Broccoli released a statement saying Connery had "revolutionized the world with his gritty and witty portrayal of the sexy and charismatic secret agent. He is undoubtedly largely responsible for the success of the film series and we shall be forever grateful to him". In 2004, a poll in the UK Sunday Herald recognised Connery as "The Greatest Living Scot" and a 2011 EuroMillions survey named him "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". He was voted by People magazine as the "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century" in 1999. Filmography Awards and honours Honours 1987: Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters from France 1998: British Academy Film Fellowship 1999: Kennedy Center Honors 2000: Received Knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II 2005: European Film Awards Lifetime Achievement Award 2006: AFI Life Achievement Award References Bibliography External links Sean Connery at the British Film Institute 20th-century Royal Navy personnel 20th-century Scottish male actors 21st-century Scottish male actors 1930 births 2020 deaths Actors awarded knighthoods AFI Life Achievement Award recipients Association football midfielders BAFTA fellows Best Actor BAFTA Award winners Best Supporting Actor Academy Award winners Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe (film) winners Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic F.C. players British expatriates in the Bahamas Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globe winners Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres European Film Awards winners (people) Kennedy Center honorees Knights Bachelor Kyokushin kaikan practitioners Male actors from Edinburgh Military personnel from Edinburgh Royal Navy sailors Scottish film producers Scottish footballers Scottish male film actors Scottish male stage actors Scottish male television actors Scottish male voice actors Deaths from pneumonia in the Bahamas People with dementia Scottish nationalists Scottish people of Irish descent Violence against women in the United Kingdom