Jason Connery

Connery was born and raised in London. He is the son of Scottish actor Sean Connery (1930–2020) and his first wife, Australian actress Diane Cilento (1933–2011). He attended Millfield School, a co-educational independent school in the town of Street, in Somerset, England, and later the independent Gordonstoun School in Moray, Scotland. He was later accepted into the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.[1]

Connery performed many roles in theatre and subsequently had parts in several B-films. His film début was in The Lords of Discipline (1983). He appeared in the Doctor Who serial Vengeance on Varos in 1985; he also portrayed Robin Hood in the final series of the television series Robin of Sherwood in 1986.

He later portrayed James Bond creator Ian Fleming in the 1990 television drama Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming. In 1997, he appeared in a fantasy film (originally intended as a pilot episode for a longer series); playing the title role of Merlin in Merlin: The Quest Begins, directed by David Winning. He appeared in Faithful Dealing (2001) 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 was a main character in the children's show Shoebox Zoo and returned in the second series in September 2005.

Connery had starring roles in several horror films, including Lightspeed (2006), Night Skies (2007), and Brotherhood of Blood (2007).

In 2014, he took part in BBC One's Celebrity MasterChef and featured in the sitcom George Lopez (2002).

Connery met American actress Mia Sara during the making of Bullet to Beijing in Russia.[12] They married in 1996, and in June 1997 they had a son named Dashiell Quinn Connery. The couple divorced in 2002.[13]

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