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| '''Sir Thomas Sean Connery''' (25 August 1930 – 30/31 October 2020) was a [[Scottish actor]] and producer, the first actor to portray the character [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'' to ''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]'', plus ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]'' and ''[[Never Say Never Again]]''), between 1962 and 1983. | '''Sir Thomas Sean Connery''' (25 August 1930 – 30/31 October 2020) was a [[Scottish actor]] and producer, the first actor to portray the character [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'' to ''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]'', plus ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|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 (film)|The Untouchables]]''. His films also include ''[[Marnie (film)|Marnie]]'' (1964), ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]'' (1974), ''[[The Man Who Would Be King (film)|The Man Who Would Be King]]'' (1975), ''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]]'' (1977), ''[[Highlander (film)|Highlander]]'' (1986), ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' (1989), ''[[The Hunt for Red October (film)|The Hunt for Red October]]'' (1990), ''[[Dragonheart]]'' (1996), ''[[The Rock (film)|The Rock]]'' (1996), and ''[[Finding Forrester]]'' (2000). | + | His films also included ''[[Marnie (film)|Marnie]]'' (1964), ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]'' (1974), ''[[The Man Who Would Be King (film)|The Man Who Would Be King]]'' (1975), ''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]]'' (1977), ''[[Highlander (film)|Highlander]]'' (1986), [[The Name of the Rose (film)|''The Name of the Rose'']] (1986), ''[[The Untouchables (film)|The Untouchables]]'' (1988), ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' (1989), ''[[The Hunt for Red October (film)|The Hunt for Red October]]'' (1990), ''[[Dragonheart]]'' (1996), ''[[The Rock (film)|The Rock]]'' (1996), and ''[[Finding Forrester]]'' (2000). Connery retired from acting in 2006. |
| + | ==Film== | ||
| + | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! Year | ||
| + | ! Title | ||
| + | ! Role | ||
| + | ! class="unsortable" | Notes | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1954 || ''[[Lilacs in the Spring]]'' || {{N/A|Unknown}} || [[Cameo appearance|Uncredited]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=4 | 1957 || ''[[No Road Back]]'' || Spike || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Hell Drivers (film)|Hell Drivers]]'' || Johnny Kates || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Action of the Tiger]]'' || Mike || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Time Lock]]'' || 2nd Welder || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=1 | 1958 || ''[[Another Time, Another Place (1958 film)|Another Time, Another Place]]'' || Mark Trevor || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=2 | 1959 || ''[[Darby O'Gill and the Little People]]'' || Michael McBride || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Tarzan's Greatest Adventure]]'' || O'Bannion || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=4 | 1961 || ''[[On the Fiddle]]'' || Pedlar Pascoe || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Frightened City}}'' || Paddy Damion || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Macbeth (1961 film)|Macbeth]]'' || [[Macbeth (character)|Macbeth]] || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Anna Karenina (1961 film)|Anna Karenina]]'' || Count Alexei Vronsky || [[Rudolph Cartier]] producer | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=2 | 1962 || ''{{sortname|The|Longest Day|The Longest Day (film)}}'' || Pte. Flanagan || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'' ||rowspan=3| [[Portrayal of James Bond in film|James Bond]] || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1963 || ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]'' || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=3 | 1964 || ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]'' || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Marnie (film)|Marnie]]'' || Mark Rutland || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Woman of Straw]]'' || Anthony Richmond || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=2 | 1965 || ''{{sortname|The|Hill|The Hill (film)}}'' || Joe Roberts || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]'' || James Bond || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=2 | 1966 || ''{{sortname|Un|monde nouveau}}'' || Himself || Cameo | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|A|Fine Madness}}'' || Samson Shillitoe || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=2 | 1967 || ''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]'' ||James Bond || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Bowler and the Bunnet}}'' || Himself || [[Documentary film|Documentary]]; also director | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1968 || ''[[Shalako (film)|Shalako]]'' || Shalako || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1969 || ''{{sortname|The|Red Tent|The Red Tent (film)}}'' || [[Roald Amundsen]] || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1970 || ''{{sortname|The|Molly Maguires|The Molly Maguires (film)}}'' || Jack Kehoe || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=2 | 1971 || ''{{sortname|The|Anderson Tapes}}'' || Duke Anderson || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]'' || James Bond || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=2 | 1972 || ''España campo de golf'' || Himself || [[Short film]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Offence}}'' || Detective Sergeant Johnson || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=3 | 1974 || ''[[Zardoz]]'' || Zed || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]'' || Colonel Arbuthnot || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Ransom (1974 film)|Ransom]]'' || Nils Tahlvik || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan="3" | 1975 || ''{{sortname|The|Dream Factory|nolink=1}}'' || Himself ||Documentary | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Wind and the Lion}}'' || [[Mulai Ahmed er Raisuni]] || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Man Who Would Be King|The Man Who Would Be King (film)}}'' || [[Daniel Dravot]] || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=2 | 1976 || ''[[Robin and Marian]]'' || [[Robin Hood]] || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Next Man}}'' || Khalil Abdul-Muhsen || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1977 || ''{{sortname|A|Bridge Too Far|A Bridge Too Far (film)}}'' || Maj. Gen. [[Roy Urquhart]] || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=3 | 1979 || ''{{sortname|The|First Great Train Robbery}}'' || Edward Pierce || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Meteor (film)|Meteor]]'' || Dr Paul Bradley || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Cuba (film)|Cuba]]'' || Robert Dapes || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=2 | 1981 || ''[[Outland (film)|Outland]]'' || Marshal William T. O'Niel || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Time Bandits]]'' || [[Agamemnon|King Agamemnon]] || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=3 | 1982 || ''[[G'olé!]]'' || Narrator || Documentary | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Five Days One Summer]]'' || Douglas Meredith || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Wrong Is Right]]'' || Patrick Hale || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=2 | 1983 || ''Sean Connery's Edinburgh'' || Himself || Short documentary | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Never Say Never Again]]'' || James Bond || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1984 || ''[[Sword of the Valiant]]'' || [[Green Knight|The Green Knight]] || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=2 | 1986 || ''[[Highlander (film)|Highlander]]'' || [[Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez]] || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Name of the Rose|The Name of the Rose (film)}}'' || [[William of Baskerville]] || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1987 || ''{{sortname|The|Untouchables|The Untouchables (film)}}'' || Jim Malone || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=2 | 1988 || ''{{sortname|The|Presidio|The Presidio (film)}}'' || Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Memories of Me]]'' || Himself || Uncredited cameo | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=2 | 1989 || ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' || [[Henry Jones, Sr.]] || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Family Business (1989 film)|Family Business]]'' || Jessie McMullen || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=2 | 1990 || ''{{sortname|The|Hunt for Red October|The Hunt for Red October (film)}}'' || Captain Marko Ramius || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Russia House|The Russia House (film)}}'' || Barley Blair || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=2 | 1991 || ''[[Highlander II: The Quickening]]'' || Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]'' || [[King Richard the Lionheart]] || Uncredited cameo | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1992 || ''[[Medicine Man (film)|Medicine Man]]'' || Dr. Robert Campbell || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1993 || ''[[Rising Sun (film)|Rising Sun]]'' || Capt. John Connor || Also executive producer | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1994 || ''{{sortname|A|Good Man in Africa}}'' || Dr. Alex Murray || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=2 | 1995 || ''[[Just Cause (film)|Just Cause]]'' || Paul Armstrong || Also executive producer | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[First Knight]]'' || [[King Arthur]] || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=2 | 1996 || ''[[Dragonheart]]''|| Draco || [[Voice acting|Voice role]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Rock|The Rock (film)}}'' || John Patrick Mason || Also executive producer | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=2 | 1998 || ''{{sortname|The|Avengers|The Avengers (1998 film)}}'' || Sir August de Wynter || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[Playing by Heart]]'' || Paul || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1999 || ''[[Entrapment (film)|Entrapment]]'' || Robert MacDougal || Also producer | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 2000 || ''[[Finding Forrester]]'' || William Forrester || Also producer | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 2003 || ''{{sortname|The|League of Extraordinary Gentlemen|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)}}'' || [[Allan Quatermain]]|| Also executive producer | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | rowspan=2 | 2012 || ''[[Sir Billi]]''|| Sir Billi || Voice role<br>Also executive producer | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''Ever to Excel'' | ||
| + | |Narrator | ||
| + | |Documentary Final film | ||
| + | |} | ||
| - | 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 (American magazine)|People]]'' magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. He received a lifetime achievement award in the United States with a [[Kennedy Center Honors|Kennedy Center Honor]] in 1999. Connery was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2000 New Year Honours]] for services to film drama. | ||
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| - | On 31 October 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90. | ||
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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 30/31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer, 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.
