Sean Connery

Sean Connery

Date of Birth: 25 Aug 1930

Country: UK

Biography: Sir Thomas Sean Connery, more commonly known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer. He is best known for portraying the character James Bond, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His film career also includes such films as Marnie, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Hunt for Red October, Highlander, Murder (Wikipedia)

Total Credits at Criticker: 77 (Actor), 1 (Director)

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    The Avengers
    British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the world with his weather control machine. Steed investigates the beautiful Doctor Mrs. Emma Peel, the only suspect, but simultaneously falls for her and joins forces with her to combat Sir August. (imdb)
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    Entrapment
    An insurance agent is sent by her employer to track down and help capture an art thief.
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    Finding Forrester
    An uplifting story about the unusual dynamic between an isolated author and the confident teenager who changes his life.
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    The Hunt for Red October
    A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius (Connery). The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst (Baldwin) has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it-because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find him, too. (Paramount Pictures)
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    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    Chapter 25 in the complete adventures of Indiana Jones has it all: the fedora, the bullwhip, the ophidiophobia (fear of snakes)! This time, Indy (Ford) is on a perilous hunt for the Holy Grail with none other than his cantankerous dad (Connery). Father and son have rarely seen eye to eye. But if the adventure they share can't bridge the generation gap, nothing can. (Paramount)
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    The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
    Incredible technology wielded by a mind of infinite evil is threatening the safety of the entire world. To fight the unthinkable, the British government will have to mobilize the extraordinary. This team -- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen -- is the only thing standing between the future and total destruction. (20th Century Fox)
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    The Rock
    All of San Francisco is taken hostage when a vengeful general seizes control of Alcatraz Island, threatening to launch missiles loaded with deadly poison gas. With time running out, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and a notorious federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the island fortress and defuse the lethal situation.
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    Medicine Man
    An eccentric scientist working for a large drug company is working on a research project in the Amazon jungle (imdb)
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    Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
    When Robin and his Moorish companion come to England and the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham, he decides to fight back as an outlaw (imdb)
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    Rising Sun
    At the offices of a Japanese corporation, during a party, a woman, who's evidently a professional mistress, is found dead (imdb)
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    Playing by Heart
    Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in L.A (imdb)
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    Zardoz
    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. (imdb)
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    The Name of the Rose
    An intellectually nonconformist monk investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey. (imdb)
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    The Great Train Robbery
    In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train. (imdb)
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    The Untouchables
    Federal Agent Elliot Ness sets out to take out Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team. (imdb)
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    The Longest Day
    The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view. (imdb)
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    Diamonds Are Forever
    007 goes to Las Vegas to investigate the disappearance of diamonds in transit and discovers the involvement of his enemy Blofeld.
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    You Only Live Twice
    Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked.
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    Thunderball
    James Bond heads to The Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.
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    Goldfinger
    Investigating a gold magnate's gold smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve.
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    From Russia with Love
    Agent 007 is sent into Turkey to confiscate an encryption device which is actually a trap for him contrived by SPECTRE.
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    Dr. No
    James Bond's investigation of a missing colleague in Jamaica leads him to the island of the mysterious Dr. No and a scheme to end the US space program.
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    First Knight
    Lancelot falls in love with Guinevere, who is due to be married to King Arthur. Meanwhile, a violent warlord tries to seize power from Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
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    Highlander
    An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponent, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize". (imdb)
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    Dragonheart
    The last dragon and a disillusioned dragonslaying knight must cooperate to stop an evil king who was given partial immortality. (imdb)
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    Time Bandits
    A young boy accidently joins a band of dwarves as they jump from time-period to time-period looking for treasure to steal. (imdb)
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    Marnie
    Mark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them. (imdb)
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    The Man Who Would Be King
    Two British soldiers in India are mistaken for gods. (imdb)
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    Never Say Never Again
    A SPECTRE agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.
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    Murder on the Orient Express
