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    Sean Connery

    Sean Connery

    Awards & Honours

    14

    Awards Won

    5

    Honours

    4

    Rankings

    4

    Covers

    2

    Records

    Sean Connery's career was marked by historic firsts and enduring achievements. He was the first Scottish actor to win an Academy Award, taking home the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Untouchables. He also won a BAFTA for The Name of the Rose and received the BAFTA Fellowship, the organization's highest honor. In 1996, he was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Golden Globe for lifetime achievement. His Tony Award for producing Art made him one of the few actors to win an Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Tony. He was knighted in 2000, becoming Sir Sean Connery.

    Awards

    Honours & Distinctions

    Knight Bachelor

    Queen Elizabeth II·2000

    Knighthood for services to film and the arts.

    Kennedy Center Honors

    Kennedy Center·1999

    Lifetime achievement in the performing arts.

    BAFTA Fellowship

    BAFTA·1998

    Highest honor from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

    Hollywood Walk of Fame Star

    Hollywood Chamber of Commerce·1999

    Star at 6908 Hollywood Boulevard.

    CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire)

    Queen Elizabeth II·1970

    Honorary award (he was not a British citizen at the time).

    Rankings & Lists

    #1

    The 100 Sexiest Movie Stars

    Empire Magazine·1995
    #3

    AFI's 100 Years…100 Heroes & Villains (James Bond)

    American Film Institute·2003
    #1

    The 100 Greatest Movie Stars of All Time

    Premiere Magazine·2005
    #Included

    The 100 Greatest Actors of All Time

    Rolling Stone·2020

    Magazine Covers

    Time

    1965-11-10

    Bond's Creator: Ian Fleming

    Life

    1965-12-24

    Sean Connery: The Man Who Is James Bond

    Playboy

    1965-11

    Interview and pictorial

    GQ

    1990

    The GQ Legend

    Records & Feats

    Oldest actor to win a BAFTA

    Awards·1987

    Won BAFTA for The Name of the Rose at age 57, a record at the time.

    First Scottish actor to win an Academy Award

    Awards·1988

    Won Best Supporting Actor for The Untouchables, the first Scottish-born actor to win an Oscar.