Sean Connery

Sean Connery

1930-08-25

Biography

Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer who won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again), between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His films also include Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000). Connery was polled in a 2004 The Sunday Herald as "The Greatest Living Scot" and in a 2011 EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". He was voted by People magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. He received a lifetime achievement award in the United States with a Kennedy Center Honor in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama. On 31 October 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Connery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Also appears in

The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October

7.4

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

7.9

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

7.1

Goldfinger

Goldfinger

7.3

Entrapment

Entrapment

6.2

Dr. No

Dr. No

7.0

From Russia with Love

From Russia with Love

7.1

The Untouchables

The Untouchables

7.8

The First Great Train Robbery

The First Great Train Robbery

6.7

Highlander

Highlander

6.9

Thunderball

Thunderball

6.6

You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice

6.6

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

6.9

Diamonds Are Forever

Diamonds Are Forever

6.4

Never Say Never Again

Never Say Never Again

6.1

A Bridge Too Far

A Bridge Too Far

7.2

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

6.0

The Rock

The Rock

7.1

The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose

7.5

Marnie

Marnie

7.1