    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. (imdb)
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    The Thief and the Cobbler
    The film tells a story which takes place in an oriental city from the tales of thousand and one night... (imdb)
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    The Russia House
    An expatriate British publisher unexpectedly finds himself working for British intelligence to investigate people in Russia. (imdb)
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    Highlander II: The Quickening
    In the future, Highlander Connor MacLeod must prevent the destruction of Earth under an anti-ozone shield. (imdb)
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    Just Cause
    Bobby Earl is facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl. Eight years after the crime he calls in Paul Armstrong, a professor of law, to help prove his innocence. Armstrong quickly uncovers some overlooked evidence to present to the local police, but they aren't interested - Bobby was their killer. (imdb)
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    Outland
    A police marshal on a remote mining colony located on one of Jupiter's moons gets no support when he attempts to bring down a drug smuggling ring, and is then targeted by professional gunmen. (imdb)
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    The Terrorists
    A gang of hijackers led by Ian McShane seize a British plane as it is landing in Scandinavia. Ruthless military police chief Colonel Tahlvik (Sean Connery) is assigned to rescue the plane and it's passengers. (imdb)
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    A Bridge Too Far
    An historic telling of the failed attempt to capture several bridges to Germany in World War II in a campaign called Operation Market-Garden. (imdb)
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    The Presidio
    Jay Austin is now a civilian police detective. Colonel Caldwell was his commanding officer years before when he left the military police over a disagreement over the handling of a drunk driver. Now a series of murders that cross jurisdictions force them to work together again. (imdb)
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    Darby O\
    In the enchanted Emerald Isle, Darby O'Gill spins tall tales of leprechauns and banshees. Unfortunately, when he actually captures the leprechaun king and discovers their hidden gold, no one will believe him! (imdb)
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    Meteor
    After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough fire power... (imdb)
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    The Hill
    WWII, in a British disciplinary camp located in the Libyan desert. Prisoners are persecuted by Staff Sergeant Williams, who made them climb again and again, under the heavy sun, an artificial hill built right in the middle of the camp. Harris is a more human and compassionate guard, but the chief, S.M. Wilson, refuses to disown his subordinate Williams. One day, five new prisoners arrive. Each of them will deal in a different way with the authority and Williams' ferocity. (imdb)
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    Family Business
    Jessie is an ageing career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity. They both have great hope for Adam, Vito's son and Jessie's grandson, who is bright, good-looking, and without a criminal past... (imdb)
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    The Wind and the Lion
    At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers. The attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention. (imdb)
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    The Anderson Tapes
    A thief (Duke Anderson) just released from ten years in jail, takes up with his old girlfriend (Ingrid) in her posh apartment. He makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is recorded on audio and video tape, although he is not the subject of any surveillance. (imdb)
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    The Offence
    In Sidney Lumet's harrowing portrayal of police brutality, Detective Sergeant Johnson (Sean Connery) has been with the British Police Force for 20 years. In that time, the countless murders, rapes and other serious crimes he has had to investigate has left a terrible mark on him. His anger and aggression that had been suppressed for years finally surfaces when interviewing a suspect... (imdb)
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    Robin and Marian
    A sort of tragicomedy/adventure film, "Robin and Marian" picks up the Robin Hood legend some twenty years after most versions of the story, with Robin and his sidekick Little John returning to their old Sherwood haunts world-weary from the Crusades and their sickening brutality... (imdb)
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    Hell Drivers
    Joe 'Tom' Yateley is an ex-convict. Trying to leave his past behind, he decides to start working for the Hawlett Trucking company, which transports gravel. It's an aggressive company, where speed is everything. Doing too less runs in a day? You're out... (imdb)
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    A Good Man in Africa
    Based on a novel by William Boyd (who also wrote the film's screenplay), this darkly witty drama explores the political, social, and sexual gamesmanship of a group of British and African politicians. (All Movie Guide)
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    Shalako
    A fairly standard Louis Lamour western. Shalako, the hunter and tracker has to save a party of European hunters who are in danger from an Indian uprising. (imdb)
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    Action of the Tiger
    Carson is an American contraband runner approached by Tracy, a French woman who wants him to help rescue her brother from Albania where he is being held as a political prisoner. (imdb)
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    The Molly Maguires
    Life is rough in the coal mines of 1876 Pennsylvania. A secret group of Irish emigrant miners, known as the Molly Maguires, fights against the cruelty of the mining company with sabotage and murder. A detective, also an Irish emigrant, is hired to infiltrate the group and report on its members. But on which side do his sympathies lie? (imdb)
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    The Red Tent
    As the leader of a 1928 Arctic airship expedition watches a television program about the disastrous undertaking, the ghosts of those involved in the voyage and subsequent rescue attempts gather to determine his guilt in the affair. Most of the film is a flash-back to the voyage and the international efforts to rescue the crew of the airship from an ice flow. (imdb)
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    Wrong Is Right
    Only Patrick Hale can prevent a desperate president, the head of the CIA, a trigger happy general, terrorists, an arms dealer, and religious fanatics from destroying our world, but he has other things on his mind. (imdb)
