George Lazenby
- Schauspiel
- 5. September 1939 · Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Biografie
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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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.
Bekannt aus
Filmografie
- Mundije · US President
- Real Men – Wahre Männer · Selbst
- And the Winner Isn't · Selbst
- Becoming Bond - Die Rolle meines Lebens · Selbst
- Death Game · General Bullmount
- A Winter Rose · Henry
- The Order · Peters
- Hunter · General Bullmount
- Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars · Selbst
- Alles oder nichts · Selbst
- Not Quite Hollywood · Selbst
- Snow Job - Auf der Piste ist die Hölle los · Campbell Grady
- Best Ever Bond · Self / James Bond
- Spider's Web · Leland De Winter
- Legacy of the Dragon · Selbst
- Einer für alle - Der Tod spielt mit · Carlo
- Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
- Harry Saltzman: Showman · Selbst
- Batman of the Future · King (Stimme)
- Batman of the Future · King (Stimme)
- Gut Feeling
- Moments of Danger · John Steele
- The Path of the Dragon · Selbst
- Bruce Lee - Die unschlagbare Faust · Selbst
- The Secrets of 007 · Selbst
- Pretender · Major Charles
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Fox Hunt · Chauncy
- In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross · Self / James Bond
- The Babysitters · Leland Stromm
- Bruce Lee: Sein geheimnisvoller Tod · Selbst
- Diagnose: Mord · Vince Thatcher
- Gettysburg · Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew
- Emmanuelles Geheimnis · Mario
- Emmanuelles Parfüm · Mario
- Emmanuelles Zauber · Mario
- Emmanuelle in Tibet · Mario
- Emmanuelle in Venedig · Mario
- Emmanuelle in Afrika · Mario
- Emmanuelles Freundin · Mario
- Kung Fu – Im Zeichen des Drachen · Chi'Ru Master
- The Evil Inside Me · Grandinetti
- Eyes of the Beholder · Jack Wyman
- Baywatch
- Freddy's Nightmares · Dr. Clark
- Superboy · Jor-El
- Rage to Kill · Heinrich
- The Grand Knockout Tournament · Selbst
- Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Mr. Bond · Selbst
- Lance - Stirb niemals jung · Drew Stargrove
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents · James
- Cover Up
- Master Ninja II · Mallory
- Der Ninja-Meister · Mallory
- Thunderball · J.B.
- Hotel · Emmett Saunders
- L'ultimo harem · Prince Almalarik
- Saint Jack · Senator
- B.J. und der Bär
- Evening in Byzantium · Roger Tory
- Der Einzelkämpfer · Capt. Gallagher
- The Newman Shame · John Brandy
- Kentucky Fried Movie · The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")
- Cover Girls · Michael
- Todeskommando Queensway · Morgan
- Is There Anybody There? · John Hersey
- Der Mann von Hongkong · Wilton
- Stoner - Ein Mann wie Granit · Joseph Stoner
- Kung Fu Killers · Selbst
- Li Xiao Long di Sheng yu si · Selbst
- The Last Days of Bruce Lee · Selbst
- The Operation · David Adler
- Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong · Selbst
- The Child - Die Stadt wird zum Alptraum · Franco Serpieri
- Universal Soldier · Ryker
- Play for Today · David Adler
- James Bond 007 - Im Geheimdienst Ihrer Majestät · James Bond
- Hawaii Fünf-Null · John Cossett
- Auf Eis gefilmt · Selbst
- Swiss Movement · Selbst