Jason Joseph Connery (born 11 January 1963) is an Italian-born British actor and director. He is the son of Sean Connery and Diane Cilento. On screen, he is best known for appearing in the third series of the ITV drama series Robin of Sherwood in 1986. He took over the main role after Michael Praed's character was killed off at the end of the second series.
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 Connery at Doctor Who convention in West Kirby, England in 2015 | |
| Born | Jason Joseph Connery 11 January 1963 Rome, Italy |
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| Years active | 1983–present |
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| Children | 1 |
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Early life
editConnery was born 11 January 1963[1] in Rome and raised in London. He is the son of Australian actress Diane Cilento and Scottish actor Sean Connery. He attended Millfield School, a co-educational private 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.[2]
Career
editConnery 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).
Directing
editIn 2008 he made his directorial début with the film Pandemic[3][4][5] and in 2009 directed The Devil's Tomb. Connery directed the 2011 "After Dark Originals" film 51,[6] and The Philly Kid (2012) for the "After Dark Action" series.
In 2016, Connery directed Tommy's Honour, a film celebrating the lives of golf pioneers Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris.[7] The film opened the 2016 Edinburgh International Film Festival on 15 June 2016,[8][9][10] and won Best Feature Film at the 2016 British Academy Scotland Awards.[11][12]
Personal life
editConnery met American actress Mia Sara during the making of Bullet to Beijing in Russia.[13] They married and had a son, Dashiell Quinn Connery (b. 1997) who is also an actor.[14] The couple divorced in 2002.[15]
In April 2021, he married Fiona Ufton, his girlfriend of five years.[16]
Filmography
editActing
edit| Year | Film | Role | Notes | Director |
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| 1983 | The Lords of Discipline | MacKinnon | Franc Roddam | |
| 1984 | The Boy Who Had Everything | John Kirkland | Stephen Wallace | |
| 1984 | The First Olympics: Athens 1896 | Thomas Pelham Curtis | Alvin Rakoff | |
| 1984 | Nemo | Nemo (teen) | Arnaud Sélignac | |
| 1985 | Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos | Jondar | TV series | Ron Jones |
| 1986 | The Venetian Woman | Jules | Mauro Bolognini | |
| 1986 | Robin of Sherwood | Robin / Robert of Huntingdon | TV series | Sid Roberson Gerry Mill Robert Young James Allen Dennis Abey Christopher King Ben Bolt |
| 1987 | Worlds Beyond | TV series | Sue Butterworth | |
| 1988 | Bye Bye Baby | Marcello | Enrico Oldoini | |
| 1988 | Puss in Boots | Corin | Eugene Marner | |
| 1988 | Lenin: The Train | David | TV | Damiano Damiani |
| 1989 | Tank Malling | Dunboyne | James Marcus | |
| 1989 | Casablanca Express | Alan Cooper | Sergio Martino | |
| 1990 | Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming | Ian Fleming | TV | Ferdinand Fairfax |
| 1991 | Mountain of Diamonds | Michael Courteney | TV | Jeannot Szwarc |
| 1992 | Beauty and the Beast (Bevanfield Films) | Beast (voice) | TV | Timothy Forder |
| 1992 | The Sheltering Desert | Henno Martin | Regardt van den Bergh | |
| 1992 | The Other Side of Paradise | Christopher "Kit" Masters | TV | Renny Rye |
| 1992 | Aladdin (Bevanfield Films) | The Vizier | TV | David Thwaytes |
| 1994 | Jamila | Daniyar | Monica Teuber | |
| 1995 | Bullet to Beijing | Nikolai "Nick" Petrov | George Mihalka | |
| 1995 | Midnight in Saint Petersburg | Nikolai "Nick" Petrov | Douglas Ryan Jackson | |
| 1996 | The Successor | Peter Reardon / Romanov | Rodoh Seji | |
| 1997 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Jeremy Freeston | |
| 1997 | Casualty | James Dunham | TV series | Beryl Richards |
| 1997 | The Famous Five | Jeff Thomas | TV series | John Gorrie |
| 1998 | Urban Ghost Story | John Fox | Geneviéve Jolliffe | |
