The son of Bond, the son of James Bond.

How do you think Sean Connery's son Jason Connery felt about that? How did it feel being the child of James Bond himself, or any of his father's other roles, like Professor Henry Jones (the first), King Arthur, Allan Quatermain, and John Patrick Mason? We suppose as any other celebrity child would say, interesting.

But it must not have been too much of a struggle for Jason because he followed in his father's heavy footsteps and remains in the business to this day. He began his career in 1983, the same year that his father reprised Bond for the seventh and final time in Never Say Never Again (never say you're done with Bond, because Connery clearly wasn't, nor was he done with the character after a four-year hiatus between You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever).

Since then, Jason has accumulated about 74 acting credits and has dabbled in directing and producing along the way. Sadly, he just lost his father last year and has now lost his uncle as well, so he may be taking some time off to reflect upon their legacies before he goes back to work.

Either way, here's what he was up to before his father's death and the pandemic started.

Jason Knew He Wanted To Follow In His Father's Footsteps Early On

Jason grew up in London and was ten years old when his parents split. His mother is Australian actress Diane Cilento, so showbiz was all around him as a kid. When he was a teenager, he attended Gordonstoun School, in his father's native Scotland, the same secondary school that Prince Phillip and later Prince Charles attended as boys.

During his years at Gordonstoun, he realized he wanted to be an actor, although he told the Los Angeles Times that he was scared to tell his parents he wanted to go into acting at first.

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"Look, the thing about acting is, it’s a tough profession. If you really don’t want to do it, you’ll find out soon," his father told him when he was just about to enter into the profession.

Since Connery was such a well-known actor by that point, Jason said he "felt very much like [he] had to defend" himself and "had to say, I’m not just his son. I can act. I am not just riding his coattails."

When he graduated from Gordonstoun, he was accepted into the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, so he started theater before getting his first roles in feature films. His first credit came in 1983 for the film The Lords of Discipline, and roles in The Boy Who Had Everything and The Venetian Woman came soon after.

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Then he got a 13-episode arc on Robin Hood, then landed parts in 1988’s Bye Bye Baby and 1989's Casablanca Express. In 1990, he portrayed James Bond creator Ian Fleming in the 1990 drama Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming, and then went on to appear in films like 1991's The Sheltering Desert, 1996’s Midnight in St Petersburg, 1997's Macbeth, 2000’s Shanghai Noon, 2006’s Hoboken Hollow and Lightspeed, 2007's Night Skies and Brotherhood of Blood, and 2009's The Line. He's also had credits on shows like Dr. Who and Smallville.

More recently, he's starred in 2014's Alien Strain and 2019's The Untold Story, his last credit. He's also directed the films The Devil's Tomb, Pandemic, 51, The Philly Kid, and Tommy's Honour.

Connery especially loved Tommy's Honour because it's a film about golf, the sport that he and Jason shared love for.

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Connery said, "From the moment that the film started, I felt like I was there," which was a huge compliment for Jason, "because for me, sometimes it's difficult for an audience to assimilate with the time and sit outside it. I really wanted to get the audience to feel like they were in the world rather than outside looking in," he told Behind the Lens Online.

Next on Jason's list is Byrd and the Bees and is set to direct the film Of Corset's Mine.

He Was Upset About Claims That He Was Taken Out Of His Father's Will

In 2008 a rumor started that Connery had cut Jason out of his will. Jason was furious and told the Telegraph he was sick of the rumors.

"I honor, respect, and love my father and for good reason,” Jason said. "I am truly sick of reading about my father and our relationship and of his being portrayed as some sort of monster or tyrant who rules my life by ‘cutting me off from his wealth.' This all could not be farther from the truth.

"[He has] earned this money through nothing but his own tireless hard work. And what he does with it and who he gives it to is completely up to him."

Jason's partner, singer Fiona Ufton (he was previously married to Ferris Bueller's Day Off's Mia Sara), posted the last picture of her, Jason, and Connery during the legend's 89th birthday.

When Connery died last year, Jason released the following statement, "We are all working at understanding this huge event as it only happened so recently, even though my dad has been unwell for some time. A sad day for all who knew and loved my dad and a sad loss for all people around the world who enjoyed the wonderful gift he had as an actor."

There's no doubt that Connery was a huge influence on his son, and we know that Jason will keep his father's legacy alive while continuing his own career at the same time. Just like Diamonds Are Forever, Sean Connery is forever.

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