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Sean Connery – icon of Scotland

October 27th, 2009 | by highlander |

Sean Connery is a well known actor from Scotland, who was born in Edinburgh 25th of August 1930. His career looks like a typical American dream – a 9 year old boy Thomas Sean Connery started work as a milko and now as a 79 years old man he is a world-famous genius of film, a multimillionaire, sex symbol, most known Scot and a noble.

Below you can find some amazing facts and interesting details from sir Sean Connery’s life:

• His mother was a cleaning woman and his father worked in a fabric.

• He has a younger brother Niel, son Jason, and a grandson Dashiell.

• He is married to a French Micheline Roquebrune since 1975, but he can’t speak her language.

• His career as an actor lasted almost 50 years – from early ‘50 to 2003.

• His possessions value is about £70 000 000.

• In 2000 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

• He worked as a milko, theatre actor, model, guard, body-builder, soldier, lorry driver,  labourer, coffin polisher,  producer.

• He played in 7 films about agent 007 James Bond.

• He created a Scottish International Educational Trust, which helps poor children in education.

• In 1950 he was third on Mr. Universe contest.

• He played in about 100 films!

And year after year he is even more handsome than year before…isn’t he?

[Photos from Wikipedia and Flickr.

Authors: Potatojunkie, jon rubin, sdashiell]

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