ACTOR

George Lazenby

1939 - Today

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George Robert Lazenby (; born 5 September 1939) is a retired Australian actor. He was the second actor to portray the fictional British secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, playing the character in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Lazenby has received more than 8,174,166 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). George Lazenby is the 272nd most popular actor (down from 147th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Australia (down from 1st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Actor.

George Lazenby is most famous for being the only actor to play James Bond in a single film.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, George Lazenby ranks 272 out of 13,578. Before him are John Cazale, Jean Seberg, Nancy Reagan, Benny Hill, Virna Lisi, and David Carradine. After him are Kathy Bates, Silvana Mangano, Michael Landon, Glenn Close, Demi Moore, and Liza Minnelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, George Lazenby ranks 23. Before him are Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Karel Gott, Margaret Atwood, Ralph Lauren, and Peter Grünberg. After him are Sonny Chiba, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Jackie Stewart, Michèle Mercier, Richard Kiel, and Marie Laforêt.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, George Lazenby ranks 7 out of 1,143. Before him are Lawrence Bragg (1890), Gough Whitlam (1916), Geoffrey Rush (1951), Rod Laver (1938), Sia (1975), and Rupert Murdoch (1931). After him are Truganini (1812), Cate Blanchett (1969), Elton Mayo (1880), Chris Hemsworth (1983), Alexander Prokhorov (1916), and Margaret Court (1942).

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Among ACTORS In Australia

Among actors born in Australia, George Lazenby ranks 2. Before him are Geoffrey Rush (1951). After him are Cate Blanchett (1969), Chris Hemsworth (1983), Margot Robbie (1990), Heath Ledger (1979), Paul Hogan (1939), Errol Flynn (1909), Hugh Jackman (1968), Lionel Logue (1880), John Noble (1948), and Rod Taylor (1930).

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Television and Movie Roles

On Her Majesty's Secret Service
James Bond
James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss alps where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women. Along the way, Bond falls for Italian contessa Tracy Draco, and marries her in order to get closer to Blofeld.
Dec 18o 19696.572 / 10
Who Saw Her Die?
Franco Serpieri
Between a four-year gap in the murder of a young girl, the daughter of a well-known sculptor is discovered dead, and her parents conduct an investigation, only to discover they are in over their heads as the body-count keeps rising.
May 12o 19726.3 / 10
Becoming Bond
Himself
The stranger-than-fiction true story of George Lazenby, a poor Australian car mechanic who, through an unbelievable set of circumstances, landed the role of James Bond despite having never acted a day in his life.
Mar 11o 20176.962 / 10