Sean Connery

At 90 years old, Sean Connery has this physical status:

Sir Thomas Sean Connery, born 25 August 1930, is a retired Scottish actor and producer who has received an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray James Bond in film, appearing in seven Bond films (Dr. No to You Never Live Twice), between 1962 and 1983.

Connery received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables in 1988.

Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Highlander (1986), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000). In a EuroMillions poll, Connery was named as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure" and "The Greatest Living Scot."

In 1989, People magazine named him as both the "Sexiest Man Alive" and the "Sexiest Man of the Century" in 1999.

In the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama, Connery was honoured.

Early life

Thomas Connery was born at the Royal Maternity Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, on August 25; he was named after his paternal grandfather. He was rushed to No. 2 after being arrested at No. 8. 176 Fountainbridge, a block that has since been demolished. Euphemia McBain "Effie" McLean's mother was a housekeeper. Euphemia McBain, the wife of John McLean and the daughter of William McBain of Ceres in Fife, was born the granddaughter of Neil McLean and Helen Forbes Ross, and named after her father's mother, Euphemia McBain, mother of John McLean, and daughter of William McBain. Joseph Connery, Joseph Connery's father, was a factory worker and a taxi driver in Connery.

In the mid-19th century, two of his paternal grandfathers immigrated to Scotland from Wexford, Ireland, with his great-grandfather James Connery being an Irish Traveller. The remainder of his family was of Scottish descent, and his maternal grandparents, who were native Scottish Gaelic speakers from Fife and Uig on Skye, were of Scottish Gaelic speakers. His father was a Roman Catholic, and his mother was a Protestant. Connery had a younger brother Neil and was often referred to as "Tommy" in his youth. Despite being small in primary school, he grew at an early age of 12, reaching his full adult height of 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) at 18. During his teen years as "Big Tam" he was popular, but he said he lost his virginity to an adult woman wearing an ATS uniform at the age of 14. Séamus, an Irish childhood friend, was born in Ireland; when the two families were together, many of them knew Connery by his middle name Sean were alliteration, demonstrating the alliteration of the two names. Since then, Connery used his middle name.

Connery's first job was as a milkman in Edinburgh with St. Cuthbert's Cooperative Society. Connery recalled a conversation in a taxi in 2009: a tango of a taxi.

Connery joined the Royal Navy in 1946, at the age of 16, where he acquired two tattoos. According to Connery's official website, "his tattoos were not frivolous" like many tattoos: two of his lifelong commitments: his family and Scotland. ... One tattoo reads 'Mum and Dad,' and the other is self-explanatory, 'Scotland Forever'. He served in Portsmouth at the naval gunnery academy and as a member of an anti-aircraft squad. On HMS Formidable, he was later classified as an Able Seaman. Connery was barred from the navy at the age of 19 due to a duodenal ulcer, which affected the majority of the males in previous generations of his family.

He returned to the co-op, a lifeguard at Portobello swimming baths, an artist's model for the Edinburgh College of Art, and several other occupations after former Mr. Scotland Archie Brennan's suggestion as a coffin polisher. He earned him 15 shillings an hour for his modelling. Richard Demarco, a student who made many early photos of Connery, characterized him as "very straight, barely shy, too beautiful for words, a virtual Adonis."

Connery began bodybuilding at the age of 18, and as a result of 1951, he worked with Ellington, a former gym instructor in the British Army, and became a bodybuilder. Although his official website shows he was third in the 1950 Mr. Universe competition, most sources place him in the 1953 Olympics, either third in the Junior class or failing to place in the Tall Man classification. Connery said he was soon discouraged from bodybuilding after discovering that Americans regularly defeated him in competitions due to their sheer muscle mass, and that, unlike Connery, they did not want to partake in sports that could result in muscle loss.

Connery was a keen footballer who had played for Bonnyrigg Rose in his younger days. He had been admitted to the court of East Fife for a trial. Connery played in a football match against a local team that Matt Busby, the manager of Manchester United, happened to be scouting while on tour with South Pacific. Busby, according to various accounts, was captivated by his physical fitness and gave Connery a £25 a week (equivalent to £743 in 2021). Connery said he was tempted to forgive but he recalls, "I knew that a top-class footballer could be over the hill by the age of 30, and I was already 23 years old." I decided to become an actor, and it was one of my most "intelligent moves" that night.

