Sir Thomas Sean Connery August 25 1930 October 31 2020 was a Scottish actor and producer who won an Academy Award two BAFTA Awards one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award and three Golden Globes including the Cecil B DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film starring in seven Bond films every film from Dr No to You Only Live Twice plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again between 1962 and 1983 In 1988 Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables His films also include Marnie 1964 Murder on the Orient Express 1974 The Man Who Would Be King 1975 A Bridge Too Far 1977 Highlander 1986 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 The Hunt for Red October 1990 Dragonheart 1996 The Rock 1996 and Finding Forrester 2000 Connery was polled in a 2004 The Sunday Herald as The Greatest Living Scot and in a 2011 EuroMillions survey as Scotlands Greatest Living National Treasure He was voted by People magazine as both the Sexiest Man Alive in 1989 and the Sexiest Man of the Century in 1999 He received a lifetime achievement award in the United States with a Kennedy Center Honor in 1999 Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama On 31 October 2020 it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90 Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Connery licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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