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My Take
Sean Connery is my favorite case study in escaping your own legend. He didn't just play James Bond first; he played him so definitively that the role should have swallowed him whole. Instead he walked away, aged into a character actor of real weight, and collected a BAFTA and a shelf of critics' prizes in his late fifties. That second act tells me the Bond swagger was never a costume — it was the surface of a serious, stubborn craftsman from Edinburgh. Few stars have ever carried gravity and glamour in the same body the way he did.
Overview
Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor. Connery was the first actor to portray the fictional British secret agent James Bond in motion pictures, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. He originated the role in Dr.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sean Connery
- Name (Japanese)
- ショーン・コネリー
- Reading
- しょーん・こねりー
- Born
- August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Horse
- Origin
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / character actor / actor / film producer / stage actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1971 Henrietta Award
- 1987 London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year
- 1987 National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor
- 1987 German Film Award for Best Actor
- 1987 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
- 1987 Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- 1987 Knight of the Legion of Honour
- 1988 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Film actor — see all → · Character actor — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.