Thomas Sean Connery born in Edinburgh, Scotland on August 29, 1930, thanks to the union of Joe Connery, a truck driver who worked assembling aircraft engines at the Rolls Royce factory after World War II, and Euphamia “Effie” Maclean, a housewife.
He is internationally famous mainly for his portrayal of the best-known secret agent of all time, “James Bond”, character created by Ian FlemingBut he has participated in more than fifty famous films and blockbusters.
Winner of a Oscar award In 1988, he was awarded various distinctions throughout his long and long career. From the beginning, he imposed his personality on the cameras and left an unalterable mark on the cinematographic world.
Adored by audiences from Britain to Hollywood, he has become one of the most acclaimed idols of all time.
Thomas begins his studies at the school of Daroch, without forgetting his two great hobbies, soccer (he was a center forward in the team ‘Fetlor Amateurs’) and boxing, sports that at that time interested him more than books.
At fifteen he enrolled in the Royal Navy. At the time of his stay in the military, probably due to rigorous discipline, the young Connery fell ill to his stomach.
During his service in the British navy and at the age of sixteen, Sean got two tattoos on his right arm. The first shows the legend of “Scotland forever” (Scotland forever) and the second “Mum and Dad” (Mom and Dad).
After going through the military hospital, he was diagnosed with an ulcer. So much so that three years after entering the British navy they remove it from service. During the military period he excelled as a boxer.
In 1953, and thanks to his friend Jimmy Laurie, is presented in the contest “Mister Universe”, in London, representing Scotland, and surprisingly took third place. It was at that event that a talent scout discovered him.
Her debut comes when she plays a small role, as a showgirl of the musical “South Pacific” (1951). From that moment on, he would appear alternately on British television and theater.
He then decides to change his real name (Thomas) to “Sean” (Scottish pronunciation for Shane) after seeing the movie by G. Stevens, “Shane’s vision”. Then he got small roles in various plays, however his film debut (a matter that would really give him the recognition he deserved) came in 1954, with “Lilacs in the spring”.
In the 1950s he participated in films such as “No Road Back” (1957), “Hell Drives” (1957), “Mists of restlessness” (1958) and “Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure” (1959).
In 1962, she played a leading role in the winner of 2 Academy Awards. “The longest day” in which he plays the soldier flanagan.
In 1963 he was chosen to play the now mythical character James bond on “Agent 007 vs. Doctor No.” directed by Terence young, this being the first title in the secret agent saga created by Ian Fleming.
He also embodied the Mr bond in the following 6 films: “From Russia with love” in 1964; “Goldfinger” Y “Operation Thunder” in 1965; “We only live Twice” in 1967; “Diamonds for eternity” in 1971 and of course “Never say never” in 1983. Despite his excellent performance in the 6 installments of the film, the first was enough simply to make his career skyrocket.
During the filming of the last installment of the saga, he had to take martial arts lessons, and his teacher was neither more nor less than the great Steven Seagal. It is worth mentioning as a fact that during his martial studies, Sean broke his wrist.
It should also be noted that during the filming of “Goldfinger”, the second installment of James bondHe had to learn to play golf and it has been his favorite sport ever since. In fact, he participated in some tournaments and that’s where he met his wife Micheline. It has also been part of some documentaries and books about this sport.
In several of his films Connery has had to dance, but that has not been a problem for him, since he took dance classes for eleven years.
In 1967, space was made to shoot outside the famous agent and appeared in productions of different genres such as, “The wind and the Lion” (1975) and “Robin and Marian” (1976).
In the following years he starred in large films of considerable box office success, such as
“Meteor” in 1979 playing the Dr. Paul Bradley Y “Cuba” in which he embodies the Maj. Robert Dapes; “Zero atmosphere” Y “The heroes of time” in 1981; “Deadly target” playing Patrick Hale the following year; “Five days, one summer” in 1983 in which he played the role of Douglas Meredith; “The green knight” in 1984 and “The name of the rose” in 86, playing William de Baskerville.
In the year 1980 Brian de Palma offered him the role of Robert Elliott in his movie “Dressed to kill” and although he was initially enthusiastic about the idea, he was unable to accept due to other commitments. Later, this role was played by his friend Michael Caine.
In 1987 he won a Oscar and a Golden Globe to the “best supporting actor” by the characterization of Jim Malone what did you do in “The Untouchables” along with a cast considered one of the best of all time among those who participate Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro Y Kevin Costner.
His final consecration comes in 1989, with his appearance in the third installment of the adventurous archaeologist entitled “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” directed by the fantastic Steven Spielberg and written by the acclaimed George Lucas (writer of “Star Wars”) next to the already consecrated Harrison ford, playing the Dr. Henry Jones, the father of Indiana Jones, who is repeatedly referred to as “junior”. If there was something that the previous two lacked, it was undoubtedly the appearance of Sean, who was undoubtedly one of the condiments that made the third installment the best of the 3 so far.
Due to his habit of going without pants before filming a scene in order to relax, in this film, he has done so not only before filming, but during the scene in which he and Harrison are on top of the airship escaping from Germany. In this scene, Sean is in his underwear, but in the scene he is only seen from the torso up.
Later titles such as “The rock” from Michael Bay in 1996 together with Nicolas Cage Y Ed harris; “The Avengers” next to Ralph fiennes Y Uma Thurman; Y “The trap” (1999) co-starring Catherine Zeta-Jones.
In 1997 he had an interesting role in a masterpiece for all ages, “Dragonheart: dragon heart” in which Connery voiced the giant but friendly dragon Draco. In this film he co-starred in the great Dennis Quaid.
One of what would be his last roles was: that of Allan Quatermain on “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”.
In 2005 he lent his voice to be James bond in the video game developed by EA Games, “From Russia with love”, based on the Bond movie that he starred in more than four decades ago.
In 2006 he formally announced his retirement from acting.
As interesting data, we can add that he suffered from alopecia from a very young age. When shooting several Agent 007 films, he had to wear false hair, but after finishing filming the James Bond character, he decided to stop worrying about it and grew his mustache to change his look.
Because of this, Sean always appeared to be older than he really is, so he always had to play roles older than he really is.