“Sean is fed up of being thought of as a mega-rich tax exile who preaches to the Scots voters from afar”
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Sean Connery
Sir Thomas Sean Connery was a Scottish actor and film producer. Connery was the first actor to portray the fictional British secret agent James Bond in motion pictures, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. He originated the role in Dr. No (1962) and continued starring as Bond in the Eon Productions films From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967) and Diamonds Are Forever (1971). His final appearance in the franchise was with Never Say Never Again (1983), a non-Eon-produced Bond film.
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Born 25 August 1930 · Died 31 October 2020 · Q4573
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“unlike many tattoos, his were not frivolous – his tattoos reflect two of his lifelong commitments: his family and Scotland. ... One tattoo is a tribute to his parents and reads”
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Snopes rated the claim “Side-by-side photographs of actors Sean Connery and Thomas Brodie-Sangster show each at age 34.” Mostly True.
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“I realised that a top-class footballer could be over the hill by the age of 30, and I was already 23. I decided to become an actor and it turned out to be one of my more intelligent moves”
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The Edinburgh International Film Festival established an annual award in Connery's honour
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Sean Connery's net worth left his family in tears.” False.
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The Quint rated the claim “Letter written by actor Sean Connery to Apple cofounder Steve Jobs in 1998” False.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Sean Connery repeatedly endorsed or condoned slapping women.” True.
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Snopes rated the claim “Actor Sean Connery was instrumental in helping Donald Trump secure approval for a controversial golf course development in Scotland.” Unproven.
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Died 2020-10-31.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Sean Connery wrote a letter to Steve Jobs refusing to be an Apple spokesman.” False.
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“I suppose more than anything else I'd like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso. They know that life is not just a popularity contest.”
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“An open-handed slap is justified – if all other alternatives fail and there has been plenty of warning. If a woman is a bitch, or hysterical, or bloody-minded continually, then I'd do it.”
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“There are women who take it to the wire. That's what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack.”
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Briefly came out of retirement to voice Sir Billi in the Scottish animated film Sir Billi
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Snopes.com rated the claim “A letter from actor Sean Connery rejects an offer for him to become a pitchman for Apple Computers.” False.
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“The Bowler and the Bunnet was just the beginning of a journey that would lead to my long association with the Scottish National Party”
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A bronze bust sculpture of him was placed in Tallinn, Estonia, outside the Scottish Club, whose membership includes Estonian Scotophiles and a handful of expatriate Scots
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Connery recalled a conversation in a taxi:
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Awarded AFI Life Achievement Award (2006).
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In 2006, Connery disavowed the previous quotes about striking women, claiming to have been quoted out of context and insisting that "I don't believe that any level of abuse of women is ever justified under any circumstances.
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Connery cancelled an appearance at the Scottish Parliament in 2006 because of controversy over his alleged support of abuse of women.
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Because of controversy over his alleged support of abuse of women
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Connery disavowed the previous quotes about striking women, claiming to have been quoted out of context and insisting that "I don't believe that any level of abuse of women is ever justified under any circumstances
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Awarded European Film Awards (2005).
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Awarded European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award (2005).
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Recorded voiceovers for the From Russia with Love video game with the recording producer Terry Manning in the Bahamas, and provided his likeness
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A poll in the UK Sunday Herald recognised Connery as "The Greatest Living Scot" and a 2011 EuroMillions survey named him "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure"
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Awarded Grand Officer of Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero (2003).
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When the British Parliament passed legislation prohibiting overseas funding of political activities in the United Kingdom
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Awarded Knight Bachelor (2000).
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Connery was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at an investiture ceremony at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh on 5 July 2000.
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Awarded Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor for Entrapment (1999).
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Awarded Kennedy Center Honors (1999).
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Spanish authorities launched a tax evasion investigation, alleging that the Spanish treasury had been defrauded of £5
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He sold it to the German billionaire businessman Dietmar Hopp in 1999.
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Won Golden Lion (1998).
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Awarded BAFTA Fellowship (1998).
