George Lazenby
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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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
- 2024 · Mundije as US President
- 2019 · Real Men as Himself - Actor
- 2017 · And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2017 · Becoming Bond as Himself
- 2017 · Death Game as General Bullmount
- 2016 · A Winter Rose as Henry
- 2016 · The Order as Peters
- 2015 · Hunter as General Bullmount
- 2012 · Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars as Self
- 2012 · Everything or Nothing as Self
- 2008 · Not Quite Hollywood as Self
- 2006 · The Exotic Locations of 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' as James Bond (archive footage)
- 2003 · Winter Break as Campbell Grady
- 2002 · Best Ever Bond as Self / James Bond
- 2002 · Spider's Web as Leland De Winter
- 2002 · Bond Girls Are Forever as James Bond (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2002 · Top Gear as James Bond (archive footage)
- 2001 · Legacy of the Dragon as Self
- 2000 · Four Dogs Playing Poker as Carlo
- 2000 · Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' as
- 2000 · Harry Saltzman: Showman as Self
- 1999 · Batman Beyond as King (voice)
- 1999 · Gut Feeling as
- 1998 · Star of Jaipur as John Steele
- 1998 · The Path of the Dragon as Self
- 1998 · Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist as Self
- 1997 · The Secrets of 007 as Self
- 1996 · The Pretender as Major Charles
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Fox Hunt as Chauncy
- 1995 · In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross as Self / James Bond
- 1994 · Twin Sitters as Leland Stromm
- 1993 · Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee as Self
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Vince Thatcher
- 1993 · Gettysburg as Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew
- 1993 · Emmanuelle's Secret as Mario
- 1993 · Emmanuelle's Perfume as Mario
- 1993 · Emmanuelle's Magic as Mario
- 1993 · Emmanuelle's Love as Mario
- 1993 · Emmanuelle in Venice as Mario
- 1993 · Emmanuelle's Revenge as Mario
- 1993 · Emmanuelle Forever as Mario
- 1993 · Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Chi'Ru Master
- 1993 · The Evil Inside Me as Grandinetti
- 1992 · Eyes of the Beholder as Jack Wyman
- 1989 · Baywatch as
- 1988 · Freddy's Nightmares as
- 1988 · Superboy as Jor-El
- 1988 · Hell Hunters as Heinrich
- 1987 · The Grand Knockout Tournament as Self
- 1987 · Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond as Self (archive footage)
- 1986 · Never Too Young to Die as Drew Stargrove
- 1985 · The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as James
- 1984 · Cover Up as
- 1984 · Master Ninja II as Mallory
- 1984 · Bruce Lee: The Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 1983 · The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair as J.B.
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1981 · Last Harem as Prince Almalarik
- 1979 · Saint Jack as Senator
- 1979 · B. J. and the Bear as
- 1978 · Evening in Byzantium as Roger Tory
- 1978 · Death Dimension as Capt. Gallagher
- 1978 · The Newman Shame as John Brandy
- 1977 · The Kentucky Fried Movie as The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")
- 1977 · Cover Girls as Michael
- 1976 · A Queen's Ransom as Morgan
- 1976 · Is There Anybody There? as John Hersey
- 1975 · The Man from Hong Kong as Wilton
- 1974 · The Shrine of Ultimate Bliss as Joseph Stoner
- 1974 · Kung Fu Killers as Self
- 1973 · Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend as Self
- 1973 · The Operation as David Adler
- Future · Z Dead End as US President
- 1973 · Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong as Self
- 1972 · Who Saw Her Die? as Franco Serpieri
- 1972 · Universal Soldier as Ryker
- 1970 · Play for Today as David Adler
- 1969 · On Her Majesty's Secret Service as James Bond
- 1969 · Above It All as Self
- 1969 · Swiss Movement as Self
- 1969 · Shot On Ice as Self
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as John Cossett