Sean Connery
The first screen James Bond, from Dr. No to Never Say Never Again.
Sir Sean Connery (1930-2020) was a Scottish actor and the first to play James Bond in films, starring in seven between 1962 and 1983: Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever for Eon, and finally Never Say Never Again, which Eon did not make.
Quick Facts
- Honorific prefix
- Sir
- Birth name
- Thomas Sean Connery
- Born
- 25 August 1930
- Birthplace
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Died
- 31 October 2020
- Place of death
- Lyford Cay, Bahamas
- Occupation
- Actor, film producer
- Years active
- 1954–2006 (2012)
Lore & Background
Outside Bond he worked with Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Lumet and John Huston, in films such as Marnie, The Hill and The Man Who Would Be King, and later in Highlander, The Name of the Rose, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Hunt for Red October and The Rock.
Did You Know?
- He was the first Scottish actor to win a major Academy Award.
- He originated the screen role of James Bond in Dr. No.
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