Biography
Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer who won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again), between 1962 and 1983. In ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
2023
as Self (archive footage)
An in-depth look at an incredible moment in film history when Steven Spielberg and George Lucas assembled an amazing creative team to collaborate on a...

The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with her mysterious and almost inaccessible beauty. A major...

The Sean Connery Paradox
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Having become a world star thanks to James Bond, Sean Connery, who died in 2020, has never stopped trying to shed the image of a sexy and slightly bru...

Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bish...

HyperNormalisation
2016
as Self (archive footage)
We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing, a...

Sean Connery: In His Own Words
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Featuring archive interviews with Sean Connery from over 50 years in the business. Friends, actors and directors including Robert Carlyle, Dougray Sco...

Spanish Western
2015
as Self (archive footage)
A vindication of the role of the technicians and artists who made spaghetti western genre possible, and a walk through the landscapes that made it pos...
We're Nothing Like James Bond
2012
as Self
How two friends, thanks to the strong relationship between them, piece back together the fragments of their existence sent topsy-turvy by serious illn...

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
as Self
Richard Hammond celebrates 50 years of Bond's amazing history with cars revealing the entertaining behind-the-scenes stories of the most iconic cars.

Everything or Nothing
2012
as Self (archive footage)
The story of three men with a shared dream: James Bond franchise producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and Bond creator and author Ian Flem...

Close Up
2012
as Self (archive footage)
More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferences in Cannes, Venice and Berlin, between 1993 and ...

The World Of Bond
2012
as Self
A 6 part video that looks at the famous Title Sequences, Gadgets, Villains, Bond Girls, Locations, and Vehicles through the years.

Ever to Excel
2012
as Self
The history and development of St Andrews University, Scotland, on the occasion of its 600th anniversary, and the story of how its graduates have shap...

Sir Billi
2012
as Sir Billi (voice)
An aging, skateboarding veterinarian Sir Billi goes above and beyond the call of duty fighting villainous policemen and powerful lairds in a battle to...

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between ma...

Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009

Infinite Space: The Architecture of John Lautner
2008
as Self
Infinite Space, a documentary feature film, traces the lifelong quest of visionary genius John Lautner to create “architecture that has no beginning a...

On Tour with the Aston Martin DB5
2006
A tour with James Bond's famous Aston Matin.

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self

The Untouchables: Production Stories
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Cast and crew from "The Untouchables" share production stories.

The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Brian DePalma and Art Linson discuss how the 1987 film "The Untouchables" came together.

Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'
2004
as Self
This featurette takes a closer look at the production history of Murder on the Orient Express. Included in it are clips from archival interviews with ...

Mr. Connery Goes to Hollywood
2004
as Self
A brief overview of Sean Connery's life and career, with comments from the man himself.

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
2003
as Self
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg tell the struggles and the passion for making the Indiana Jones Trilogy.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2003
as Allan Quatermain
To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2003
Executive Producer
To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Self / James Bond (archive footage)
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.

Bond Girls Are Forever
2002
as James Bond (archive footage) (uncredited)
Through vintage film clips of past Bond movie epics, and with the participation of several former "Bond Girls" as interviewees (among them Dr. No's Ur...

Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn
2000
as James Bond (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn who playing Q in 17 James Bond films. This trailer with archief footage was created as tribute for SE dvd of The World Is ...

Finding Forrester
2000
as William Forrester
Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accide...

Finding Forrester
2000
Producer
Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accide...

Inside 'You Only Live Twice'
2000
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "You Only Live Twice"

Inside 'From Russia with Love'
2000
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "From Russia with Love".

The Trouble with 'Marnie'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
This hour long documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie" incorporates the usual melange of contemporary interviews with surviving parti...

Inside 'Dr. No'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film Dr. No.

The James Bond Story
1999
as Self
Bond... James Bond! Perhaps the greatest fictional cinema icon ever. He first appeared on the big screen in 1962 in Dr. No and has remained the most p...

Entrapment
1999
as Robert "Mac" MacDougal
Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.

Entrapment
1999
Producer
Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.

Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
The very best of Billy Connolly's stand up comedy, from 30 years of performances around the world!

