Sean Connery

However, in a December 2004 interview with The Scotsman newspaper, the 74-year-old actor denied he was retiring and said he still plans to do more movies, but that he is taking a break from acting in order to concentrate on writing his autobiography. Daniel Day-Lewis attended the same theatre school, the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, with fellow British thespian Miranda Richardson. In September 2004, media reports indicated that Connery intended to retire following the production of Josiah's Canon, which is to be released in 2005. Day-Lewis has also a son from a former relationship with French actress Isabelle Adjani. He has been married to French-Moroccan artist Micheline Roquebrune Connery since 1975. They live in Ireland and have two sons. He was married to Australian-born actress Diane Cilento from 1962 until 1973; they are the parents of actor Jason Connery. Daniel Day-Lewis is married to actress and director Rebecca Miller, daughter of Arthur Miller (author of The Crucible).

He was knighted on July 5, 2000, wearing a hunting tartan kilt of the MacLean of Duart clan . Other film roles have included The Age of Innocence co-starring Michelle Pfeiffer, In the Name of the Father, The Crucible with Winona Ryder, Last of the Mohicans, and Gangs of New York with Leonardo DiCaprio. He received Kennedy Center Honors from the United States in 1999. He returned to the stage to work again with Richard Eyre, as Hamlet at the National Theater, but was forced to leave the production close to the end of its run suffering from exhaustion, and has not appeared on stage since. Connery received the Legion D'Honneur in 1991. His performance as Christy Brown in Jim Sheridan's My Left Foot (1989) won him numerous awards, including the Academy Award for best actor. This support is illustrated by a comment from his official website:. In 1987 he assumed leading man status in Philip Kaufman's The Unbearable Lightness of Being co-starring Juliette Binoche.

He has long advocated greater independence for Scotland, and has supported the Scottish National Party, a centre-left political party founded to serve Scotland, financially and through personal appearances despite himself living in the Bahamas. The latter two films opened in New York City on the same day. Universe competition in 1953, which led to work on the stage, TV, and eventually film. This role was followed by a completely different character in A Room with a View in 1986, where he played a snobbish, clumsy upper-class-dandy. He competed for Scotland in the Mr. In 1984 he had a supporting role in The Bounty, but came to public notice as half of a gay biracial couple in My Beautiful Laundrette. He joined the Royal Navy after leaving school, and after being discharged on medical grounds went on to a succession of jobs, including labourer and lifeguard. He then went back to the stage in both Bristol and London, and did not return to movies until appearing in a bit part in Gandhi in 1982.

Connery was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was trained on the stage, in Bristol, but he made his film debut in Sunday Bloody Sunday in 1971. Connery is known for his trademark Scottish accent and his good looks, repeatedly being mentioned as one of the most attractive men alive by magazines even after he was considerably older than more conventional sex symbols. Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the gifted actors of his generation, known for his total devotion to the role he plays. Connery has also appeared in other major films, including:. His mother is Jill Balcon, actress daughter of Sir Michael Balcon, head of Ealing Studios. Over 40 years since he first played the role, Connery is still widely regarded as the definitive cinematic incarnation of James Bond, despite credible interpretations of the character by the likes of Roger Moore, and Pierce Brosnan. Although born in London he holds an Irish passport as his father was the Anglo-Irish poet Cecil Day-Lewis, Poet Laureate of England.

No (1962), and played Bond in several other films:. Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born April 29, 1957) is a British actor. Connery first appeared as Bond in Dr. 1990 - Won - Best Actor in a Leading Role - My Left Foot. Connery is well known to audiences around the world for his role as James Bond. 1994 - Nominated - Best Actor in a Leading Role - In the Name of the Father. Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25, 1930 in Edinburgh, Scotland) better known simply as Sean Connery, is a Scottish film actor who has starred in many Hollywood films. 2002 - Nominated - Best Actor in a Leading Role - Gangs of New York.