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Sean Connery

By Sheryl Altman /

This article was published originally in Biography Magazine. © 1999.

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At age 74, Sean Connery is every bit as dashing and debonair as the first time he appeared on screen in 1962 as Agent 007.

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After five decades in the spotlight, Connery remains a street-smart, self-made man who never apologizes, insisting he doesn’t care what people think of him.

He was born Thomas Sean Connery in Fountainbridge, Scotland, on August 25, 1930, the son of Joe, a truck driver, and Euphamia, a housewife. “We were very poor,” Connery has commented, “but I never knew how poor because that’s how everyone was there.”

“Tommy” grew up on the streets along with the rest of the Fountainbridge youth. The local gangs dubbed him “Big Tam” because of his size and his ability to pummel most of his playmates.

Back home after a three-year stint in the Royal Navy, he took assorted jobs and saved up to become a member of the Dunedin Weightlifting Club. Once in, his fellow gym mates nominated him for the Mr. Universe contest. So in 1953, Connery traveled to London, where the heats were held. There he was discovered by a local casting director who asked him to join the chorus of a London production of the musical South Pacific. “I didn’t have a voice, couldn’t dance,” Connery admitted. “But I could look good standing there.”

One rehearsal was all it took: “I decided then and there to make acting my career,” he says.

Vocabulary Focus

dashing (adj) [5dAFiN] attractive in a confident, exciting and stylish way

debonair (adj) [7debE5nZE] charming, confident and carefully dressed, usually relating to men

stint (n) [stint] a fixed or limited period of time spent doing a particular job or activity

discover (v) [dis5kQvE] to notice that someone has a special talent or quality and to help that person become successful

Specialized Terms

heat (n) 前赛，预赛 a less important race or competition in which it is decided who will compete in the final event

肖恩·康纳利

现年74岁的肖恩·康纳利，叠起来仍然和他在1962年初次于银幕上饰演007情报员时一样的耀眼迷人

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在镁光灯下生活了50年后，康纳利仍是一个深谙生之道、凡事靠自己、从不道歉、坚持自己一贯不在乎人们看法的人。

汤姆斯·肖恩·康纳利于1930年8月25日在苏格兰的喷泉桥出生。他的父亲乔是位卡车司机，母亲优法米雅则是家庭主妇。“我们很穷，”康纳莱曾说过，“但我从不知有多穷，因为那儿每个人都如此。”

“汤米”和喷泉桥其他的青少年一起在街上长大。当地的帮派给他取了个“汤大个儿”的绰号，因为他的身材和他能痛扁许多玩伴之故。

在皇家海军3年期满返家后，他做过各种工作，并存了一点足够的钱加入但尼丁举重俱乐部成为会员。一加入，俱乐部的同伴们就提名他参加世界先生比赛。所以1953年时，康纳利前往伦敦，因为预赛在那儿举行。在那里，一位当地的选角导演发掘了他，要他加入一部伦敦制作的歌舞剧《南太平洋》里的合唱团。

“我既不能唱，又不会跳舞，”康纳利承认。“但我可以站在那儿装好看。”

才只排演了一场，“我当下就决定让演戏成为我的毕生职业，”他说。