Claim: Sean Connery was cast in Highlander.

Sir Thomas Sean Connery KB -LRB- -LSB- ˈʃɔːn_ˈkɒnəri -RSB- born 25 August 1930 -RRB- is a retired Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award , two BAFTA Awards -LRB- one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award -RRB- and three Golden Globes -LRB- including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award -RRB- . He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in July 2000 after receiving Kennedy Center Honors in the US in 1999 .   Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film , starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983 . In 1988 , Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables . His film career also includes such films as Marnie , The Name of the Rose , The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , The Hunt for Red October , Finding Forrester , Highlander , Murder on the Orient Express , Dragonheart , and The Rock .   Connery has been polled as `` The Greatest Living Scot '' and `` Scotland 's Greatest Living National Treasure '' . In 1989 , he was proclaimed `` Sexiest Man Alive '' by People magazine , and in 1999 , at age 69 , he was voted `` Sexiest Man of the Century '' .