James Bond is a fictional character created by the novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. Bond is a British secret agent working for MI6 who also answers to his codename, 007. He has been portrayed on film by the actors Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig, in twenty-seven productions. All the films but two were made by Eon Productions. Eon now holds the full adaptation rights to all of Fleming's Bond novels.

Sean Connery’s series of Bond films didn’t earn an Academy Award nomination until "Goldfinger", which won for Best Sound Effects. His next installment, "Thunderball" won for Best Visual Effects.

Roger Moore’s seven Bond films racked up a total of six Academy Award nominations with zero wins. "Live and Let Die", "The Spy Who Loved Me", and "For Your Eyes Only" were all nominated for Best Original Song.

"The Spy Who Loved Me" also has the most Academy Award nominations of any Bond film, with three.

The franchise did not earn another Academy Award nomination until 2012’s "Skyfall", which won two, for Best Sound Editing and Best Original Song.

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