Sean Connery Biography

Birthday: 1930-08-25
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland UK
Height: 6' 2½" (1.89 m)
Wiki Biography: Thomas Sean Connery was born on August 25, 1930 in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. His mother, Euphamia C. Maclean, was a cleaning lady, and his father, Joseph Connery, was a factory worker and truck driver. He also has a brother named Neil Connery, who works as a plasterer in Edinburgh. 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 followed by several Tv-movies such as Anna Christie (1957) (TV), Macbeth (1961) (TV) and Anna Karenina (1961) (TV) and 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), 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 starred as 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). All movies were big box-office hits, if not critically acclaimed as well. Among his many distinctive "Bond girls" were Ursula Andress, Lana Wood, Barbara Carrera Jill St. John and Kim Basinger.
After and during the success of the Bond-films he has maintained a successful career as an actor and has appeared in films, such as Marnie (1964), The Hill (1965), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Time Bandits (1981), Highlander (1986), The Name of the Rose (1986), The Untouchables (1987) (which earned him an Oscar for best actor in a supporting role), 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 a son, Jason Connery, born on January 11, 1963, he followed in his father's footsteps and also became an actor. The marriage ended in divorce in 1973. In 1975 he married Micheline Roquebrune and they have stayed married, they have no children together. He is also a grandfather. His son, Jason and his ex-wife, actress Mia Sara had a son, Dashiell Quinn Connery, in 1997.
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|
The Untouchables | Jim Malone | 1987 | Crime |
Highlander | Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez | 1992 - 1998 | Adventure |
Just Cause | Paul Armstrong | 2002 - 2003 | Crime |
Meteor | Paul Bradley | 2009 | Action |
Dancing About Architecture | Paul | 2009 | Family |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|
Hell Drivers | Johnny Kates | 1957 | Crime, Drama |
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure | O'Bannion | 1959 | |
No Road Back | 1959 | Crime | |
The Longest Day | Pvt. Flanagan | 1962 | 0, Romance, 0 |
The Frightened City | 1962 | Crime, Drama | |
From Russia with Love | James Bond | 1963 | Game Show |
Dr. No | James Bond | 1963 | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
Goldfinger | James Bond | 1964 | Game Show |
Marnie | Mark Rutland | 1964 | |
Woman of Straw | 1964 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | |
The Hill | Joe Roberts | 1965 | 0 |
The Incredible World of James Bond | 1965 | Drama | |
Thunderball | James Bond | 1965 | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
A Fine Madness | 1966 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | |
You Only Live Twice | James Bond | 1967 | Action, Adventure, Sci Fi |
Shalako | 1968 | ||
The Molly Maguires | 1970 | 0 | |
Molly Maguires | 1970 | Drama, History | |
Diamonds Are Forever | James Bond | 1971 | 0 |
The Anderson Tapes | Anderson | 1971 | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
The Offence | 1972 | ||
Zardoz | Zed | 1974 | Fantasy, Sci Fi |
The Lion Roars Again | 1975 | ||
The Man Who Would Be King | Daniel Dravot | 1975 | 0 |
The Wind and the Lion | Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli | 1975 | Action, Adventure, Drama |
Robin and Marian | Robin Hood | 1976 | |
The Next Man | Khalil Abdul-Muhsen | 1976 | Action, Thriller |
A Bridge Too Far | Major General Urquhart | 1977 | 0, 0, Romance |
Meteor | 1979 | Action, Drama, Sci Fi | |
Outland | 1981 | Sport, Game Show, 0, 0 | |
Time Bandits | King Agamemnon | 1981 | Adventure, Comedy, Family |
Wrong Is Right | 1982 | 0, 0, 0 | |
Never Say Never Again | James Bond | 1983 | 0 |
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | The Green Knight | 1984 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
Highlander | Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez | 1986 | 0 |
The Name of the Rose | William of Baskerville | 1986 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
The Untouchables | Jim Malone | 1987 | Comedy, 0, 0 |
The Presidio | Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell | 1988 | 0, Comedy, 0 |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Professor Henry Jones | 1989 | Action, Adventure |
The Russia House | 1990 | 0, Game Show, Biography | |
The Hunt for Red October | Marko Ramius | 1990 | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
Medicine Man | Dr. Robert Campbell | 1992 | Adventure, Romance |
Rising Sun | Capt. John Connor | 1993 | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
A Good Man in Africa | 1994 | Comedy | |
Just Cause | Paul Armstrong | 1995 | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
First Knight | King Arthur | 1995 | Adventure, Drama, Romance |
The Rock | John Patrick Mason | 1996 | 0 |
The Avengers | Sir August de Wynter | 1998 | Action, Adventure |
Playing by Heart | Paul | 1999 | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Entrapment | Robert MacDougal | 1999 | Action, Crime, Romance |
Finding Forrester | William Forrester | 2000 | Drama |
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | Allan Quatermain | 2003 | Action, Fantasy, Sci Fi |
Sir Billi | Sir Billi | 2013 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy |
Sir Billi | Sir Billi | 2013 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy |
Struggle to the Light | Ramsay Macdonald | 2014 | History |
Murder on the Orient Express | Colonel Arbuthnot | 2017 | 0 |