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Jason Joseph Connery (born January 11, 1963) is an English actor. Born in London, he is the son of actors Sean Connery and Diane Cilento.

Career

Jason portrayed James Bond creator Ian Fleming in the 1990 television drama Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming. (Fleming created the James Bond character which was the role that made Sean Connery a star.) Jason also portrayed Robert of Huntingon in Robin of Sherwood, the lead character of the program's third and final series.

Jason's acting career in television and film is minor compared to his father. He has also done much theatre work. He appeared in the Doctor Who serial Vengeance on Varos in 1985. In 2001 he appeared in Faithful Dealing in London, an English Restoration Whodunit produced by Dominic Madden. In 2003 he toured with a stage production of The Blue Room. In 2004 he starred as a main character in the children's show Shoebox Zoo and returned in the second series in September 2005.

He has a leading role in the upcoming film Night Skies, which is to be released sometime in 2006. In his latest movie, Brotherhood of Blood, he plays a vampire hunter.

Education & Personal life

Connery was educated at Millfield School, a famous boys' independent school in Somerset, England, and later at Gordonstoun School in Scotland, where one of his classmates was Prince Edward.

Connery was married to the actress Mia Sara from 1996 until 2002. The marriage produced one child, Dashiell Quinn Connery (born in June 1997).

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