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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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
all 89
Movies 73
self 26
TV Shows 16
Voice 1
Mundije (2024)
Real Men (2019)
And the Winner Isn't (2017)
Becoming Bond (2017)
Death Game (2017)
Orders (2017)
A Winter Rose (2016)
Dance Angels (2016)
The Order (2016)
Hunter (2015)
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars (2012)
Everything or Nothing (2012)
Not Quite Hollywood (2008)
The Exotic Locations of 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' (2006)
Casting on 'Her Majesty's Secret Service' (2006)
Brits Go to Hollywood (2003)
Winter Break (2003)
Best Ever Bond (2002)
Spider's Web (2002)
Bond Girls Are Forever (2002)
Legacy of the Dragon (2001)
Four Dogs Playing Poker (2000)
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' (2000)
Harry Saltzman: Showman (2000)
The James Bond Story (1999)
Batman Beyond (1999)
Star of Jaipur (1998)
Clarkson (1998)
The Path of the Dragon (1998)
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist (1998)
The Secrets of 007 (1997)
The Pretender (1996)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
Fox Hunt (1996)
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995)
Twin Sitters (1994)
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee (1993)
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
Gettysburg (1993)
Emmanuelle's Secret (1993)
Emmanuelle's Perfume (1993)
Emmanuelle's Magic (1993)
Emmanuelle's Love (1993)
Emmanuelle in Venice (1993)
Emmanuelle's Revenge (1993)
Emmanuelle Forever (1993)
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993)
The Evil Inside Me (1993)
Eyes of the Beholder (1992)
Baywatch (1989)
Freddy's Nightmares (1988)
Superboy (1988)
Hell Hunters (1988)
The Grand Knockout Tournament (1987)
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond (1987)
Never Too Young to Die (1986)
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
Cover Up (1984)
Master Ninja II (1984)
Bruce Lee: The Legend (1984)
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983)
Hotel (1982)
Last Harem (1981)
Saint Jack (1979)
B. J. and the Bear (1979)
Evening in Byzantium (1978)
Death Dimension (1978)
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
Cover Girls (1977)
The Newman Shame (1977)
A Queen's Ransom (1976)
Is There Anybody There? (1976)
The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
The Shrine of Ultimate Bliss (1974)
Kung Fu Killers (1974)
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973)
The Operation (1973)
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong (1973)
Who Saw Her Die? (1972)
Universal Soldier (1972)
Play for Today (1970)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Above It All (1969)
Swiss Movement (1969)
Shot On Ice (1969)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Gut Feeling
Z Dead End
Passport to Oblivion
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1939-09-05 (84 years old)
Birth NameGeorge Robert Lazenby
Birth PlaceGoulburn, Australia
RelationshipsPam Shriver (2002-01-01 - 2008-01-01)
CitizenshipsAustralia
Also Known AsGeorge Robert Lazenby
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