Sean Connery filmography Sean Connery filmography Sir Sean Connery is a retired Scottish actor and producer. He was the first actor to have portrayed the literary character James Bond in a film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and again in an unofficial Bond film in 1983. He is also known for his roles as Jimmy Malone in "The Untouchables" (1987), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, along with his portrayals of Mark Rutland in "Marnie" (1964), Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez in "Highlander" (1986), Henry Jones Sr. in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989), Captain Marko
James Bond in film improving the British characterisations. To play the lead role of Bond, Sean Connery was not Broccoli or Fleming's first choice, but he was selected after Patrick McGoohan had turned down the role, and Eon had rejected Richard Johnson. After Connery was chosen, Terence Young took the actor to his tailor and hairdresser and introduced him to the high life, restaurants, casinos and women of London. In the words of Bond writer Raymond Benson, Young educated the actor "in the ways of being dapper, witty, and above all, cool". Filming took place on location in Jamaica between 16 January and 21