Pearce brosnan biography

Irish actor (born 1953)

Pierce Brosnan OBE
Brosnan in 2017
Born	Pierce Brendan Brosnan (1953-05-16) 16 May 1953 (age 71) Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
Citizenship
Alma mater	Drama Palsy-walsy London
Occupations
Years active	1975–present
Spouses
Children	5

Pierce Brendan Brosnan (born 16 May 1953) is air Irish^[a] actor and film impresario.

He was the fifth artiste to play the fictional private agent James Bond in prestige James Bond film series, president in four films from 1995 to 2002 (GoldenEye, Tomorrow Not at any time Dies, The World Is Scream Enough, and Die Another Day) and in multiple video courageouss, such as GoldenEye 007 (Nintendo 64, 1997).

After leaving institution at age 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration unacceptable went on to attend birth Drama Centre in London divulge three years. Following a page acting career, he rose in close proximity to popularity in the television array Remington Steele (1982–1987). After prestige conclusion of the series, Brosnan appeared in films such in the same way the Cold War spy pelt The Fourth Protocol (1987) suffer the comedy Mrs.

Doubtfire (1993). After achieving worldwide fame extend his role as James Burden, Brosnan took the lead rafter other major films including high-mindedness epic disaster adventure film Dante's Peak (1997) and the redo of the heist film The Thomas Crown Affair (1999). Thanks to leaving the role of Security, he has starred in pictures such as the political science fiction The Ghost Writer (2010), magnanimity action fantasy Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), the action spy affaire de coeur The November Man (2014), excellence comedy musical Mamma Mia! (2008), its sequel Mamma Mia!

Beside We Go Again (2018), come to rest Eurovision Song Contest: The Comic story of Fire Saga (2020). Put in 2022, Brosnan played Kent Admiral / Doctor Fate in rendering DC Extended Universe film Black Adam.

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Brosnan has received two Glorious Globe Award nominations, for decency miniseries Nancy Astor (1982) splendid for the dark comedy ep The Matador (2005). In 1996, he and the American ep producer Beau St. Clair supported the Los Angeles–based production firm Irish DreamTime.^[2] He is along with known for his charitable gratuitous and environmental activism.

In 1997, Brosnan received a star vastness the Hollywood Walk of Villainy for his contributions to excellence film industry.^[3] In 2020, flair was listed at No. 15 on The Irish Times' thrash of the greatest Irish vinyl actors.^[4]

Early life

Brosnan was born betray 16 May 1953^[5] in Fight, County Louth,^[5] the only progeny of May (née Smith) and Poet Brosnan, a carpenter.

He has the same name as potentate grandfather, Pierce Brosnan, whose foremost name was in honour illustrate his mother Margaret Pierce.^{[6][better source needed]} Engage in 12 years, he lived burst Navan, County Meath, and thought in 1999 that he considers it to be his hometown.^[7] His father abandoned the kindred when Brosnan was an babe.

When he was four ripen old, his mother moved give in London to work as systematic nurse. From then on, take action was largely brought up emergency his maternal grandparents, Philip status Kathleen Smith. After their deaths, he lived with an jeer and then an uncle, nevertheless was subsequently sent to preserve in a boarding house litigation by a woman named Eileen.

He later said, "Childhood was fairly solitary. I never knew my father. He left during the time that I was an infant. [...] To be Irish Catholic spiky the 1950s, and have span marriage which was not on every side, a father who was note there [...] the mother, high-mindedness wife suffered greatly. My idleness was very courageous. She took the bold steps to vigour away and be a nurture in England.

Basically wanting unornamented better life for her boss myself. My mother came hint once a year, twice great year."^[8]

Brosnan was brought up disclose a Catholic family,^[9][10][11] and literary in a local school people by the De La Salle Brothers while serving as draw in altar boy.^[11] He left Hibernia on 12 August 1964 avoid went to Scotland to reasonably reunited with his mother don her new husband, William Songster, at their home in Longniddry.^[12][13] Carmichael took Brosnan to put under somebody's nose a James Bond film own the first time (Goldfinger) lips the age of 11.^[14] They later moved back to Writer, where Brosnan was educated hackneyed Elliott School in Putney, at the present time known as Ark Putney Academy.^[8][15] When discussing his transition escape Ireland to England, he spoken, "When you go to graceful very large city, a megalopolis like London, as an Green boy of 10, life in a flash moves pretty fast.

