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Sean Connery
Birthdate: August 25, 1930

Sean Connery

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1950s
1.5198
6
total ranking of 1.5198
1960s
2.9886
13
total ranking of 2.9886
1970s
2.6310
16
total ranking of 2.6310
1980s
2.8528
13
total ranking of 2.8528
1990s
2.8013
14
total ranking of 2.8013
2000s
1.9690
2
total ranking of 1.9690
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Sean Connery is ranked overall as 3.3561 of of 4 stars3.3561

Sean Connery Movie Rankings

1
Sean Connery starring in Time Bandits
Sean Connery scores a combined 3.5164 out of 4 stars for Time Bandits3.5164
A young boy joins a group of dwarfs on an adventure through time. He follows them through Antiquity, the French Revolution, the early 1900s and to the time of legends, fairytales and fortresses. ...more about Time Bandits
2
Sean Connery starring in From Russia with Love
Sean Connery scores a combined 3.4578 out of 4 stars for From Russia with Love3.4578
The evil S.P.E.C.T.R.E is using Lextor, the Soviet’s encrypting machine, as bait to trap the British agent James Bond, 007 (Sean Connery) into coming to Istanbul so he can get revenge on Bond for the death of Dr No. ...more about From Russia with Love
3
Sean Connery starring in Goldfinger
Sean Connery scores a combined 3.3716 out of 4 stars for Goldfinger3.3716
James Bond must stop evil tycoon Auric Goldfinger from robbing Fort Knox and destroying the global economy. ...more about Goldfinger
4
Dr. No (1962)
Sean Connery scores a combined 3.1685 out of 4 stars for Dr. No3.1685
An agent of the British Secret Service, James Bond (007), is sent out to the West Indies in order to find out why another of his number was killed. His arrival is not welcomed by everyone, but it is not long before he is on the trail of the killer. ...more about Dr. No
Actor Awards
  • Laurel Awards - Top Action Performance
5
Untouchables, The (1987)
Sean Connery scores a combined 3.1585 out of 4 stars for Untouchables3.1585
Agent Elliot Ness makes it his personal mission to bring down notorious crime boss Al Capone. Using unconventional methods resembling organized gang activity a cat and mouse chance ensues. Eventually Ness corners Capone and gains the respect of Chicago. ...more about Untouchables
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
  • Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actor
  • National Board of Review, USA - Best Supporting Actor
6
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Sean Connery scores a combined 3.1167 out of 4 stars for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade3.1167
Renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, returns for the 3rd and final Indy film. Teaming up with his father, Indiana sets out to try and find the Holy Grail. ...more about Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Actor Awards
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
7
Hunt for Red October, The (1990)
Sean Connery scores a combined 3.0548 out of 4 stars for Hunt for Red October3.0548
Attempting to defect, a technologically advanced Soviet submarine, lead by Captain Marko Ramius, is headed straight for American waters. However, the United States is skeptical of his intentions and prepares for an attack. The only person that believes the Captain is CIA operative Jack Ryan. ...more about Hunt for Red October
Actor Awards
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
8
Longest Day, The (1962)
Sean Connery scores a combined 3.0260 out of 4 stars for Longest Day3.0260
Tells the story of the D-Day invasion of Normandy in WWII. There are dozens of characters, some seen only briefly, who together weave the story of five separate invasion points that made up the operation. ...more about Longest Day
9
Bridge Too Far, A (1977)
Sean Connery scores a combined 3.0252 out of 4 stars for Bridge Too Far3.0252
This WWII film follows the perspectives of American, Polish and British soldiers attempting to capture key bridges behind German lines in a complicated parachute and armoured assault. ...more about Bridge Too Far
10
Rock, The (1996)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.9797 out of 4 stars for Rock2.9797
A group of renegade marine commandos seizes a stockpile of chemical weapons and takes over Alcatraz, with 81 tourists as hostages. Their leader, a former highly-decorated U. S. ...more about Rock
Actor Awards
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Supporting Actor - Action/Adventure
11
Highlander (1986)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.9656 out of 4 stars for Highlander2.9656
A rare clan of immortals can only be killed by one of their own kind. Many have been alive for centuries hunting each other each striving to be the last. ...more about Highlander
12
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.9068 out of 4 stars for You Only Live Twice2.9068
