Best Career Outside Bond

M 'n' M

Just wondered what others think about how the Bond actors have fared outside of Bond. This falls into three categories: pre Bond, during Bond and post Bond. There are a number of arguments for each actor for each category but my overall vote would have to go to Mr Brosnan. He had become a name before his Bond days with some good film work and the success of Remington Steele. I thought he made some good films during his Bond time (Thomas Crown, Mars Attacks, Tailor of Panama) and has continued pretty successfully with a wide range of good films and big films (Matador, Mama Mia, The Ghost etc). Any other votes for any of the others?

Number24

I think Sean Connery has had the best career after he quit Bond: The Name of the Rose, The Untouchables, Hunt for the Red Octobr, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Rock, Entrapment. He also had some really good ones while he was Bond (if you Count from DN to NASA): Time Bandits, The Man who would be king, The Great Train robbery, Murder on the Orient Express, Marnie.

Brosnan has had a nice career since he quit.

Thunderpussy

Agree, it took some time but Connery has gone from
Strength to strength, unlike the other Bonds.

M 'n' M

And what about Craig? I have a feeling his non-bond work has stalled a little. He was involved in good work pre bond (layer cake / Munich) but the golden compass?? And cowboys and aliens???

Thunderpussy

I have nothing to base this on but I think Craig
Will have a big career after Bond. -{

AlphaOmegaSin

Lazenby would have stayed doing Adds in Austrailia if he never got the Part.

Thunderpussy

Lazenby really " Dropped the ball" with Bond and apart from a few low budget
Outings, it ended his career. or rather HE ended his career !

Thunderpussy

Connery, took a long while after Bond before he became the film icon, that he is.
Lazenby, bit of TV work small films, career stalled.
Moore, after Bond he was a bit too old, so nothing major career wise.
Dalton, seemed to prefer Theatre and privacy, so I don't think he pushed his career.
Brosnan, some films no big hits ( November nan, might be ? )
Craig, after Bond, I think you'll see him in a few big movies.

Blackleiter

Number24 wrote:

I think Sean Connery has had the best career after he quit Bond: The Name of the Rose, The Untouchables, Hunt for the Red Octobr, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Rock, Entrapment. He also had some really good ones while he was Bond (if you Count from DN to NASA): Time Bandits, The Man who would be king, The Great Train robbery, Murder on the Orient Express, Marnie.

Brosnan has had a nice career since he quit.

Well I might be a teeny bit biased in favor of Connery (Ha!), but I think Sir Sean takes the crown here. Besides some of the stellar work he did post-Bond, many of which our friend Number24 has listed, he also had some pretty good outings while in the midst of his tenure as 007. For example, Marnie (1964), The Hill (1965), The Molly McGuires (1970), and The Anderson Tapes (1971) come to mind. Not to mention that he is the only Bond actor with an Oscar if I'm not mistaken.

Barbel

Thunderpussy wrote:

Brosnan, some films no big hits

At least one, surely, made a lot of money money money?

Thunderpussy

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broadshoulder

Haven't watched many Brosnans films. I drowsed off during tailor of panama - but did watch him playing an ex British prime minister in a film with Ewan McGregor. He was obviously Tony Blair. It was actually a gift of a role. A PM so ground down by scandal and intrigue that the PM can have alot of fun with it

Unfortunately Brosnan does nothing

Its a gift of a role. You can actually show why this leader did what he did. The actor can show behind the eyes the thinking behind it. McGregor showed him up in a film

Brosnan has charisma and looks.But what else?

Craig will have a bigger range then Brosnan. he will be playing Kings and Emporers to the cows come home.

AlphaOmegaSin

stag wrote:

AlphaOmegaSin wrote:

Lazenby would have stayed doing Adds in Austrailia if he never got the Part.

Lazenby was living & working in the UK prior to his casting as Bond & had been for some years.

Was unaware of that -{

UltimateTruth

Moore trumps them all with "Cannonball Run"

M 'n' M

Actually, the bond years were quite good for sir rog. Without being spectacular he made a raft of good action films - and the mighty cannonball run!

For Connery the difficulty was getting his career going again in the 70's, which was a hard time for British action actors (look at the films Michael Caine and oliver Reed made). As I recall sir Sean's real comeback was "outland" in around 1980,and he carried from there