His films also included Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), The Name of the Rose (1986), The Untouchables (1988), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000). Connery retired from acting in 2006.
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Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Lilacs in the Spring | Template:N/A | Uncredited |
| 1957 | No Road Back | Spike | |
| Hell Drivers | Johnny Kates | ||
| Action of the Tiger | Mike | ||
| Time Lock | 2nd Welder | ||
| 1958 | Another Time, Another Place | Mark Trevor | |
| 1959 | Darby O'Gill and the Little People | Michael McBride | |
| Tarzan's Greatest Adventure | O'Bannion | ||
| 1961 | On the Fiddle | Pedlar Pascoe | |
| Template:Sortname | Paddy Damion | ||
| Macbeth | Macbeth | ||
| Anna Karenina | Count Alexei Vronsky | Rudolph Cartier producer | |
| 1962 | Template:Sortname | Pte. Flanagan | |
| Dr. No | James Bond | ||
| 1963 | From Russia with Love | ||
| 1964 | Goldfinger | ||
| Marnie | Mark Rutland | ||
| Woman of Straw | Anthony Richmond | ||
| 1965 | Template:Sortname | Joe Roberts | |
| Thunderball | James Bond | ||
| 1966 | Template:Sortname | Himself | Cameo |
| Template:Sortname | Samson Shillitoe | ||
| 1967 | You Only Live Twice | James Bond | |
| Template:Sortname | Himself | Documentary; also director | |
| 1968 | Shalako | Shalako | |
| 1969 | Template:Sortname | Roald Amundsen | |
| 1970 | Template:Sortname | Jack Kehoe | |
| 1971 | Template:Sortname | Duke Anderson | |
| Diamonds Are Forever | James Bond | ||
| 1972 | España campo de golf | Himself | Short film |
| Template:Sortname | Detective Sergeant Johnson | ||
| 1974 | Zardoz | Zed | |
| Murder on the Orient Express | Colonel Arbuthnot | ||
| Ransom | Nils Tahlvik | ||
| 1975 | Template:Sortname | Himself | Documentary |
| Template:Sortname | Mulai Ahmed er Raisuni | ||
| Template:Sortname | Daniel Dravot | ||
| 1976 | Robin and Marian | Robin Hood | |
| Template:Sortname | Khalil Abdul-Muhsen | ||
| 1977 | Template:Sortname | Maj. Gen. Roy Urquhart | |
| 1979 | Template:Sortname | Edward Pierce | |
| Meteor | Dr Paul Bradley | ||
| Cuba | Robert Dapes | ||
| 1981 | Outland | Marshal William T. O'Niel | |
| Time Bandits | King Agamemnon | ||
| 1982 | G'olé! | Narrator | Documentary |
| Five Days One Summer | Douglas Meredith | ||
| Wrong Is Right | Patrick Hale | ||
| 1983 | Sean Connery's Edinburgh | Himself | Short documentary |
| Never Say Never Again | James Bond | ||
| 1984 | Sword of the Valiant | The Green Knight | |
| 1986 | Highlander | Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez | |
| Template:Sortname | William of Baskerville | ||
| 1987 | Template:Sortname | Jim Malone | |
| 1988 | Template:Sortname | Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell | |
| Memories of Me | Himself | Uncredited cameo | |
| 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Henry Jones, Sr. | |
| Family Business | Jessie McMullen | ||
| 1990 | Template:Sortname | Captain Marko Ramius | |
| Template:Sortname | Barley Blair | ||
| 1991 | Highlander II: The Quickening | Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez | |
| Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | King Richard the Lionheart | Uncredited cameo | |
| 1992 | Medicine Man | Dr. Robert Campbell | |
| 1993 | Rising Sun | Capt. John Connor | Also executive producer |
| 1994 | Template:Sortname | Dr. Alex Murray | |
| 1995 | Just Cause | Paul Armstrong | Also executive producer |
| First Knight | King Arthur | ||
| 1996 | Dragonheart | Draco | Voice role |
| Template:Sortname | John Patrick Mason | Also executive producer | |
| 1998 | Template:Sortname | Sir August de Wynter | |
| Playing by Heart | Paul | ||
| 1999 | Entrapment | Robert MacDougal | Also producer |
| 2000 | Finding Forrester | William Forrester | Also producer |
| 2003 | Template:Sortname | Allan Quatermain | Also executive producer |
| 2012 | Sir Billi | Sir Billi | Voice role Also executive producer |
| Ever to Excel | Narrator | Documentary Final film |
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