George Lazenby
Born: 1939-09-05 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Known For: Acting
Biography
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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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
2025
- Mundije as US President
2019
- Real Men as Himself - Actor
2017
- Becoming Bond as Himself
- And the Winner Isn't as Self
- Death Game as General Bullmount
2016
- The Order as Peters
- A Winter Rose as Henry
2015
- Hunter as General Bullmount
2012
- Everything or Nothing as Self
- Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars as Self
2008
- Not Quite Hollywood as Self
2003
- Winter Break as Campbell Grady
2002
- Spider's Web as Leland De Winter
- Best Ever Bond as Self / James Bond
2001
- Legacy of the Dragon as Self
2000
1999
- Batman Beyond as King (voice)
- Gut Feeling
- Batman Beyond: The Movie as King (voice)
1998
- The Path of the Dragon as Self
- Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist as Self
- Star of Jaipur as John Steele
1997
- The Secrets of 007 as Self
1996
- The Pretender as Major Charles
- Fox Hunt as Chauncy
- E! True Hollywood Story
1995
- In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross as Self / James Bond
1994
- Twin Sitters as Leland Stromm
1993
- Diagnosis: Murder as Vince Thatcher
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Chi'Ru Master
- Emmanuelle's Magic as Mario
- Gettysburg as Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew
- Emmanuelle in Venice as Mario
- Emmanuelle's Secret as Mario
- Emmanuelle Forever as Mario
- Emmanuelle's Perfume as Mario
- Emmanuelle's Revenge as Mario
- Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee as Self
- Emmanuelle's Love as Mario
- The Evil Inside Me as Grandinetti
1992
- Eyes of the Beholder as Jack Wyman
1989
1988
- Superboy as Jor-El
- Freddy's Nightmares as Dr. Clark
- Hell Hunters as Heinrich
1987
- The Grand Knockout Tournament as Self
- Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond as Self (archive footage)
1986
- Never Too Young to Die as Drew Stargrove
1985
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as James
1984
- Cover Up
- The Master as Mallory
- Master Ninja II as Mallory
1982
1981
- Last Harem as Prince Almalarik
1979
- Saint Jack as Senator
- B. J. and the Bear
1978
- Death Dimension as Capt. Gallagher
- Evening in Byzantium as Roger Tory
- The Newman Shame as John Brandy
1977
- The Kentucky Fried Movie as The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")
- Cover Girls as Michael
1976
- A Queen's Ransom as Morgan
- Is There Anybody There? as John Hersey
1975
- The Man from Hong Kong as Wilton
1974
- Stoner as Joseph Stoner
- Kung Fu Killers as Self
1973
- Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend as Self
- Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong as Self
- The Operation as David Adler
1972
- Who Saw Her Die? as Franco Serpieri
- Universal Soldier as Ryker
1970
- Play for Today as David Adler
1969
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service as James Bond
- Swiss Movement as Self
- Shot On Ice as Self
- Above It All as Self
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as John Cossett
1967
- Omnibus as Self (archive footage)