Sean Connery

 

Sean Connery

Sir Thomas Sean Connery

Birth date: August 25, 1930

Birth Place: Great Britain

His Wife: Micheline Roquebrune since 1975

Sean Connery worked as driver and messenger.  At the age of 19 was a naked model at the school of Fine Arts.

His filmic career began in 1951, Sean Connery appeared in some films but he didn't become really famous until he interpreted the role of James Bond 007 in 1962.

Sean Connery uses a toupee in all James Bond movies.

1987 Sean Connery received an Academy Award thank to his role of a veteran policeman in the film The Untouchables.

1999 Sean Connery received the Annual Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime contribution to arts and culture, presented by President Bill Clinton in Washington, D.C. .

2000 He received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth.

2003 Sean Connery was offered the role of the Architect in Matrix (Wachowsky brothers), but he refused it.

2005 Names of famous figures such as Sir Sean Connery, the original James Bond 007, were used in a £1 million fraud, Birmingham Crown Court heard yesterday. Other famous names in the case include Harry Potter and Bill Clinton .

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