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Even big stars need to stand in front of the director and audition for their roles, and some of the best screen tests are from the early years of lege...

Playing by Heart
1998
as Paul
In a vibrant tapestry of love and longing, nine interconnected souls navigate romance and heartbreak in L.A., where passions collide and truths unfold...

Junket Whore
1998
as Self
A documentary film that explores the relationship between publicists and journalists in Hollywood.

Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
1998
as Self
Oscar-winning actor Sean Connery is profiled in this segment of "Intimate Portrait." Includes film clips, never-before-seen photos and interviews with

The Avengers
1998
as Sir August de Wynter
British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the worl...

Waiting for Gascoigne: The Story of a Legend
1996
The story of Paul Gascoigne through the 1995-96 season, as one of the most famous football players in the UK.

The Rock
1996
as John Patrick Mason
When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into Sa...

The Rock
1996
Executive Producer
When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into Sa...

DragonHeart
1996
as Draco (voice)
In an ancient time when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, a knight named Bowen comes face to face and heart to heart with the last dra...
Sad?
1996
as James Bond (archive footage)
Set in the mid sixties and shot with more black than white, ‘SAD?’ is a dark ten minute film that explores the time that we spend alone watching telev...

In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995
as Self / James Bond
Jonathan Ross delves into the world of James Bond and meets with new and former cast members who reveal humorous stories and anecdotes in a series of ...

First Knight
1995
as Arthur
The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancel...

Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'
1995
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Thunderball".

Just Cause
1995
as Paul Armstrong
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific...

Just Cause
1995
Producer
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific...

Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'
1995
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Goldfinger".

A Good Man in Africa
1994
as Dr. Alex Murray
Morgan Leafy is a secretary to the British High Commissioner to an Africa nation. Leafy is a man that makes himself useful to his boss, the snobbish A...

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn was one of the movies' best-loved stars, blessed with beauty, talent, an elegant sophistication and an enduring aura of youthful innoce...

Rising Sun
1993
as Capt. John Connor
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called ...

Rising Sun
1993
Executive Producer
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called ...

Sean Connery: Private
1993
as Self
A 1993 TV special and biography of Sean Connery featuring archive footage and appearances by Albert R. Broccoli, Michael Caine, and Michael Feeney Cal...

30 Years of James Bond
1992
as Self
An examination of why the James Bond films have proved so popular including a discussion between the four actors who have played Bond, an interview wi...

Medicine Man
1992
as Dr. Robert Campbell
An eccentric scientist in the Amazon jungle rejects his research assistant for being a woman, but as bulldozers threaten their work on a potential can...

Medicine Man
1992
Executive Producer
An eccentric scientist in the Amazon jungle rejects his research assistant for being a woman, but as bulldozers threaten their work on a potential can...

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991
as King Richard (uncredited)
Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish fellow prisoner Azeem and travels back home to England. ...

Sean Connery Documentary
1991
as Sean Connery

Highlander II: The Quickening
1991
as Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez
In the year 2024, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed, and it's up to MacLeod and Ramirez to set things right. Opposition comes from bo...

The Russia House
1990
as Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair
Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investiga...

The Hunt for Red October
1990
as Capt. 1st Marko Ramius
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The Ameri...

Family Business
1989
as Jessie McMullen
Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently...

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
as Professor Henry Jones
In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval his...

Memories of Me
1988
as Self (uncredited)
After a heart attack, Abbie Polin (Crystal), a New York doctor, goes to Los Angeles to see his father, Abe (King), who works in Hollywood as the "king...

The Presidio
1988
as Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell
Jay Austin is now a civilian police detective. Colonel Caldwell was his commanding officer years before when he left the military police over a disagr...
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
1988
as Self (archive footage)
A follow-up special to ABC's 1987 "The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson." The program includes clips of great stunts, interviews with cele...

The Untouchables
1987
as Jim Malone
Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname ...

Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
1987
as Self (archive footage)
An hour documentary on the history of Bond for the 25th anniversary of the film series.

