Name: Pierce Brosnan

Birth Name: Pierce Brendan Brosnan

Birthdate: May 16, 1953

Birthplace: Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland

Almost as soon as his plane from England touched down in America in 1982 (well, within two weeks, anyway), Irish actor Pierce Brosnan landed the show that would launch his career: Remington Steele. The popular detective drama ran through 1986. Right before it was canceled, he was offered the role of James Bond, but due to his Steele contract the part went to Timothy Dalton instead. But Bond came calling again in 1994 and in GoldenEye Brosnan would set his reputation as possibly the best Bond since Sean Connery, making four movies as the debonair spy who loved women — along with a host of other well-received films such as The Matador, The Thomas Crown Affair remake and Evelyn.


1. His childhood in Ireland was grim: when he was an infant his father left; his grandparents died when he was little; and then he lived with an aunt and uncle while his mother made a new life for them in England.
2. He is a professional fire eater and performed with the circus as a kid. 3. He originally wanted to be a painter.
4. His production company is called Irish Dreamtime.
5. His beloved first wife died of ovarian cancer a day after their 11th anniversary.


"When I got to L.A., I was suddenly free. I was free of being Irish or English — I could be anything I wanted to be … Ultimately, it felt like putting on a beautiful coat; it just felt easy. It came with a lot of feelings of displacement, but I was doing something I had always dreamt of." — Interview.


Wife: Keely Shaye Smith, actress, married August 2001; Cassandra Harris, married December 1980 until her death in December, 1991
Son: Christopher, born 1973 (son of Harris, Brosnan adopted); Sean, born 1983 (with Harris); Dylan Thomas, born 1997 (with Smith); Paris Beckett, born 2001 (with Smith)
Daughter: Charlotte, born 1972 (daughter of Harris, Brosnan adopted)

2006: Golden Globe: nominated, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, The Matador

1985: Golden Globe: nominated, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV, Nancy Astor

 

FILMS

Mamma Mia! - (2008) - Actor
Seraphim Falls - (2007) - Actor
Hollywood Stories - (2005) - Actor
Deep Blue - (2005) - Narrator
The Matador - (2005) - Actor, Producer
Laws of Attraction - (2004) - Actor, Executive Producer
After the Sunset - (2004) - Actor
Die Another Day - (2002) - Actor
Evelyn - (2002) - Actor, Producer
The Tailor of Panama - (2001) - Actor
The Human Face - (2001) - Guest
The Match - (1999) - Cameo, Executive Producer
The Thomas Crown Affair - (1999) - Actor, Producer
The World Is Not Enough - (1999) - Actor
Quest for Camelot - (1998) - Actor
Grey Owl - (1998) - Actor
Dante's Peak - (1997) - Actor
Tomorrow Never Dies - (1997) - Actor
The Mirror Has Two Faces - (1996) - Actor
Mars Attacks! - (1996) - Actor
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson - (1996) - Cameo
Robinson Crusoe - (1996) - Actor
Don't Talk to Strangers - (1995) - Actor
Detonator II: Night Watch - (1995) - Actor
James Bond 007 - Yesterday and Today - (1995) - Featured
Three Decades of James Bond 007 - (1995) - Featured
GoldenEye - (1995) - Actor
Love Affair - (1994) - Actor
Entangled - (1993) - Actor
Detonator - (1993) - Actor
Mrs. Doubtfire - (1993) - Actor
The Broken Chain - (1993) - Actor
The Lawnmower Man - (1992) - Actor
Live Wire - (1992) - Actor
Victim of Love - (1991) - Actor
Mister Johnson - (1991) - Actor
Murder 101 - (1991) - Actor
Raw Heat - (1991) - Actor
The Heist - (1989) - Actor
Around the World in 80 Days - (1989) - Actor
The Deceivers - (1988) - Actor
The Fourth Protocol - (1987) - Actor
Taffin - (1987) - Actor
Nomads - (1986) - Actor
Remington Steele - Season 2 - (1983) - Actor
Remington Steele - V. 1 - (1982) - Actor
Remington Steele - Season 1, Vol. 1 - (1982) - Actor
Remington Steele - Season 1, Vol. 2 - (1982) - Actor
The Manions of America - (1981) - Actor
The Carpathian Eagle - (1981) - Actor
The Complete Hammer House of Horror - (1980) - Actor