George Lazenby

Known for ActingBorn 1939-09-05 (age 86) 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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Order

Gut Feeling

Star of Jaipur

Fox Hunt

The Newman Shame

Batman Beyond

E! True Hollywood Story

Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend

The Secrets of 007

Evening in Byzantium

Kung Fu Killers

The Pretender

Everything or Nothing

Batman Beyond: The Movie

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Freddy's Nightmares

Master Ninja II

Diagnosis: Murder

Becoming Bond

Gettysburg

The Evil Inside Me

Omnibus

Hawaii Five-O

Not Quite Hollywood

The Path of the Dragon

Cover Up

Is There Anybody There?

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

The Grand Knockout Tournament

Hotel

Harry Saltzman: Showman

Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond

Saint Jack

And the Winner Isn't

The Man from Hong Kong

Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'

Universal Soldier

Twin Sitters

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

Play for Today

Superboy

Cover Girls

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

A Queen's Ransom

Who Saw Her Die?

Real Men

The Kentucky Fried Movie