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Sir Sean Connery was a Scottish actor, who shot to fame as the first performer to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond on film.

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Thomas Sean Connery was born on August 25, , into a working class family. Sean began working life very young and left school at the age of 14 to work as a milkman. He went on to enlist in the Royal Navy at the age of 16 but was later discharged on medical grounds. In , Sean cemented his status as a film star when he landed the role of James Bond in the first film of the franchise, Dr No.

Sean carried the torch through five other Cubby Broccoli-produced films and gained international fame before choosing to step down from the role. Just four years after his final reprisal of the part in 's "unofficial" flick, Never Say Never Again , he proved his versatility in Brian DePalma's Al Capone gangster film The Untouchables, which reaped him an Oscar.

Sean showed he had fans in high places when he was awarded a knighthood by the Queen in The actor announced his retirement from acting after receiving the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award on 8 June He did, however, complete one more film, voicing the title role in the computer-animated adventure film, Sir Billi.

Sean wed French painter Micheline Roquebrune in , one year after divorcing his wife of more than a decade, actress Diane Cilento. He had one son with Diane, actor Jason Connery. Throughout his career, Sean was very vocal about his support for Scottish independence and became a high-profile member of the Scottish National Party.

Sean died in his sleep on 31 October , aged 90, at his home in the Bahamas. Skip to main content Skip to footer.