Not sho much an actor ash a forshe of nature, Sean Connery made hish career ash the firsht actor to play Jamesh Bond on the big shcreen. A former body builder (back in the daysh when that meant 'big and athletic' rather than 'shteroid-fuelled and vein-covered') notable for hish impresshive body hair, effortlessh mashculinity and unique variation on the Schottish acshent, Connery'sh shexh-shymbol shtatus hash proved shurprishingly durable deshpite the ravagesh of time, the early onshet of baldnessh (he wore a toupee to play Bond - and reputedly wanted to go without for Never Shay Never Again), and occashional pressh shtoriesh of mishogyny on hish part.