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Encyclopedia > Jason Connery

Jason Joseph Connery (born January 11, 1963) is an English actor. Born in London, he is the son of actors Sean Connery and Diane Cilento. is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is God Save the Queen. See also Proposed English National Anthems. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is an Academy Award-winning Scottish actor and producer who is perhaps best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in cinema, starring in seven Bond films. ... Diane Cilento (born October 5, 1933 in Brisbane, Australia), is a theater and film actress. ...

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Career

Jason's acting career in television and film is minor compared to his father. He has also done much theatre work. He made his film debut in the 1983 film The Lords of Discipline. He appeared in the Doctor Who serial Vengeance on Varos in 1985. Jason also portrayed Robin Hood (a role his father had taken on in the film Robin and Marian) in the final season of the television series Robin of Sherwood in 1986. “Moving picture” redirects here. ... The Lords of Discipline (published 1980)is a novel by Pat Conroy. ... Doctor Who is a long-running award-winning British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The series depicts the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor who travels in his TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) time ship, which appears from the exterior... Vengeance on Varos is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from January 19 to January 26, 1985. ... Robin Hood memorial statue in Nottingham. ... Robin and Marian is a 1976 film starring Sean Connery as Robin Hood, Audrey Hepburn as Maid Marian, Nicol Williamson as Little John, Robert Shaw as the Sheriff of Nottingham and Richard Harris as King Richard. ... Robin of Sherwood, retitled Robin Hood in the US, was an acclaimed 1980s British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. ...


He portrayed James Bond creator Ian Fleming in the 1990 television drama Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming. (Fleming created the James Bond character which was the role that made his father Sean Connery a star.) In 1997, he shot a fantasy playing the title role of Merlin in Merlin: The Quest Begins, directed by David Winning and filmed on location in Peebles, Scotland. In 2001, he appeared in Faithful Dealing in London, an English Restoration Whodunit produced by Dominic Madden. In 2003, he toured with a stage production of The Blue Room. In 2004 he starred as a main character in the children's show Shoebox Zoo and returned in the second series in September 2005. Flemings image of James Bond; commissioned to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, journalist and Second World War Navy Commander. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... David Winning (born May 8, 1961 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian-born film and television director. ... This article is about the Scottish burgh. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... King Charles II, the first monarch to rule after the English Restoration. ... A whodunit or whodunnit (for Who done it? and sometimes referred to as a Golden Age Mystery novel) is a complex, plot-driven variety of the detective story in which the puzzle is paramount. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... The Blue Room is a 1998 play by David Hare, adapted from La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler. ... Shoebox Zoo is a childrens fantasy TV series made in a collaboration between BBC Scotland and various Canadian television companies. ...


He had a lead role in the film Night Skies, and a lead role in the film Light Speed (2006). In his latest movie, Brotherhood of Blood, he plays a vampire hunter. 2007 will see his debut as director with the thriller Pandemic. Night Skies is a 2006 horror movie starring A.J. Cook, Jason Connery, and Ashley Peldon. ... Cherenkov effect in a swimming pool nuclear reactor. ... Brotherhood of Blood is a 2006 horror film, starring Victoria Pratt, Sid Haig and Ken Foree, directed by Peter Scheerer and Michael Roesch. ... This article is about large epidemics. ...


Education & personal life

Connery was educated at Millfield School, a famous co-educational independent school in Somerset, England, and later at Gordonstoun School in Scotland, where one of his classmates was Prince Edward.[1] Millfield is a public school in Street, Somerset, England. ... An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges, gifts, and perhaps the investment yield of an endowment. ... This article is about the county of Somerset in England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is God Save the Queen. See also Proposed English National Anthems. ... Gordonstoun House Gordonstoun (originally in full, the British Salem School[] in Gordonstoun) is a Scottish co-educational independent school. ... This article is about the country. ... The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, KG, KCVO, SOM (Edward Antony Richard Louis Mountbatten-Windsor; born 10 March 1964) is a member of the British Royal Family, the youngest child and third son of Queen Elizabeth II. He has held the title of Earl of Wessex since 1999. ...


Connery was married to the actress Mia Sara from 1996 until 2002. The marriage produced one child, Dashiell Quinn Connery (born in June 1997). Mia Sara (born June 19, 1967) played Ferriss girlfriend Sloane in Ferris Buellers Day Off. ...


External links

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ...

References

  1. ^ IMDB biography. imdb.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-22.

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Jason Connery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (189 words)
Jason Joseph Connery (born January 11, 1963 in London) is an actor.
Connery is the son of actors Sean Connery and Diane Cilento.
Both father and son have played the role of Robin Hood (Jason in the 1980s HTV television series Robin of Sherwood, and Sean in the film Robin and Marian, 1976.) Jason has otherwise had a minor career in television and film, including an appearance in Doctor Who in 1985.
Sean Connery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1410 words)
Connery is known for his trademark Scottish accent and his good looks, repeatedly being mentioned as one of the most attractive men alive by magazines even after he was considerably older than more conventional sex symbols.
Connery was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to a mixed-religion couple.
Connery is well known to audiences around the world for his role as James Bond.
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