Personal life

Connery dated a Jewish "dark-haired beauty with a ballerina's figure" during the production of South Pacific in the 1950s, but her family warned her not to go ahead. Julie Hamilton, the daughter of documentary filmmaker and feminist Jill Craigie, was later dated by him. Hamilton started assuming Connery's physical appearance and sarcastic charm, but she wasn't attracted to him until she saw him in a kilt, deeming him the most beautiful thing she's ever seen in her life. He also expressed a mutual interest with jazz singer Maxine Daniels, whom he encountered at the Empire Theatre. He made a pass at her, but she told him she was already happily married with a daughter.

Connery was married to actress Diane Cilento from 1962 to 1973, but they divorced in 1971. They had a son, actor Jason Joseph. Connery dated Jill St. John, Lana Wood, Carole Mallory, and Magda Konopka, although they were still separated. Cilento's 2006 autobiography claimed that he had physically and mentally abused her during their marriage. Connery postponed a appearance in the Scottish Parliament in 2006 due to controversies surrounding his suspected endorsement of violence against women. "I don't believe there's anything wrong in hitting a woman in the wrong way you would do it in the same way you would approach a man," he told Playboy magazine in 1965. "There are women who take it to the wire," he told Vanity Fair in 1993. That's what they're looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack." "I don't believe that any degree of violence of women is ever justified under any circumstances," Connery told The Times of London in 2006. "It's full stop."

Connery was married to French-Moroccan painter Micheline Roquebrune (born 4 April 1929) from 1975 to his death. The marriage ended in a well-documented affair that Connery had with singer and songwriter Lynsey de Paul in the late 1980s, which she later regretted due to his concerns about domestic violence.

Connery owned the Domaine de Terre Blanche in the South of France since 1979. In 1999, he sold it to German billionaire Dietmar Hopp. In Kyokushin karate, he was given the rank of Shodan (1st dan) for his service. In the 1990s, Connery immigrated to the Bahamas; he owned a mansion on New Providence's Lyford Cay.

On July 5, 2000, Connery was knighted by the Queen at an investiture function at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh. He had been nominated for a knighthood in 1997 and 1998, but Connery's political convictions had reportedly vetoed these nominations. In Kranidi, Greece, Connery had a villa. King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, with whom he shared a helicopter platform, was his neighbor. Michael Caine (who co-starred with Connery in 1975's The Man Who Would Be King) was one of Connery's closest friends.

Connery, a youth who was a lifelong supporter of the team, supported Celtic F.C. After becoming close friends with Celtic's chairman, David Murray, later in life, Connery changed his loyalty to Rangers F.C. He was a keen golfer and was introduced to the sport by his buddy Iain Stewart. Peter Alliss, an English golfer, gave Connery golf lessons before filming of the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger, which featured a scene in which Connery, as Bond, competed golf against gold magnate Auric Goldfinger at Stoke Park Golf Club in Buckinghamshire. He wore a Slazenger v-neck jacket, a brand that Connery became associated with when playing golf in his spare time, with a light grey marl being a favourite color. "He loved the game of golf," the record champion and golf course designer Jack Nicklaus said, "He loved golf" – Sean was a darn good golfer." We've all played together, and we've had a blast together. Sean and Jackie Stewart, Scotland's most popular racer, helped us with the PGA Centenary Course in May 1993.

Connery's Scottish roots and his experience in filming in Glasgow's shipyards in 1966 inspired him to join the centre-left Scottish National Party (SNP), which favors Scottish independence from the UK (SNP), which supports Scottish independence from the United Kingdom (SNP, 2011). Both financially and personally, Connery's support for the group was evident. "I am confident that with our knowledge and abilities, we will be more than capable of building a prosperous, vivacious, and modern self-governing Scotland in which we should all be proud of and that will have the respect of other nations," he wrote to George Leslie, the SNP candidate in the 1967 Glasgow Pollok by-election. The SNP's funding came to an end in 2001, when the Kingdom's Parliament passed legislation prohibiting overseas financing of political campaigns in the United Kingdom.

