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Sean Connery

Sean Connery, 1999
Personal information
Birth nameThomas Sean Connery
Birth date25 August 1930(age 79)
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
OccupationActor/Producer
Years active1954 � Present
SpouseDiane Cilento (1962 � 1973)
Micheline Roquebrune (1975 � present)

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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930), more commonly known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, 2 BAFTA Awards and 3 Golden Globes.

He is best known for portraying the character James Bond, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His film career also includes such films as Marnie, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Hunt for Red October, Murder on the Orient Express, Dragonheart, and The Rock.

Connery has been polled as the "greatest living Scot" and was knighted in July 2000. In 1989, he was proclaimed the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine, and in 1999, at the age of 69, he was voted the Sexiest Man of the Century.

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Sean Connery Tax Fraud Investigation Involves Land Sales in Spain ... - CBS News Tweet this news
CBS News--MALAGA, Spain (CBS) Legendary James Bond actor -Sean Connery- is being investigated for alleged tax fraud involving the sale of two large tracts of land in ... - Date : Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:16:00 GMT+00:00
Bond car makes comeback before going under the hammer - Times of Malta Tweet this news
Times of Malta--Hotel worker Martina Rossi sits on James Bond's Aston Martin DB5, driven by -Sean Connery- in Goldfinger and Thunderball, during a photocall outside the ... - Date : Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:00:47 GMT+00:00
Sean Connery probed in Spanish tax fraud case: reports - AFP Tweet this news
AFP--MADRID � Oscar-winning film star -Sean Connery- and his wife Micheline have been placed under investigation in Spain over allegations of tax fraud, ... - Date : Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:58:46 GMT+00:00
Sean Connery and wife investigated over allegations of tax fraud - Herald Sun Tweet this news
Herald Sun--Scottish actor -Sean Connery- and his wife Micheline Roquebrune. Picture: APPhoto/Tim Aylen Source: The Daily Telegraph OSCAR winner -Sean Connery- and his wife ... - Date : Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:02:39 GMT+00:00
New inquiry into Sir Sean Connery's multi-million pound Spanish property deals - Daily Mail Tweet this news
Daily Mail--Sir -Sean Connery- was facing a fresh probe into alleged financial irregularities today after a judge widened his investigation into the ... - Date : Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:08:41 GMT+00:00
South Africa TV - 'Thunderball' on ETV, Sunday night - MI6 Tweet this news
MI6---Sean Connery- is still getting a kick out of the role, but he`s less the suave spy and more the man of action. Adolfo Celi makes a worthy opponent, ... - Date : Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:32:07 GMT+00:00
Sean Connery probed in Spanish tax fraud case - KSEE Tweet this news
KSEE--KSEE 24 NEWS and its affiliated companies are not responsible for the content of comments posted or for anything arising out of use of the above comments or ... - Date : Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:08:36 GMT+00:00
New 'Transformers 3' photos and huge plot reveal: Shia LaBeouf will run away ... - Entertainment Weekly Tweet this news
Entertainment Weekly--Based on successful threequels in the past, I was hoping that Transformers 3 would either be set in the Wild West or star -Sean Connery- in a bucket hat, ... - Date : Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:41:26 GMT+00:00
Chef cooks for the stars at Edinburgh event - Aberdeen Evening Express Tweet this news
Aberdeen Evening Express--HONOUR: Chef Craig Wilson, his wife Lindsay and baby son Jay, with Sir -Sean Connery- and his wife Micheline. A CHEF from the Aberdeen area has turned in an ... - Date : Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:09:17 GMT+00:00
Rowan Atkinson's Blackadder codpiece auctioned for £850 - BBC News Tweet this news
BBC News--A medieval-style tunic with studs worn by -Sean Connery- as Robin Hood in the film Robin and Marian in 1976 was only expected to sell for up to £200 but ... - Date : Sun, 23 May 2010 14:43:02 GMT+00:00

