Sean Connery
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Connery at the 2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival
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Thomas Sean Connery 25 August 1930 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1954–2012 |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
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| Children | Jason Connery |
| Family | Neil Connery (brother) |
| Website | www |
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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (/ˈʃɔːn ˈkɒnəri/; born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award) and three Golden Globes (including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award). He was knighted by Elizabeth II in July 2000 after receiving Kennedy Center Honors in the US in 1999.
Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond on screen, 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, The Name of the Rose, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Hunt for Red October, Finding Forrester, Highlander, Murder on the Orient Express, Dragonheart, and The Rock.
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