Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25, 1930), best known as
Sean Connery, is an
Academy Award,
Golden Globe, and
BAFTA Award winning
Scottish actor and
producer.
He is best known for portraying the character
James Bond in cinema, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983.
In 1988, Connery won the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in
The Untouchables.
His film career also includes such notable films as
Marnie,
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,
The Hunt for Red October,
Dragonheart, and
The Rock.
Connery has been polled as the "greatest living Scot"
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knighted by
Queen Elizabeth II in July 2000.
In 1989, he was proclaimed the
Sexiest Man Alive by
People magazine, and in 1999, at the age of 69, he was voted the
Sexiest Man of the Century.
