| Celebrated Name: | Sean Connery |
| Real Name/Full Name: | Thomas Sean Connery |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 91 years old |
| Birth Date: | 25th August 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| Nationality: | Scottish |
| Height: | 1.88 m |
| Weight: | 80Kg |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Wife/Spouse (Name): | Micheline Roquebrune (m. 1975), Diane Cilento (m. 1962-1973) |
| Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | Yes (Jason Connery) |
| Dating/Girlfriend (Name): | N/A |
| Is Sean Connery Gay?: | No |
| Profession: | Retired actor and producer |
| Salary: | N/A |
| Net Worth in 2024: | $370 million |
| Last Updated: | December 2024 |
Sean Connery is a living Scottish legend who is known to be the first person to portray James Bond in a film between 1962 and 1983. Sean has starred in seven Bond films, namely, Never Say Never Again, Dr. No yo plus Diamonds Are Forever, among many others.
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Early Life & Biography
Thomas Sean Connery was born on 25 August 1930 in Fountain Bridge, Edinburg, the United Kingdom. His mother, Euphemia McBain McLean, was a cleaning woman, and Connery’s father, Joseph Connery, was a factory worker and lorry driver. He has a younger brother named Neil Connery. He grew up in a very poor background. He was a very small child while in primary school, but he grew rapidly in his teenage years.
He stated that he lost his virginity at the age of 14 years to an older woman. In 1946 while Connery was 13 years he dropped out of school then joined the Royal Navy, He was later discharged from the navy on medical grounds because of a duodenal ulcer, a condition that affected most of the males in previous generations of his family
Personal Life
Connery was married to Diane Cilento (actress) from 1962 to 1973. They had a son, actor whose name is Jason Connery. In her autobiography in 2006, she reported that Connery was mentally and physically abusing her, which he responded by saying that hitting a woman is no big deal. The mean comments stirred up a heavy conversation with the public; this led to Connery canceling his appearance at the Scottish parliament, stating that he had been misquoted and that any abuse of women was unacceptable. He later remarried Micheline Roquebrune in the year 1975.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 25 August 1930, Sean Connery is 91 years old as of today’s date 21st December 2024. His height is 1.88m tall, and his weight is 80 kg.
Career
Connery’s has struggled to make ends meet his first job was as a milkman in Edinburgh with St. Cuthbert’s Co-operative Society he also served in the navy after the navy exit he got very odd jobs on and off.at some point, he was torn between football and acting and after a suggestion by a friend that he was beautiful Connery began bodybuilding at the age of 18, and from 1951 he trained heavily with Ellington, a former gym instructor in the British Army.
In 1951 he was looking for extra money, so he helped out in some backstage at Kings Theatre, and this launched him to get opportunities. He began a film career, having been an extra in Herbert Wilcox’s 1954 musical Lilacs in the Spring alongside Anna Neagle. His breakthrough came when he finally committed himself to a film series, but he had an understanding that if they were successful, his life would change drastically, so Connery took the role of British secret agent James Bond.
He played 007 in the first five Bond films: Dr. No in 1962 from Russia with Love in 1963, Goldfinger in 1964 in Thunderball in 1965, then appeared again as Bond Diamonds Are Forever in 1971. All seven films were successful. Connery was portrayed as James Bond was nominated as the third-greatest hero in cinema history by American Film Institute.
Awards & Achievements
Connery has been nominated for several awards among them, 1987 he won an academy award for ‘the untouchables’ in the category supporting actor for his role as a Chicago cop. He has won an Academy Award, three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award) and a Henrietta Award.
Net Worth & Salary of Sean Connery in 2024
As of December 2024, Connery has accumulated most of his wealth from acting. He is estimated to be $370 million. In 1990 The Hunt for Red October is a thriller film released that earned pretty well at the box office, and Sean Conner was the first person to get benefit from it.
In 1990 he earned some good margins for the thriller movie the hunt for red October that did very well at the box office he was the first person to benefit from the proceeds. In 1996 ‘The Rock,’ his film was a commercial success. This made him accumulate great wealth, and this made a huge difference in his life.
Connery was a very loyal and committed person both to his family and Scotland. When he joined the royal navy, he acquired two tattoos, which were are a reflection of his lifetime commitment. One tattoo read “Scotland forever,” and the other one was a tribute to his late parents, and it read “mum and dad.”