Pierce Brosnan:
Is an Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist
Birth Name: Pierce Brendan Brosnan

Born: May 16, 1953 (age 62), Drogheda, Republic of Ireland 

First won over American television audiences in the detective series Remington Steele, which debuted in 1982. Today, he's best known for his recurring role as the famous British spy James Bond in the film series of the same name, following in the footsteps of actors like Sean Connery and Roger Moore. Outside of Bond, Brosnan is known for big-screen performances in The Thomas Crown Affair, Laws of Attraction and Mrs. Doubtfire.


Early acting career:

 Brosnan moved to London, where he joined an experimental theater group and studied at the Drama Centre. After several stage roles in London, he moved to Los Angeles, where he was offered the lead in the detective series Remington Steele, which debuted in 1982, won over American television audiences with his Remington Steele performance.

He has two roles in common with Sean Connery: (1) Connery played James Bond in El satánico Dr. No (1962), De Rusia con amor (1963), Dedos de oro (1964), Operación Trueno (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), Los diamantes son eternos (1971) and Never Say Never Again (1983) while Brosnan played him in GoldenEye (1995), El mañana nunca muere (1997), 007, el mundo no basta (1999) and Otro día para morir (2002) and (2) Connery played King Arthur in Lancelot, el primer caballero (1995) while Brosnan played him in  La espada mágica: La leyenda de Camelot (1998).

He continued his career making brief appearances in films such as The Long Good Friday (1980) and The Mirror Crack'd (1980). After Remington Steele ended in 1987, Brosnan 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). In the same year he shot a pilot for NBC called Running Wilde, playing a reporter for Auto World magazine. Jennifer Love Hewitt played his daughter. The pilot never aired, however. In 1993 he played a supporting role in the comedy film Mrs. Doubtfire. He also appeared in several television films, including Victim of Love (1991), Death Train (1993) and Night Watch (1995),


James Bond star : 1994-2005

In the late '80s, Brosnan acted in several television and film projects, including the TV miniseries Around the World in 80 Days (1989), and the hit comedy film Mrs. Doubtfire (1993). In 1995, Brosnan finally secured a role as the legendary James Bond in GoldenEye, he played Bond three more times, in 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies, 1999's The World is Not Enough and 2002's Die Another Day.

Brosnan first met James Bond films producer Albert R. Broccoli on the sets of For Your Eyes Only because his first wife, Cassandra Harris, starred as Countess Lisl von Schlaf, mistress to Milos Columbo. Broccoli said, "if he can act ... he's my guy" to inherit the role of Bond from Roger Moore. It was reported by both Entertainment Tonight and the National Enquirer, that Brosnan was going to inherit another role of Moore's, that of Simon Templar in The Saint  Brosnan denied the rumours in July 1993 but added, "it's still languishing there on someone's desk in Hollywood.
Legal squabbles between the Bond producers and the studio over distribution rights resulted in the cancellation of a proposed third Dalton film in 1991  and put the Bond series on a hiatus for several years. After the legal issues had been resolved, Dalton decided not to return for a third film. On 7 June 1994, Brosnan was announced as the fifth actor to play Bond

Brosnan returned in 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies and 1999's The World Is Not Enough, which were also successful. Brosnan appeared in at least two other mainstream films, including several he produced, playing a wide range of roles, ranging from a scientist in Tim Burton's Mars Attacks!, to the title role in Grey Owl which documents the life of Englishman Archibald Stansfeld Belaney, one of Canada's first conservationists.
Shortly after the release of Die Another Day, the media began questioning whether or not Brosnan would reprise the role for a fifth time. At that time, Brosnan was approaching his 50th birthday. Brosnan kept in mind that both fans and critics were very unhappy with Roger Moore playing the role until he (Moore) was 58, but he was receiving popular support from both critics and the franchise fanbase for a fifth instalment. For this reason, he remained enthusiastic about reprising his role. In October 2004, Brosnan said he considered himself dismissed from the role. Although Brosnan had been rumoured frequently as still in the running to play 007, he had denied it several times, and in February 2005 he posted on his website that he was finished with the role.

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 El mañana nunca muere (1997), and the Z8 from 007, el mundo no basta (1999).


Recent Work:

In 2004 year, Brosnan starred in After the Sunset alongside Salma Hayek and Woody Harrelson. Brosnan's next film was 2005's The Matador. He starred as Julian Noble, a jaded, neurotic assassin who meets a travelling salesman (Greg Kinnear) in a Mexican bar. The film garnered generally positive reviews.  Roger Ebert for the Chicago Sun-Times called Brosnan's performance the best of his career. Brosnan was nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy,

In December 2005, Brosnan was reported to be starring in The November Man, an adaptation of Bill Granger's novel, There Are No Spies. but the project was cancelled in 2007. In 2006, Brosnan narrated The Official Film of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, directed by Michael Apted.
In 2007, Brosnan appeared in the film Seraphim Falls alongside fellow Irishman Liam Neeson.

In 2008, Brosnan joined Meryl Streep in the film adaption of the ABBA musical Mamma Mia!, played Sam Carmichael, one of three men rumoured to be the father of lead Amanda Seyfried, while Streep played her mother. In September 2008, Brosnan provided the narration for the Thomas & Friends special The Great Discovery. In 2009, Brosnan starred in The Big Biazarro, (alternative title The Ace), an adaptation of the Leonard Wise novel, directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall. Brosnan portrayed a card player who mentors a headstrong protégé.  And also in 2009  finished the well-received The Ghost Writer, playing a disgraced British Prime Minister, directed and produced by Roman Polanski.

Starred as Charles Hawkins in the film Remember Me and as Chiron in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, both released in 2010. Then In 2012, Brosnan played the role of Philip in the Danish romantic comedy Love Is All You Need.



Personal Life:

Brosnan has been married twice. His first marriage to actress Cassandra Harris lasted from 1980 until her death in 1991. He adopted her two children, Charlotte and Christopher, and the couple had a son together, Sean. In 2001, Brosnan married Keely Shaye. They have two children together, Paris and Dylan.