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3Sean Connery
- Date of birth: August 25, 1930
- Place of birth: Fountainbridge, Scotland
- Birth name: Thomas Sean Connery
- Fun fact: Started losing his hair at 21, wears a toupee in all the James Bond movies.
- Times he played 007: 7 times
Sean Connery’s 007 movies:
1. James Bond: Dr. No
- Release: 1962
- His age at release: 32
- Salary: $100,000
- Fun fact: Fortunately this was the only movie in which James Bond sung.. (“Under The Mango Tree”)
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2. James Bond: From Russia With Love
- Release: 1963
- His age at release: 33
- Salary: $250,000
- Fun fact: Sean Connery received eight specially tailored Saville Row suits for this movie, $2,000 each.
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3. James Bond: Goldfinger
- Release: 1964
- His age at release: 34
- Salary: $500,000
- Fun fact: Sean Connery never traveled to the United States to film this movie. Every scene in which he appears to be in the USA was filmed in Pinewood Studios outside London. This explains why Bond flips a light switch down to discover the golden corpse of Jill, as English light switches are generally turned on by flicking them down instead of up (source: IMDB)
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4. James Bond: Thunderball
- Release: 1965
- His age at release: 35
- Salary: $600,000
- Fun fact: Thunderball is Sean Connery’s personal favorite movie in his role as agent 007.
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5. James Bond: You Only Live Twice
- Release: 1967
- His age at release: 36
- Salary: $1,000,000
- Fun fact: After the film wrapped, Connery was reportedly asked whether he found Japanese women attractive to which he allegedly replied, “No,” causing many Japanese to call him bad names. (source: IMDB)
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6. James Bond: Diamonds Are Forever
- Release: 1971
- His age at release: 41
- Salary: $1,250,000
- Fun fact: This is the first and one of the few titles in which James Bond has sex with only one woman in the entire movie.
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7. James Bond: Never Say Never Again
(unofficial 007 title, see info in List Of James Bond Movies post)
- Release: 1983
- His age at release: 53
- Salary: $5,000,000
- Fun fact: A young Steven Seagal was the martial arts instructor for this film. He broke Sean Connery’s wrist during training. (source: IMDB)