Amazing talent and powerful charisma – this is what allowed the Scottish Sean Connery to become one of the most recognizable actors in the world. He played a variety of roles – a gangster, a scientist, a secret agent … Although, of course, one of the most memorable of his roles is the compelling James Bond. Not for nothing in the colorful lineup of films about this superspy, many still are considered the best films with the participation of this colorful Scottish actor.
The future star of the screens was born in the most ordinary family. His father was a worker, and his mother a cleaner. They had no money even for a cot, and little Sean was sleeping in the drawer of the wardrobe. He quit school at the age of thirteen, when his father lost his job, and the family had virtually nothing to live with. I had to look for an opportunity to earn. In his first job, Sean Connery delivered the milk. He also managed to be a lifeguard in the pool, a coffin polisher at the funeral home, and even a model. While still a young man, while serving in the navy, he made two tattoos for himself in the form of inscriptions in English – “Mom and Dad” and “Scotland forever” (also, check Interesting facts about tattoos). For most TV viewers, Sean Connery is such an aristocratic elderly gentleman with refined manners. Few people know that in his youth he was fond of bodybuilding, and even took part in competitions of bodybuilders.
In the 50s of the last century, he first tried his hand at acting. True, not in the cinema, but on the theater stage. The first major role went to Sean Connery in 1958, in the film “Another Time, Another Place.” At about the same time, the actor almost fell victim to a gangster. Connery had a love affair with actress Lana Turner, which one hot-tempered citizen didn’t like, who broke straight into the set with a gun in his hand. Sean Connery took the gun from him and threw the gangster away. France in the 90s awarded Connery with the Order of the Legion of Honor, established by Napoleon Bonaparte.
In 1999, popular People magazine called him the sexiest man of the 20th century. At that time, the actor was already 69 years old. Interestingly, he himself said that he would give this title to the former USSR Secretary General Mikhail Gorbachev. Vladimir Vysotsky wrote the song “About James Bond, agent 007”, which he dedicated to Sean Connery. The Scottish actor once starred in the film of the joint production of the USSR and Italy – “Red Tent”.
In all the films “Bond” he wears a wig, as he began to grow bald early, and James Bond is not bald in the primary sources. Sean Connery was offered to play the role of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, but he refused. Due to the fact that the actor is actively in favor of the independence of Scotland from the UK, he was several times deleted from the lists of candidates for the English knights. True, then returned back, and in the end he received this honorary title in 2001. Another role that Sean Connery has abandoned is the Architect in The Matrix.
He is terribly afraid of spiders. Total actor starred in more than 70 films, many of which have become recognized hits. He has the first karate dan. Since 2012-2013, it rarely appears in public, which gives rise to a lot of rumors. Sean Connery wrote a book about his native Scotland, calling it “Being Scottish”.
He deprived his son of inheritance. Why – is unknown. Now his son James is a fairly well-known director. In the 90s, rumors about the death of Sean Connery appeared in the press, and he even had to appear on television to refute them. He has an Oscar, four Golden Globes and about fifty other awards. Among the hobbies of the famous Scot is a game of golf. He plays, by the way, very well.