When an American space capsule is swallowed up by what they believe to be a Russian spaceship, World War 3 nearly breaks out. The British Government, however, suspect that other powers are at work as the space craft went down near Japan. S.P.E.C.T.R.E. ...more about You Only Live Twice
13
Outland (1981)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.9065 out of 4 stars for Outland2.9065
Marshal W.T. O'Niel is assigned to a mining colony on Io, one of Jupiter's moons. During his tenure miners are dying - usually violently. ...more about Outland
Actor Awards
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actor
14
Thunderball (1965)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.8961 out of 4 stars for Thunderball2.8961
SPECTRE hatches its most audacious plot to date when its agents hijack a British Vulcan bomber armed with two atomic bombs and hold NATO to ransom for the sum of #100,000,000. ...more about Thunderball
15
Zardoz (1974)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.8664 out of 4 stars for Zardoz2.8664
In the distant future Earth is divided into two camps, the barely civilized group and the overly civilized one with mental powers. ...more about Zardoz
16
Finding Forrester (2000)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.8634 out of 4 stars for Finding Forrester2.8634
Because of scoring exceptionaly high on a state wide standardized exam and being an exceptionally good basketball player Jamal Wallace is sent to a prestigious prep school in Manhattan. He soon befriends the reclusive writer, William Forrester. ...more about Finding Forrester
Actor Awards
  • Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
17
Wind and the Lion, The (1975)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.8313 out of 4 stars for Wind and the Lion2.8313
At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers. The attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention. ...more about Wind and the Lion
18
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.7873 out of 4 stars for Diamonds Are Forever2.7873
After traveling the world in his quest to kill Blofeld, Bond returns triumphant, only to discover a case waiting for him: a large amount of diamonds has been stolen from the South African mines and two offbeat assassins are killing everyone in the ...more about Diamonds Are Forever
19
Marnie (1964)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.7841 out of 4 stars for Marnie2.7841
Marnie Edgar is an ice-cold habitual thief. She uses her looks to gain the confidence of her employers, robs them, and changes her identity. Her only loves are her horse and her mother, although she has problems with the latter relationship. ...more about Marnie
20
Playing by Heart (1998)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.7683 out of 4 stars for Playing by Heart2.7683
Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in L.A. Paul produces Hannah's TV cooking show, and they must move beyond gentle barbs when she wants to know about an affair of his years ago. ...more about Playing by Heart
21
Man Who Would Be King, The (1975)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.7553 out of 4 stars for Man Who Would Be King2.7553
This adaptation of the famous short story by Rudyard Kipling tells the story of Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnahan, two ex-soldiers in India when it was under British rule. ...more about Man Who Would Be King
22
Entrapment (1999)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.6219 out of 4 stars for Entrapment2.6219
Following the theft of a highly-secured piece of artwork, an agent convinces her insurance agency employers to allow her to wriggle into the company of an aging but active master thief. ...more about Entrapment
Actor Awards
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Action
  • European Film Awards - Best Actor
23
Family Business (1989)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.5786 out of 4 stars for Family Business2.5786
Jessie is an ageing career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity. ...more about Family Business
24
Presidio, The (1988)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.5227 out of 4 stars for Presidio2.5227
Jay Austin is now a civilian police detective. Colonel Caldwell was his commanding officer years before when he left the military police over a disagreement over the handling of a drunk driver. ...more about Presidio
25
Wrong Is Right (1982)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.4869 out of 4 stars for Wrong Is Right2.4869
A satire of American news reporting, Covert Agencies, and political system. ...more about Wrong Is Right
26
Just Cause (1995)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.3871 out of 4 stars for Just Cause2.3871
Bobby Earl is facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl. Eight years after the crime he calls in Paul Armstrong, a professor of law, to help prove his innocence. ...more about Just Cause
