Pierce Brosnan was born in Navan, County Meath, Ireland on May 16, 1953 and lived in Navan, County Meath until he moved to England, UK at an early age (thus explaining his ability to play men from both backgrounds convincingly). His father left the household when Pierce was a child and although reunited later in life, the two have never had a close relationship. His most popular role is that of British secret agent James Bond. The death, in 1991, of
Cassandra Harris, his wife of eleven years, left him with three children - Christopher and Charlotte from Cassandra's first marriage and Sean from their marriage. Since her death, he has had two children with his second wife,
Keely Shaye Smith.
Trade Mark
Has a scar on the right side above his top lip. He was hit by a stunt man on the making of
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997).
Trivia
He adopted his first wife
Cassandra Harris's children,
Charlotte Brosnan (b. 1972) and
Christopher Brosnan (b. 1973), and me
Dinda Brosnan (b.1994) NONONO, I'M JUST KIDDING, haha. after their father died in 1986.
Was made a Freeman of Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland (the town he lived in until he moved to England in 1964) on 11th November 1999.
Owns his own production company, Irish DreamTime. Its first release was
The Nephew (1998).
Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful" people in the world. [1996]
Chosen by People magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" in the world. [1991]
The very first film he claims to have seen is the 007 movie
Goldfinger (1964).
Enjoys fishing on the River Towy in Carmarthenshire, South Wales.
Jimmy Carter (former American President) also enjoys the same fishing spot.
Is the third actor to play James Bond in more than two films, along with
Roger Moore and
Sean Connery.
At the Genesis Awards Ceremony, reunited with
"Remington Steele" (1982) co-star
Stephanie Zimbalist. [1996]
On December 28, 1991, one day after their 11th wedding anniversary, his wife,
Cassandra Harris, died in his arms. She died of ovarian cancer.
His mother, May, was 19 when she gave birth to him. She had married his father, Thomas, on August 16, 1952. However, his parents separated when he was still a baby, and from the age of 4 he was raised by his maternal grandparents, Philip and Kathleen Smith, while his mother went to London to train as a nurse. When he was 6, both grandparents died and he was passed around amongst relatives until Eileen Reilly took him into her lodging house. Finally, when he was 10, his mother was able to take him to her home in Putney, London. While in London, May had met a man, named Bill Carmichael, who had asked her to marry him, but she wanted approval from her son. Pierce gave his approval and the couple were married. From that point on, Bill treated Pierce as his real son and they got along fine. It was Bill who took Pierce to see his first Bond movie,
Goldfinger (1964), and it was at that point that decided to take up acting.
At the age of 11 he was almost six feet tall, but he was still the target of bullies due to his being Irish.
Voted "Sexiest Man Alive" by People Magazine in 2001.
Is claustrophobic, which made the filming of certain scenes in
Dante's Peak (1997) very difficult.
He was voted sixth in the Orange 2001 film survey of greatest British film actors ever.
In addition to his salary for his James Bond movies, Brosnan received a car. The BMW Z3 from
GoldenEye (1995), an 8-series BMW (instead of the 750iL) from
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), and the Z8 from
The World Is Not Enough (1999).
Early in his screen career he portrayed the title role in the TV series
"Remington Steele" (1982). His character was a career criminal gone "straight" as a private investigator, with an amazing knowledge of and obsession with classic cinema. In the episode "To Catch a Steele" (original air date 2/11/83, episode 15), Steele equates the case he is working on to
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), starring
Faye Dunaway and
Steve McQueen. Sixteen years later Brosnan starred in the remake of that movie,
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999).
He was given an honorary OBE by Britain's ambassador to Ireland, Stewart Eldon, on 8/19/03. Honorary OBEs are awarded on merit by the Queen to non-British citizens who have made an important contribution to British interests. The award formally makes him "an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire".
After the release of
Die Another Day (2002), he was approached by a man in a Dublin bar who asked to shake his hand. He complied and then cracked up when the man said, "That's the closest my hand will ever get to
Halle Berry's arse [butt].".
On August 12, 1964, as an 11-year-old he flew, for the first time, from Ireland to the UK to join his mother May, the very day that
Ian Fleming died.
Graduated from the prestigious MA program at the Drama Center in London, England.
Was originally chosen to play 007 in 1986 and was given the script to "The Living Daylights". Although he was contracted to
"Remington Steele" (1982) for seven seasons, NBC decided to cancel the show at the end of the fourth season, which meant that Brosnan was free to play James Bond in The Living Daylights the following year. However, shortly after the end of the fourth season, NBC had second thoughts about canceling Remmington Steele and subsequently approached the Bond producers directly in an attempt to strike a deal that would allow Brosnan to play both James Bond and Remington Steele the following year. NBC also offered to completely reschedule the shooting of Remmington Steele to ensure that there were no scheduling conflicts. But eventually, Albert Broccoli famously told NBC that "James Bond will not be Remmington Steele and Remington Steele will not be James Bond." Accordingly, Brosnan would only play Bond if the show remained canceled. NBC had a 60 day deadline to revoke their decision to cancel Remmington Steele series and at 6.30pm on the 60th day of the deadline, Brosnan learned that NBC decided to make a fifth season. So, the role of the new James Bond went to
Timothy Dalton. NBC went on to make only six episodes of the fifth season of Remmington Steele before finally canceling the show for good.
lets see,
The story begins when carmen buys a pair of jeans at a thrift shop. They didn't look all that great - but there was something about them that made her buy them anyway.