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Year Film Role Other notes
1954 Lilacs in the Spring Undetermined role (uncredited)
1957 No Road Back Spike
Hell Drivers Johnny Kates
Action of the Tiger Mike
Time Lock Welder #2
1958 Another Time, Another Place Mark Trevor
A Night to Remember Titanic deck hand uncredited
1959 Darby O'Gill and the Little People Michael McBride
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure O'Bannion
1961 On the Fiddle Pedlar Pascoe
The Frightened City Paddy Damion
1962 The Longest Day Pte. Flanagan
Dr. No James Bond
1963 From Russia with Love James Bond
1964 Marnie Mark Rutland
Woman of Straw Anthony Richmond
Goldfinger James Bond
1965 The Hill Trooper Joe Roberts
Thunderball James Bond
1966 Un monde nouveau Himself (cameo)
A Fine Madness Samson Shillitoe
1967 You Only Live Twice James Bond
1968 Shalako Moses Zebulon 'Shalako' Carlin
1969 The Bowler and the Bonnet Himself (Director; documentary)
1970 The Molly Maguires Jack Kehoe
1971 The Red Tent Roald Amundsen
The Anderson Tapes John Anderson
Diamonds Are Forever James Bond
1972 España campo de golf Himself (short subject)
1973 The Offence Detective Sergeant Johnson
1974 Zardoz Zed
Murder on the Orient Express Colonel Arbuthnot
1975 Ransom Nils Tahlvik
The Dream Factory Himself (documentary)
The Wind and the Lion Mulay Achmed Mohammed el-Raisuli the Magnificent
The Man Who Would Be King Daniel Dravot
1976 Robin and Marian Robin Hood
1976 The Next Man Khalil Abdul-Muhsen
1977 A Bridge Too Far Maj. Gen. Roy Urquhart
1979 The First Great Train Robbery Edward Pierce/John Simms/Geoffrey
Meteor Dr. Paul Bradley
Cuba Maj. Robert Dapes
1981 Outland Marshal William T. O'Niel Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Actor
Time Bandits King Agamemnon/Fireman
1982 G'ole Narrator (documentary)
Five Days One Summer Douglas Meredith
Wrong Is Right Patrick Hale
1983 Sean Connery's Edinburgh Himself (short subject)
Never Say Never Again James Bond (Unofficial James Bond film)
1984 Sword of the Valiant The Green Knight
1986 Highlander Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez
The Name of the Rose William of Baskerville BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1987 The Untouchables Jim Malone Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
NBR Award for Best Supporting Actor
KCFCC Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
1988 The Presidio Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell
1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Professor Henry Jones Senior Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Family Business Jessie McMullen
1990 The Hunt for Red October Captain Marko Ramius Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
The Russia House Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair
1991 Highlander II: The Quickening Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves King Richard I (uncredited cameo)
1992 Medicine Man Dr. Robert Campbell
1993 Rising Sun Capt. John Connor (also executive producer)
1994 A Good Man in Africa Dr. Alex Murray
1995 The Thief and the Cobbler Tack the Cobbler (voice; original version; unconfirmed)
Just Cause Paul Armstrong (also executive producer)
First Knight King Arthur
1996 Dragonheart Draco (voice)
The Rock Capt. John Patrick Mason (Ret.) (also executive producer)
1998 The Avengers Sir August de Wynter
Playing by Heart Paul
1999 Entrapment Robert MacDougal (also producer)
2000 Finding Forrester William Forrester
2003 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Allan Quatermain (also co-producer)
2006 Sir Billi the Vet Sir Billi (voice) animated 2008 release
2011 Sir Billi Sir Billi (voice, also executive producer) animated film

Actors who have played James Bond

EON ProductionsSean Connery * George Lazenby * Roger Moore * Timothy Dalton * Pierce Brosnan * Daniel Craig
Other productionsBarry Nelson * Bob Holness * David Niven * Sean Connery * Michael Jayston * Maxwell Caulfield * Adam Blackwood * Tim Bentinck * Jason Carter * Toby Stephens

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

John Hurt (1980) * Burt Lancaster (1981) * Ben Kingsley (1982) * Michael Caine (1983) * Haing S. Ngor (1984) * William Hurt (1985) * Bob Hoskins (1986) * Sean Connery (1987) * John Cleese (1988) * Daniel Day-Lewis (1989) * Philippe Noiret (1990) * Anthony Hopkins (1991) * Robert Downey, Jr. (1992) * Anthony Hopkins (1993) * Hugh Grant (1994) * Terence Stamp (1994) * Nigel Hawthorne (1995) * Geoffrey Rush (1996) * Robert Carlyle (1997) * Roberto Benigni (1998) * Kevin Spacey (1999) ---- Complete List * (1952 �1959) * (1960 �1979) * (1980 �1999) * (2000 �present)

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor � Motion Picture

John Gielgud (1981) * Louis Gossett, Jr. (1982) * Jack Nicholson (1983) * Haing S. Ngor (1984) * Klaus Maria Brandauer (1985) * Tom Berenger (1986) * Sean Connery (1987) * Martin Landau (1988) * Denzel Washington (1989) * Bruce Davison (1990) * Jack Palance (1991) * Ned Beatty (1991) * Gene Hackman (1992) * Tommy Lee Jones (1993) * Martin Landau (1994) * Brad Pitt (1995) * Edward Norton (1996) * Burt Reynolds (1997) * Ed Harris (1998) * Tom Cruise (1999) * Benicio del Toro (2000) ---- Complete List * (1943 �1960) * (1961 �1980) * (1981 �2000) * (2001 �present)



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