Jason Connery

Jason Joseph Connery (born 11 January 1963) is a 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.

Early life Connery was born 11 January 1963 in Rome and raised in London. He is the son of Australian actress Diane Cilento and Scottish actor Sean Connery. He attended Sherborne Primary School in Gloucestershire before going on to 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.

Career 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).

Directing In 2008 he made his directorial début with the film Pandemic and in 2009 directed The Devil's Tomb. Connery directed the 2011 "After Dark Originals" film 51, 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. The film opened the 2016 Edinburgh International Film Festival on 15 June 2016, and won Best Feature Film at the 2016 British Academy Scotland Awards.

Personal life Connery met American actress Mia Sara during the making of Bullet to Beijing in Russia. They married and had a son, Dashiell Quinn Connery (b. 1997) who is also an actor. The couple divorced in 2002.

In April 2021, he married Fiona Ufton, his partner of five years.

Filmography Acting Year Film Role Notes Director 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 RobersonGerry MillRobert YoungJames AllenDennis AbeyChristopher KingBen 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 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 BeemanTerrence O'HaraKenneth Biller 2003 Gadget & 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 RoeschPeter Scheerer 2007 An Accidental Christmas Myles TV Fred Olen Ray 2008 SamOriginal title: Chinaman's Chance: America's Other Slaves Aki Aleong 2008 La Linea Randall James Cotten 2009 Alone in the Dark II Parker Michael RoeschPeter 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 Adam