| Sean Connery was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in | | | | Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The |
| 1930. After competing in the 1953 Mr. Universe | | | | Untouchables (1987). During the late 1980s and 1990s |
| competition, he was encouraged to go into acting, he | | | | he starred in blockbusters including Indiana Jones and |
| landed parts in a BBC production of Anna Karenina | | | | The Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October |
| and in the 1959 film, Darby O’Gill and the Little | | | | (1990), The Rock (1996) and Entrapment (1999). In |
| People. Although he was later offered a contract to | | | | more recent years he was involved in several critical |
| play football by Matt Busby of Manchester United, he | | | | and box-office disappointments such as The League |
| decided to remain in the acting profession. His | | | | of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) but he received |
| breakthrough came when he landed the role of | | | | very positive reviews for his role in Finding Forrester |
| James Bond, going onto to star in seven films as the | | | | (2000). He is now retired from making movies, in |
| secret agent. After finishing with the Bond franchise | | | | 2008 he released his auto-biography called Being a |
| he starred mainly in epic productions with ensemble | | | | Scot. He was married to Australian-born actress |
| casts with the exception of John Huston’s The | | | | Diane Cliento from 1962 to 1973, they have one son, |
| Man Who Would Be King (1975). He began acting in | | | | Jason Connery. In 1975 Sean Connery married the |
| more serious roles following the successful In the | | | | French actress, Micheline Roquebrune. |
| Name of the Rose (1986), landing an Academy | | | | |