[...] Brook you're Irish. And they appearance you feel it; the Brits have a wonderful way get the picture doing that, and I esoteric a certain deep sense admire being an outsider."^[8] His monicker at school was simply "Irish".^[16]

After leaving school at 16, Brosnan decided to be a maestro and began training in commercialised illustration at Saint Martin's Secondary of Art in London.^[17][18] To the fullest attending a rehearsal for trim workshop at the Ovalhouse, powder saw a fire eater instructional people how to eat conflagration and decided to join in.^[19] He trained for three discretion as an actor at honourableness Drama Centre London.^[20] Describing righteousness feeling of becoming an theatrical and the influence it esoteric on his life, he thought, "When I found acting, seek when acting found me, full was a liberation.

It was a stepping stone into concerning life, away from a living thing that I had, and exact was something I was trade event at, something which was welcome. That was a great atonement in my life."^[8]

Career

Early career

Graduating superior the Drama Centre in 1975, Brosnan began working as propose acting assistant stage manager take care of the York Theatre Royal, manufacture his acting debut in Wait Until Dark.

Within six months, he was selected by class playwright Tennessee Williams to marker the role of McCabe go to see the British première of The Red Devil Battery Sign (billed as "Pierce Brosman").^[21] His function caused a stir in Writer and Brosnan still has representation telegram sent by Williams, stating only "Thank God for paying attention, my dear boy".^[22] In 1977, he was picked by General Zeffirelli to appear in rectitude play Filumena by Eduardo Beach Filippo opposite Joan Plowright opinion Frank Finlay.^[23]

Brosnan continued his growth making brief appearances in flicks such as The Long Adequate Friday (1980) and The Picture Crack'd (1980), as well little early television performances in The Professionals, Murphy's Stroke, and Play for Today.

He became straight television star in the In partnership States with his leading segregate in the popular miniseries Manions of America.^[24] He followed that in 1982 with the BBC's nine-part miniseries Nancy Astor (which aired in America on Masterpiece Theatre) that dramatised the humanity of Lady Astor, the have control over woman to sit in position British Parliament.

His portrayal incline Robert Gould Shaw II garnered him a 1985 Golden Earth Award nomination for Best Orientation Actor.^[25]

In 1982, Brosnan moved reach Southern California and rose encompass popularity in the United States playing the title role barge in the NBC romantic, often-comedic sleuthhound series Remington Steele.^[5][12] The Washington Post noted that same crop that Brosnan "could make simulate as a young James Bond."^[26] After Remington Steele ended emergence 1987, Brosnan went on undertake appear in, among other projects, The Fourth Protocol (1987), practised Cold War thriller in which he starred alongside Michael Caine, The Deceivers, the mini-series Apostle Clavell's Noble House (both 1988), and The Lawnmower Man (1992).

In 1992, he shot dialect trig pilot for NBC called Running Wilde, playing a reporter representing Auto World magazine with Jennifer Love Hewitt playing his maid, which never aired.^[27] In 1993, he played a supporting cut up in the comedy film Mrs. Doubtfire. He appeared in assorted television films, including Victim hook Love (1991), Death Train (1993) and Night Watch (1995), boss spy thriller set in Hong Kong.

In 2003, Brosnan was awarded the Irish Film dispatch Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Give for his contribution to Erse Film.^[28]

James Bond

1987 Offer

Brosnan first fall over James Bond film producer Albert R. Broccoli on the sets of For Your Eyes Only, as his first wife, Oracle Harris, had been cast chimp Countess Lisl von Schlaf, concubine to Milos Columbo.

Broccoli supposed, "if he can act ... he's my guy" to inherit birth role of Bond from Roger Moore.^[26] It was reported unused both Entertainment Tonight and rank National Enquirer that Brosnan was going to inherit another behave of Moore's, that of Playwright Templar in The Saint.^[26] Brosnan denied the rumours in July 1993 but added, "it's come to light languishing there on someone's inactive in Hollywood."^[29]

In 1986, NBC postponed Remington Steele.

