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| Birth Name(s) : Pierce Brendan Brosnan |
Date of Birth: May 16, 1953 |
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Dating
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Partner:
Keely Shaye Smith |
| Profession:
Actor |
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Full Pierce Brosnan Biography
| Irish-born Pierce Brosnan plays a variety of UK accents impeccably and appears born for the role of James Bond. The first role to draw him attention was in the TV series "Remington Steele" (1982). Numerous feature films in a variety of genres have followed including "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993), "GoldenEye" (1995) and "Dante's Peak" (1997). |
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Additional Pierce Brosnan Biography
Born an only child to Thomas and May (née Smith) in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, Brosnan was brought up in nearby Navan, County Meath. He was educated in the local school, which was run by the De La Salle Brothers. Brosnan's mother moved to London, England for work after his father, a carpenter, abandoned the family; in 1964, at the age of eleven, he joined her. Brosnan left Ireland on August 12, 1964 the very day that Ian Fleming died.His mother subsequently divorced his father and married a British World War II veteran, William Charmichael, who was quickly embraced as a father figure by his young stepson. It was Charmichael who took Brosnan to see his first Bond film, Goldfinger. Brosnan was educated at Elliott School, a state secondary modern school in Putney, West London. Brosnan would have his first 'crush' on his geography teacher during his time at school. When he attended high school, his nickname was 'Irish'. After school, Brosnan desired to be an artist and started training in commercial illustration at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. When he was 16, a circus agent saw him busking as a fire eater and hired him. He later trained for three years as an actor at the Drama Centre, London.
Brosnan's first connection to the James Bond films was when he visited his wife Cassandra Harris on the set of For Your Eyes Only. According to a 1986 report, Albert "Cubby" Broccoli, producer of all of the Bond films up to that time, said "if he can act...he's my guy" to replace then-Bond Roger Moore. It was reported around this time, by both Entertainment Tonight and the National Enquirer, that Brosnan was up for inheriting another role of Moore's, that of The Saint, Simon Templar. He verified the rumours in a 1993 issue of Orange Coast magazine but said "it's still languishing there on someone's desk in Hollywood." The film was finally made in 1997 with Val Kilmer in the title role.
Shortly after the release of Die Another Day, the media began questioning whether or not Brosnan would reprise the role for a fifth and final time, in the later titled Casino Royale. Brosnan kept in mind that both aficionados and critics were unhappy with Roger Moore playing the role until he was 58, but he was receiving popular support from both critics and the franchise fanbase for a fifth installment. For this reason, he remained enthusiastic about reprising his role after his initial contract expired, despite earlier reservations about doing so.
During his tenure on the James Bond films, Brosnan also took part in James Bond video games. In 2002, Brosnan's likeness was used as the face of Bond in the James Bond video game Nightfire (Bond was voiced by Maxwell Caulfield). In 2004, Brosnan starred in the James Bond video game Everything or Nothing, contracting for his likeness to be used as well as doing the voice-work for the character; it was his last performance as James Bond.
In July 2003, Queen Elizabeth II awarded Brosnan an honorary OBE for his 'outstanding contribution to the British film industry'. As an Irish citizen, he is ineligible to receive the full OBE honour, which is awarded only to a citizen of Britain or of one of the Commonwealth of Nations member countries. In 2002, Brosnan was also awarded an Honorary degree from the Dublin Institute of Technology and, two years later, the University College Cork.Brosnan as Gideon in 2007's Seraphim Falls.
Brosnan's first film of 2007 was Seraphim Falls, in which he starred alongside fellow Irishman Liam Neeson. The film was released for limited screenings on January 26, 2007 to average reviews. Kevin Crust of the Los Angeles Times noted that Brosnan and Neeson made "fine adversaries;" however, Michael Rechtshaffen of the New York Times thought that they were "hard-pressed to inject some much-needed vitality into their sparse lines."
Brosnan also raises money for charitable causes through sales of his paintings. He trained early on as an artist, but later shifted to theatre; during his first wife's terminal illness, he withdrew from acting to be with her and took up painting again for therapeutic reasons, producing colorful landscapes and family portraits. He has continued painting since then, using spare time on set and at home. Profits from sales of giclée prints of his works are given to a trust to benefit "environmental, children's and women's health charities." Since Harris's death, Brosnan has been an advocate for cancer awareness and, in 2006, he served as spokesperson for Lee National Denim Day, a breast cancer fundraiser which raises millions of dollars and raises more money in a single day than any other breast cancer fundraiser.
In May 2007, Brosnan and Smith donated $100,000 to help replace a playground on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where they own a home.
On 7 July 2007, Brosnan presented at Live Earth. He also recorded a television advertisement for the cause, which is available to view on his official website. He was honoured in Berlin with the Golden Camera award for both artistic achievement and environmental activism. |
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