The original James Bond. It's said that even after 40 years since he last took out his license to kill (well, his official one, Never Say Never aside) they have yet to find the right man to make spy fans forget the original. He played Bond in seven films which resulted in him being named the third-greatest cinema hero by the American Film Institute, behind only Indiana Jones and Atticus Finch. Sir Sean has often been referred to as Scotland's greatest film export and made an amazing career out of the tough, no nonsense type of military-esque, father-type figures with incongruous accents that graced such classic films as The Untouchables to The Last Crusade with stops in the cult film Highlander, The Rock and Hunt for Red October to name but a few. He's maintained a staunch low profile in recent years, enjoying his retirement despite the many, many requests to come back on the TV game show Jeopardy. One of his bigger controversies came during a Barbara Walters interview where he defended his stance on slapping women. However, this didn't seem to lessen his sex appeal to the masses. In fact, People Magazine named him Sexiest Man of the Century at the age of 69. Only Sir Sean could take a pro-domestic abuse stance and not face career suicide. Thankfully, he passed up the role of Gandalf in the Lord of The Rings trilogy, which was probably simultaneously the best and worst thing to happen to mankind. He's so tough that when he retired from acting in 2006 he stated it was because he was tired of dealing with 'the idiots now making films in Hollywood'.
Been there, done that but not too well. Continually financially restrained. Now (and still) lives in Western Canada and talks some hockey and parenting on ogieoglethorpe.blogspot.ca and watching trailers on 2minutemovies.blogspot.ca.
