<P> Dragonheart is a 1996 British - American fantasy action - adventure film directed by Rob Cohen . It stars Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Dina Meyer, and the voice of Sean Connery . It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and various other awards in 1996 and 1997 . </P> <P> An English knight, Bowen (Dennis Quaid), mentors a Saxon prince, Einon (Lee Oakes), in the ideals of chivalry, in the hope that he will become a better king than his tyrannical father Freyne (Peter Hric). When the king is killed while suppressing a peasant rebellion, Einon is mortally, though accidentally, wounded by the peasant girl Kara (Sandra Kovacikova). Einon's mother, Queen Aislinn (Julie Christie), has him taken before a dragon whom she implores to save the boy's life . The dragon replaces Einon's wounded heart with half of its own on the promise that Einon will rule with justice and virtue . However, Einon soon becomes more tyrannical than his father, enslaving the former rebels and forcing them to rebuild a Roman castle . Bowen believes that the dragon's heart has twisted Einon, and swears vengeance on all dragons . </P> <P> Twelve years later, an adult Einon (David Thewlis) has his castle rebuilt . Kara (Dina Meyer) asks the king to pardon her father after years of slavery, but Einon instead kills him in order to "free" him . As for Bowen, he has become a very skilled dragonslayer . Brother Gilbert (Pete Postlethwaite), a monk and aspiring poet, observes Bowen slaying a dragon and follows him to record his exploits . Bowen stalks another dragon (voiced by Sean Connery) to its cave, but the confrontation ends in a stalemate . The dragon states that he is the last of his kind, and thus if Bowen kills him, he will be out of a job . The two form a partnership to defraud local villagers with staged dragonslayings . Bowen calls the dragon Draco, after the constellation . Unknown to Bowen, Draco is the dragon who shared his heart with Einon, and through this connection, any pain inflicted upon one is also felt by the other . </P> <P> Meanwhile, Kara, seeking revenge on Einon for murdering her father, is imprisoned after a failed assassination attempt . Einon recognizes her as the one responsible for his near - death and attempts to seduce her and make her his queen . Disgusted by what her son has become, Aislinn helps Kara escape . Kara returns to her village and tries to rally the villagers there against Einon, but they instead offer her as a sacrifice to Draco, who takes her to his lair . Einon arrives to recapture her and fights Bowen, declaring that he never believed in Bowen's ideals, and only told Bowen what he wanted to hear so he would teach him how to fight . He eventually gains the upper hand and nearly kills Bowen, but Draco intervenes, reveals his half - heart to Einon, and the king flees . Kara asks Bowen to help overthrow Einon, but the disillusioned knight refuses . </P>

Who does the voice of the dragon in dragonheart