Pierce Brosnan

Birth Day May 16th, 1943
Birth Place Drogheda, County Louth
Age 81 Years Old
Zodiac Sign Taurus

Pierce Brendan Brosnan famed as Pierce Brosnan is an award-winning Irish actor, film producer, activist, and environmentalist. He rose to fame with the television series Remington Steele (1982-1987). After that, he appeared in films such as the Cold War spy film The Fourth Protocol (1987) and the comedy Mrs. Doubtfire (1993). He has earned two Golden Globe Award nominations, first for the television miniseries Nancy Astor (1982) and next for the dark comedy film The Matador (2005). Moreover, he became the fifth actor to play the secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, starring in four films from 1995 to 2002 (GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day) in 1994. His other movies include Mamma Mia! (2008), the Roman Polanski-directed political thriller The Ghost Writer (2010) and the action spy thriller The November Man (2014). He is active on social media sites and also has a website. He has more than 1.2 million followers on Facebook, he has around 583k followers on Instagram and has more than 105k followers on Twitter. Scroll down to get more information about his full biography, facts, family details, birthday, wiki, news, net worth, wife, kids, career, films, and many more. 

Famous For

  • For his role as James Bond in four Eon Production movies titled GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999), and Die Another Day (2002).
  • For his notable movies; Mamma Mia! (2008), Ghost Writer (2010), Love Is All You Need (2012).
  • For his NBC TV series, Remington Steele (1982-1987) also garnered him much fame.

Pierce Brosnan as James Bond

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Early Life of Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan was born on 16th May 1953, in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland with the birth name/real name of Pierce Brendan Brosnan. His nationality is Irish-American and he has Irish ethnicity. His race is White. He was born to his parents; Thomas Brosnan (father), a carpenter, and Mary May Smith (mother). Pierce's father abandoned the family when Pierce was an infant. When he was four years old, his mother moved to London to work as a nurse. From that point on, he was largely brought up by his grandparents, Philip and Kathleen Smith. After their deaths, he lived with an aunt and then an uncle, but was subsequently sent to live in a boarding house run by a woman named Eileen. He lived in Navan, County Meath for 12 years and considers it his hometown. As per his education, he went to Primary School in St.Annes Primary School, Navan. He was educated at Elliott School, now known as Ark Putney Academy, a coeducational secondary school with academy status in southwest London. He is Catholic by religion and his horoscope sign is Taurus. He left school at the age of 16 and he decided to be a painter. He then began training in commercial illustration at Saint Martin"s School of Art. He later trained for three years as an actor at the Drama Centre London and graduated in the year 1975. As of 2020, he celebrated his 67th birthday.

Career of Pierce Brosnan 

  • Initially, Pierce Brosnan began wоrkіng аt thе Yоrk Тhеаtrе Rоуаl аѕ аn асtіng аѕѕіѕtаnt after his graduation. It was in the year 1975. 
  • And he made his acting dеbut іn "Wаіt Untіl Dаrk". 
  • After that, hе роrtrауеd thе сhаrасtеr оf МсСаbе іn "Тhе Rеd Dеvіl Ваttеrу Ѕіgn".
  • In the year 1977, he was picked by Franco Zeffirelli to appear in the play "Filumena". 
  • He thеn арреаrеd іn 1980s movies such as "Тhе Lоng Gооd Frіdау", "Nоmаdѕ", "The Mirror Crack'd", "Таffіn", and more.
  • He became a television star in the United States with his leading role in the popular miniseries "Manions of America".
  • He followed this in 1982 with the BBC's 9-part miniseries "Nancy Astor" which garnered him a 1985 Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. 
  • He rose to fame in the United States playing the title role in the NBC romantic, often-comedic detective series "Remington Steele".
  • He then went on to appear in several films, including The Fourth Protocol (1987), a Cold War thriller in which he starred alongside Michael Caine, The Deceivers, and James Clavell's Noble House both in (1988), and The Lawnmower Man (1992).
  • He also appeared in several television films, including Victim of Love (1991), Death Train (1993) and Night Watch (1995), a spy thriller set in Hong Kong.
  • He was rewarded the Irish Film and Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Irish Film.
  • Веtwееn 1994 аnd 2005, hе рlауеd thе rоlе, Јаmеѕ Воnd.
  • Аftеr thаt, Pierce рlауеd thе rоlе оf Dаnіеl іn Lаw оf Аttrасtіоn and hе арреаrеd іn Тhе Маtаdоr, Ѕеrарhіm Fаllѕ, Вuttеrflу оn а Whееl, GoldenEye, Маrrіеd Lіfе, Тhоmаѕ & Frіеndѕ Тhе Grеаt Dіѕсоvеrу аnd Тhе Grеаtеѕt.
  • He returned in 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies and 1999's The World Is Not Enough.
  • In 2002, Brosnan appeared for the fourth time as Bond in Die Another Day, receiving mixed reviews similar to the former two, but was a success at the box office.
  • In 2004, he starred in the Bond game "Everything or Nothing".
  • In 2006, he narrated The Official Film of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, directed by Michael Apted.
  • In the year 2007, he appeared in the film, Seraphim Falls.
  • In the year 2008, he joined Meryl Streep in the film adaption of the ABBA musical Mamma Mia!.
  • He finished the well-received "The Ghost Writer", playing a disgraced British Prime Minister, directed and produced by Roman Polanski in the year 2009. The film won a Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. 
  • After that, he starred as Charles Hawkins in the film "Remember Me" and as Chiron in "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief", both released in 2010.
  • In the year 2012, he played the role of Philip in the Danish romantic comedy "Love Is All You Need".
  • In February 2013, he was awarded honorary patronage of the Dublin University Players society at Trinity College, Dublin.
  • He also starred opposite Owen Wilson in "No Escape", playing a "her heroic government agent".
  • He replaced actor Sam Neill in the role of Eli McCullough in a television miniseries adaptation of Philipp Meyer's novel "The Son", with Kevin Murphy serving as both executive producer and showrunner of a ten-episode miniseries, which began production in June 2016 and aired in 2017.
  • He then starred in The Foreigner, opposite Jackie Chan, as a former IRA man turned government official, Liam Hennessy in 2017. 
  • In 2018, Brosnan co-starred with Guy Pearce and Minnie Driver in a mystery thriller film called "Spinning Man".
  • He later reprised his role as Sam Carmichael in the sequel to Catherine Johnson's Mamma Mia!, entitled "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again".
  • He also had a supporting role in the action-thriller headlined by Dave Bautista in "Final Score".
  • Regarding his upcoming roles, he will collaborate with director Martin Campbell for the third time on yet another film, which itself is an adaptation of a novel by Ernest Hemingway, "Across the River and Into the Trees", in which Brosnan will play the role of a retired American army colonel, Richard Cantwell.
  • He later joined Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy for a film project based on the events of The Maze Prison Escape, titled "H-Block" which is to be directed by Jim Sheridan.
  • In July 2017, a rumor sparked that he was linked to an upcoming video game entitled "Shadow Stalkers", a collaborative project led by 3D Realms and ZOOM Platform.
  • On 12th February 2019, it was announced that he would star in a heist film entitled "The Misfits", directed by Renny Harlin.

