George Lazenby
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George Lazenby was born on September 5th, 1939, in Australia. He moved to London, England in 1964, after serving in the Australian Army. Before becoming an actor, he worked as an auto mechanic, used car salesman, prestige car salesman, and as a male model, in London, England. In 1968, Lazenby was cast as "James Bond", despite his only previous acting experience being in commercials, and his only film appearance being a bit-part in a 1965 Italian-made Bond spoof. Lazenby won the role based on a screen-test fight scene, the strength of his interviews, fight skills and audition footage. A chance encounter with Bond series producer Albert R. Broccoli in a hair salon in 1966, in London, had given Lazenby his first shot at getting the role. Broccoli had made a mental note to remember Lazenby as a possible candidate at the time when he thought Lazenby looked like a Bond. The lengths Lazenby went to, to get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time. Lazenby quit the role of Bond right before the premiere of his only film, On her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), citing he would get other acting roles, and that his Bond contract, which was fourteen pages thick, was too demanding on him. In his post-Bond career, Lazenby has acted in TV movies, commercials, various recurring roles in TV series, the film series "Emmanuelle", several Bond movie spoofs, TV guest appearances, provided voice for several animated movies and series, and several Hong Kong action films, using his martial arts expertise.
Known for
Credits
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
as James Bond
Gettysburg (1993)
as Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew
Emmanuelle Forever (1993)
as Mario
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
as The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")
Master Ninja II (1984)
as Mallory
Twin Sitters (1994)
as Leland Stromm
Winter Break (2003)
as Campbell Grady
Emmanuelle's Love (1993)
as Mario
Saint Jack (1979)
as Senator
Emmanuelle's Magic (1993)
as Mario
The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
as Wilton
Everything or Nothing (2012)
as Self
Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999)
as King (voice)
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973)
as Self
Never Too Young to Die (1986)
as Drew Stargrove
Not Quite Hollywood (2008)
as Self
And the Winner Isn't (2017)
as Self
Spider's Web (2002)
as Leland De Winter
Emmanuelle's Secret (1993)
as Mario
Stoner (1974)
as Joseph Stoner
The Order (2016)
as Peters
Emmanuelle's Revenge (1993)
as Mario
Emmanuelle's Perfume (1993)
as Mario
Becoming Bond (2017)
as Himself
Emmanuelle in Venice (1993)
as Mario
A Winter Rose (2016)
as Henry
A Queen's Ransom (1976)
as Morgan
Best Ever Bond (2002)
as Self / James Bond
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983)
as J.B.
Cover Girls (1977)
as Michael
Who Saw Her Die? (1972)
as Franco Serpieri
Fox Hunt (1996)
as Chauncy
Real Men (2019)
as Himself - Actor
Evening in Byzantium (1978)
as Roger Tory
Death Dimension (1978)
as Capt. Gallagher
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars (2012)
as Self
Gut Feeling (1999)
Actor
Four Dogs Playing Poker (2000)
as Carlo
The Secrets of 007 (1997)
as Self
Hell Hunters (1988)
as Heinrich
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist (1998)
as Self
Mundije (2025)
as US President
Kung Fu Killers (1974)
as Self
Z Dead End (—)
as US President
Death Game (2017)
as General Bullmount
Eyes of the Beholder (1992)
as Jack Wyman
Legacy of the Dragon (2001)
as Self
Last Harem (1981)
as Prince Almalarik
The Grand Knockout Tournament (1987)
as Self
Swiss Movement (1969)
as Self
The Path of the Dragon (1998)
as Self
The Evil Inside Me (1993)
as Grandinetti
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995)
as Self / James Bond
Universal Soldier (1972)
as Ryker
Hunter (2015)
as General Bullmount
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' (2000)
Actor
Harry Saltzman: Showman (2000)
as Self
The Operation (1973)
as David Adler
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong (1973)
as Self
Above It All (1969)
as Self
Star of Jaipur (1998)
as John Steele
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee (1993)
as Self
Is There Anybody There? (1976)
as John Hersey
The Last Days of Bruce Lee (1973)
as Himself (archive footage)
Shot On Ice (1969)
as Self
The Newman Shame (1978)
as John Brandy