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    Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and 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... (imdb)
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    Tarzan\
    Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain explosives for use in a diamond mine. In doing so they nearly destroy the settlement, so and Tarzan pursues them to their mine. (imdb)
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    Lilacs in the Spring
    A young actress must decide which of two lovers will be her husband. She daydreams about each one to help her decide.
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    Cuba
    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 a former lover now married to an unscrupulous plantation owner. (imdb)
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    A Fine Madness
    Samson Shillitoe, a frustrated poet and a magnet for women, is behind in his alimony payments, and lives with Rhoda, a waitress who stands by him through all his troubles. Samson becomes belligerent when he cannot find the inspiration to finish his big poem so Rhoda tries to get him to see the psychiatrist Dr. West, who claims to be able to cure writer's block. Samson ends up begin pursued by various women while trying to evade the subpoena servers and finish his poem. (imdb)
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    The Next Man
    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 target for a series of ingeniously conceived assassination attempts, most of which he foils with the aid of his friend Hamid and his girlfriend Nicole. But can he trust even them? (imdb)
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    Woman of Straw
    Tyrannical but ailing tycoon Charles Richmond becomes very fond of his attractive Italian nurse, Maria. The nurse, in turn, falls in love with Charles' ne'er-do-well nephew Anthony, who plots ways to gain control of his uncle's fortune. (imdb)
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    The Frightened City
    A British crime boss unites all the rivals to form one big operation, but eventually one of the partners breaks off and a war ensues. (TCM.com)
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    Memories of Me
    N.Y. doctor visits L.A. to spend time with his estranged father, a career movie extra dying of cancer. (starz.com)
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    Another Time, Another Place
    Lana Turner is a female American journalist who has an affair with BBC war correspondent, Sean Connery, during WWII. When Connery is killed in action, Turner returns to his hometown to console his wife. (imdb)
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    Operation Snafu
    When he is pulled up in court for selling stuff on the street, Horace Pope says he was only doing it while waiting to enlist. The judge calls his bluff and forces him to sign up. Pope makes friends with the easy going but loyal Pedlar Pascoe, who happily goes along with all of his scams in an effort to avoid the front lines and make a bit on the side. However, his scams cause trouble where he goes and there are only so many places he can go before France beckons. (imdb)
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    The Bowler and the Bunnet
    Sean Connery examines the gap and suspicion in the relationship between management and workers in industry, and shows how one Scottish shipyard is trying to change that and what could well be a blueprint for other companies to follow. (imdb)
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    Five Days One Summer
    A meditative examination of an illicit May-December romance, set in the mountain expanse of the Swiss Alps. Sean Connery plays Douglas, a middle-aged Scottish doctor on vacation in the Alps in 1932 with a beautiful and fresh-faced young woman, Kate (Betsy Brantley), whom he introduces as his wife. Douglas has taken Kate to the Alps to introduce her to the invigorating sport of mountain climbing. (allrovi.com)
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    BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
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    Sir Billi
    When a rogue cop finally captures a "smelly beaver" that he has spent the last five years of his life in search of, it is up to Sir Billi (SIR SEAN CONNERY) to stop him. Through a series of bizarre and unexplained phenomena, Billi discovers that he cannot function without his goat/lover/""wee man". The action never lets up - dramatic tensions rise when Billi discovers he is unable to help a rabbit whose spinal chord is broken, and there are continuous movie parodies (mostly James Bond).
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    Infinite Space: The Architecture of John Lautner
    Documentary about 20th century American architect John Lautner (en.wikipedia.org)
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    The James Bond Story
    One Bond is not enough, and this documentary proves it! The James Bond Story celebrates the 39th Anniversary of James Bond in the cinema. (imdb)
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    The Guns of James Bond
    Short 1964 black-and-white documentary featurette hosted by Sean Connery and featuring the real-life inspiration for the character of Q, Major Geoffrey Boothroyd with a discussion of the gun weaponry used by James Bond. Originally shown on the BBC and recently on on the Dr. No 2007 DVD special features. (imdb)
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    The Trouble With Marnie
    This hour long documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie" incorporates the usual melange of contemporary interviews with surviving participants and liberal helpings of film clips and production shots. (imdb)
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    Adventure Story
    The story of Alexander the Great.
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    Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
    The highlights from Billy Connolly's thirty years as a stand up comedian are collected together here, along with a previously unseen live performance in Glasgow by the Big Yin.
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    G\
    The official documentary film of the 1982 FIFA World Cup held in Spain, with highlights from the winners and some surprise teams. (imdb)
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    Sean Connery: In His Own Words
    Featuring archive interviews with Sean Connery from over 50 years in the business. Friends, actors and directors including Robert Carlyle, Dougray Scott, Laurence Fishburne, Terry Gilliam and George Lucas pay tribute to Scotland's greatest movie star as he celebrates his 85th birthday.
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    Scene by Scene
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