Sir Sean Connery’s Oscars acceptance speech: Patience truly is a virtue

Sean Connery won the best supporting actor Academy Award (Ian West/PA)

Sir Sean Connery won his first and only Oscar in 1988 for his role as a tough Irish cop in The Untouchables.

The Brian De Palma film, released in 1987, saw him mentor Kevin Costner’s Eliot Ness and he won the best supporting actor Academy Award, beating Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Albert Brooks and Vincent Gardenia.