Agent 007 Sean Connery has died!

A very sad news has reached the whole world these days, the unforgettable Agent 007 Sean Connery died today at the age of 90!

Sir Thomas Sean Connery, who was born on 25 August 1930 in Edinburgh, Scotland, not only played James Bond, i.e. Agent 007, and other very prominent roles, but was also a producer and sportsman.

Although few people probably know this about him, he was a bodybuilder in his youth, even standing on the podium of the NABBA Mr. Universe competition in 1953!

Sean was the recipient of an Academy Award, or Oscar, which he won in 1988 for Best Supporting Actor in the film The Expendables (1987), in which he starred alongside Kevin Costner, Andy Garcia and Robert De Niro.
He has also won two BAFTAs and three Golden Globe Awards.

He is best known for his role as James Bond, or Agent 007, which he portrayed in Dr. No (1962), Greetings from Russia (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965) and You Only Live Twice (1967). He then appeared in the Bond films Diamonds Are Forever (1971) and Never Say Never (1983). All seven films were commercially very successful.

His other films include Marnie (1964), League of Extraordinaries (2003), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Submarine Hunt (1990), Highlander (1986), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Dragonheart (1996), The First Knight (1995) and The Rock (1996).

Trivia:

• In 2000 he was elevated to the peerage, and allowed to use the title Sir.
• He has been nicknamed the Greatest Living Scot.
• In 1989, he was named the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine.
• In 1999, at the age of 69, he was named Sexiest Man of the Century by the same magazine.

Sir Sean Connery died in his sleep on October 31, 2020, while in the Bahamas.