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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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
Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999)
as King (voice)
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
as The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")
Emmanuelle Forever (1993)
as Mario
The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
as Wilton
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973)
as Self
Twin Sitters (1994)
as Leland Stromm
Emmanuelle's Perfume (1993)
as Mario
Never Too Young to Die (1986)
as Drew Stargrove
Everything or Nothing (2012)
as Self
And the Winner Isn't (2017)
as Self
Best Ever Bond (2002)
as Self / James Bond
Emmanuelle's Love (1993)
as Mario
Mundije (2025)
as US President
Not Quite Hollywood (2008)
as Self
Emmanuelle's Secret (1993)
as Mario
Death Dimension (1978)
as Capt. Gallagher
Saint Jack (1979)
as Senator
Emmanuelle's Revenge (1993)
as Mario
Hell Hunters (1988)
as Heinrich
Winter Break (2003)
as Campbell Grady
Spider's Web (2002)
as Leland De Winter
Emmanuelle in Venice (1993)
as Mario
Death Game (2017)
as General Bullmount
Cover Girls (1977)
as Michael
Legacy of the Dragon (2001)
as Self
Becoming Bond (2017)
as Himself
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995)
as Self / James Bond
Stoner (1974)
as Joseph Stoner
Emmanuelle's Magic (1993)
as Mario
Who Saw Her Die? (1972)
as Franco Serpieri
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983)
as J.B.
The Grand Knockout Tournament (1987)
as Self
Four Dogs Playing Poker (2000)
as Carlo
A Winter Rose (2016)
as Henry
Real Men (2019)
as Himself - Actor
Hunter (2015)
as General Bullmount
Last Harem (1981)
as Prince Almalarik
Kung Fu Killers (1974)
as Self
The Order (2016)
as Peters
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars (2012)
as Self
A Queen's Ransom (1976)
as Morgan
Master Ninja II (1984)
as Mallory
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee (1993)
as Self
The Path of the Dragon (1998)
as Self
Fox Hunt (1996)
as Chauncy
Gut Feeling (1999)
Actor
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
The Secrets of 007 (1997)
as Self
Universal Soldier (1972)
as Ryker
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong (1973)
as Self
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist (1998)
as Self
Is There Anybody There? (1976)
as John Hersey
Z Dead End (—)
as US President
Harry Saltzman: Showman (2000)
as Self
The Evil Inside Me (1993)
as Grandinetti
Eyes of the Beholder (1992)
as Jack Wyman
Star of Jaipur (1998)
as John Steele
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' (2000)
Actor
Swiss Movement (1969)
as Self
The Newman Shame (1978)
as John Brandy
The Last Days of Bruce Lee (1973)
as Himself (archive footage)
Above It All (1969)
as Self
Shot On Ice (1969)
as Self
The Operation (1973)
as David Adler