Occupation:
Actor
Date of Birth: May 16, 1952
Place of Birth: County Meath, Ireland
Sign: Sun in Taurus, Moon in Aquarius
Relations: Fiancée: Keely Shaye Smith (journalist); late wife:
Cassandra Harris (actress); stepchildren: Charlotte, Christopher; sons: Sean
William; Dylan Thomas (with Shaye Smith)
Education: Attended The Drama Centre in London
Pierce Brosnan's family moved from his native
Ireland to London. His father abandoned him and his mom before his first birthday.
Brosnan lived with his grandparents up to the age of eleven, where he later
reunited in London with his mother.
Facts about Pierce Brosnan:
Brosnan scored high marks with viewers in the
role of the sophisticated super sleuth Remington Steele, and it wasn't long
before critics began touting Brosnan as the Bond apparent.
Although it is alleged that Pierce Brosnan's
contract to play James Bond specifically prohibited him from appearing in other
movies wearing a tuxedo, he nevertheless appears in a tuxedo in
THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES, which followed Brosnan's first James Bond
appearance in
GOLDENEYE by more than a year.
He purchased the typewriter of the James Bond
creator, Ian Fleming, for £52,800.
The very first film he claims to have seen is
the 007 movie GOLDFINGER (1964).
Brosnan was a member of the International Fund
For Animal Welfare.
On the airplane scene in
THE TAILOR OF PANAMA (2001), Osnard scrolls down a list of names on
his computer. Pierce Brosnan is among the listed names.
Brosnan has mentioned that he would like to make
two more Bond films after DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002).
Pierce Brosnan will open a vocational school
in Kathmandu for Tibetans in exile with the money raised from coverage of his
wedding to Keely Shaye Smith.
He was the hot favorite to replace Roger Moore
in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987) but was ruled out because of his contractual
obligations to REMINGTON STEELE (1982). 'Neill, Sam' was also considered.
In
THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, when Crown sees Catherine off after they meet
at the museum (when he donates the painting) he gives the limo two taps on the
hood to signal the driver. This was Pierce Brosnan's trademark sendoff to 'Fred'
(Blake Clark) the driver in his breakthrough role, REMINGTON STEELE (1982)
Son - Paris Beckett Brosnan (born in 2001)
BOND star PIERCE BROSNAN has been rocked by another
tragedy just two months after his son's car accident - the death of a little
boy close to his heart.
Personal quotes:
"From
'86 until the summer of last year, wherever I went, people would say, "You
would have made a great James Bond! Weren't you going to be James Bond? You
should have been, you could have been, you may have been." Yes, yes, yes,
yes, yes. It was like unfinished business in my life. I couldn't say no to it
this time around."
"These love scenes always sound so seductive
and lovely and here you are with this beautiful woman, rolling around in the
sack, so to speak, and then you have this director under sheets with you, trying
to get the shot. If that's not enough, there's also cameras on either side of
you. (about his love scene with Berry in DIE ANOTHER DAY)."
"I was touched by the Tibetan people and
the culture which is surviving under great duress. It is a vocational school
for young men which teaches them a variety of practical skills such as metalwork,
so they can make and sell products that people need."
— Pierce Brosnan