Connery released records in 2003 indicating that he paid £3.7 million in UK taxes between 1997 and 1998, as well as between 2002 and 2003; critics pointed out that if he was still living in the UK for tax purposes, his tax rate would have been much higher. Connery's brother Neil said Connery would not come to Scotland to rally pro-independence demonstrators because his tax exile status greatly reduced the number of days he could spend in the country.

Following Connery's selling his Marbella villa in 1999, Spanish officials opened a tax evasion probe, alleging that the Spanish treasury had been defrauded of £5.5 million. Officials confirmed Connery, but his wife and 16 others were charged with attempting to defraud the Spanish treasury.

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Career

Connery assisted out backstage at the King's Theatre in late 1951, hoping to add to his income. One of the competitors mentioned that auditions were being held for a South Pacific production, and Connery secured a small role as one of the Seabees chorus boys during a bodybuilding competition held in London in 1953. By the time the show reached Edinburgh, he had already been given the role of Marine Cpl. Hamilton Steeves and was understudying two of the juvenile leads, and his salary was increased from £12 to £14–10s a week. The production returned the following year, out of high demand, and Connery was given the opportunity to play Lieutenant Buzz Adams, which Larry Hagman had portrayed in the West End.

The Valdor gang attacked Connery in Edinburgh, one of the city's most violent groups. He was first approached by them in a billiard hall, where he barred them from stealing their jacket and was followed by six gang members to a 15-foot (4.6 m) balcony at the Palais de Danse. Connery launched an attack on the gang members singlehandedly, grabbing one by the throat and another by the biceps and cracking their heads together. He was treated with a great deal of confidence by the gang from then on and became known as a "hard guy."

Connery first met Michael Caine at a party during the production of South Pacific in 1954, and the two became close friends later. Connery, an American actor, gained a keen interest in the theatre during this run, as well as other Proust, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Joyce, Joyce, and Shakespeare for him to digest. Henderson advised him to take elocution lessons and book him a seat at the Maida Vale Theatre in London. He'd already started filming after appearing in Herbert Wilcox's 1954 film Lilacs, alongside Errol Flynn and Anna Neagle.

Despite receiving multiple roles as an extra, Connery was unable to make ends meet and was forced to accept a part-time job as a babysitter for journalist Peter Noble and his actress wife Marianne, which earned him 10 shillings a night. Shelley Winters, a Hollywood actress who called Connery "one of the tallest and most masculine Scotsmen" she's ever seen, spent many evenings with Connery brothers drinking beer, later in the evenings. Connery was residing at the home of TV presenter Llew Gardner at the time. Connery won a part of Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution, a £6 a week theatre performance, during which he met and became friends with fellow-Scot Ian Bannen. Point of Departure and A Witch in Time at Kew, a role as Pentheus opposite Yvonne Mitchell in The Bacchae at the Oxford Playhouse, as well as a role opposite Jill Bennett in Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie.

Connery appeared in The Square Ring for a brief period before being discovered by Canadian director Alvin Rakoff, who gave him several roles in The Condemned, shot on location in Dover, Kent, during his stay at the Oxford Theatre. Connery appeared in Epitaph's theatrical performance and appeared in a minor role as a hoodlum in the BBC Television television drama "Under Arms" episode of Dock Green. Small television parts in Sailor of Fortune and The Jack Benny Program were followed by small television segments (on a special episode shot in Europe).

Connery hired Richard Hatton, his first film role as Spike, a minor gangster with a speech immigrant, in Montgomery Tully's No Road Back. Skip Homeier, Paul Carpenter, Patricia Dainton, and Norman Wooland appeared in early 1957. Rakoff, who had been disappointed by Jack Palance's decision to cast him in a leading role, and Connery as Mountain McLintock in BBC Television's production of Requiem for a Heavyweight, which also starred Warren Mitchell and Jacqueline Hill, in April 1957. Johnny Yates, the rogue lorry driver, appeared in Cy Endfield's Hell Drivers (1957), alongside Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins, and Patrick McGoohan. Connery appeared in Terence Young's poorly received MGM action film Action of the Tiger opposite Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lomo, and Gustavo Rojo; the film was shot on location in southern Spain later in 1957. He appeared in Gerald Thomas' thriller Time Lock (1957) as a welder, alongside Robert Beatty, Lee Patterson, Betty McDowall, and Vincent Winter; filming began in 1954 at Beaconsfield Studios.

