His full name was Sir Thomas Sean Connery.¹⁾

Thomas Sean Connery was born in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland on 25 August 1930.²⁾

His mother, Euphemia “Effie” McBain McLean, worked as a maid.³⁾

He died on 31 October 2020.⁴⁾

He was a Scottish producer and actor.⁵⁾

He was well renowned for being the first actor to play James Bond in a film. He appeared in seven Bond films between 1962-1983.⁶⁾

Connery had previously worked in minor theatrical and television shows before landing his big break with the Bond movie.⁷⁾

Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), The Untouchables (1988), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000) were also among his films.⁸⁾

Connery announced his retirement from acting in 2006.⁹⁾

Connery's accomplishments include one Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one of which was a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, which included the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award.¹⁰⁾

In the United States, he earned a Kennedy Center Honor for lifetime accomplishment in 1999.¹¹⁾

Connery was knighted in the New Year Honours List of 2000 for his contributions to cinematic drama.¹²⁾

Connery was voted “The Greatest Living Scot” in a survey conducted by The Sunday Herald in 2004.¹³⁾

In a EuroMillions poll in 2011, he was named “Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure”.¹⁴⁾

People magazine named him the “Sexiest Man Alive” in 1989 and the “Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999.¹⁵⁾