Sean Connery's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Aspel & Company (UK) Sean Connery Film Night (UK) Sean Connery Sailor of Fortune (UK) Achmed

Main Movie Roles 2003 - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 2000 - Finding Forrester 1999 - Entrapment 1998 - Playing by Heart 1998 - The Avengers 1996 - The Rock 1996 - DragonHeart 1995 - Just Cause 1995 - First Knight 1994 - A Good Man in Africa 1993 - Rising Sun 1992 - Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America 1992 - Medicine Man 1991 - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 1991 - Highlander II: The Quickening 1990 - The Russia House 1990 - The Hunt for Red October 1989 - Family Business 1989 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1988 - The Presidio 1987 - The Untouchables 1986 - Highlander 1984 - Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 1983 - Never Say Never Again 1982 - Wrong Is Right 1981 - Outland 1981 - Time Bandits 1979 - Meteor 1977 - A Bridge Too Far 1976 - Robin and Marian 1975 - The Man Who Would Be King 1975 - The Wind and the Lion 1974 - Zardoz 1974 - Murder on the Orient Express 1971 - The Anderson Tapes 1971 - Diamonds Are Forever 1970 - The Molly Maguires 1968 - Shalako 1967 - You Only Live Twice 1965 - Thunderball 1965 - The Hill 1964 - Goldfinger 1964 - Woman of Straw 1964 - Marnie 1963 - From Russia with Love 1962 - The Longest Day 1962 - Dr. No 1959 - Darby O'Gill and the Little People 1959 - Tarzan's Greatest Adventure 1958 - A Night to Remember 1958 - Another Time, Another Place 1957 - Action of the Tiger

BIOGRAPHY:

Sean Connery found fame and fortune as the suave, sophisticated British agent, James Bond. After six Bond films, Connery yearned to break from the Bond image, and eventually earned an Oscar as veteran Chicago cop, Jimmy Malone, in The Untouchables (1987). A genuine movie star, his co-stars often complement his professionalism. Connery continues to be at his best when he plays no-nonsense characters.


TRIVIA:

• Had radiation therapy for an undisclosed throat ailment in 1993. In a February 1995 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Connery said the treatment had been to remove benign tumors from his vocal chords after he found himself losing his voice while filming _Rising Sun (1993)_ (qv).
• He was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2000 Queen's Millennium New Years Honours List for his services to the Film Industry.
• Used to live in Marbella, Spain, near a golf course where he played daily when not filming. He left following disagreements with the local press, and now resides in the Bahamas where he plays golf much less frequently.
• Presented with the Marrakech International Film Festival Award in Morocco by his friend and _Just Cause (1995)_ (qv) co-star 'Laurence Fishburne' (qv). (8 December 2004)
• He pulled out of a film in September 2004, sparking rumors that he was going to retire. However three months later in an interview with "The Scotsman" newspaper from his home in the Bahamas, he said he is taking a year out to write his autobiography (something he had previously vowed never to do), and hopes to make another film.
• Turned down 'Richard Chamberlain (I)' (qv)'s role in _"Shogun" (1980)_ (qv) because he would not act on television.
• Connery and 'Pierce Brosnan' (qv) have both played King Arthur, the only Bond actors to do so. Connery played Arthur in _First Knight (1995)_ (qv), Brosnan provided Arthur's voice in _Quest for Camelot (1998)_ (qv). Additionally, Connery has also played another famous king; he played Richard the Lionhearted, King of England, in _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)_ (qv).
• He pulled out of an interview for the Edinburgh Festival of Politics in August 2006 after George Reid, the presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament, vowed to ask him why he once told a magazine that some women want a "smack". Sir Sean, the Scottish National Party's most famous supporter, said it was "unacceptable" and it would have compromised the interview.