Since then Connery preferred to use his middle name. He had an Irish childhood friend named Séamus when the two were together, those who knew them both called Connery by his middle name Sean, emphasizing the assonance of his personal and surnames. Connery was known during his teen years as "Big Tam", and he said that he lost his virginity to an adult woman in an ATS uniform at the age of 14.
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Although he was small in primary school, he grew rapidly around the age of 12, reaching his full adult height of 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) at 18. Connery had a younger brother Neil and was generally referred to in his youth as "Tommy". His father was a Roman Catholic, and his mother was a Protestant. The remainder of his family was of Scottish descent, and his maternal great-grandparents were native Scottish Gaelic speakers from Fife and Uig on Skye. Two of his paternal great-grandparents emigrated to Scotland from Wexford, Ireland in the mid-19th century, with his great-grandfather James Connery being an Irish Traveller. Connery's father, Joseph Connery, was a factory worker and lorry driver.
She was born the daughter of Neil McLean and Helen Forbes Ross, and named after her father's mother, Euphemia McBain, wife of John McLean and daughter of William McBain from Ceres in Fife. His mother, Euphemia McBain "Effie" McLean, was a cleaning woman. 176 Fountainbridge, a block which has since been demolished. Thomas Connery was born at the Royal Maternity Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland on 25 August 1930 he was named after his paternal grandfather. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama. In 1987, he was made a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in France, and he received the US Kennedy Center Honors lifetime achievement award in 1999. His achievements in film were recognised with an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (including the BAFTA Fellowship), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. Connery officially retired from acting in 2006, although he briefly returned for voice-over roles in 2012. He also appeared in A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), The Name of the Rose (1986), The Untouchables (1987), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000). Their films in which Connery appeared included Marnie (1964), The Hill (1965), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), and The Man Who Would Be King (1975). Although he did not enjoy the off-screen attention the role gave him, the success of the Bond films brought Connery offers from notable directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Lumet and John Huston. No, Connery played Bond in six of Eon Productions' entries and made his final appearance in Never Say Never Again.Ĭonnery began acting in smaller theatre and television productions until his breakout role as Bond. He was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond on film, starring in seven Bond films between 19. Sir Sean Connery (born Thomas Connery 25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor.