No matter who your personal favorite James Bond might be, it’s tough to deny action movies basically wouldn’t exist without Sean Connery.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 
 
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Sean Connery RIP: The James Bond Who Defined Low-Key Cool For Generations
At a time when everything seems to be in a state of upheaval, we also lost one of the greats: Sean Connery died on Saturday at the age of 90. Connery impressions, of course, abound, but it’s Connery’s status as the world’s first cinematic James Bond actor that will define his legacy. As James Bond and Indiana Jones fans everywhere look back on his performances, they’ll notice one thing: The man defined cool through restraint.

Born in Scotland in 1930, Connery was a bodybuilder before getting the role of James Bond in 1963’s Dr. No, and it was Connery’s everyman background that propelled the James Bond character into an icon. We like to talk about how James Bond lives a glamorous (and often sexist) lifestyle, but what we forget to mention is that the way Connery played him made him relatable. Bond wasn’t the smartest guy in the room, but as embodied by Connery, he was the one guy who might be able to keep his cool longer than anyone else.

You can read our obituary to Connery here, and pay tribute to the late legend with some of our favorite Connery movies and Bond gear below.
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