The Men Who Played Bond … Ranked!
By Emily Christianson, Hollywood.com Staff
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
1. Sean Connery
Films: Dr. No (1962); From Russia With Love (1963); Goldfinger (1964); Thunderball (1965); You Only Live Twice (1967); Diamonds Are Forever (1971); Never Say Never Again (1983)
Connery as Bond: Arguably the best James Bond to date, Sean Connery was the first to bring Ian Fleming’s British secret agent to the big screen. The Scottish actor personified the ideal 007--always cool, charismatic, handsome and deadly. A dangerous predator underneath the suave exterior, Connery’s Bond could sit at a baccarat table one minute and be fighting off six guards the next. When it came to women he never exploited them (the sexist movies did that), but he always knew exactly how to make them smile.
Best Line: From Thunderball: [Placing the body of a woman in a chair after she is shot on the dance floor] “Do you mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead.”
