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Sean Connery – a life in pictures

A portrait of Sir Sean Connery
A portrait of Sir Sean Connery Photograph: Cynthia Gould/REX/Shutterstock
Connery as a young boy.
Connery as a young boy. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock
Sean Connery turns 80: Sean Connery as a teenager
As a teenager. Photograph: Rex Features
With wrestler Chopper Howlett.
With wrestler Chopper Howlett. Photograph: David P Webster/Rex/Shutterstock
Sean Connery turns 80: Sean Connery turns 80
Van Johnson, Sean Connery and Martine Carol battle it out in a fight scene from Action of the Tiger (1957), directed by Terence Young. Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images
With Lana Turner in Another Time, Another Place (1958).
With Lana Turner in Another Time, Another Place (1958). Photograph: Cinetext/Paramount/Allstar
A scene from the film Hell Drivers in which Connery (‘Johnny’), Patrick McGoohan (‘Red’) and Sid James (‘Dusty’) laugh at Stanley Baker (‘Tom’) as he struggles on the floor.
A scene from the film Hell Drivers in which Connery (‘Johnny’), Patrick McGoohan (‘Red’) and Sid James (‘Dusty’) laugh at Stanley Baker (‘Tom’) as he struggles on the floor. Photograph: ITV/Rex Features
As James Bond for Dr No (1962).
As James Bond for Dr No (1962). Photograph: United Artists/Sportsphoto/Allstar
With Ursula Andress in Dr No.
With Ursula Andress in Dr No. Photograph: Cinetext/United Artists/Allstar
Sean Connery turns 80: Sean Connery and writer Ian Fleming on the set of Goldfinger in 1964
Connery and Bond writer Ian Fleming on the set of Goldfinger in 1964. Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features
With Lois Maxwell in From Russia With Love (1963).
With Lois Maxwell in From Russia With Love (1963). Photograph: The Kobal Collection
Sean Connery turns 80: Sean Connery and Daniela Bianchi filming 'From Russia wirth Love' in 1963
Filming From Russia With Love with Daniela Bianchi in 1963. Photograph: Rex Features
Leaning on an Aston Martin DB5 as Bond in Goldfinger (1964).
Leaning on an Aston Martin DB5 as Bond in Goldfinger (1964). Photograph: Danjaq/Eon/Ua/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
Connery And Honor Blackman during the filming of Goldfinger.
Connery And Honor Blackman during the filming of Goldfinger. Photograph: John Knoote/Daily Mail/REX/Shutterstock
With Shirley Eaton in Goldfinger.
With Shirley Eaton in Goldfinger. Photograph: Danjaq/Eon/Ua/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
Golfing in Goldfinger.
Golfing in Goldfinger. Photograph: Cine Text/Sportsphoto/Allstar
Bantering with Gert Fröbe in Goldfinger.
Bantering with Gert Fröbe in Goldfinger. Photograph: PictureLux/The Hollywood Archive/Alamy Stock Photo
Connery with his then wife Diane Cilento and family.
Connery with his then wife Diane Cilento and family. Photograph: Rex Features
Connery with Alfred Hitchcock on the set of Marnie in 1964.
Connery with Alfred Hitchcock on the set of Marnie in 1964.
Photograph: Cine Text/Sportsphoto/Allstar
As James Bond again in Thunderball (1965).
As James Bond again in Thunderball (1965). Photograph: SNAP/Rex Features
With an assortment of ‘Bond girls’ in Thunderball.
With an assortment of ‘Bond girls’ in Thunderball. Photograph: United Artists/Allstar
Sean Connery turns 80: Jill St John and Sean Connery as James Bondin Diamonds are Forever, 1971.
With Jill St John in the James Bond film Diamonds are Forever (1971). Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext Collection/Sportsphoto/Allstar/Cinetext Collection
As James Bond in You Only Live Twice (1967).
As James Bond in You Only Live Twice (1967). Photograph: United Artists/Allstar
Sean Connery turns 80: Sean Connery as James Bond in 'You Only Live Twice' 1967
Taking a dip in You Only Live Twice. Photograph: United Artists/Allstar
Sean connery at 80: Sean Connery You Only Live Twice
A more strenuous episode of You Only Live Twice. Photograph: United Artists/Allstar
With Brigitte Bardot in Shalako (1968).
With Brigitte Bardot in Shalako (1968). Photograph: Cinetext /Allstar
Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon and director Sidney Lumet on the set of The Anderson Tapes (1971).
Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon and director Sidney Lumet on the set of The Anderson Tapes (1971). Photograph: Cannon\Everett / Rex Features
As James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Photograph: Cine Text/Allstar
As James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Photograph: Cine Text/Allstar Photograph: Cine Text/Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar
In Zardoz (1974).
