Sir Thomas Sean O'Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer who is perhaps best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in cinema, starring in seven Bond films. In 1987 he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. Sir Sean Connery was knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in July 2000. Connery is known for retaining his Scottish accent in films, regardless of the nationality of the character played, and rugged good looks. He has repeatedly been named as one of the most attractive men alive by various magazines, though he is older than most sex symbols. He is also a vocal and visible supporter of the Scottish National Party, often campaigning for their cause of Scottish independence. Connery is famous for his role as "James Bond".

O'Connery was born in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh to a factory worker and truck driver father and a charwoman mother. His father, Joseph Connery, was a Roman Catholic of Irish descent with roots in County Wexford, while his mother, Euphamia "Effie" Maclean, was a Protestant. He claims he was called Sean, his middle name, long before becoming an actor, explaining that he had an Irish friend named Seamus and those who knew them decided to call him by his middle name when with Seamus.

His first job was as a milkman, with St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Society. He then joined the Royal Navy, but was later discharged on medical grounds, because of a stomach ulcer. Afterwards, he returned to the Co-op, then worked other jobs, including truck driving, labourer, artist's model for the Edinburgh College of Art, coffin polisher, and lifeguard.

Connery was married to the Australian-born actress Diane Cilento from 1962 until 1973 (he was her second husband). They have one son, Jason Connery (born January 11, 1963), who was educated at Millfield School in Somerset, England, and the rigorous Gordonstoun boarding school in Scotland, before going on to become an actor. According to Jason, his parents' divorce was an extremely bitter and painful affair (Diane Cilento has reportedly just written an autobiography that paints an unflattering portrait of her ex-husband). In 1975, Sean Connery married French artist Micheline Roquebrune, who is the grandmother of French television journalist Stephanie Renouvin. He has one grandchild from his son Jason's marriage to actress Mia Sara, a grandson named Dashiell Quinn Connery (born in June 1997). He holds an honorary shodan in Kyokushin karate.

• Dr. No (1962)
• From Russia with Love (1963)
• Marnie (1964)
• Goldfinger (1964)
• Thunderball (1965)
• You Only Live Twice (1967)
• Shalako Moses Zebulon (1968)
• The Molly Maguires (1970)
• The Anderson Tapes (1971)
• Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
• Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
• The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
• Robin and Marian Robin Hood (1976)
• The Next Man (1976)
• A Bridge Too Far (1977)
• The First Great Train Robbery (1979)
• Meteor (1979)
• Cuba (1979)
• Outland (1980)
• Time Bandits (1980)
• Never Say Never Again (1983)
• Highlander (1986)
• The Name of the Rose (1986)
• The Untouchables (1987)
• Presidio (1988)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• Family Business (1989)
• The Hunt for Red October (1990)
• The Russia House (1990)
• Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
• Medicine Man (1992)
• Rising Sun (1993)
• A Good Man in Africa (1994)
• Just Cause (1995)
• First Knight (1995)
• Dragonheart Draco (1996)
• The Rock (1996)
• The Avengers (1998)
• Playing by Heart (1998)
• Entrapment (1999)
• Finding Forrester (2000)
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)