Sean Connery

Scottish actor (1930–2020)

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Lived 1930–2020, aged 90United Kingdom

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Rank in United Kingdom
#114
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Era
1930–2020
Aged 90
Known for
The Rock
1996

Summary

Updated 2026-08-31

He turned a pulp spy into a global phenomenon: the first man to play James Bond on screen, setting a template for cool that seven films and forty years of imitators never quite erased.

Biography

About

Born in Edinburgh in 1930, Connery originated the role of 007 in Dr. No (1962) and carried the franchise through six Eon productions—From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever—before returning once more in Never Say Never Again (1983). Beyond Bond he worked steadily for Hitchcock, Lumet, and Huston, appearing in Marnie, The Hill, Murder on the Orient Express, and The Man Who Would Be King. Later roles stretched from Highlander and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade to The Hunt for Red October and The Rock. His turn as a Chicago cop in The Untoucha…

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In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Sean Connery

Sean Connery

said2006

My start, my childhood, was less than auspicious. But when I was young, we didn’t know we lacked anything, because we had nothing to compare it to — and there's a freedom in that.

— Accepting the AFI Life Achievement Award (2006).

Sean Connery

saidDec 1987

There are women who take it to the wire. That's what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack.

— Interview with Barbara Walters (December 1987).

Sean Connery

said6 Jun 1964

I suppose more than anything else I'd like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso. They know that life is not just a popularity contest.

— Interview in the Saturday Evening Post (6 June 1964).

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