Biography

Sean Connery was born in Scotland in 1930 which makes him 80 years old this year which is quite old for someone that is still acting and making a splash in Hollywood. Actors like Sean never really retire but just grow old and continue to act as long as they can keep entertaining people. Sean is one of the more famous actors from his appearances in the series of James Bond, 007 which started in the 1960 and continues his work until the mid 1970s. Sean has appeared in many films over the years because of his talents as an actor. Like many of the men at his age he knew only to work and keeps working unless he was working on something else. With more than several dozen movies under his belt you could say that Sean Connery was one actor that has been in demand since his first movie appearance in 1957, No Road Back.

His movies are as follow – 1957 gave us No Road Back, Hell Drivers and Action of the Tiger. In 1959 he appeared in Tarzan’s greatest adventure. The Longest Day was a movie he appeared in during the year 1962 which is also the first year he played the role of the first James Bond. The Dr. No movie was a smash hit on the big screen but it was a long time before people could start watching the movies from home. The next year in 1963 the From Russia with Love Bond movie came out with Connery as Bond in his second Bond movie. Goldfinger came the next year later and then another year later in 1965 he starred again as the James Bond character in the movie Thunderball. There were 4 Bond movies all within a year of each other until the trend was broken and in 1967 he starred in the next one called You Only Live Twice.

Outside of the James Bond movies and more recently you will see Sean Connery in many films including The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen which came out in 2003. His voice was used as a dragon in Dragonheart which was another movie he starred in 1996. The years before that one of his greater roles as King Author was played in First Knight where Connery played King Author who was betrayed by one of his knights who stole his woman and made the story line difficult to follow. He also played King Richard in Robin Hood, King of Thieves which was produced in 1993. Sean Connery has been in so many movies that no doubt you would have come across him at some stage without even noticing him. Mow and again his accent comes and goes in different movies where he can talk like a Scotsman or talk like and American.