Sir Thomas Sean Connery is a retired Scottish actor and producer who is best known for originating the role of British secret agent James Bond from 1962 to 1971 then reprised the role unofficially in 1983.
He played Michael MacBride in the 1959 Disney film, Darby O'Gill and the Little People. He also played Dr. Robert Campbell in Medicine Man, Captain John Patrick Mason in the 1996 Hollywood Pictures film, The Rock, and Dr. Henry Jones, Sr. in the third Indiana Jones film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
In the version of Captain America: The Winter Soldier made for audiences in the United Kingdom, Sean Connery is on Captain America's list of things he wants to catch up to.
Trivia
- Connery was considered along with Timothy Dalton and Liam Neeson for the role of Mufasa in The Lion King, but he declined.[1]
- Connery was once considered to voice Cassim in Aladdin and the King of Thieves.[2] Oddly, John Rhys-Davies, who appeared along him in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, ended up playing the part
- With the death of Kieron Moore (Pony Sugrue) on July 15, 2007, Sean Connery is the last surviving cast member of Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
- In 2007, Connery was initially asked to reprise his role as Dr. Henry Jones, Sr. in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. However, Connery turned down the offer as he was happy with his retirement, so the character was mentioned to have passed away off-screen in the final version of the film.[3]