As Brosnan was offered the role of Apostle Bond, the publicity improved Remington Steele's ratings and it was renewed, contractually requiring Brosnan exchange return to the show. That caused Eon Productions to control to look elsewhere for rendering new 007.^[26][30] The producers rather than hired Timothy Dalton for The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989).^[31] While Brosnan was reluctant to discuss misfortune the Bond role, in measurement because Dalton was a intimate, he appeared in Diet Blow commercials portraying what the Los Angeles Times described as "a dashing Bond-like character", and NBC advertised Noble House with Brosnan dressed in a Bond-like tuxedo.^[30]

Being Bond

Legal disputes between the Manacles producers and the studio accompany distribution rights resulted in rectitude cancellation of a proposed 3rd Dalton film in 1991^[32] talented put the Bond series heap a hiatus for several length of existence.

After the legal issues esoteric been resolved, Dalton decided whoop to return for a tertiary film. On 7 June 1994, Brosnan was announced as description fifth actor to play Bond.^[26]

Brosnan was signed for a three-film Bond deal with the privilege of a fourth. The chief, 1995's GoldenEye, grossed US$350 king`s ransom worldwide,^[33] the fourth-highest worldwide warrant of any film in 1995,^[34] making it the most happen as expected Bond film since Moonraker, intentional for inflation.^[35] It holds simple 78% rating on Rotten Tomatoes,^[36] while Metacritic holds it dilemma 65%.^[37] In the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert gave the release 3 stars out of 4, saying that Brosnan's Bond was "somehow more sensitive, more careful, more psychologically complete" than character previous ones, also commenting statement Bond's "loss of innocence" owing to previous films.^[38]James Berardinelli described Brosnan as "a decided improvement clue his immediate predecessor" with expert "flair for wit to slot in along with his natural charm", but added that "fully quartern of Goldeneye is momentum-killing padding."^[39]

In 1996, Brosnan formed a release production company called Irish DreamTime along with producing partner skull longtime friend Beau St.

Clair.^[5] Brosnan and St. Clair at large Irish DreamTime's first production, The Nephew, in 1998.^[40] One gathering later, the company's second atelier project, The Thomas Crown Affair, was released and met both critical and box office success.^[41]

Brosnan returned in 1997's Tomorrow Conditions Dies and 1999's The Existence Is Not Enough, which were also successful.

In 2002, Brosnan appeared for the fourth purpose as Bond in Die Option Day, receiving mixed reviews also to the former two, on the other hand was a success at loftiness box office. Brosnan himself in the aftermath criticised many aspects of tiara fourth Bond movie. During dignity promotion, he mentioned that recognized would like to continue surmount role as James Bond: "I'd like to do another, depart.

Connery did six. Six would be a number, then not come back."^[1] Brosnan asked Age Productions, when accepting the separate, to be allowed to prepare on other projects between Burden films. The request was though, and for every Bond pick up, Brosnan appeared in at least possible two other mainstream films, containing several he produced,^[16] playing great wide range of roles, broad from a scientist in Tim Burton's Mars Attacks!, to justness title role in Grey Owl, which documents the life be the owner of Englishman Archibald Stansfeld Belaney, creep 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 in the vicinity of a fifth time. At wind time, Brosnan was approaching circlet 50th birthday. Brosnan kept engage mind that both fans captain critics were very unhappy brains Roger Moore playing the carve up until the age of 57, but he was receiving in favour support from both critics plus the franchise fanbase for on the rocks fifth instalment.

For this tiff, he remained enthusiastic about reprising his role.^[42] In October 2004, Brosnan said he considered yourself dismissed from the role.^[43] Even though Brosnan had frequently been upon as still in the use convention to play Bond, he difficult to understand denied it several times, beam in February 2005 he renovate on his website that smartness was finished with the role.^[44]Daniel Craig took over the position on 14 October 2005.^[45] Regulate an interview with The Orb and Mail, Brosnan was on one\'s own initiative what he thought of Craig as the new James Ties.

He replied, "I'm looking set in motion to it like we're each and every looking forward to it. Magistrate Craig is a great affair and he's going to invalidate a fantastic job."^[46] He re-affirmed this support in an conversation to the International Herald Tribune, stating that "[Craig's] on rule way to becoming a forcible Bond."^[47] Brosnan later admitted focus he was hurt by justness end of his tenure; "Barbara [Broccoli] and Michael [Wilson] were on the line – 'We're so sorry.' She was lamentation, Michael was stoic and take steps said, 'You were a state James Bond.

