| Pierce Brosnan  AKA Pierce Brendan Brosnan
Born: 16-May-1951 [1]
Birthplace: Navan, County Meath, Ireland
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: Ireland
Executive summary: Remington Steele, James Bond Pierce Brosnan is an Irish actor who first came to American living rooms as Remington Steele, playing the imposter of a fictitious detective who flirted with Stephanie Zimbalist for five seasons. After the series ended, he played James Bond in four popular 007 films.
Most biographies list Brosnan as being born in 1953, but he has occasionally confided to friends that he is two years older than that. His father deserted the family when Brosnan was an infant, and his mother went to nursing school, leaving young Pierce in the care of assorted friends and family for several years. As a young man, Brosnan began his acting career in the theater, working in London's West End. One of his first film parts was a tiny role in 1980's The Mirror Crack'd with Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson, and directed by the longtime Bond-flick director Guy Hamilton.
Brosnan eventually met and married a Bond girl, Cassandra Harris, who appeared in Roger Moore's For Your Eyes Only as well as several episodes of Remington Steele. She had gotten the last name Harris some years earlier, when she married the brother of actor and left-the-cake-out-in-the-rain singer Richard Harris. When Cassandra Harris died of ovarian cancer in 1991, Brosnan adopted her two children. Brosnan's father also resurfaced when Brosnan became a star with Remington Steele.
Brosnan was originally offered the role of Bond in 1986, for The Living Daylights, but the makers of Remington Steele would not release him from his contract. He made six more episodes of Steele before the series was cancelled, then snagged the role of Bond almost a decade later with GoldenEye in 1995, when Timothy Dalton was let loose. Brosnan's last turn as Bond came with Die Another Day, in 2002.
While not wearing the Bond tuxedo, his successful films include The Tailor of Panama, After the Sunset, and the 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair. His flops include the silly volcano film Dante's Peak, and the remarkably unromantic romantic comedy Laws of Attraction with Julianne Moore.
In May 2003, Brosnan bought a $1,000 bong from the Dementia head shop in Malibu, California. In 2004, he took the test, swore the oath, and became an American citizen. His son Christopher has been arrested at least twice on charges of petty theft.
[1] David Thomson, The New Biographical Dictionary of Film (2004). Also "Brosnan's Life Behind Bond", BBC, 4 August 2001. Printed sources give 1951, 1952, or 1953 variously.
Father: Thomas Brosnan
Mother: May Smith
Wife: Sandra Colleen Waites Harris ("Cassandra", m. 27-Dec-1977, d. 28-Dec-1991 ovarian cancer, one son)
Son: Christopher Harris (b. 1973 to Harris and Dermot Harris, adopted by Brosnan after her death)
Daughter: Charlotte Harris (b. 1972 to Harris and Dermot Harris, adopted by Brosnan after her death, d. 28-Jun-2013)
Son: Sean William Brosnan (b. 13-Sep-1983)
Wife: Keely Shaye Smith (former TV reporter, m. 4-Aug-2001, two sons)
Son: Dylan Thomas Brosnan (b. 13-Jan-1997)
Son: Paris Beckett Brosnan (b. 27-Feb-2001)
High School: Elliott Comprehensive School, London, England
Environmental Media Association Board of Directors
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Media and Arts Advisory Board
Hollywood Walk of Fame 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
Endorsement of Visa
Endorsement of Cuervo Tequila 1987
Officer of the British Empire 2003
Naturalized US Citizen 23-Sep-2004
Irish Ancestry
James Bond
Risk Factors: Bell's Palsy
TELEVISION
Remington Steele Remington Steele (1982-87)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (11-Jul-2018)
The Foreigner (24-Sep-2017)
The Only Living Boy in New York (27-Jul-2017)
I.T. (9-Sep-2016)
No Escape (26-Aug-2015)
Survivor (21-May-2015)
Some Kind of Beautiful (6-Nov-2014)
The November Man (27-Aug-2014)
A Long Way Down (10-Feb-2014)
The Love Punch (12-Sep-2013)
Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 (5-Oct-2012) · Himself
Love Is All You Need (2-Sep-2012)
Bag of Bones (11-Dec-2011)
I Don't Know How She Does It (15-Sep-2011) · Jack Abelhammer
Salvation Boulevard (24-Jan-2011) · Dan Day
Remember Me (1-Mar-2010)
The Ghost Writer (12-Feb-2010) · Adam Lang
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (10-Feb-2010) · Mr. Brunner
The Greatest (17-Jan-2009)
Mamma Mia! (30-Jun-2008)
Married Life (12-Sep-2007)
Butterfly on a Wheel (10-Feb-2007)
Seraphim Falls (13-Sep-2006) · Gideon
The Matador (2-Sep-2005)
After the Sunset (10-Nov-2004)
Laws of Attraction (4-Apr-2004) · Daniel Rafferty
Die Another Day (18-Nov-2002) · James Bond
Evelyn (9-Sep-2002)
The Tailor of Panama (11-Feb-2001) · Osnard
The World Is Not Enough (8-Nov-1999) · James Bond
Grey Owl (10-Sep-1999)
The Match (13-Aug-1999)
The Thomas Crown Affair (27-Jul-1999) · Thomas Crown
The Nephew (4-Sep-1998)
Quest for Camelot (15-May-1998) [VOICE]
Tomorrow Never Dies (19-Dec-1997) · James Bond
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson (25-Jul-1997) · Himself
Robinson Crusoe (12-Jun-1997) · Robinson Crusoe
Dante's Peak (7-Feb-1997) · Harry Dalton
Mars Attacks! (13-Dec-1996) · Donald Kessler
The Mirror Has Two Faces (15-Nov-1996) · Alex
GoldenEye (17-Nov-1995) · James Bond
Night Watch (4-Oct-1995)
Love Affair (21-Oct-1994)
Don't Talk to Strangers (11-Aug-1994)
The Broken Chain (12-Dec-1993)
Mrs. Doubtfire (24-Nov-1993) · Stu
Death Train (14-Apr-1993)
Entangled (1993)
Live Wire (3-Sep-1992)
The Lawnmower Man (6-Mar-1992) · Lawrence Angelo
Victim of Love (5-May-1991) · Paul Tomlinson
Murder 101 (20-Mar-1991)
Mister Johnson (8-Sep-1990)
The Heist (16-Sep-1989)
Around the World in 80 Days (16-Apr-1989)
The Deceivers (2-Sep-1988)
Taffin (26-Feb-1988)
Noble House (21-Feb-1988)
The Fourth Protocol (28-Aug-1987)
Nomads (7-Mar-1986) · Pommier
The Long Good Friday (Nov-1980) · 1st Irishman
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