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get the role included, spending his last pounds on acquiring a tailor-made suit from Sean Connery's tailor, which was originally made for Connery, along with purchasing a very Bondish-looking Rolex watch, and an Aston Martin DB5 car, the Bond car at the time.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

• 2025Mundije — US President
• 2017Death Game — General Bullmount
• 2016A Winter Rose — Henry
• 2016The Order — Peters
• 2015Hunter — General Bullmount
• 2003Winter Break — Campbell Grady
• 2002Spider's Web — Leland De Winter
• 2000Four Dogs Playing Poker — Carlo
• 2000Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
• Batman Beyond — King (voice)
• 1999Batman Beyond: The Movie — King (voice)
• 1999Gut Feeling
• 1998Star of Jaipur — John Steele
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Fox Hunt — Chauncy
• The Pretender — Major Charles
• 1994Twin Sitters — Leland Stromm
• Diagnosis: Murder — Vince Thatcher
• 1993Emmanuelle Forever — Mario
• 1993Emmanuelle in Venice — Mario
• 1993Emmanuelle's Love — Mario
• 1993Emmanuelle's Magic — Mario
• 1993Emmanuelle's Perfume — Mario
• 1993Emmanuelle's Revenge — Mario
• 1993Emmanuelle's Secret — Mario
• 1993Gettysburg — Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues — Chi'Ru Master
• 1993The Evil Inside Me — Grandinetti
• 1992Eyes of the Beholder — Jack Wyman
• Baywatch
• Freddy's Nightmares — Dr. Clark
• 1988Hell Hunters — Heinrich
• Superboy — Jor-El
• 1986Never Too Young to Die — Drew Stargrove
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents — James
• Cover Up
• 1984Master Ninja II — Mallory
• The Master — Mallory
• 1983The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair — J.B.
• Hotel — Emmett Saunders
• 1981Last Harem — Prince Almalarik
• B. J. and the Bear
• 1979Saint Jack — Senator
• 1978Death Dimension — Capt. Gallagher
• Evening in Byzantium — Roger Tory
• 1978The Newman Shame — John Brandy
• 1977Cover Girls — Michael
• 1977The Kentucky Fried Movie — The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")
• 1976A Queen's Ransom — Morgan
• 1976Is There Anybody There? — John Hersey
• 1975The Man from Hong Kong — Wilton
• 1974Stoner — Joseph Stoner
• 1973The Operation — David Adler
• 1972Universal Soldier — Ryker
• 1972Who Saw Her Die? — Franco Serpieri
• Play for Today — David Adler
• Hawaii Five-O — John Cossett
• 1969On Her Majesty's Secret Service — James Bond
• Z Dead End — US President

Appearances as themselves (24)

• 2019Real Men — Himself - Actor
• 2017And the Winner Isn't — Self
• 2017Becoming Bond — Himself
• 2012Everything or Nothing — Self
• 2012Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars — Self
• 2008Not Quite Hollywood — Self
• 2002Best Ever Bond — Self / James Bond
• 2001Legacy of the Dragon — Self
• 2000Harry Saltzman: Showman — Self
• 1998Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist — Self
• 1998The Path of the Dragon — Self
• 1997The Secrets of 007 — Self
• 1995In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross — Self / James Bond
• 1993Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee — Self
• 1987Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond — Self (archive footage)
• 1987The Grand Knockout Tournament — Self
• 1974Kung Fu Killers — Self
• 1973Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend — Self
• 1973Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong — Self
• 1973The Last Days of Bruce Lee — Himself (archive footage)
• 1969Above It All — Self
• 1969Shot On Ice — Self
• 1969Swiss Movement — Self
• Omnibus — Self (archive footage)