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George Lazenby
Born · September 5, 1939 (85 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Bio
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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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.
Mundije
US President
0.0
2025
Real Men
Himself - Actor
5.8
2019
And the Winner Isn't
Self
5.7
2017
Becoming Bond
Himself
6.9
2017
Death Game
General Bullmount
1.5
2017
A Winter Rose
Henry
3.3
2016
The Order
Peters
10.0
2016
Hunter
General Bullmount
3.0
2015
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
6.2
2012
Everything or Nothing
Self
7.1
2012
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
6.8
2008
Winter Break
Campbell Grady
4.3
2003
Best Ever Bond
Self / James Bond
5.0
2002
Spider's Web
Leland De Winter
4.7
2002
Bond Girls Are Forever
James Bond (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.8
2002
Top Gear
James Bond (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.5
2002
Legacy of the Dragon
Self
0.0
2001
Four Dogs Playing Poker
Carlo
4.2
2000
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
5.8
2000
Harry Saltzman: Showman
Self
6.5
2000
Batman Beyond
King (voice) · (3 episodes)
8.1
1999
Gut Feeling
0.0
1999
Star of Jaipur
John Steele
0.0
1998
The Path of the Dragon
Self
6.4
1998
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
Self
2.5
1998
The Secrets of 007
Self
7.9
1997
The Pretender
Major Charles · (4 episodes)
7.4
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
(1 episode)
8.1
1996
Fox Hunt
Chauncy
0.0
1996
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
Self / James Bond
3.0
1995
Twin Sitters
Leland Stromm
6.3
1994
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee
Self
8.1
1993
Diagnosis: Murder
Vince Thatcher · (1 episode)
7.1
1993
Gettysburg
Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew
6.9
1993
Emmanuelle's Secret
Mario
3.6
1993
Emmanuelle's Perfume
Mario
4.3
1993
Emmanuelle's Magic
Mario
3.5
1993
Emmanuelle's Love
Mario
3.4
1993
Emmanuelle in Venice
Mario
3.7
1993
Emmanuelle's Revenge
Mario
3.2
1993
Emmanuelle Forever
Mario
3.3
1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Chi'Ru Master · (1 episode)
6.6
1993
The Evil Inside Me
Grandinetti
0.0
1993
Eyes of the Beholder
Jack Wyman
6.2
1992
Baywatch
(1 episode)
5.9
1989
Freddy's Nightmares
(1 episode)
7.2
1988
Superboy
Jor-El · (2 episodes)
6.4
1988
Hell Hunters
Heinrich
4.2
1988
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Self
6.0
1987
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
Self (archive footage)
6.3
1987
Never Too Young to Die
Drew Stargrove
4.6
1986
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
James · (1 episode)
7.3
1985
Cover Up
(1 episode)
6.6
1984
Master Ninja II
Mallory
7.0
1984
Bruce Lee: The Legend
Self (archive footage)
8.0
1984
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
J.B.
5.8
1983
Hotel
(1 episode)
6.8
1982
Last Harem
Prince Almalarik
3.0
1981
Saint Jack
Senator
6.6
1979
B. J. and the Bear
(1 episode)
5.5
1979
Evening in Byzantium
Roger Tory
0.0
1978
Death Dimension
Capt. Gallagher
4.3
1978
The Newman Shame
John Brandy
0.0
1978
The Kentucky Fried Movie
The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")
6.2
1977
Cover Girls
Michael
5.0
1977
A Queen's Ransom
Morgan
6.3
1976
Is There Anybody There?
John Hersey
7.0
1976
The Man from Hong Kong
Wilton
6.7
1975
Stoner
Joseph Stoner
4.8
1974
Kung Fu Killers
Self
7.0
1974
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
Self
8.2
1973
The Operation
David Adler
0.0
1973
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
Self
0.0
1973
Who Saw Her Die?
Franco Serpieri
6.4
1972
Universal Soldier
Ryker
6.0
1972
Play for Today
David Adler · (1 episode)
6.1
1970
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
James Bond
6.6
1969
Shot On Ice
Self
4.0
1969
Swiss Movement
Self
6.0
1969
Above It All
Self
6.0
1969
Z Dead End
US President
0.0
Hawaii Five-O
John Cossett · (2 episodes)
7.1
1968
Omnibus
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.4
1967