Jason Connery
| Jason Connery | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jason Joseph Connery 11 January 1963 Marylebone, London, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Spouse | Mia Sara (m. 1996–2002, divorced) 1 child |
| Parents | Sean Connery Diane Cilento (deceased) |
Jason Joseph Connery (born 11 January 1963 in Marylebone, London)[1] is an English actor.[2]
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[edit] Early life
Connery grew up in London. He attended Millfield School, a co-educational independent school in Somerset, England, and later at the independent Gordonstoun School in Scotland. He was later accepted into the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.[3] He is the son of Scottish actor Sean Connery and Australian actress Diane Cilento.
[edit] Career
Jason Connery performed many roles in theatre and subsequently had parts in several B-movies. His film debut was in The Lords of Discipline (1983). He appeared in the Doctor Who serial Vengeance on Varos in 1985; he 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. Connery became well known in England for this role.
Connery also 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 movie (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 and filmed on location in Peebles, Scotland; 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 starred as a main character in the children's show Shoebox Zoo and returned in the second series in September 2005.
He made many Continental European films in the lead with the lead role in the film Night Skies (2006), and a lead role in the film Lightspeed (2006). He played a vampire hunter in Brotherhood of Blood (2007). In 2008, he made his directorial debut with the movie Pandemic and in 2009 directed The Devil's Tomb.
He directed the "After Dark Originals" film 51.[4]
[edit] Personal life
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From 1996 to 2002, Connery was married to actress Mia Sara. They had a son, Dashiell Quinn Connery, born June 1997.
[edit] Filmography
As actor
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes | Director |
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| 1983 | The Lords of Discipline | MacKinnon | Franc Roddam | |
| 1984 | The Boy Who Had Everything | John Kirkland | Stephen Wallace | |
| The First Olympics: Athens 1986 | Thomas Pelham Curtis | Alvin Rakoff | ||
| Nemo | Nemo (teen) | Arnaud Sélignac | ||
| 1985 | Doctor Who | Jondar | TV series | Ron Jones |
| 1986 | La Venexiana | Jules | Mauro Bolognini | |
| Robin of Sherwood | Robin / Robert of Huntingdon | TV series | Sid Roberson Gerry Mill Robert Young James Allen Dennis Abey Christopher King Ben Bolt |
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| 1987 | Worlds Beyond | TV series | Sue Butterworth | |
| 1988 | Bye Bye Baby | Marcello | Enrico Oldoini | |
| Puss in Boots | Corin | Eugene Marner | ||
| 1989 | Tank Malling | Dunboyne | James Marcus | |
| Casablanca Express | Alan Cooper | Sergio Martino | ||
| 1990 | Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming | Ian Fleming | (TV) | Ferdinand Fairfax |
| Lenin: The Train | David | (TV) | Damiano Damiani | |
| 1991 | Mountain of Diamonds | Michael Courteney | (TV) | Jeannot Szwarc |
| 1992 | Beauty and the Beast | Beast (voice) | (V) | Timothy Forder |
| The Sheltering Desert | Henno Martin | Regardt van den Bergh | ||
| The Other Side of the Paradise | Chris Masters | (TV) | Renny Rye | |
| Aladdin | The Vizier | (V) | David Thwaytes | |
| 1994 | Jamila | Daniyar | Monica Teuber | |
| 1995 | Bullet to Beijing | Nick | George Mihalka | |
| 1996 | The Successor | Peter Reardon Romanov |
Rodoh Seji | |
| Midnight in Saint Petersburg | Nikolai Petrov | Douglas Jackson | ||
| 1997 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Jeremy Freeston | |
| Casualty | James Dunham | TV series | Beryl Richards | |
| The Famous Five | Jeff Thomas | TV series | John Gorrie | |
| 1998 | Urban Ghost Story | John Fox | Geneviéve Jolliffe | |
| Merlin: The Quest Begins | Young Merlin | (TV) | David Winning | |
| 2000 | Shanghai Noon | Calvin Andrews | Tom Dey | |
| The Strip | Ray Burden | TV series | ||
| 2001 | Nicolas | Peter Shaner | ||
| Requiem | Mr. Hunter | Jon Kirby | ||
| Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell | Professor Joel Barash | (V) | Chris Angel | |
| 2001–2002 | Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action! | Bennington (voice) | TV series | |
| 2002 | Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776 | (voice) | TV series | |
| 2001–2003 | Smallville | Dominic Senatori | TV series | Greg Beeman Terrence O'Hara Kenneth Biller |
| 2003 | Gadget and the Gadgetinis | (voice) | Bruno Bianchi | |
| 2004 | Shoebox Zoo | Dad (Series 1: eps 1 to 13, Series 2: eps 1, 9-13) | TV series | |
| 2005 | Hoboken Hollow | Trevor | Glen Stephens | |
| Private Moments | Gillian | Jag Mundhra | ||
| Amateur | Man on Television | Joshua Adler | ||
| 2005–2006 | Trollz | Mr. Trollheimer Star (voice) / (voice) | Karen Hyden | |
| 2006 | The Wild | Additional Voice (voice) | Steve 'Spaz' Williams | |
| Lightspeed | Daniel Leight / Lightspeed | (TV) | Don E. FauntLeRoy | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king | Captain Carthedan / Karsh the Whisperer | (VG) | Jill Donald | |
| The Far Side of Jericho | John | Tim Hunter | ||
| 2007 | The Thirst: Blood War | Cladius | Tom Shell | |
| Night Skies | Richard | Roy Knyrim | ||
| George Lopez | Mike | TV series | Joe Regalbuto | |
| Velocity | Mic | Jeff Jensen | ||
| Brotherhood of Blood | Keaton | Michael Roesch Peter Scheerer |
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| An Accidental Christmas | Myles | (TV) | Fred Olen Ray | |
| 2008 | Chinaman's Choice | Sam | Aki Aleong | |
| La Linea | Randall | post-production | James Cotten | |
| 2009 | Alone in the Dark II | Parker | (V) | Michael Roesch Peter Scheerer |
| Dragonquest | Gurion | (V) | Mark Atkins |
[edit] References
- ^ "England & Wales Births"
- ^ "The New York Times". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/14523/Jason-Connery. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "JASON CONNERY — The Official Site". Jason Connery. http://www.jasonconnery.com/bio.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-27.[dead link]
- ^ "After Dark Originals: '51' Finds a Director, New Details on 'Banshee'". http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19698.
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- Living people
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