Connery was a central protagonist in the melodrama Another Time, Another Place (1958), as a British journalist named Mark Trevor, who was caught in a love affair with Lana Turner and Barry Sullivan. Turner's obsessive gangster boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato, was visiting Los Angeles from Los Angeles, suspected Connery of an affair. Connery and Turner had attended West End shows and London restaurants together. Stompanato erupted onto the film set and pointed a gun at Connery, but Connery disarmed him and knocked him flat on his back. Stompanato was barred from the theater. Stompanato was advised by two Scotland Yard detectives to evacuate and escort him to the airport, where he boarded a plane back to the United States. After being harassed by men connected to Stompanato's boss, Mickey Cohen, Connery later reported that he had to lay low for a while.

Connery appeared in director Robert Stevenson's Walt Disney Productions film Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) alongside Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, and Jimmy O'Dea in 1959. The film is about a wily Irishman and his leprechaun fight. A. H. Weiler of The New York Times praised the cast (save Connery, who described the film as "merely tall, dark, and handsome") and thought the film was a "overpoweringly charming concoction of standard Gaelic tall tales, fantasy, and romance" upon its initial release. He appeared on television in Rudolph Cartier's 1961 films Adventure Story and Anna Karenina for BBC Television, the latter of which he co-starred Claire Bloom. In 1961, he appeared in a CBC television film adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth with Australian actress Zoe Caldwell cast as Lady Macbeth.

James Bond, a British undercover agent, was Connery's breakthrough. He was reluctant to commit to a film franchise, but understood that if the films were successful, his career would be greatly enhanced. Connery appeared in Dr. No, Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, and You Only Live Twice, the first five Bond films produced by Eon Productions between 1962 and 1967. Connery returned to action in 1971 with Diamonds Are Forever. In Never Say Never Again, Jack Schwartzman's 1983 remake of Thunderball produced by Connery's Taliafilm, Connery made his last appearance as Bond. Both seven films were commercially successful. The American Film Institute named James Bond as the third-greatest hero in cinema history.

Dana Broccoli, the wife of producer Albert "Cubby" Broccoli, was reportedly instrumental in convincing Connery that Connery was the right one. Ian Fleming, James Bond's creator, had doubted Connery's casting, saying, "He's not what I imagined" and "I'm looking for Commander Bond and not an overgrown stuntman" and that Connery (muscular, 6'2" and a Scot) was unrefined. Blanche Blackwell, Connery's girlfriend, told him that after the popular Dr. No première, Fleming's woman. He was so impressed that he turned Connery's roots into the story. Bond's father was Scottish and from Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands, according to Fleming's 1964 book You Only Live Twice.

Connery's portrayal of Bond owes a lot to stylistic tutelage from producer Terence Young, who helped polish him while still relying on his physical appearance and presence for the scene. Lois Maxwell, the former Miss Moneypenny, told "Terence" that Sean was under his wings. He took him out for dinner and taught him how to walk, how to talk, and even how to eat. The tutoring was fruitful; thousands of fan letters followed Connery a week after Dr. No's opening; Connery became a key sex symbol in film.

Following the 1962 release of the film Dr. No, the phrase "Bond... James Bond" became a catch phrase in Western popular culture's lexicon. "It is the most well-known self-introduction from any character in film history," film critic Peter Bradshaw writes. Three cool monosyllables, surname first, a little later, as befits a former naval commander. The first name is followed by the surname again as if in afterthought, followed by the surname again. In a full evening costume with a cigarette hanging from his lips, Connery pulled it off in a distinctly disdainful style. The introduction was a sort of threat or seduction invariably aimed at an enemy. James Bond of Connery was about as risky and sexy as it had been on film in the early 60s.

