Super spy

He was born in Edinburgh. His father was a truck driver. The family's income was so poor that the boy had to drop out of school when he was only 13 years old. In 1953, due to his high growth, figure and beauty, he took 3rd place in the Mister Universum of Scotland competition.

However, a real breakthrough came when in 1961, Connery won the casting for the role of James Bond in the film "Doctor No." Despite the numerous differences between him and the hero of the books of Jan Fleming, the picture was successful and laid the foundation for a series of films about the fate of agent 007, which made the little-known actor a star in world cinema.