Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA Award winning British actor and producer who is best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in cinema, starring in seven Bond films. In 1987, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. Considered by many in Scotland to be the greatest living Scot , Connery was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in July 2000.