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other than Bond flicks, and he defied the bane of the acting world: typecasting. In fact, Connery won an Oscar not for playing a superspy, but for his turn as Jim Malone, the aging, street-weary Irish police officer in “The Untouchables.” Connery’s secret? Transformation. He captured our collective imagination as the dashing British Bond, but he realized the role was ultimately a dead-end. He made the tough decision to abandon the lucrative role at the height of its popularity to improve his long-term career prospects. He then used his box-office appeal as leverage with the studios to land roles he knew were critical to his professional survival. Today’s senior IT execs, and those who aspire to move up the ladder, can take a few pointers from Connery. During the late ’90s, IT executives were the stars of many businesses, capturing the imaginations of their companies and customers by leading them in new directions with information technology. E-commerce, Web services: Name a tech trend, and the CIO and his or her senior staff were in the lead. But as technology advanced and the world moved from viewing it as a strategic advantage in and of itself to seeing it as an additional source of business value, CIOs and senior IT executives went from stars to bit players in their organizations. They were typecast as the tech geeks with no business sense. Indeed, new priorities have replaced the corporate IT “space race” of the past century in the minds of C-level 1964: Kicks off a slew of Bond movies, starting with “Goldfinger,” followed by “Thunderball” the next year and then “You Only Live Twice” in 1967. 1969: Sits back as George Lazenby takes his one and only stab at 007 in “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.” 1971: Receives a record salary for “Diamonds Are Forever,” then promptly abandons the Bond role. 1983: Nearly a decade later, reprises the role of 007 for the last time in “Never Say Never Again,” an unofficial remake of “Thunderball.” 1988: Receives the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in “The Untouchables.” 1989: Named People’s Sexiest Man Alive at age 59, to which he reportedly responds: “Well, there aren’t many sexy dead men, are there?” 1996: Is parodied in the first of a series of “Saturday Night Live” sketches sketche on popular game show “Celebrity Jeopardy!” 2000: Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, despite his unabashed support for Scotland’s independence from the U.K. 2006: Wins the 34th annual AFI Lifetime Achievement Award. During the ceremony, he is roasted by comedian Mike Myers. 2008: Remains the first and only James Bond actor to win an Oscar. September 2008 CERTIFICATION MAGAZINE 2 http://www.oscars.org/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcp439tno-s&feature=related http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066995/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_Jeopardy!_(Saturday_Night_Live http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066995/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_Jeopardy!_(Saturday_Night_Live http://www.afi.com/tvevents/laa/laa06.aspx" \t "_blank http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058150/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_Jeopardy!_(Saturday_Night_Live http://www.afi.com/tvevents/laa/laa06.aspx" \t "_blank http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059800/ http://www.afi.com/tvevents/laa/laa06.aspx" \t "_blank http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062512/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062512/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094226/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B-4B1fuMe0" \t "_blank http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20116288,00.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094226/ http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20116288,00.html http://www.seanconnery.com/biography/knighthood/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493872/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086006/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086006/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064757/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064757/

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