Sean Connery Overview:

Actor, Sean Connery, was born Thomas Sean Connery on Aug 25, 1930 in Edinburgh, UK. As of December 2023, Sean Connery was 93 years old.

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Sean Connery was nominated for one Academy Award, winning for Best Supporting Actor for The Untouchables (as Jim Malone) in 1987.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1987Best Supporting ActorThe Untouchables (1987)Jim MaloneWon
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Sean Connery's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #178 on Apr 13, 1999.

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The Man Who Would Be King (1975): Starring & Michael Caine

By 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 3, 2020 From 4 Star Films

There is a sense that John Huston is on a tear to prove he can outdo David Lean. However, this might only be an observation based rather unfairly on circumstance. Because Huston purportedly meant to make the picture at numerous junctions in his career, though it never got off the ground with any of ... Read full article


Stages the Great Train Robbery

By Rick29 on Nov 12, 2018 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

as Edward Pierce. In addition to writing bestselling novels like Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton also found time to moonlight as a film director. One of his most successful efforts was The Great Train Robbery (1978), based on his own popular novel--which was in... Read full article


The Best Films of

By 4 Star Film Fan on Sep 23, 2014 From 4 Star Films

1. Goldfinger 2. From Russia with Love 3. Dr. No 4. The Man Who Would Be King 5. The Last Crusade 6. The Untouchables 7. The Hill 8. The Hunt For Red October 9. Marnie 10. The Red Tent 11. Time Bandits 12. Thunderball 13. Murder on the Orient Express... Read full article


The Best Films of

By 4 Star Film Fan on Sep 23, 2014 From 4 Star Films

1. Goldfinger 2. From Russia with Love 3. Dr. No 4. The Man Who Would Be King 5. The Last Crusade 6. The Untouchables 7. The Hill 8. The Hunt For Red October 9. Marnie 10. The Red Tent 11. Time Bandits 12. Thunderball 13. Murder on the Orient Express... Read full article


E se... Skyfall fosse protagonizado por ?

By L? on Jan 21, 2014 From Critica Retro

E se... Skyfall fosse protagonizado por ? O ano ? 1965. J? estreou “007 contra o sat?nico Dr No / Dr No” em 1962, Bond j? fez seu esfor?o anti-sovi?tico em “Moscou contra 007 / From Russi with Love” em 1963 e j? surgiu nas telas talvez o mais ic?nico filme ... Read full article


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Sean Connery Quotes:

Tatiana: [removes ring and hands it to Bond] Here you are. In case you ever need it again.
James Bond: Oh, yes. All government property has to be accounted for. But as I said before, we won't always be working on the company's time. Will we?
Tatiana: No
[Tatiana kisses Bond passionately]
Tatiana: James, behave yourself. We are being filmed.
James Bond: Oh, not again.
[Bond pulls a film reel from his pocket and unwinds it]
James Bond: He was right, you know.
Tatiana: What is it?
James Bond: I'll show you.
[Bond kisses Tatiana and throws the film away]


Darby O'Gill: Get ready... for the grand surprise
[opens sack]
Darby O'Gill: It's no rabbit.
Michael McBride: [looks in sack] Rabbit or hare, what's the odds?
Darby O'Gill: Rabbit or hare? You're looking at Brian of Knocknasheega, king of all the Leprechauns!
Michael McBride: 'Twas a rabbit I saw.


James Bond: A martini. Shaken, not stirred.


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Turned down Richard Chamberlain's role in "Shogun" (1980) because he would not act on television.

He and his son, actor Jason Connery, have both played Robin Hood. Sean played an aging Robin Hood opposite Audrey Hepburn in Robin and Marian (1976). Jason played Robin Hood, AKA: Robert of Huntingten, in the television series "Robin Hood" (1984). Jason also played Ian Fleming in the television movie The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990) (TV). Fleming was the author of the James Bond novels that made Sean famous in 1962.

He was presented with a lifetime achievement award at the European Film Awards in Berlin, presented to him by Jean-Jacques Annaud, who directed Connery in The Name of the Rose (1986). (3 December 2005)

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