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Sean Connery

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Sean Connery

Born August 25, 1930 in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland, UKDied October 31, 202079 films

Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer. He 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).

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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 October 31, 2020, Connery died at the age of 90.

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade posterFirst watchIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade19897.9as Professor Henry JonesIn 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail.View film

Essential films

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The Untouchables poster7.8The Untouchables1987The Rock poster7.2The Rock1996Goldfinger poster7.4Goldfinger1964The Name of the Rose poster7.5The Name of the Rose1986The Hunt for Red October poster7.4The Hunt for Red October1990Dr. No poster7.0Dr. No1962From Russia with Love poster7.1From Russia with Love1963Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves poster6.9Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves1991

Filmography

79 films as actor
  1. 2012Sir BilliSir Billi (voice)
  2. 2008Being a ScotSean Connery
  3. 2003The League of Extraordinary GentlemenAllan Quatermain
  4. 2000Finding ForresterWilliam Forrester
  5. 1999EntrapmentRobert 'Mac' MacDougal
  6. 1998Playing by HeartPaul
  7. 1998The AvengersSir August de Wynter
  8. 1996The RockJohn Patrick Mason
  9. 1996DragonHeartDraco (voice)
  10. 1995First KnightArthur
  11. 1995Just CausePaul Armstrong
  12. 1994A Good Man in AfricaDr. Alex Murray
  13. 1993Rising SunCapt. John Connor
  14. 1992Medicine ManDr. Robert Campbell
  15. 1991Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesKing Richard (uncredited)
  16. 1991Highlander II: The QuickeningJuan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez
  17. 1990The Russia HouseBartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair
  18. 1990The Hunt for Red OctoberCapt. 1st Marko Ramius
  19. 1989Family BusinessJessie McMullen
  20. 1989Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeProfessor Henry Jones
  21. 1988Memories of MeSean Connery (uncredited)
  22. 1988The PresidioLt. Col. Alan Caldwell
  23. 1987The UntouchablesJim Malone
  24. 1986The Name of the RoseWilliam of Baskerville
  25. 1986HighlanderJuan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez
  26. 1984Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green KnightThe Green Knight
  27. 1984Afghanistan For What?
  28. 1983Never Say Never AgainJames Bond
  29. 1982Five Days One SummerDouglas Meredith
  30. 1982Wrong Is RightPatrick Hale
  31. 1981Time BanditsKing Agamemnon / Fireman
  32. 1981OutlandMarshal William T. O'Niel
  33. 1979CubaMaj. Robert Dapes
  34. 1979MeteorPaul Bradley
  35. 1978The First Great Train RobberyEdward Pierce
  36. 1977A Bridge Too FarMaj. Gen. Robert E. Urquhart
  37. 1976The Next ManKhalil Abdul-Muhsen
  38. 1976CircasiaClown
  39. 1976Robin and MarianRobin Hood
  40. 1975The Man Who Would Be KingDaniel Dravot
  41. 1975The Wind and the LionMulai Ahmed er Raisuli
  42. 1974RansomCol. Nils Tahlvik
  43. 1974Murder on the Orient ExpressColonel Arbuthnot
  44. 1974ZardozZed
  45. 1973The OffenceDetective Sergeant Johnson
  46. 1971Diamonds Are ForeverJames Bond
  47. 1971The Anderson TapesDuke Anderson
  48. 1970The Molly MaguiresJack Kehoe
  49. 1969The Red TentRoald Amundsen
  50. 1969Male of the SpeciesMacNeil
  51. 1968ShalakoMoses Zebulon 'Shalako' Carlin
  52. 1967You Only Live TwiceJames Bond
  53. 1966A Fine MadnessSamson Shillitoe
  54. 1965ThunderballJames Bond
  55. 1965The HillJoe Roberts
  56. 1964GoldfingerJames Bond
  57. 1964MarnieMark Rutland
  58. 1964Woman of StrawAnthony Richmond
  59. 1963From Russia with LoveJames Bond
  60. 1962Dr. NoJames Bond
  61. 1962The Longest DayPvt. Flanagan
  62. 1961Anna KareninaCount Alexei Vronsky
  63. 1961On the FiddlePedlar Pascoe
  64. 1961The Frightened CityPaddy Damion
  65. 1961Adventure StoryAlexander, King of Macedon
  66. 1961MacbethMacbeth
  67. 1960Riders to the SeaBartley
  68. 1960Twentieth Century Theatre: ColombeJulian
  69. 1959Darby O'Gill and the Little PeopleMichael MacBride
  70. 1959Tarzan's Greatest AdventureO'Bannion
  71. 1958A Night to RememberDeckhand (uncredited)
  72. 1958Another Time, Another PlaceMark Trevor
  73. 1957Time LockWelder #1
  74. 1957Action of the TigerMike
  75. 1957Hell DriversJohnny Kates
  76. 1957Blood MoneyHarlan 'Mountain' McClintock
  77. 1957No Road BackSpike
  78. 1954Lilacs in the SpringExtra in crowd scene (uncredited)
  79. 1954SimonPoliceman