La rosa dei nomi
1987
as Self
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986
as Self
A German TV documentary that chronicles the daily rehearsals, the filming and all the behind the scenes of Jean-Jacques Annaud's classic "The Name of ...

The Name of the Rose
1986
as William of Baskerville
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under my...

Highlander
1986
as Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is C...

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1984
as The Green Knight
Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a game with a brave knight. Gawain journeys across the l...

Afghanistan For What?
1984
The movie deals with the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and the struggle of the Afghan people against them, through the story of an Afghan girl, a u...

Never Say Never Again
1983
as James Bond
James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat Largo, who has stolen two atomic warheads for nuc...

G'olé!
1983
as Commentator (voice)
This is the official FIFA film of the 1982 World Cup Finals in Spain. Runs 96 minutes and includes commentary by Sean Connery with a special score com...

Five Days One Summer
1982
as Douglas Meredith
A 1930s Scottish doctor (Sean Connery) goes climbing in the Alps with an infatuated niece (Betsy Brantley) he passes off as his wife.

Sean Connery’s Edinburgh
1982
as Self
The screen legend conducts a personal tour of the great city that shaped him.

Wrong Is Right
1982
as Patrick Hale
Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients in th...

Time Bandits
1981
as King Agamemnon / Fireman
Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purl...

Outland
1981
as Marshal William T. O'Niel
On the sunless moon Io, Marshall William T. O’Niel goes toe-to-toe with the corrupt manager of a mining colony and his gang of roughnecks while invest...

Cuba
1979
as Maj. Robert Dapes
A British mercenary arrives in pre-Revolution Cuba to help train the corrupt General Batista's army against Castro's guerrillas while he also romances...

Meteor
1979
as Paul Bradley
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it hits it will cause an incredible cat...

The First Great Train Robbery
1978
as Edward Pierce
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.

A Bridge Too Far
1977
as Maj. Gen. Robert E. Urquhart
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in H...

The Next Man
1976
as Khalil Abdul-Muhsen
Khalil is an Arab diplomat who wants to not only make peace with Israel, but admit the Jewish state as a member of OPEC. This instantly makes him a ta...

Circasia
1976
as Clown
Happenings in a small Irish traveling circus.

Robin and Marian
1976
as Robin Hood
Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.

The Man Who Would Be King
1975
as Daniel Dravot
A robust adventure about two British adventurers who take over primitive Kafiristan as "godlike" rulers, meeting a tragic end through their desire for...

The Wind and the Lion
1975
as Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli
At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers, and the attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure ...

Ransom
1974
as Col. Nils Tahlvik
Following a series of bomb attacks in London, a group of terrorists seize Britain's ambassador to Scandinavia. With the ambassador now a hostage in hi...

Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Colonel Arbuthnot
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

The Vocation
1974
as Narrator (voice)
Sven Nykvist, best known as Ingmar Bergman cinematographer, made this film as a tribute to his father who was a missionary in Kongo in the early 20th ...

Zardoz
1974
as Zed
In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.

The Big Screen
1973
as Self
Two of Britain's leading film directors - John Schlesinger and Gerald Thomas - share the anxiety, hopes and risks experienced by those involved with t...

The Offence
1973
as Detective Sergeant Johnson
A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.

Diamonds Are Forever
1971
as James Bond
Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The missio...

The Anderson Tapes
1971
as Duke Anderson
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the enti...
Lesson #007: Close Quarters Combat
1971
as Self
Short documentary about the staging and filming of the elevator fight sequence from the James Bond movie "Diamonds are Forever".

The Molly Maguires
1970
as Jack Kehoe
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1876. A secret society of Irish coal miners, bond by a sacred oath, put pressure on the greedy and ruthless company t...

The Red Tent
1969
as Roald Amundsen
Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.

Male of the Species
1969
as MacNeil
Never trust a man whoever he is. This is the bitter lesson learned by Mary MacNeil in her relationships with three different men: her father, a mendac...

Shalako
1968
as Moses Zebulon 'Shalako' Carlin
Sean Connery is Shalako, a guide in the old West who has to rescue an aristocratic British hunting party from Indians and bandits.

