SEAN CONNERY (William Forrester/ Producer) was last seen in Twentieth Century Fox's thriller "Entrapment." He not only starred in the film opposite Catherine Zeta Jones, but also co-produced with his partner Rhonda Tollefson, president of Fountainbridge Films, the production company they founded in 1994.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sean Connery had small parts in movies and television before landing the role that would launch his stellar career. Cast as James Bond, agent 007, in a low budget British picture called "Dr. No," Connery inaugurated one of the longest-running series in film history. He starred as Bond in "From Russia With Love," "Goldfinger," "Thunderball," "You Only Live Twice," "Diamonds Are Forever" and "Never Say Never Again."
Connery has also starred in Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie," as well as such films as "The Hill," "A Fine Madness," "Shalako," "The Molly Maguires," "The Anderson Tapes," "The Red Tent," "Murder on the Orient Express," "The Wind and the Lion," "The Man Who Would Be King," Robin and Marian," A Bridge Too Far," "Outland," "Zardoz," "Five Days One Summer," "The Name of the Rose," "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," "Family Business," "The Russia House," "The Hunt For Red October," "Medicine Man," "Rising Sun," "Just Cause," and "First Knight."
Connery headlined opposite Nicolas Cage in the 1996 summer blockbuster hit "The Rock," and provided the voice and personality for the animated dragon in "Dragonheart." He also recently starred in Miramax's "Playing By Heart."
In addition to receiving both the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award® and Golden Globe Award in 1987 for his performance in "The Untouchables," Connery has received numerous other accolades. They include, among others, the Legion d'Honeur, and the Commandeur des Arts and des Lettres (the highest honors given in France), and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Best Actor Award for "The Name of the Rose" in 1987. In 1990, he received the BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Award--a special BAFTA silver mask honoring "a British actor or actress who has made an outstanding contribution to world cinema." The award was presented to Connery by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne. In 1995, Connery was presented with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field," given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at its annual Golden Globe Awards. In 1997, he was honored with a Gala Tribute by the Film Society of Lincoln Center for his lifetime career, and in 1998, BAFTA honored him with its highest award, the British Academy Fellowship. In 1999, Connery was a Kennedy Center Honors recipient. He has been appointed a Knight Bachelor in the Queen's New Year's Honours List and is now known as Sir Sean Connery.
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