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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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