Sean Connery

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.

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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

Origin

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Height

189 cm

Occupation

film actor / character actor / actor / film producer / stage actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Horse

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

• Official sitehttps://www.seanconnery.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean%20Connery
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4573

Tags

• film actor
• character actor
• actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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