Pierce Brosnan

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Recent Role:
Mike Noonan on Stephen King's Bag of Bones
Gender:
Male
Birthplace:
Navan, County Meath, Ireland
Birth Name:
Pierce Brendan Brosnan

Brosnan was born in Navan, County Meath to Thomas and May Brosnan (when she was 19) and raised by his grandparents after his parents divorced when he was four. He was educated at the local school run by the De La Salle Brothers and then at Elliott School in West London after he joined his mother in England at the age of eleven. Brosnan left school at 16, and began training in commercial, later becoming a professional fire eater in a local circus. He started his actor training at the Drama Centre in London.

After graduating from the Drama Centre in 1975, Brosnan got a job as a

… More stage manager at the York Theatre Royal, making his first stage appearance in Wait Until Dark. Within six months, playwright Tennessee Williams selected him to play McCabe in the British première of The Red Devil Battery Sign. This led to some film and TV work, including the leading role in Manions of America opposite Kate Mulgrew. His portrayal of Robert Gould Shaw II in Nancy Astor – the story of first woman to sit in British Parliament garnered Brosnan a 1985 Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

In 1982, Brosnan got the leading role in Remington Steele opposite Stephanie Zimbalist. As a result, he and his family moved to the US permanently. In 1986, Brosnan was offered role of James Bond but the contract with Remington Steele prevented him accepting it. After Remington Steele was cancelled, Brosnan continued his film career.

In 1994, Brosnan was officially announced as the fifth actor to play James Bond taking over from Timothy Dalton. He appeared in four films, before Daniel Craig took over.

His wife, Cassandra Harris, died of ovarian cancer in 1991, leaving him to raise three children. Charlotte (b. 1972) and Christopher (b. 1973), Cassandra's children, had been adopted by Pierce in 1986 following their father's death. Pierce and Cassandra had one son together, Sean (b. 1983).

He married again in 2001, to Keely Shaye Smith, and they have two children, Dylan Thomas (b. 1997) and Paris Beckett (b. 2001). In 2004, he became a Brosnan was born in Navan, County Meath to Thomas and May Brosnan (when she was 19) and raised by his grandparents after his parents divorced when he was four. He was educated at the local school run by the De La Salle Brothers and then at Elliott School in West London after he joined his mother in England at the age of eleven. Brosnan left school at 16, and began training in commercial, later becoming a professional fire eater in a local circus. He started his actor training at the Drama Centre in London.

After graduating from the Drama Centre in 1975, Brosnan got a job as a stage manager at the York Theatre Royal, making his first stage appearance in Wait Until Dark. Within six months, playwright Tennessee Williams selected him to play McCabe in the British première of The Red Devil Battery Sign. This led to some film and TV work, including the leading role in Manions of America opposite Kate Mulgrew. His portrayal of Robert Gould Shaw II in Nancy Astor – the story of first woman to sit in British Parliament garnered Brosnan a 1985 Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

In 1982, Brosnan got the leading role in Remington Steele opposite Stephanie Zimbalist. As a result, he and his family moved to the US permanently. In 1986, Brosnan was offered role of James Bond but the contract with Remington Steele prevented him accepting it. After Remington Steele was cancelled, Brosnan continued his film career.

In 1994, Brosnan was officially announced as the fifth actor to play James Bond taking over from Timothy Dalton. He appeared in four films, before Daniel Craig took over.

His wife, Cassandra Harris, died of ovarian cancer in 1991, leaving him to raise three children. Charlotte (b. 1972) and Christopher (b. 1973), Cassandra's children, had been adopted by Pierce in 1986 following their father's death. Pierce and Cassandra had one son together, Sean (b. 1983).

He married again in 2001, to Keely Shaye Smith, and they have two children, Dylan Thomas (b. 1997) and Paris Beckett (b. 2001). In 2004, he became a naturalized US citizen, whilst retaining his Irish citizenship.

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    5.5 Mediocre
    The man who swapped his bow tie for a whistle. hide show

    Pierce Brosnan is best known for his career as James Bond. I think he makes a great Bond, as he looks exactly as Bond should. My mother thinks he's the best-looking Bond. Hee hee. But now, Brosnan has left his career as Bond, and from next year, he will do something which I don't think many people saw coming(I certainly didn't). He is going to be the new narrator of my favourite TV show, Thomas The Tank Engine, replacing Michael Angelis and Michael Brandon. After growing up with his voice these sixteen years of my life, it is sad for me to say goodbye to my personal favourite narrator, Michael Angelis. I hope that Brosnan will impress me just as Angelis did all my life.

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    alexanderprice6 Added Dec 21, 2007 All my reviews
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    6 Fair
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    Probably the 2nd worse Bond actor. I havn´t seen many movies with him, so i can´t give him verry good rating.

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    FilipHolm Added Jul 23, 2007 All my reviews
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    9 Superb
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    Pierce Brosnan is one of my favorite actors. He did a very good James Bond. One of my favorite Pierce Brosnan movies was After the Sunset with Salma Hayek.

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    marietzomers Added Mar 25, 2007 All my reviews
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    Pierce Brosnan is one of my personal favorite actors of our generations. To me, he is James Bond. After all, he was Bond when I was alive. Other than his Bond films, Pierce has also starred in many other cool films, each of which is quite original. The man is a fantastic actor and can pull off the comedic role just as well as he can pull off the action role.

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    amauriel Added Mar 7, 2007 All my reviews
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    9.5 Superb
    I met him in real life. He is a great actor and a nice guy who happens to be goodlooking. hide show

    He started on a favorite TV show of mine 'Remington Steele' where he plays a detective with a mysterious past. Funny part is this character does not really exist and is made up by the other lead Laura Holt (Stephanie Zimbalist). He was a good looking brown haired guy who always wore suits or tuxedos. He also quoted movies and ended up being a pretty good detective. I met him while he was filming the 3rd season episode 'Seal of Approval'. He when I first saw him was wearing a Hawaiian shirt and I got a picture of me and him together. He went on to be a great James Bond. He replaced Timothy Dalton and did movies.

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    daisyduke71 Added Jan 7, 2007 All my reviews
 

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