In Zardoz (1974). Photograph: 20 Century Fox/Allstar/Cinetext
Sean Connery turns 80: Michael Caine & Sean Connery in 'The Man Who Would Be King'
Alongside Michael Caine in John Huston’s The Man Who Would Be King (1975).
Photograph: Sportsphoto/Allstar
Photograph: Columbia/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar
Sean Connery turns 80: Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn as Robin Hood and Maid Marian
Starring as Robin Hood, with Audrey Hepburn as Maid Marian, in Robin And Marian (1976).
Photograph: SNAP / Rex Features
Photograph: SNAP / Rex Features
sean connery at 80: A BRIDGE TOO FAR
With Gene Hackman, Dirk Bogarde and Ryan O’Neal in A Bridge Too Far (1977). Photograph: Cinetext/Allstar
Sean Connery turns 80: Sean Connery, Christian Slater in 'The Name Of The Rose'
Alongside Christian Slater in The Name of the Rose (1986).
Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext
Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext Collection/Sportsphoto/Allstar/Cinetext Collection
Looking into Christopher Lambert’s eyes in Highlander (1986).
Looking into Christopher Lambert’s eyes in Highlander (1986). Photograph: EMI/Sportsphoto/Allstar
Sean Connery turns 80: Sean Connery in 'The Untouchables' film - 1987
Making up a fearsome foursome with Andy Garcia, Kevin Costner and Charles Martin Smith in The Untouchables (1987).
Photograph: Everett / Rex Features
Photograph: c.Paramount/Everett / Rex Features
Sean Connery turns 80: Sean Connery with his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in the 'Untouchables'
With the Oscar for best supporting actor The Untouchables earned him.
Photograph: SNAP / Rex Features
Photograph: SNAP / Rex Features
With fellow Brits Michael Caine and Roger Moore at the Oscars in Los Angeles in 1989.
With fellow Brits Michael Caine and Roger Moore at the Oscars in Los Angeles in 1989. Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features
Sean Connery turns 80: Spielberg, Ford, and Sean Connery on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Talking to Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, Sean Connery on the set of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).
Photograph: Everett / Rex Features
Photograph: Paramount/Everett / Rex Features
Sean Connery turns 80: Sean Connery in 'The Hunt For Red October' 1980
The Hunt For Red October (1990).
Photograph: Cine Text/Allstar
Photograph: Cine Text/Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar
Sean Connery turns 80: Sean Connery with Michelle Pfeiffer in 1990's 'The Russia House'
With Michelle Pfeiffer in 1990’s The Russia House. Photograph: SNAP / Rex Features Photograph: SNAP / Rex Features
Sean Connery turns 80: Meg Ryan & Sean Connery in 'The Presidio' 1988
Opposite Meg Ryan in The Presidio (1988).
Photograph: Sportsphoto/Allstar
Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext Collection/Sportsphoto/Allstar/Cinetext
sean connery at 80: sean connery & lorraine bracco medicine man (1992)
In Medicine Man (1992) with Lorraine Bracco. Photograph: Buena Vista/Allstar/Cinetext
Sean Connery turns 80: Scottish actor Sean Connery poses for photographers in Cannes 1999
Posing for photographers in a photocall for his film Entrapment at the Cannes film festival in 1999. Photograph: Michel Euler/AP
sean connery at 80: Sean Connery joins Alex Salmond and the SNP for a rally
With politician Alex Salmond for an SNP rally at the EICC, Edinburgh in 1999. Photograph: Murdo Macleod
Connery’s face projected onto the rocks beneath Edinburgh castle to mark the opening of the Edinburgh film festival.
Connery’s face projected onto the rocks beneath Edinburgh castle to mark the opening of the Edinburgh film festival. Photograph: Simon Grosset/PA
Connery during a day that saw him campaign for the SNP and open a theatre – the Byre theatre, St Andrews – in 2001.
Connery during a day that saw him campaign for the SNP and open a theatre – the Byre theatre, St Andrews – in 2001. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian
Sean Connery turns 80: Sean Connery and wife Micheline Connery Morocco 200
With his wife, Micheline, at the Marrakech film festival in 2004. Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features
Sean Connery turns 80: Sean Connery as Allan Quartermain, 2003
As Allan Quatermain, alongside Tony Curran as The Invisible Man, Stuart Townsend as Dorian Gray and Naseeruddin Shah as Captain Nemo, in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003). Photograph: Twentieth Century Fox
Connery after receiving his lifetime achievement award during the European film awards 2005 in Berlin.
Connery after receiving his lifetime achievement award during the European film awards 2005 in Berlin. Photograph: Michael Kappeler/AFP/Getty Images
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