Scottish actor who originated the screen James Bond and won an Academy Award for The Untouchables.
Background
Born Thomas Connery in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of a truck driver, he worked as a milkman and bodybuilder before turning to acting.
Career
He starred as James Bond in six Eon Productions films from “Dr. No” (1962) to “Diamonds Are Forever” (1971), returning unofficially in “Never Say Never Again” (1983). He won Best Supporting Actor as veteran cop Jimmy Malone in Brian De Palma’s “The Untouchables” and led “The Name of the Rose,” “The Hunt for Red October,” and “The Rock.” Steven Spielberg cast him as Henry Jones Sr. in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.”
Style
Connery’s Scottish-inflected delivery and physical authority defined the cinematic James Bond and shaped action-leading-man conventions through the second half of the twentieth century.
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