Life Of Sean Connery

Connery is a member of the Scottish National Party, a centreleft political party campaigning for Scottish independence, and has supported the party financially and through personal appearances. In 2008, Connery said in the Scottish Sunday Express he believed that Scotland will become an independent country within his lifetime and praised the work of the SNP in a minority government after having won the 2007 Scottish Parliamentary elections. Connery has been frequently criticised for remaining outspoken on UK politics while living as a tax exile in the Bahamas. He has donated thousands of pounds to the SNP and has sworn not to return to Scotland until it is independent. He was also accused of hypocrisy for accepting a knighthood in 1999 from the Labour government.
In the beginning of his acting career, looking to pick up some extra money, he helped out backstage at the King's Theatre in late 1951. He became interested in the proceedings, and a career was launched.