Sean Connery
Acting
Born: Aug 25, 1930 — Died: Oct 31, 2020
From: Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
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). 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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finding Forrester | William Forrester | 2000 | 7.123 |
| Entrapment | Robert 'Mac' MacDougal | 1999 | 6.235 |
| Playing by Heart | Paul | 1998 | 6.596 |
| First Knight | Arthur | 1995 | 6.106 |
| Rising Sun | Capt. John Connor | 1993 | 6.143 |
| Highlander II: The Quickening | Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez | 1991 | 4.698 |
| The Russia House | Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair | 1990 | 6.061 |
| The Hunt for Red October | Capt. 1st Marko Ramius | 1990 | 7.382 |
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Professor Henry Jones | 1989 | 7.851 |
| Family Business | Jessie McMullen | 1989 | 5.692 |
| The Untouchables | Jim Malone | 1987 | 7.755 |
| The Name of the Rose | William of Baskerville | 1986 | 7.493 |
| Highlander | Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez | 1986 | 6.862 |
| Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | The Green Knight | 1984 | 5.224 |
| Outland | Marshal William T. O'Niel | 1981 | 6.432 |
| The First Great Train Robbery | Edward Pierce | 1978 | 6.674 |
| A Bridge Too Far | Maj. Gen. Robert E. Urquhart | 1977 | 7.212 |
| Robin and Marian | Robin Hood | 1976 | 6.298 |
| The Man Who Would Be King | Daniel Dravot | 1975 | 7.489 |
| Murder on the Orient Express | Colonel Arbuthnot | 1974 | 7.143 |
| Zardoz | Zed | 1974 | 5.944 |
| Diamonds Are Forever | James Bond | 1971 | 6.402 |
| The Anderson Tapes | Duke Anderson | 1971 | 6.133 |
| You Only Live Twice | James Bond | 1967 | 6.586 |
| Thunderball | James Bond | 1965 | 6.666 |
| Marnie | Mark Rutland | 1964 | 7.1 |
| Goldfinger | James Bond | 1964 | 7.354 |
| Woman of Straw | Anthony Richmond | 1964 | 6.184 |
| From Russia with Love | James Bond | 1963 | 7.058 |
| Dr. No | James Bond | 1962 | 6.986 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1930 |
| From | Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland, … |