Sean Connery

Thomas Sean Connery was born on August 25, 1930 in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. His mother, Euphamia McBain (Maclean), was a cleaning lady, and his father, Joseph Connery, was a factory worker and truck driver. He also has a brother named Neil Connery, who works as a plasterer in Edinburgh. He is of Irish and Scottish descent. Before going into acting, Sean had many different jobs, such as a Milkman, lorry driver, a laborer, artist's model for the Edinburgh College of Art, coffin polisher and bodybuilder. He also joined the Royal Navy, but was later discharged because of medical problems. At the age of 23, he had a choice between becoming a professional footballer or an actor, and even though he showed much promise in the sport, he chose acting and said it was one of his more intelligent moves.

No Road Back (1957) was Sean's first major movie role, and it followed by several Tv-movies such as Anna Christie (1957), Macbeth (1961) and Anna Karenina (1961) and guest appearances on TV-series, and also films such as Na Rota do Inferno (1957), O Amor Que Roubei (1958), O Senhor da Terra (1959), A cidade ameaçada (1961). In 1962 he appeared in O Dia Mais Longo (1962) with a host of other stars,

His big breakthrough came in 1962 when he starred as secret agent James Bond in Agente Secreto 007 (1962). He played James Bond in six more films: 007 - Ordem para Matar (1963), 007 - Contra Goldfinger (1964), 007 - Operação Relâmpago (1965), 007 - Só Se Vive Duas Vezes (1967), 007 - Os Diamantes São Eternos (1971), and Nunca Mais Digas Nunca (1983).

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