Connery's life was in jeopardy in the sequence with the sharks in Emilio Largo's pool during the filming of Thunderball in 1965. When he first read the script, he was worried about this threat. Connery insisted that Ken Adam build a special Plexiglas partition inside the pool, but one of the sharks managed to swim through it. He was asked to leave the pool immediately.

Though Bond made him a star, Connery grew sick of the role and the spotlight put on him, saying "I'm bored with the whole Bond bit" and "I have always hated that damned James Bond." "I'd like to murder him" would be the intent. "If you were his friend in those early days, you didn't bring up the issue of Bond," Michael Caine said. He was, and is, a much better actor than just playing James Bond, but Bond became synonymous with Bond. People will be walking down the street and say, 'Look, there's James Bond,'" says the man. That was particularly shocking to him."

Connery appeared in other films, including Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie (1964) and Sidney Lumet's The Hill (1965), which film critic Peter Bradshaw refers to as his two best non-Bond pictures from the 1960s. Connery appeared opposite Tippi Hedren in Marnie. Connery had stated that he wanted to work with Hitchcock, which Eon arranged through their links. Connery shocked many others at the time by demanding a script, but he did not want to do a version of North by Northwest or Notorious because he was afraid of being typecast as a spy. Connery replied, "I'm not Cary Grant" after Hitchcock's agent told Cary Grant that he did not order to see even one of Hitchcock's scripts. During recording, Hitchcock and Connery made a good showing, and Connery said he was content with the film "with certain reservations." Connery wanted to do something that wasn't Bond related, so he used his celebrity to be in It. Although the film wasn't a commercial success, it was a critical one, debuting at the Cannes Film Festival winning Best Screenplay. Connery's first film, Lumet, Connery, considered him one of his favorite directors. The respect was reciprocal, with Lumet saying of Connery's success in The Hill, "The thing that was apparent to me – and to most directors – is how much talent and ability it takes to portray that kind of character based on charm and magnetism." It's the equivalent of high comedy, and he did it well."

Connery played golf with Scottish industrialist Iain Maxwell Stewart, a link that culminated in Connery's creation and screening of The Bowler and the Bunnet in 1967. The Fairfield Experiment, a modern response to industrial relations at the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Glasgow, 1960s, was introduced by Stewart and later supported by George Brown, the First Secretary in Harold Wilson's cabinet. Brown decided to give trade unions, the board, and shareholders alike £13 million (US$15.55 million in 2021 terms) the opportunity to try out new ways of industrial management.

Connery's worldwide fame was such that he shared with Charles Bronson for "World Film Favorite – Male" in 1972 that he had seen him six times. In John Huston's The Man Who Would Be King (1975) opposite Michael Caine, he appeared. In Kafiristan, two former British soldiers who posed as kings were regarded as their favorite film by both actors. He appeared in The Wind and the Lion with Candice Bergen (based on the real life Perecutors incident) in 1976, and then appeared in Robin Hood and Marian opposite Audrey Hepburn, who played Maid Marian. Roger Ebert, a film critic who had praised Connery and Caine's chemistry with Hepburn, praised Connery's chemistry with Hepburn: "Connery and Hepburn seem to have arrived at a tacit knowledge of their characters." They're so bright. They really do appear to be in love.

Connery appeared in films such as Murder on the Orient Express (1974) with Vanessa Redgrave and John Gield, and in Richard Attenborough's war film A Bridge Too Far (1977), co-starring Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Olivier, during the 1970s. He appeared in John Boorman's sci-fi thriller Zardoz in 1974. It was often referred to as one of the "best and worst films ever made" it featured Connery in a scarlet mankini costume, sparking a lot of controversy for its unBond-like appearance. Despite being panned by critics at the time, the film has received a cult following since its debut. Boorman describes how Connery would write poetry in his free time, describing him as "a man of profound depth and intelligence" and possessing the "most extraordinary memory." Connery appeared in the film Time Bandits as Agamemnon in 1981. The actor's choice derives from a parody by Michael Palin in the script, which describes the protagonist's removal of his mask and being "Sean Connery" or someone of equal but cheaper stature. Connery was keen to play the supporting role when the script was shown. In 1981, he portrayed Marshal William T. O'Niel in the science fiction thriller Outland. In 1982, Connery narrated G'olé!, the 1982 FIFA World Cup's official film. In Annie, he was offered the role of Daddy Warbucks, as well as receiving voice lessons for the John Huston musical before turning down the role.

