 69, he was voted "Sexiest Man of the Century."

Thomas "Sean" Connery was born on August 25, 1930 in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. His mother, Euphemia C. (Maclean), was a cleaning lady, and his father, Joseph Connery, was a factory worker and truck driver. He also had a brother, Neil Connery, a plasterer in Edinburgh. He was of Irish and Scottish descent. Before going into acting, Sean had many different jobs, such as a milkman, lorry driver, a laborer, artist's model for the Edinburgh College of Art, coffin polisher and bodybuilder. He also joined the Royal Navy, but was later discharged because of medical problems. At the age of 23, he had a choice between becoming a professional footballer or an actor, and even though he showed much promise in the sport, he chose acting and said it was one of his more intelligent moves.

No Road Back (1957) was Sean's first major movie role, and it was followed by several made-for-TV movies such as Anna Christie (1957), Macbeth (1961) and Anna Karenina (1961) as well as guest appearances on TV series, and also films such as Hell Drivers (1957), Another Time, Another Place (1958), Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) and The Frightened City (1961). In 1962 he appeared in The Longest Day (1962) with a host of other stars.

His big breakthrough came in 1962 when he landed the role of secret agent James Bond in Dr. No (1962). He played James Bond in six more films: From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), Diamonds Are Forever (1971) and Never Say Never Again (1983).

After and during the success of the Bond films, he maintained a successful career as an actor and has appeared in films, including Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie (1964), The Hill (1965), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), The Wind and the Lion (1975), Time Bandits (1981), Highlander (1986), The Name of the Rose (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Rising Sun (1993), The Rock (1996), Finding Forrester (2000) and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003).

Sean married actress Diane Cilento in 1962 and they had Sean's only child, Jason Connery, born on January 11, 1963. The couple announced their separation in February 1971 and filed for divorce 2½ years later. Sean then dated Jill St. John, Lana Wood, Magda Konopka and Carole Mallory. In 1975 he married Micheline Roquebrune and they stayed married, despite Sean's well-documented love affair with Lynsey de Paul in the late '80s. Sean had three stepchildren through his marriage to Micheline. He is also a grandfather. His son, Jason and Jason's ex-wife, actress Mia Sara had a son, Dashiell Connery, in 1997.

Sean Connery died on 31 October, 2020, in Nassau, the Bahamas, where he resided. He was 90.
BornAugust 25, 1930
DiedOctober 31, 2020(90)
BornAugust 25, 1930
DiedOctober 31, 2020(90)
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Remembering Sean Connery: 1930–2020

Remembering Sean Connery: 1930–2020

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Sean Connery in The Hill (1965)
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Sean Connery, Ian Bannen, and Michael Redgrave in The Hill (1965)
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Sean Connery in The Hill (1965)
Sean Connery, Ossie Davis, Harry Andrews, Roy Kinnear, and Jack Watson in The Hill (1965)
Sean Connery, Ossie Davis, Roy Kinnear, and Jack Watson in The Hill (1965)
Sean Connery and Ossie Davis in The Hill (1965)
Sean Connery, Roy Kinnear, Alfred Lynch, and Jack Watson in The Hill (1965)

Known for

Sean Connery and Ursula Andress in Dr. No (1962)
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  • James Bond
  • 1962
Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, and Ed Harris in The Rock (1996)
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  • John Patrick Mason
  • 1996
Sean Connery, Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Andy Garcia, and Charles Martin Smith in The Untouchables (1987)
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  • Jim Malone
  • 1987
Sean Connery in The Name of the Rose (1986)
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  • William of Baskerville
  • 1986

Credits

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Actor

  • Sir Billi (2012)
    Sir Billi
    • (voice, as Sir Sean Connery)
  • Modern Greeks: C.P. Cavafy
    • (voice)
  • From Russia with Love (2005)
    From Russia with Love
    • (voice, as Sir Sean Connery)
  • Freedom: A History of US (2003)
    Freedom: A History of US
  • Sean Connery, Jason Flemyng, Tony Curran, Naseeruddin Shah, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, and Peta Wilson in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
    The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  • Promo Poster
    Finding Forrester
  • Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones in Entrapment (1999)
    Entrapment
  • Gillian Anderson, Sean Connery, Ryan Phillippe, Anthony Edwards, Dennis Quaid, Madeleine Stowe, Angelina Jolie, Gena Rowlands, and Jon Stewart in Playing by Heart (1998)
    Playing by Heart
  • Sean Connery, Ralph Fiennes, and Uma Thurman in The Avengers (1998)
    The Avengers
  • Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, and Ed Harris in The Rock (1996)
    The Rock
  • DragonHeart (1996)
    DragonHeart
    • (voice)
  • First Knight (1995)
    First Knight
  • Just Cause (1995)
    Just Cause
  • Sean Connery, Joanne Whalley, Louis Gossett Jr., John Lithgow, Diana Rigg, and Colin Friels in A Good Man in Africa (1994)
    A Good Man in Africa
  • Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes in Rising Sun (1993)
    Rising Sun

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  • Sir Billi (2012)
    Sir Billi
    • (as Sir Sean Connery)
  • Sean Connery, Jason Flemyng, Tony Curran, Naseeruddin Shah, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, and Peta Wilson in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
    The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  • Promo Poster
    Finding Forrester
  • Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones in Entrapment (1999)
    Entrapment
  • Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, and Ed Harris in The Rock (1996)
    The Rock
  • Just Cause (1995)
    Just Cause
  • Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes in Rising Sun (1993)
    Rising Sun
  • Sean Connery and Lorraine Bracco in Medicine Man (1992)
    Medicine Man
  • The Offence (1973)
    The Offence
  • Sean Connery in The Bowler and the Bunnet (1967)
    The Bowler and the Bunnet

Director

  • Sean Connery in The Bowler and the Bunnet (1967)
    The Bowler and the Bunnet

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Personal details

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    • Official Site
    • August 25, 1930
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    • October 31, 2020
    • Nassau, Bahamas(respiratory failure)
    • Micheline RoquebruneMay 6, 1975 - October 31, 2020 (his death)
    • Jason Connery
    • Neil Connery(Sibling)
  • Other works
    TV commercial: Teekanne, a German tea brand (2000)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 9 Print Biographies
    • 2 Portrayals
    • 20 Interviews
    • 58 Articles
    • 16 Pictorials
    • 55 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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    He was once stopped for speeding by an officer named Sergeant James Bond.
  • Quotes
    I was called Sean long before I was an actor, I had an Irish buddy when I was 12 named Seamus -- pronounced Shay-mus. So they nicknamed us Seamus and Shawn and it stuck.
    • Powerful deep voice with Scottish accent
    • The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
      (2003)
      $17,000,000

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