Sean Connery 1962-1967; 1971
Thomas Sean Connery was born on August
25, 1930 in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. His mother, Euphamia C. Maclean, was a
cleaning lady, and his father, Joseph Connery, was a factory worker and truck
driver. He also has a brother named Neil Connery, who works as a plasterer in
Edinburgh. Before going into acting, Sean had many different jobs, such as a
Milkman, lorry driver, a laborer, artist's model for the Edinburgh College of
Art, coffin polisher and bodybuilder. He also joined the Royal Navy, but was
later discharged because of medical problems. At the age of 23, he had a choice
between becoming a professional footballer or an actor, and even though he
showed much promise in the sport, he chose acting and said it was one of his
more intelligent moves.
George Lazenby was born on September
5th, 1939, in Australia. He moved to London, England in 1964, after serving in
the Australian Army. Before becoming an actor, he worked as an auto mechanic,
used car salesman, prestige car salesman, and as a male model, in London,
England. In 1968, Lazenby was cast as "James Bond", despite his only
previous acting experience being in commercials, and his only film appearance
being a bit-part in a 1965 Italian-made Bond spoof. Lazenby won the role based
on a screen-test fight scene, the strength of his interviews, fight skills and
audition footage. A chance encounter with Bond series producer Albert R.
Broccoli in a hair salon in 1966, in London, had given Lazenby his first shot
at getting the role. Broccoli had made a mental note to remember Lazenby as a
possible candidate at the time when he thought Lazenby looked like a Bond. The
lengths Lazenby went to to get the role included spending his last pounds on
acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally
made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch.
Perhaps he will always be remembered as
the man who replaced Sean Connery in the James Bond series, arguably something
he never lived down. Roger George Moore was born on October 14, 1927 in
Stockwell, London, England, the son of a policeman. He first wanted to be an
artist, but got into films full time after becoming an extra in the late 1940s.
Moore also served in the British military during the Second World War. He came
to America in 1953. Suave, extremely handsome, and an excellent actor, he got a
contract with MGM . His initial foray met with mixed success, with movies like
Diane (1956) and Interrupted Melody (1955), as well as The Last Time I Saw
Paris (1954).
At a consistently lean 6' 2",
green-eyed Timothy Dalton may very well be one of the last of the dying breed
of swashbuckling, classically trained Shakespearean actors who have forged
simultaneous successful careers in theater, television and film. He has been
comparison-shopped roundly for stepping into roles played by other actors,
first following Sir Laurence Olivier in Wuthering Heights (1970), then as
"James Bond" in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill
(1989), and even more brutally, recently, as "Rhett Butler" in
"Scarlett" (1994).
Pierce Brosnan was born in Navan,
County Meath, Ireland, and lived in Navan, County Meath, until he moved to
England, UK, at an early age (thus explaining his ability to play men from both
backgrounds convincingly). His father left the household when Pierce was a
child and although reunited later in life, the two have never had a close
relationship. His most popular role is that of British secret agent James Bond.
The death, in 1991, of Cassandra Harris, his wife of eleven years, left him
with three children - Christopher and Charlotte from Cassandra's first marriage
and Sean from their marriage. Since her death, he has had two children with his
second wife, Keely Shaye Smith.
Daniel Craig 2006-present
Daniel Craig, one of British theatre's
most famous faces who was waiting tables as a struggling teenage actor with the
NYT, went on to star as "James Bond" in Casino Royale (2006), Quantum
of Solace (2008) and Skyfall (2012).
He was born Daniel Wroughton Craig on March 2, 1968, at 41 Liverpool Road,
Chester, Cheshire, England. His father, Tim Craig, was a merchant seaman turned
steel erector, then became landlord of "Ring O' Bells" pub in
Frodsham, Cheshire. His mother, Carol Olivia Craig, was an art teacher. His
parents split up in 1972, and young Daniel Craig was raised with his older
sister, Lea, in Liverpool, then in Hoylake, Wirral, in the home of his mother.
His interest in acting was encouraged by visits to the Liverpool Everyman
Theatre arranged by his mother. From the age of 6, Craig started acting in
school plays, making his debut in the Frodsham Primary School production of
"Oliver!", and his mother was the driving force behind his artistic
aspirations. The first Bond movie he ever saw at the cinema was Roger Moore's
Live and Let Die (1973); young Daniel Craig saw it with his father, so it took a
special place in his heart. He was also a good athlete and was a rugby player
at Hoylake Rugby Club.
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