27
Molly Maguires, The (1970)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.3729 out of 4 stars for Molly Maguires2.3729
Life is rough in the coal mines of 1876 Pennsylvania. A secret group of Irish emigrant miners, known as the Molly Maguires, fights against the cruelty of the mining company with sabotage and murder. ...more about Molly Maguires
28
First Knight (1995)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.3687 out of 4 stars for First Knight2.3687
Lancelot lives by the sword. In fact, they're next door neighbours, so teaming up to fight for money comes pretty naturally. Lady Guinevere, on her way to marry King Arthur is ambushed by the evil Sir Malagant. ...more about First Knight
29
Hell Drivers (1957)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.3547 out of 4 stars for Hell Drivers2.3547
Joe 'Tom' Yateley is an ex-convict. Trying to leave his past behind, he decides to starts working for the Hawlett Trucking company, which transports gravel. It's an aggressive company, where speed is everything. Doing too less runs in a day? You're out. ...more about Hell Drivers
  • Not Available on DVD
30
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.3406 out of 4 stars for Murder on the Orient Express2.3406
Famous detective Hercule Poirot is on the Orient Express, but the train is caught in the snow. When one of the passengers is discovered murdered, Poirot immediately starts investigating. ...more about Murder on the Orient Express
31
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The (2003)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.3166 out of 4 stars for League of Extraordinary Gentlemen2.3166
Renowned adventurer Allan Quatermain (Connery) leads a team of extraordinary figures with legendary powers to battle the technological terror of a madman known as "The Fantom. ...more about League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
32
Avengers, The (1998)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.3091 out of 4 stars for Avengers2.3091
British Ministry agent John Steed (Ralph Fiennes), under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter (Sean Connery) to rule the world with his weather control machine. ...more about Avengers
Actor Awards
  • Razzie Awards - Worst Supporting Actor
33
Good Man in Africa, A (1994)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.2660 out of 4 stars for Good Man in Africa2.2660
  • Not Available on DVD
34
Medicine Man (1992)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.2464 out of 4 stars for Medicine Man2.2464
An eccentric scientist working for a large drug company is working on a research project in the Amazon jungle. He sends for a research assistant and a gas chromatograph because he's close to a cure for cancer. ...more about Medicine Man
35
Robin and Marian (1976)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.2409 out of 4 stars for Robin and Marian2.2409
Robin Hood is an old man when he returns with his best friend Little John to England after the Crusades. ...more about Robin and Marian
36
Shalako (1968)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.2089 out of 4 stars for Shalako2.2089
A fairly standard Louis Lamour western. Shalako, the hunter and tracker has to save a party of European hunters who are in danger from an Indian uprising. ...more about Shalako
37
Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.1367 out of 4 stars for Highlander II: The Quickening2.1367
In the year 2025, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed. It is up to MacLeod and Rameriz to set things right. ...more about Highlander II: The Quickening
38
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.1185 out of 4 stars for Never Say Never Again2.1185
SPECTRE agents under the command of Ernst Blofeld infiltrate a US air force base situated in the UK and steal two Tomahawk cruise missiles. ...more about Never Say Never Again
39
Rising Sun (1993)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.0563 out of 4 stars for Rising Sun2.0563
At the offices of a Japanese corporation, during a party, a woman, who's evidently a professional mistress, is found dead, apparently after some rough sex. ...more about Rising Sun
40
First Great Train Robbery, The (1979)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.0373 out of 4 stars for First Great Train Robbery2.0373
Sutherland and Connery wish to rob a moving train's safe in Victorian England. They need wax impressions of keys, coffins, dead cats, and a great deal of planning in order to pull it off. ...more about First Great Train Robbery
41
Another Time, Another Place (1958)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.0122 out of 4 stars for Another Time2.0122
Lana Turner is a female American journalist who has an affair with BBC war correspondent, Sean Connery, during WWII. When Connery is killed in action, Turner returns to his hometown to console his wife. ...more about Another Time
