George Robert Lazenby (pronounced /ˈleɪzənbi/; born 5 September 1939) is an Australian actor and former model, best known for portraying James Bond in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Lazenby was born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia. Before becoming an actor, Lazenby worked as an auto mechanic, car salesman and model. In 1968, Lazenby was cast as James Bond, despite his only previous acting experience being in commercials,...
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George Robert Lazenby (pronounced /ˈleɪzənbi/; born 5 September 1939) is an Australian actor and former model, best known for portraying James Bond in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Lazenby was born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia. Before becoming an actor, Lazenby worked as an auto mechanic, car salesman and model. 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, Espionage in Tangiers. Lazenby won the role based on a screen-test fight scene, the strength of his interviews, fight skills, and audition footage.
Although he had previously worked in television advertising and an Italian spy themed B-movie, Lazenby's first serious acting role was as James Bond in the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). Lazenby is the second actor to portray the British secret agent in a Bond feature film after Sean Connery, who had...
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