Thank you notice much,' and I said, 'Thank you very much. Goodbye.' Desert was it. I was perfectly shocked and just kicked come to the kerb with the avoid it went down."^[48]

During his incumbency in the James Bond films,^[49] Brosnan also took part staging the James Bond video hilarity. In 2002, Brosnan's likeness was used as the face interrupt Bond in the James Trammels video game007: Nightfire (voiced do without Maxwell Caulfield).

In 2004, Brosnan starred in the Bond endeavour James Bond 007: Everything defeat Nothing, contracting for his duplicate to be used as ablebodied as doing the voice-work tend to the character.^[50] He starred the length of with Jamie Lee Curtis famous Geoffrey Rush in The Adapt of Panama in 2001, extort lent his voice to The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Dread XII" as a machine.

After James Bond

Since 2004, Brosnan has talked of backing a hide about Caitlin Macnamara, wife resembling poet Dylan Thomas,^[51] the phone up role to be played chunk Miranda Richardson. Brosnan's first post-Bond role was that of Judge Rafferty in 2004's Laws weekend away Attraction.

Garreth Murphy, of , described Brosnan's performance as "surprisingly effective, gently riffing off her highness James Bond persona and supplementing it with a raffish energy".^[52] In the same year, Brosnan starred in After the Sunset alongside Salma Hayek and Deal Harrelson. The film received for the most part negative reviews^[53] and was marvellous box office flop.

Brosnan's adjacent film was 2005's The Matador. He starred as Julian Courtly, a jaded, neurotic assassin who meets a travelling salesman (Greg Kinnear) in a Mexican stake. The film garnered generally great reviews.^[54]Roger Ebert for the Chicago Sun-Times called Brosnan's performance representation best of his career.^[55] Brosnan was nominated for a Fortunate Globe award for Best Person in a Musical or Facetiousness, but lost to Joaquin Constellation for Walk the Line.^[56] Coop 2006, Brosnan narrated The Lawful Film of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, directed by Archangel Apted.^[57]

In 2007, Brosnan appeared blot the film Seraphim Falls analogous fellow Irishman Liam Neeson.

Illustriousness film opened in limited unrestricted on 26 January 2007 abide by average reviews. Kevin Crust jump at the Los Angeles Times respected that Brosnan and Neeson flat "fine adversaries";^[58] Michael Rechtshaffen dear The Hollywood Reporter thought digress they were "hard-pressed to instil some much-needed vitality into their sparse lines".^[59] During the come to year, Brosnan spoke of construction a western with fellow Gaelic actors Gabriel Byrne and Colm Meaney.^[60] In that same generation Brosnan starred as Tom Ryan in Butterfly on a Wheel.

The film was released smudge the United States under nobleness name of Shattered and birth Europe as Desperate Hours.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, Brosnan joined Meryl Actress in the film adaptation bazaar the ABBA musical Mamma Mia!.^[61] He played Sam Carmichael, memory of three men believed highlight be the father of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), while Streep influenced Sophie's mother.^[62]Judy Craymer, producer go with the film, said "Pierce brings a certain smooch factor, become calm we think he'll have combined chemistry with Meryl in straight romantic comedy."^[63] Brosnan's preparation well-off singing for the role charade walking up and down authority coast and singing karaoke appoint his own voice for recall six weeks, followed by rehearsals in New York, which perform noted "sounded dreadful".^[64] Brosnan's musical in the film was customarily disparaged by critics, with consummate singing compared in separate reviews to the sound of unmixed water buffalo,^[65] a donkey,^[66] existing a wounded raccoon.^[67] Brosnan allowing the narration for the Thomas & Friends movie The Cumulative Discovery (2008).^[68] He was key set to narrate for both US and UK from Lean-to 12 to Series 16, nevertheless withdrew from it for anonymous reasons.^[68]

In Roman Polanski's 2010 governmental thriller The Ghost Writer, Brosnan played a disgraced British Cook Minister.

The film won first-class Silver Bear at the Songster International Film Festival. He marked as Charles Hawkins in depiction film Remember Me and whereas Chiron in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, both released in the selfsame year. In 2012, Brosnan unnatural the role of Philip weight the Danish romantic comedy Love Is All You Need.^[69]

In 2013, Brosnan was awarded honorary cover of Dublin University Players scornfulness Trinity College Dublin.^[70] He besides starred opposite Owen Wilson bring into being No Escape, playing a "heroic government agent".^[71] Brosnan was wag to star in Last Person Out, a crime film fit from Stuart Neville's novel noble The Twelve (released as Ghosts of Belfast in the US) by Craig Ferguson and Demand Mulkerin, with director Terry Allowance at the helm.^[72] However, thump never came to fruition back years in development, and Brosnan is no longer attached sharp the production.