The Bowler and the Bunnet
1967
as Self
Sean Connery examines the gap and suspicion in the relationship between management and workers in industry, and shows how one Scottish shipyard is try...

The Bowler and the Bunnet
1967
Producer, Director
Sean Connery examines the gap and suspicion in the relationship between management and workers in industry, and shows how one Scottish shipyard is try...

You Only Live Twice
1967
as James Bond
A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the c...
The Castles of Scotland
1967
as Narrator
Narrated by Sean Connery, this film takes us on a scenic and informative tour around the castles of Scotland.

A Fine Madness
1966
as Samson Shillitoe
A womanizing poet falls into the hands of a psychiatrist with a straying wife.

A Young World
1966
as Self (uncredited)
A freelance photographer falls in love with a French medical student and becomes pregnant. Faced with the situation, he pressures her to have an abort...

Thunderball
1965
as James Bond
A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they wil...

The Incredible World of James Bond
1965
as Self (archive footage)
This promotional film was aired on American television on 26 November 1965, one month before the release of Thunderball (1965). Narrated by Alexander ...
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
1965
as Self
Promotional film depicting the production and Cannes premiere of the Sidney Lumet film "The Hill."

The Hill
1965
as Joe Roberts
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objec...

Goldfinger
1964
as James Bond
Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to pre...

The Guns of James Bond
1964
as Self
Short 1964 black-and-white documentary featurette hosted by Sean Connery and featuring the real-life inspiration for the character of Q, Major Geoffre...

Marnie
1964
as Mark Rutland
Marnie is a thief, a liar, and a cheat. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, catches on to her routine kleptomania, she finds herself being blackmailed.

Woman of Straw
1964
as Anthony Richmond
Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs,...

From Russia with Love
1963
as James Bond
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa K...

Dr. No
1962
as James Bond
Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go ...

The Longest Day
1962
as Pvt. Flanagan
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the d...

Anna Karenina
1961
as Count Alexei Vronsky
Anna, the wife of government minister Alexei Karenin, visits Moscow to help straighten out a family quarrel. There, Count Alexei Vronsky falls in love...

On the Fiddle
1961
as Pedlar Pascoe
Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedl...

The Frightened City
1961
as Paddy Damion
A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn't like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in h...

Adventure Story
1961
as Alexander, King of Macedon
The story of Alexander the Great.

MacBeth
1961
as MacBeth
This is a very theatrical version, full of sound & fury, histrionics and big arm movements. Cynical audiences might not buy into it, but if you we...
Riders to the Sea
1960
as Bartley
Maurya, who lives in a village on the coast of Ireland, has lost her husband, father-in-law, and five sons to the sea. With a sense of foreboding, she...

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
1959
as O'Bannion
The greatest adventure of jungle king Tarzan. Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain explosives for use in a diamond mine. In doing so they...

Darby O'Gill and the Little People
1959
as Michael MacBride
A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him ...

I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
1959
as Michael MacBride
Behind the scenes of Darby O'Gill and the Little People.

A Night to Remember
1958
as Deckhand (uncredited)
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspect...

Another Time, Another Place
1958
as Mark Trevor
In England during WWII, an American news correspondent’s affair with a married British correspondent ends tragically when he is killed in action. Fear...

Time Lock
1957
as Welder #1
A boy is accidentally locked in a bank vault. With less than 10 hours of oxygen left in the vault, it becomes a race to save the boy.

Action of the Tiger
1957
as Mike
A woman hires soldier-of-fortune Carson to smuggle her into Albania by way of Greece. Their trouble is just beginning when they get there.

Hell Drivers
1957
as Johnny Kates
An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.

Blood Money
1957
as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
"Mountain" McClintock is over the hill as a boxer, but his corrupt manager keeps putting him back in the ring.

No Road Back
1957
as Spike
A blind and deaf woman dedicates her life and sacrifices all she has for her son, a good-for-nothing troublemaker who gets mixed up with a criminal ga...

Lilacs in the Spring
1954
as Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)
A young actress must decide which of two lovers will be her husband. She daydreams about each one to help her decide.
Simon
1954
as Policeman
Story of Simon, the odd boy out and how he is thwarted in his attempts to be one of "the gang".