42
Cuba (1979)
Sean Connery scores a combined 2.0068 out of 4 stars for Cuba2.0068
End fifties a British hireling is send to Cuba to train the Basistas. They must be trained to fight Castro's army. In Cuba he encounters an old love, who is married in the mean time. While Castro's army wins more and more their love revives... ...more about Cuba
43
On the Fiddle (1961)
Sean Connery scores a combined 1.9464 out of 4 stars for On the Fiddle1.9464
When he is pulled up in court for selling stuff on the street, Horace Pope says he was only doing it while waiting to enlist. The judge calls his bluff and forces him to sign up. ...more about On the Fiddle
  • Not Available on DVD
44
Offence, The (1972)
Sean Connery scores a combined 1.9195 out of 4 stars for Offence1.9195
In Sidney Lumet's harrowing portrayal of police brutality, Detective Sergeant Johnson (Sean Connery) has been with the British Police Force for 20 years. ...more about Offence
  • Not Available on DVD
45
Hill, The (1965)
Sean Connery scores a combined 1.8627 out of 4 stars for Hill1.8627
WWII, in a British disciplinary camp located in the Libyan desert. Prisoners are persecuted by Staff Sergeant Williams, who made them climb again and again, under the heavy sun, an artificial hill built right in the middle of the camp. ...more about Hill
  • Not Available on DVD
48
Fine Madness, A (1966)
Sean Connery scores a combined 1.7683 out of 4 stars for Fine Madness1.7683
Samson Shillitoe, a frustrated poet and a magnet for women, is behind in his alimony payments, and lives with Rhoda, a waitress who stands by him through all his troubles. ...more about Fine Madness
49
Anderson Tapes, The (1971)
Sean Connery scores a combined 1.7633 out of 4 stars for Anderson Tapes1.7633
A thief (Duke Anderson) just released from ten years in jail, takes up with his old girlfriend (Ingrid) in her posh apartment. He makes plans to rob the entire building. ...more about Anderson Tapes
  • Not Available on DVD
50
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
Sean Connery scores a combined 1.5419 out of 4 stars for Tarzan's Greatest Adventure1.5419
Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain explosives for use in a diamond mine. In doing so they nearly destroy the settlement, so and Tarzan pursues them to their mine. ...more about Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
  • Not Available on DVD
51
Time Lock (1957)
Sean Connery scores a combined 1.5419 out of 4 stars for Time Lock1.5419
  • Not Available on DVD
52
Five Days One Summer (1982)
Sean Connery scores a combined 1.5158 out of 4 stars for Five Days One Summer1.5158
  • Not Available on DVD
53
Next Man, The (1976)
Sean Connery scores a combined 1.5031 out of 4 stars for Next Man1.5031
Khalil (Sean Connery) is an Arab diplomat who wants to not only make peace with Israel, but admit the Jewish state as a member of OPEC. ...more about Next Man
54
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
Sean Connery scores a combined 1.3934 out of 4 stars for Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight1.3934
Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a game with a brave knight. No knights stand to defend their king's honor. Except for the valiant Gawain. ...more about Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
55
Meteor (1979)
Sean Connery scores a combined 0.8197 out of 4 stars for Meteor0.8197
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. ...more about Meteor
56
Action of the Tiger (1957)
No Reviews Available
Carson is an American contraband runner approached by Tracy, a French woman who wants him to help rescue her brother from Albania where he is being held as a political prisoner. ...more about Action of the Tiger
  • Not Available on DVD
57
Dragonheart (1996)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
58
Dream Factory, The (1975)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
59
Junket Whore (1998)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
60
No Road Back (1957)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
61
Ransom (1975)
No Reviews Available
A gang of hijackers led by Ian McShane seize a British plane as it is landing in Scandinavia. Ruthless military police chief Colonel Tahlvik (Sean Connery) is assigned to rescue the plane and it's passengers. ...more about Ransom
62
Sean Connery's Edinburgh (1983)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
63
Sean Connery, an Intimate Portrait (1997)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
64
Woman of Straw (1964)
No Reviews Available
Tyrannical but ailing tycoon Charles Richmond becomes very fond of his attractive Italian nurse, Maria. The nurse, in turn, falls in love with Charles' ne'er-do-well nephew Anthony, who plots ways to gain control of his uncle's fortune. ...more about Woman of Straw
  • Not Available on DVD