He may not be as versatile as Clint Eastwood, but that's the only difference you may discern. And it gets as far as this - its almost like settling a nail biting match in Tie - Braker . While Clint has won multiple Oscars in all departments including 2 as best director , this man has won an Academy for Best Supporting Actor . That's all as far as difference - both of them have survived the tumultuous rugged terrain of life and its vagaries to reach this seminal milestone - 90.. And it attributes to their tremendous physical capacity. I thought of starting off with a pic when he was at his height of sex appeal and glamour , but decided against it . Age and time waits for none, and readers should get a fair plate of their shock to look at a man who we all including yours truly love to look as an youthful man ever - that i guess is the illusion of the glitterati that movies produce and offer - long after you are gone , your images and your screen space remains unforgettable.
After the shock is over - lets take a look back at why this man is in the pantheons of great. Everyone has a view about this man , to each his own , but it would not be unfair to say if Clint was raw sexuality and a heartthrob this man was no less - almost operating in the same era he also started his acting career in the early 50's and his first movie came in 1957 three years after Clint made his debut . And he had to struggle for 5 full years till 1962 when it happened to him , much like Clint whose first big break was in 1964. He was not even a star by any means and he was reluctant to commit to any series but knew very well that to become successful he had to accept this , there was no alternative and to put it this way - if the films succeeded he would become a major name in Hollywood. There was no precedence set for this series , and no set rules and the creator of the series himself was not very sure about his rugged image , but his girlfriend pushed him to believe that he had the requisite sexual charisma , and he changed his mind. After the successful premiere of the first of the series which also is one of the most iconic , indeed a star was born . JAMES BOND made Sean Connery an overnight star - a stardom which even today is as fresh as the roses you would buy from a polished flower-shop.
Connery became famous with Bond , but once he became famous he grew tired with it. Unlike Clint who had grown into other roles before comfortably slipping in as an Director , Connery was over burdened being the first of the franchisee Hero and often he was synonymous being a Bond although he was and is much better off than being a Bond alone. His canvas and wide repertoire may not be as huge as Clint but he is definitely one of the best actors UK & Scotland has ever had . The Man who would be King (1975) & Robin & Marian (1976) bears ample testimony to the fact of the acting prowess of Sean who never outgrew his career as Bond unfortunately .
His acting prowess finally came into fore in THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) where he gave a stellar performance as a hard hitting Irish- American cop trying to catch Al Capone and finally succumbing to bullets not before he gave it all - his only Academy Award till date . From 1989 - 1999 his films of note are : Indiana Jones & the last Crusade , Hunt for Red October , The Rock & Entrapment . But however he may have tried to come out of his sexy suave British Agent image , his acting prowess was always overshadowed. In the end Sean Connery remains a sex symbol mainly confined to his 007 image . How History will treat him is a matter of conjecture !!