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Connery received the BAFTA Fellowship, a lifetime achievement award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts
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Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo for The Rock (1997).
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He had been nominated for a knighthood in 1997 and 1998, but these nominations were reportedly vetoed by Donald Dewar owing to Connery's political views.
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And 1998, but these nominations were reportedly vetoed by Donald Dewar owing to Connery's political views
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Released album “Peter and the Wolf / Lieutenant Kijé Suite / Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra”.
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Voiced the role of Draco the dragon in the film Dragonheart
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Awarded Saturn Awards (1995).
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Won Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (1995).
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"There are women who take it to the wire
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He was also reported to have stated to Vanity Fair in 1993, "There are women who take it to the wire.
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Released album “Childrens Classics”.
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And the "Sexiest Man of the Century" in 1999
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for The Untouchables (1988).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Name of the Rose (1988).
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Awarded Academy Awards (1988).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Untouchables (1988).
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Awarded London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year for The Untouchables (1987).
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Awarded Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Untouchables (1987).
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Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (1987).
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Awarded National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Untouchables (1987).
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Awarded German Film Award for Best Actor for The Name of the Rose (1987).
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Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1987).
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Connery starred in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables, where he played a hard-nosed Irish-American cop alongside Kevin Costner's Eliot Ness
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The BAFTA Fellowship in 1998 and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1999
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Connery appeared in the film Time Bandits as Agamemnon
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Connery owned the Domaine de Terre Blanche in the South of France from 1979.
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Played Robin Hood in Robin and Marian opposite Audrey Hepburn, who played Maid Marian
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Michael Caine (who co-starred with Connery in The Man Who Would Be King in 1975) was among Connery's closest friends.
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Starred in John Boorman's sci-fi thriller Zardoz
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Won Golden Globe Awards (1972).
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Awarded Henrietta Award (1971).
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Wrote to George Leslie, the SNP candidate in the 1967 Glasgow Pollok by-election, saying, "I am convinced that with our resources and skills we are more than capable of building a prosperous, vigorous and modern self-
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Connery illustrated the cover of Cilento's 1967 novel: The Manipulator.
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Inspired him to become a member of the centre-left Scottish National Party (SNP), which supports Scottish independence from the United Kingdom (in 2011, Connery said "The Bowler and the Bunnet was just the beginning of a
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Playboy quoted Connery saying, "I don't think there is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don't recommend you do it in the same way you hit a man"
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Connery's life was in danger in the sequence with the sharks in Emilio Largo's pool
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In 1965, Playboy quoted Connery saying, "I don't think there is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don't recommend you do it in the same way you hit a man".
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The English professional golfer Peter Alliss gave Connery golf lessons before the filming of the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger, which involved a scene where Connery, as Bond, played golf against the gold magnate Auric Goldfinger at Stoke Park Golf Club in Buckinghamshire.
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Connery was married to the Australian actress Diane Cilento from 1962 to 1973, though they separated in 1971.
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Portrayed Macbeth in a CBC television film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, with the Australian actress Zoe Caldwell cast as Lady Macbeth
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Connery landed a leading role in the director Robert Stevenson's Walt Disney Productions film Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), alongside Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, and Jimmy O'Dea
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Connery appeared in Terence Young's poorly received MGM action picture Action of the Tiger, opposite Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lom, and Gustavo Rojo; the film was shot on location in southern Spain
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Connery appeared in the theatrical production of Epitaph and played a minor role as a hoodlum in the "Ladies of the Manor" episode of the BBC Television police series Dixon of Dock Green
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One of the competitors mentioned that auditions were being held for a production of South Pacific, and Connery landed a small part as one of the Seabees chorus boys
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At the age of 16, Connery joined the Royal Navy, during which time he acquired two tattoos
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Born 1930-08-25.
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Connery was married to the French-Moroccan painter Micheline Roquebrune (born 4 April 1929) from 1975 until his death.
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Awarded Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero.
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Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Awarded Legion of Honour.
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Awarded Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews.
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Studied at Tollcross Primary School.
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