| 1998 | Merlin: The Quest Begins | Young Merlin | TV | David Winning |
| 2000 | Shanghai Noon | Calvin Andrews | Tom Dey | |
| 2000 | The Strip | Ray Burden | TV series | |
| 2001 | Nicolas | Peter Shaner | ||
| 2001 | Requiem | Mr. Hunter | Jon Kirby | |
| 2001 | Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell | Professor Joel Barash | TV | 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 Sanatori | TV series | Greg Beeman Terrence O'Hara Kenneth Biller |
| 2003 | Gadget and the Gadgetinis | Voice
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen |
Bruno Bianchi | |
| 2004–2005 | Shoebox Zoo | Dad (Series 1: eps 1 to 13, Series 2: eps 1, 9–13) | TV series | |
| 2005 | Private Moments | Gillian | Jag Mundhra | |
| 2005 | Amateur | Man on Television | Short | Joshua Adler |
| 2005–2006 | Trollz | Mr. Trollheimer Star (voice) | Karen Hyden | |
| 2006 | The Wild | Flamingo (voice) | Steve 'Spaz' Williams | |
| 2006 | Lightspeed | Daniel Leight / Lightspeed | TV | Don E. Fauntleroy |
| 2006 | The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king | Captain Carthedan / Karsh the Whisperer | Video Game | Jill Donald |
| 2006 | The Far Side of Jericho | John | Tim Hunter | |
| 2006 | Hoboken Hollow | Trevor Lloyd | Glen Stephens | |
| 2007 | The Thirst: Blood War | Cladius | Tom Shell | |
| 2007 | Night Skies | Richard | Roy Knyrim | |
| 2007 | George Lopez | Mike | TV series | Joe Regalbuto |
| 2007 | Velocity | Mic | Jeff Jensen | |
| 2007 | Brotherhood of Blood | Keaton | Michael Roesch Peter Scheerer | |
| 2007 | An Accidental Christmas | Myles | TV | Fred Olen Ray |
| 2008 | I Am Somebody: No Chance in Hell | Sam | Original title: Chinaman's Chance: America's Other Slaves | Aki Aleong |
| 2008 | La Linea | Randall | James Cotten | |
| 2009 | Alone in the Dark II | Parker | Michael Roesch Peter Scheerer | |
| 2009 | Dragonquest | Gurion | Mark Atkins | |
| 2010 | Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days | Glazer | Video Game | |
| 2010 | The Search for Santa Paws | Haggis | ||
| 2010 | Old West | Frank | Short | |
| 2011 | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | John Clayford | TV series | |
| 2011 | Sword | Robert Teasdale | Short | |
| 2014 | Alien Strain | Psychiatrist | ||
| 2019 | The Untold Story [1] | Adam |
References
edit- ^ Sellers, Robert (1999). Sean Connery: A Celebration. London: Robert Hale. p. 168. ISBN 9780709061250.
- ^ "Jason Connery – The Official Site – Biography". Jason Connery. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ "Nothing 'rubbish' about Connery's Millfield grenade". London: The Daily Telegraph, 22 July 2008
- ^ Pritchard, Paul (8 November 2009). "Pandemic". Pulpmovies. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ Lubischer, Mark; Tucker, Betty Jo. "Suspenseful Thriller – Pandemic review". ReelTalk Movie Reviews. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ "After Dark Originals: '51' Finds a Director, New Details on 'Banshee'". Bloody-Discusting.com. 5 April 2010.
- ^ "My dad is excited about my latest movie". Bunkered. 12 February 2014
- ^ White, James. "Tommy's Honour opened the 70th Edinburgh International Film Festival". Empire. 27 April 2016.
- ^ Tommy's Honour at the IMDb. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas. "Peter Mullan, Jack Lowden to star in golf drama Tommy's Honour". Screen Daily. 17 July 2015.
- ^ "Crime drama Shetland triumphs at Bafta Scotland – BBC News". BBC. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ "Jason Connery breaks down in tears as he takes Scottish Bafta for best feature film". Glasgow Live. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ Klast.net Archived 28 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Sean Connery's grandson Dashiell in new Paramount series Tulsa King". jamesbond007.se.
- ^ "Life in his shadow". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ "Jason Connery takes a weekend off from filming in Edinburgh for his own big day". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 9 July 2021.