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'''Sean Connery''' (born 25 August 1930) is a retired award-winning [[Scottish]] actor and producer (''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'').
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'''Sean Connery''' (born 25 August 1930) was an award-winning [[Scottish]] actor and producer (''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'').
  
Sean Connery was the first actor to portray the character [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4799550.stm |title=Profile: Sean Connery|work=BBC News|accessdate=19 March 2007|date=12 March 2006}}</ref> 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), ''The Name of the Rose'' (1986), ''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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Sean Connery was the first actor to portray the character [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond 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.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4799550.stm</ref> 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), ''The Name of the Rose'' (1986), ''Highlander'' (1986), ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989), ''The Hunt for Red October'' (1990), ''Dragonheart'' (1996), ''The Rock'' (1996), and ''Finding Forrester'' (2000).
  
Sean Connery has been polled in the ''Sunday Herald'' as "The Greatest Living Scot"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-10001248.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911105554/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-10001248.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=11 September 2016 |title= Would The Greatest Living Scot Please Stand Up?; Here they are |date=25 January 2004 |accessdate=16 June 2016 | first=Susan | last=Flockhart | newspaper=Sunday Herald|via=HighBeam Research}}</ref> and in a EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure".<ref>{{cite news|title=Sir Sean Connery named Scotland's greatest living treasure|url=http://news.stv.tv/scotland/282154-sir-sean-connery-named-scotlands-greatest-living-treasure/|publisher=STV News|date=25 November 2011|accessdate=6 August 2012}}</ref> He was voted by ''People'' magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive” in 1989 and the “Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/sexy-celebrity-grandparents/7/|title=Sexy Celebrity Pictures|last=|first=|date=|website=CBS News|accessdate=10 October 2018}}</ref>
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Sean Connery has been polled in the ''Sunday Herald'' as "The Greatest Living Scot"<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160911105554/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-10001248.html</ref> and in a EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure".<ref>http://news.stv.tv/scotland/282154-sir-sean-connery-named-scotlands-greatest-living-treasure/</ref> He was voted by ''People'' magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive” in 1989 and the “Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/sexy-celebrity-grandparents/7/</ref>
  
 
==Sir Sean==
 
==Sir Sean==
Sean Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Sean's pride at knighthood |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/819490.stm |accessdate=15 March 2019 |agency=BBC}}</ref>
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Sean Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama.<refhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/819490.stm</ref>
  
 
==Goldfinger (1964)==
 
==Goldfinger (1964)==

Latest revision as of 01:48, 6 August 2021

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BornThomas Sean Connery
25 August 1930
Died31 October 2020 (Age 90)
Scottish actor most known for the British propaganda movie series James Bond. Supporter of Scottish independence.

Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) was an award-winning Scottish actor and producer (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).

Sean 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.[1] 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), The Name of the Rose (1986), Highlander (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000).

Sean Connery has been polled in the Sunday Herald as "The Greatest Living Scot"[2] and in a EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure".[3] He was voted by People magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive” in 1989 and the “Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999.[4]

Sir Sean

Sean Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama.<refhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/819490.stm</ref>

Goldfinger (1964)

“You eckshpect me to talk?”

“No, Mr Bond, I expect you to DIE!”[5]

Connery on Roger Moore and Daniel Craig

Told 62% men and 56% women prefer him, Connery says: "You can't fight intelligence!"

Sean Connery talks about Roger Moore (in 1983) and Daniel Craig (in 2009) as James Bond and their different interpretations.[6]

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