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Known for his deep Scotch accent and impressive dramatic range , Sean Connery is think back as one of the best striking actors of a generation . This is reflected by his long list of accolades , which includes an Academy Award , two BAFTAs , and three gilded Globes .
Sean Connery might be best known for his use as one of the most familiar face of James Bond , but he has had a wide - ranging career aside from the dealership . We ’ve ranked some of his good and worst roles , according to IMDb ( including James Bond ) .
update by Kristy Ambrose on November 30th , 2020 : On October 21st , 2020 , Sean Connery go away . He is survived by the many fans that were prompt by his huge body of work that spanned decades . He ’s credited with over 90 motion picture roles and enjoys several more credits as a producer , director , or narrator . A career that long has its share of hits and missy .
WORST: Sir Billi (3.5)
It ’s a dirty cartoon for kids . really , nobody really knows what this is , and sometimes that can help a movie but not in this case . Theories abound as to why Connery not only gave his interpreter to the main part but helped finance and encourage this unearthly animate film , the primary one being it was produced entirely in Scotland .
It ’s actually laborious to watch because the animation is so ugly , resembling something more like contain - animation than CGI , and , despite it being his terminal part , even die - hard fans of Sean Connery can skip this one .
WORST: The Avengers (3.8)
No , not thatAvengers . Long before Marvel took over the world and turn over their serial publication ofAvengersmovies into the grown financial success of all metre , Sean Connery was wreak a corroborate role in one of the worst movies ever made .
Despite throw Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman at its heart , the movie was a bomb at the box office and passably much only saw negative review .
WORST: Highlander II: The Quickening (4.3)
While the originalHighlanderfilm go on to have a cult following , its subsequence was unable to make any positivistic wallop . It had an interesting account , which saw its manager basically bump off from control , and many of the storyline elements of the first moving picture completely transformed .
This included turning the series into sci - fi , rather of the fantasy of the first .
WORST: Sword Of The Valiant: The Legend Of Sir Gawain And The Green Knight (4.5)
Just looking at the dreadful title of this horrific fantasy motion-picture show pretty much cements its reputation . It come afterJames bond paper , meaning Connery ’s stature was used as a draw towards the film , which disappoint audiences across the board .
The visuals and score were peculiarly weak , while the fact that this was conductor Stephen Weeks ’ second attempt at adapting the same taradiddle really suggested that he should give up on that especial seeking .
WORST: A Good Man In Africa (5.0)
A Good Man In Africapretty much look and sounds as boring as it is . Sean Connery plays Dr. Alex Murray in a story about an petroleum reserve have by a guy preoccupy with his lavish lifestyle to make any sort of conclusion on what to do with this newfound oil .
regard Connery was literally James Bond once , this is a vast downgrade .
WORST: Meteor (5.0)
Starring alongside Natalie Wood ( who drowned just two years later ) Sean Connery ’s appearing inMeteorwas something he ’d find difficult to live down .
The problems start with the pic ’s most basic assumption , as it follows the response to the Book of Revelation that an asteroid is on a collision row with Earth ; this was something fairly hard to represent on CRT screen forty years ago .
WORST: The Next Man (5.1)
The subject matter of Middle Eastern government is problematic to start with , but add obviously the low budget and Scottish Sean Connery playing an Arab leader , Khalil Abdul - Muhsen , and we ’re on a whole other level of cringe . Those are the main intellect for the grim military rating , but the film is n’t totally without meritoriousness .
The dependent matter was spookily prescient , bode some of the existent - life events that antecede the signing ofthe Israel - Egyptian peace agreementin 1978 at Camp David .
BEST: In the Name of the Rose (7.7)
A venturous and mostly faithful adaptation of the Umberto Eco novel of the same name , this movie is one of Connery ’s most compelling , not only for the character he playsbut for the medieval environmentin which he lives . A newly - faced Christian Slater link up him on the filmdom and both actors recreate a murder mystery that gets tangled with local monastic politics .
William von Baskerville , the master character , is a unblushing ripoff of Sherlock Holmes , his keen intellect a crushing challenge to his religious superior , with Slater ’s Adso von Melk in the stead of Watson . Fascinating , visceral , and deeply tragical in the end , this is one of Sean Connery ’s expert and most underrated roles .
BEST: Goldfinger (7.7)
Often considered the bestJames Bondfilm of all time and featuring the best operation of the nominal undercover agent , Goldfingeris a cinematic classic . Interestingly , it is the onlyBondfilm that make it onto our list .
It had a huge budget for the time and received returns that dwarf even its budget . It was the first of theBondfilms to deliver the goods an Oscar and saw Connery cement Bond ’s earmark temper and suaveness into the grapheme .
BEST: The Hunt for Red October (7.8)
If you need to make a character likable , then you better cast the function well . Thus Sean Connery recreate the Russian double-crosser and nuclear submarine Captain Marko Ramius , who is n’t only defecting but doing so in his government ’s newest and most powerful opus of military hardware . This was the first in what became a franchise ofmovies adapted from several Tom Clancy novels .
The main character of Jack Ryan was played byAlec Baldwinin this movie , to be supervene upon byHarrison Fordin later installments . Viewers just note the change because Sean Connery was the biggest bearing on this set , making this one of his near roles .
