Sean Connery Net Worth
Sean Connery had a net worth of $500 million at the time of his death. He was best known for playing James Bond. After countless legal battles on Sean Connery’s estate, Connery’s family has inherited all of his wealth.
| Full Name | Thomas Sean Connery |
| Net Worth at Death | $500 Million |
| Salary | $8 Million |
| Annual Income | $35 Million |
| Bank Balance | $60 Million |
| Height | 6′ 2″ (1.88 m) |
Connery’s grandparents were quite wealthy but lost their fortune during the 1929 Wall Street Crash and the resulting Great Depression. His family struggled financially during his childhood. He left school and worked as a milkman, lorry driver, and laborer, earning less than $1 a day.
He later joined the Royal Navy, participated in Bodybuilding competitions, and has done occasional modeling jobs making $250 per month. For the next five years, he continued to play minor roles in various British films and teleqvision shows until he got his first breakthrough with Hell Drivers in 1958.
Amazing Fact: Sean Connery was offered a record pay of $14 million to play ‘Gandalf’ in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which he turned down.
Income from James Bond
Sean Connery was paid $2 million for his role in the first Bond film, Dr. No (adjusted for inflation, this equates to $18 million in today’s money). Twenty years later, he earned $10 million for his role in the final Bond film, Never Say Never Agaain.
You would be surprised to know that Connery earned more money through his supporting roles, such as the one in ‘The Untouchables’ than he ever did as James Bond.
Who Inherited Connery’s Wealth?
Following his death, all of Sean Connery’s assets were distributed to his wife, children, and siblings by his Will Document. Let’s see who got what from Sean Connery’s estate after he died.
| $15 Million Cash and Watch collection | Neil Connery (Brother) |
| $40 Million Cash and 2 Mansions | Micheline Roquebrune (Second Wife) |
| $350 Million Estate, Car Collection, and all other assets | Jason Connery (Son) |
Later Years
In the 2000s, as the age caught up with him, Connery reduced his appearances in films and instead focussed on voice-acting for many animated films. In 2012, at the age of 82, he announced his retirement from acting.
When he died, Sean Connery was one of the richest actors in the world. He had investments in real estate, stocks and hundreds of acres of land holdings in Scotland and Britain.
Wealth Graph
| Net Worth in 2024 | $400 Million |
| Net Worth in 2010 | $290 Million |
| Net Worth in 1980 | $80 Million |
| Net Worth in 1960 | $500,000 |