Acting
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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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.
Filmography
Mundije
Film · 2025
Real Men
Film · 2019
Becoming Bond
Film · 2017
Death Game
Film · 2017
And the Winner Isn't
Film · 2017
The Order
Film · 2016
A Winter Rose
Film · 2016
Hunter
Film · 2015
Everything or Nothing
Film · 2012
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Film · 2012
Not Quite Hollywood
Film · 2008
Winter Break
Film · 2003
Spider's Web
Film · 2002
Best Ever Bond
Film · 2002
Legacy of the Dragon
Film · 2001
Four Dogs Playing Poker
Film · 2000
Harry Saltzman: Showman
Film · 2000
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
Film · 2000
Gut Feeling
Film · 1999
Batman Beyond: The Movie
Film · 1999
Batman Beyond
Series · 1999
Star of Jaipur
Film · 1998
The Path of the Dragon
Film · 1998
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
Film · 1998
The Secrets of 007
Film · 1997
Fox Hunt
Film · 1996
The Pretender
Series · 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
Series · 1996
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
Film · 1995
Twin Sitters
Film · 1994
Gettysburg
Film · 1993
Emmanuelle's Secret
Film · 1993
Emmanuelle's Revenge
Film · 1993
Emmanuelle's Magic
Film · 1993
Emmanuelle Forever
Film · 1993
Emmanuelle's Love
Film · 1993
Emmanuelle in Venice
Film · 1993
Emmanuelle's Perfume
Film · 1993
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee
Film · 1993
The Evil Inside Me
Film · 1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Series · 1993
Diagnosis: Murder
Series · 1993
Eyes of the Beholder
Film · 1992
Baywatch
Series · 1989
Hell Hunters
Film · 1988
Freddy's Nightmares
Series · 1988
Superboy
Series · 1988
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Film · 1987
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
Film · 1987
Never Too Young to Die
Film · 1986
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1985
Master Ninja II
Film · 1984
Cover Up
Series · 1984
The Master
Series · 1984
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
Film · 1983
Hotel
Series · 1982
Last Harem
Film · 1981
Saint Jack
Film · 1979
B. J. and the Bear
Series · 1979
Death Dimension
Film · 1978
The Newman Shame
Film · 1978
Evening in Byzantium
Series · 1978
Cover Girls
Film · 1977
The Kentucky Fried Movie
Film · 1977
A Queen's Ransom
Film · 1976
Is There Anybody There?
Film · 1976
The Man from Hong Kong
Film · 1975
Stoner
Film · 1974
Kung Fu Killers
Film · 1974
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
Film · 1973
The Operation
Film · 1973
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
Film · 1973
The Last Days of Bruce Lee
Film · 1973
Universal Soldier
Film · 1972
Who Saw Her Die?
Film · 1972
Play for Today
Series · 1970
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Film · 1969
Shot On Ice
Film · 1969
Swiss Movement
Film · 1969
Above It All
Film · 1969
Hawaii Five-O
Series · 1969
Omnibus
Series · 1967
Z Dead End
Film