Sean Connery born in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland on 25 August 1930. His mother, Euphemia McBain "Effie" (née McLean), was a cleaning woman, and his father, Joseph Connery, was a factory worker and lorry driver. His paternal grandfather's parents emigrated to Scotland from Ireland in the mid-19th century. The remainder of his family was of Scottish descent, and his maternal great-grandparents were native Scottish Gaelic speakers from Fife (unusually, for a speaker of the language), and Uig on the Isle of Skye. His father was a Roman Catholic, and his mother was a Protestant. He has a younger brother, Neil. Connery has said
Sean Wilson (actor) Sean Wilson (actor) Sean Wilson (born 4 April 1965 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire) is an English actor and cheesemaker, best known for his role as Martin Platt in "Coronation Street" from 1985 to 2005, and for a brief stint in 2018. Wilson joined the cast of "Coronation Street" as Martin Platt, ex-husband of Gail Platt and father of David Platt, in 1985. Since leaving the serial in 2005, he has played minor roles in several UK television dramas, the most recent being in January 2008, when he appeared in "Waterloo Road" as Darren Briggs Snr, a student's father whose crush on