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Sean Connery Biography

Sean Connery Profile:
  • Name: Sean Connery
  • Birth Name: Thomas Sean Connery
  • Height: 6' 2''
  • Sex: M
  • Nationality: Scotish
  • Birth Date: August 25, 1930
  • Birth Place: Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Profession: actor
  • Education: Dropped out of school at age 13
  •   : Learned furniture polishing at a British Legion training school
  • Husband/Wife: Micheline Roquebrune (painter; French; married in 1975), Diane Cilento (actress; married in 1962; divorced in 1973)
  • Father: Joseph Connery (worked at a rubber factory)
  • Mother: Euphamia Connery
  • Brother: Neil (former actor)
  • Son: Jason Joseph Connery (actor)
  • Grand son: Dashiell Quinn Connery
  • Claim to fame: as James Bond in Dr. No (1962)

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Sean Connery Quotes:
  • "I've honestly not been too aware of my age until I went to the doctor for a full check-up. He said I had the heart of a young man - 'but you're not young, you're 40."
  • “More than anything else, I’d like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso.”
Sean Connery Awards:
  • Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Special Prize for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema (2002)
  • ShoWest Convention: Lifetime Achievement Award (1999)
  • European Film Awards: Audience Award, ENTRAPMENT (1999)
  • European Film Awards: Audience Award - Best Actor, ENTRAPMENT (1999)
  • Kennedy Center Honors: lifetime contribution to arts and culture (1999)
  • British Academy Awards: Academy Fellowship (1998)
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Supporting Actor - Action/Adventure, THE ROCK (1997)
  • Film Society of Lincoln Center: Gala Tribute (1997)
  • MTV Movie Awards: Best On-Screen Duo, THE ROCK (1997) - shared with Nicolas Cage
  • Golden Globe Awards: Cecil B.DeMille Award (1995)
  • National Board of Review: Career Achievement Award (1993)
  • American Cinematheque Award (1992)
  • British Film Academy Award: Best Actor, NAME OF THE ROSE (1988)
  • London Critics Circle Film Awards: Actor of the Year, THE UNTOUCHABLES (1988)
  • Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor, THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987)
  • German Film Awards: Outstanding Individual Achievement: Actor, THE NAME OF THE ROSE (1987)
  • Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor in a Supporting Role, THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987)
  • National Board of Review: Best Supporting Actor, THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987)
  • Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Man of the Year (1984)
  • ShoWest Convention: Special Award - Worldwide Star of the Year (1982)
  • Golden Globe Awards: World Film Favorites (1971)
  • Laurel Awards: Action Performance, THUNDERBALL (1966)
  • Laurel Awards: Action Performance, GOLDFINGER (1965)
  • Laurel Awards: Top Male New Face (1964)

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