Jason Connery

Connery was born 11 January 1963{{cite book|last=Sellers|first=Robert|title=Sean Connery: A Celebration|location=London|publisher=Robert Hale|date=1999|isbn=9780709061250|page=168}} 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.{{cite web|title=Jason Connery – The Official Site – Biography |url=http://www.jasonconnery.com/bio.htm|publisher=Jason Connery |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927103847/http://www.jasonconnery.com/bio.htm |archive-date=27 September 2010|access-date=13 October 2012}}

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).

In 2008 he made his directorial début with the film Pandemic[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/2446461/Nothingrubbish-about-Connerys-Millfield-grenade.html "Nothing 'rubbish' about Connery's Millfield grenade"]. London: The Daily Telegraph, 22 July 2008{{cite web|title=Pandemic |publisher=Pulpmovies |date=8 November 2009 |first=Paul |last=Pritchard |url=http://www.pulpmovies.com/2009/11/pandemic/ |access-date=15 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107141249/http://www.pulpmovies.com/2009/11/pandemic/ |archive-date= 7 January 2016 }}{{cite web|title=Suspenseful Thriller – Pandemic review |publisher= ReelTalk Movie Reviews |author1=Lubischer, Mark |author2=Tucker, Betty Jo |url=http://www.reeltalkreviews.com/browse/viewitem.asp?type=review&id=3140 |access-date=15 October 2012 }} and in 2009 directed The Devil's Tomb. Connery directed the 2011 "After Dark Originals" film 51,{{cite web|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19698|title=After Dark Originals: '51' Finds a Director, New Details on 'Banshee'|publisher=Bloody-Discusting.com |date=5 April 2010 }} 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.[http://www.bunkered.co.uk/golf-news/my-dad-is-excited-about-this-movie "My dad is excited about my latest movie"]. Bunkered. 12 February 2014 The film opened the 2016 Edinburgh International Film Festival on 15 June 2016,White, James. [http://www.empireonline.com/people/jack-lowden/tommy-honour-will-open-70th-edinburgh-international-film-festival/ "Tommy's Honour opened the 70th Edinburgh International Film Festival"]. Empire. 27 April 2016.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3467914 Tommy's Honour] at the IMDb. Retrieved 21 February 2016.Wiseman, Andreas. [http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/peter-mullan-jack-lowden-to-star-in-golf-drama-tommys-honour/5090641.article "Peter Mullan, Jack Lowden to star in golf drama Tommy's Honour"]. Screen Daily. 17 July 2015. and won Best Feature Film at the 2016 British Academy Scotland Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-37893926 |title=Crime drama Shetland triumphs at Bafta Scotland – BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=7 November 2016 |access-date=4 January 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/jason-connery-breaks-down-tears-12137588 |title=Jason Connery breaks down in tears as he takes Scottish Bafta for best feature film |publisher=Glasgow Live |date=7 November 2016 |access-date=4 January 2017}}

Connery met American actress Mia Sara during the making of Bullet to Beijing in Russia.[http://www.klast.net/bond/jason.html Klast.net] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028152642/http://www.klast.net/bond/jason.html |date=28 October 2012 }} They married and had a son, Dashiell Quinn Connery (b. 1997) who is also an actor.{{cite web |title=Sean Connery's grandson Dashiell in new Paramount+ series Tulsa King |url=https://jamesbond007.se/eng/nyheter/dashiell_connery_clint_tulsa_king |website=jamesbond007.se}} The couple divorced in 2002.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/life-in-his-shadow-mcnmw09bqbk|title=Life in his shadow|newspaper=The Times|access-date=6 April 2020|language=en|issn=0140-0460}}

In April 2021, he married Fiona Ufton, his girlfriend of five years.{{Cite web|title=Jason Connery takes a weekend off from filming in Edinburgh for his own big day|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/must-read/jason-connery-takes-a-weekend-off-from-filming-in-edinburgh-for-his-own-big-day-3198872|access-date=2021-07-09|website=www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com|language=en}}

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