Adding his voice to a campaign against global hunger, Sean Connery will appear in a holiday-season television ad to promote the work of a United Nations food agency.
In the commercial for the World Food Program, the Scottish-born actor delivers a message following footage that shows how the agency sends food to hungry people in remote areas around the world.
International broadcasters including BBC World have agreed to air the ad over the Christmas period, the Rome-based agency said Tuesday.
Connery, 73, became world-
famous in the 1960s playing the role of 007 agent James Bond, and has since starred in films including Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Hunt for Red October and Finding Forrester.
The food agency programs reach about 110 million people in 82 countries.
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