Jason Connery

Jason Joseph Connery (born 11 January 1963) is an English actor. He is the son of Scottish actor Sean Connery and Australian actress Diane Cilento.

Early life

Connery grew up in London and Scotland. He attended the Millfield School, a co-educational independent school in Somerset, England, and later at the independent Gordonstoun School in Scotland.^[1]

Career

Connery did much theatre work, before making his film debut 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; 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 had a 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). He made his directional debut in 2008 with thriller film Pandemic (2008). He also directed the 2009 horror film The Devil's Tomb.

Personal life

From 1996 to 2002, Connery was married to the actress Mia Sara, with whom he had one child, Dashiell Quinn Connery, born in June 1997.

Filmography

As actor

References

External links

• Official website
• Jason Connery at the Internet Movie Database