Moreover,

  • He has been an Ambassador for UNICEF Ireland since 2001 and recorded a special announcement to mark the launch of UNICEF's "Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS" Campaign with Liam Neeson.
  • He also supported John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election and is a vocal supporter of same-sex marriage.
  • During the 1990s, he participated in news conferences in Washington, D.C. to help Greenpeace draw attention to the campaign to bring an end to nuclear testing with a Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
  • In May 2007, Brosnan and Smith donated $100,000 to help replace a playground on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where they own a house.
  • He is also listed as a member of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's Board of Advisors.

Awards of Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan has received many awards in his career. With his hard work and dedication, he has achieved a great height in the field of acting. He won the "Saturn Award" for "Best Actor" for playing James Bond in "Tomorrow Never Dies" in 1998. He was given the "Empire Award" for "Best Actor" for his role in "The World is Not Enough" in 2000. In 2003, Queen Elizabeth II honored him with an "Officer of the Order of the British Empire" for his outstanding contribution to British Cinema. He has earned two Golden Globe Award nominations, first for the television miniseries Nancy Astor (1982) and next for the dark comedy film The Matador (2005). In the year 2003, Brosnan was rewarded the Irish Film and Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Irish Film. He was nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy but lost to Joaquin Phoenix for Walk the Line. In February 2013, he was awarded honorary patronage of the Dublin University Players society at Trinity College, Dublin.

Net Worth of Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan is a famous actor, film producer, activist, and environmentalist. He has accumulated a huge amount of money from his acting career and his net worth is estimated to have $100 million as of 2020. Ніѕ рrіmаrу ѕоurсе оf іnсоmе іѕ hіѕ асtіng саrееr. Ніѕ оthеr ѕоurсе of income іѕ from hіѕ саrееr аѕ а fіlm рrоduсеr. has done print ads for Cuervo Gold Tequila (1986), Omega Watches (1995 onwards), Ericsson Mobile Phones (1997), Forest Stewardship Council (2000), Ford Thunderbird (2002), Aquascutum (2006-2007) and many others. He has done television commercials for MasterCard with ex-wife Cassandra (1985), Diet Coke (1988), Maidenform (1989), Ferrero Rocher (2001), Danone (2002), It"s Wonderful wine (2004), Sagres (2006), Vistula clothing (2007), Galaxy Suits (2006-2010), L" Oreal (2008), Save the Whales Now (2006-2010), Kia Sorento automobiles (2015) and many others. is a brand ambassador for watchmaker Speake-Marin. Не also оwnѕ а рrоduсtіоn соmраnу tоо. Today he lives a very lavish lifestyle with the best of cars, mansions, and a handsome bank balance. He is a true inspiration for many people who want to follow their dreams. 

Personal Life of Pierce Brosnan 

Pierce Brosnan with his wife, Keely Shaye Brosnan

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Pierce Brosnan is a married person. He has been married twice in his life. His first wife was a famous Australian actress;  Cassandra Harris. They got married on 27th December 1980.  The couple shares three children named Charlotte Brosnan, Sean Brosnan, and Chris Brosnan. Their marriage ended with her death in December 1991. After that, he married for the second time with American journalist Keely Shaye Brosnan. He met Keely Shaye Smith in Mexico in the year 1994. They got married on 4th August 2001, in County Mayo, Ireland. The duo shares two sons named Dylan Brosnan and Dylan Brosnan. His daughter Charlotte died on 28th June 2013 due to ovarian cancer. They have been married for 16 years now and their relationship is going very well without any disturbances. His sexual orientation is straight and he is not gay. 

Body Measurements of Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan, being at the age of 67, still looks very handsome. He has a tall height of 6 feet 2 inches with the bodyweight 88 kg. He has dark brown hair color and his eye color is blue. His shoe size is 11(US). His body measures 42-34-15 inches (chest-waist-bicep). Overall, he has got a healthy body. His dress size is unknown at present.

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