George Lazenby
Acting • Born 1939-09-05
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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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
82 credits
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Movie • 1969
James Bond
Four Dogs Playing Poker
Movie • 2000
Carlo
Gettysburg
Movie • 1993
Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew
The Man from Hong Kong
Movie • 1975
Wilton
Shot On Ice
Movie • 1969
Self
Death Dimension
Movie • 1978
Capt. Gallagher
Never Too Young to Die
Movie • 1986
Drew Stargrove
Twin Sitters
Movie • 1994
Leland Stromm
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
Movie • 1973
Self
Emmanuelle's Secret
Movie • 1993
Mario
Spider's Web
Movie • 2002
Leland De Winter
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair
Movie • 1983
J.B.
Stoner
Movie • 1974
Joseph Stoner
Emmanuelle's Revenge
Movie • 1993
Mario
Emmanuelle's Magic
Movie • 1993
Mario
Eyes of the Beholder
Movie • 1992
Jack Wyman
Gut Feeling
Movie • 1999
Everything or Nothing
Movie • 2012
Self
Hell Hunters
Movie • 1988
Heinrich
Fox Hunt
Movie • 1996
Chauncy
Emmanuelle Forever
Movie • 1993
Mario
Star of Jaipur
Movie • 1998
John Steele
Emmanuelle's Love
Movie • 1993
Mario
Universal Soldier
Movie • 1972
Ryker
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
Movie • 1995
Self / James Bond
Cover Girls
Movie • 1977
Michael
Mundije
Movie • 2025
US President
Saint Jack
Movie • 1979
Senator
Emmanuelle in Venice
Movie • 1993
Mario
Emmanuelle's Perfume
Movie • 1993
Mario
Kung Fu Killers
Movie • 1974
Self
A Queen's Ransom
Movie • 1976
Morgan
Last Harem
Movie • 1981
Prince Almalarik
Best Ever Bond
Movie • 2002
Self / James Bond
Is There Anybody There?
Movie • 1976
John Hersey
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Movie • 1987
Self
The Newman Shame
Movie • 1978
John Brandy
The Kentucky Fried Movie
Movie • 1977
The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")
The Order
Movie • 2016
Peters
Becoming Bond
Movie • 2017
Himself
Death Game
Movie • 2017
General Bullmount
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee
Movie • 1993
Self
And the Winner Isn't
Movie • 2017
Self
Winter Break
Movie • 2003
Campbell Grady
A Winter Rose
Movie • 2016
Henry
Master Ninja II
Movie • 1984
Mallory
The Path of the Dragon
Movie • 1998
Self
The Operation
Movie • 1973
David Adler
Hunter
Movie • 2015
General Bullmount
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
Movie • 1998
Self
Not Quite Hollywood
Movie • 2008
Self
Real Men
Movie • 2019
Himself - Actor
Harry Saltzman: Showman
Movie • 2000
Self
Who Saw Her Die?
Movie • 1972
Franco Serpieri
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
Movie • 2000
Swiss Movement
Movie • 1969
Self
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Movie • 2012
Self
Above It All
Movie • 1969
Self
Evening in Byzantium
Movie • 1978
Roger Tory
Z Dead End
Movie
US President
The Secrets of 007
Movie • 1997
Self
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
Movie • 1973
Self
The Evil Inside Me
Movie • 1993
Grandinetti
Legacy of the Dragon
Movie • 2001
Self
Batman Beyond: The Movie
Movie • 1999
King (voice)
Batman Beyond
TV • 1999
King (voice)
B. J. and the Bear
TV • 1979
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV • 1993
Chi'Ru Master
The Pretender
TV • 1996
Major Charles
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
John Cossett
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Hotel
TV • 1982
Freddy's Nightmares
TV • 1988
Dr. Clark
Superboy
TV • 1988
Jor-El
Baywatch
TV • 1989
Cover Up
TV • 1984
Play for Today
TV • 1970
David Adler
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Vince Thatcher
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1985
James
Omnibus
TV • 1967
Self (archive footage)
The Master
TV • 1984
Mallory