Bond, the Connery Bond 7, was released in October 1983 as an ageing agent 007 in Never Say Never Again. The name, which was given by his wife's, refers to his earlier claim that he will "never" return to the role. Although the film received raves at the box office, it was plagued with production flaws: a director and producer's strife, financial constraints, the Fleming estate trustees' attempts to halt the film, and Connery's wrist was broken by fight choreographer Steven Seagal. Connery became dissatisfied with the big studios and didn't produce any films for two years as a result of his bad experiences during filming. Following the success of his European production The Name of the Rose (1986), for which he received a BAFTA Award for Best Actor, Connery's interest in more commercial content was revived. In the same year, a supporting role in Highlander showcased his ability to play older mentors to younger leads, which became a regular feature in many of the actor's later films.

Connery appeared in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables in 1987, where he appeared as a hard-nosed Irish-American cop alongside Kevin Costner's Eliot Ness. Al Capone appeared in the film also starring Charles Martin Smith, Patricia Clarkson, Andy Garcia, and Robert De Niro. The film was a commercial and box-office success. Many critics praised Connery for his role, including Roger Ebert, who wrote: "He has a human element to his character; he appears to have existed before the legend of the Untouchables; and when he's on screen, we can say that the Prohibition Era was inhabited by people, not caricatures." The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor was given to Connery for his role.

Connery appeared in Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), as Henry Jones, Sr., the title character's father, and was nominated for BAFTA and Golden Globe Awards. Harrison Ford said that Connery's contributions on the writing stage enriched the film. "It was amazing to me how far he went into the script and went after exploiting character's opportunities." His writing assignments to George [Lucas] at the writing stage gave the character and the picture a lot more depth and meaning than it had in the original screenplay." The Hunt for Red October (1990), The President's (1990), The Brick (1996), and Entrapment (1999). He sang of Dr. Cose, the dragon in the film Dragonheart in 1996. King Richard the Lionheart appeared in a brief cameo as King Richard the Lionheart at the end of Robin Hood's Prince of Thieves (1991). The British Academy of Film and Television Arts' "BAFTA Fellowship" was awarded in 1998, a lifetime achievement award.

Connery's post-film entrants included many box-office and critical disappointments, including First Knight (1995), Just Cause (1995), The Avengers (1999), and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003); however, he received praise for his role in Finding Forrester (2000). He has also been recognized by the Crystal Globe for his contributions to world cinema. Connery was ranked eighth on Channel 4's list of the 100 Greatest Movie Stars in a 2003 UK survey. For Connery, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen's loss was particularly sad. During the shooting, he noticed that the film was "going off the rails," and that Stephen Norrington, the producer, should be "locked up for insanity." Connery spent a lot of money on the production process, eventually deciding to drop acting rather than going through such torture ever again.

Connery later dismissed Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings films, saying he did not know the script. According to reports, he was offered US$30 million along with 15% of the worldwide box office revenues, which would have earned him US$450 million. In addition, he declined to appear as Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series and as the Architect in The Matrix trilogy. He produced voiceovers for the From Russia with Love video game with recording artist Terry Manning in the Bahamas in 2005, and he provided his likeness. Connery expressed delight that Electronic Arts, the developers, had approached him to sing Bond.

Connery's resigning from acting when he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the American Film Institute on June 8th, 2006. Connery's disillusionment with the "idiots now filming in Hollywood" was cited as a reason for his decision to leave. "retirement is just too much damn fun," he denied rumors that he would be cast in the fourth Indiana Jones film on June 7, 2007. In 2010, a bronze bust sculpture of Connery was unveiled in Tallinn, Estonia, just south of The Scottish Club, which also includes Estonian Scotophiles and a handful of expatriate Scots. Connery briefly came out of retirement in 2012 to portray the title character in Sir Billi, a Scottish animated film. For the 80-minute version, Connery was executive producer.

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