In 2013, Brosnan appeared in television commercials introduce a tongue-in-cheek version of child to promote the launch slope Sky Broadband in Ireland.^[73] Compromise 2014, Brosnan starred in The November Man, an adaptation imbursement Bill Granger's action novel, There Are No Spies, playing efficient retired CIA operative called Devereaux, alongside co-star Olga Kurylenko instruction a supporting role.^[74] The activity had been in development unawareness for almost a decade.^[75][76] Leadership film was received negatively, form a 34% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 38/100 on Metacritic.^[77][78] In 2015, he appeared skirt Milla Jovovich in a irresolution thriller movie written by Phil Shelby, called Survivor, with River and Irwin Winkler producing, stream James McTeigue directing.^[79] Brosnan late starred in a revenge fabrication called I.T. (2016),^[80] which unbolt in limited release through videotape on demand.^[81]

Brosnan replaced actor Sam Neill in the role lady Eli McCullough in a importune adaptation of Philipp Meyer's chronicle The Son, with Kevin Spud serving as both executive manufacturer and showrunner of the mound, which aired for two seasons from 2017 to 2019.^[82] Just the thing 2017, Brosnan starred in The Foreigner, opposite Jackie Chan, monkey a former IRA man mouldy government official, Liam Hennessy.

The Foreigner was filmed in Writer, and was directed by Actor Campbell, who previously worked market Brosnan on his debut Crook Bond film, GoldenEye. It was noted that Brosnan's character drill a strong resemblance to Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams.^[83]

A bag collaboration with director Martin Mythologist would have seen Brosnan vice-chancellor in a film adaptation introduce Ernest Hemingway's 1950 novel Across the River and into ethics Trees.^[84] However, the reluctance go along with investors to finance the producing along with several delays solve both Brosnan and Campbell give up drop out of the appointment.

Paula Ortiz was later tired out on to direct the peel and Liev Schreiber replaced Brosnan in the lead role.^[85][86]

In 2018, Brosnan co-starred with Guy Pearce and Minnie Driver in graceful mystery thriller film called Spinning Man, based on George Harrar's novel of the same name.^[87] He later reprised his part as Sam Carmichael in glory sequel to Catherine Johnson's Mamma Mia!, entitled Mamma Mia!

Nearby We Go Again, along investigate the rest of the toss members from the first film.^[88] He also had a behind role in the action flight of fancy headlined by Dave Bautista stop in full flow Final Score.^[89]

In 2021, Brosnan salaried produced and starred in prestige heist caper entitled The Misfits directed by Renny Harlin overexert a screenplay by Robert Chemist and Kurt Wimmer.^{[90][91][92][93]} The coat was released to poor reaction from critics.^[94] He also attended in A24's horror film False Positive opposite Ilana Glazer, who co-wrote and co-produced it, whilst well.

The film was smashing moderate success.

Brosnan played Stretch Fate/Kent Nelson in the 2022 DC Extended Universe film, Black Adam.^[95] He joined Adam Devine in the Netflix action-comedy vinyl The Out-Laws (2023) directed exceed Tyler Spindel.^[96] Also that gathering, Brosnan starred as King Prizefighter XIV in the family embodiment film The King's Daughter family circle on the 1997 novel The Moon and the Sun unreceptive Vonda N.

McIntyre.^[97]

Brosnan led glory 2023 hitman thriller film Fast Charlie directed by Phillip Noyce.^[98]

Upcoming roles

Brosnan was set to taking opposite Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy in a film family circle on the events of Rank Maze Prison Escape titled H-Block with Jim Sheridan at nobility helm.^[99] Initially, filming was pile-up begin sometime in August 2017 before its postponement to Stride 2018 due to scheduling conflicts with cast members.^[100] As rigidity today, preliminary production on integrity film is yet to carry out.

Alongside Jesse Eisenberg and Vanessa Redgrave, Brosnan is set make appear in a historical hour piece based on a new by Jonathan Miles titled The Wreck of The Medusa, irritable against the backdrop of say publicly early 19th century during Wage war Louis XVIII's reign in Author, with the film to put in writing directed by Peter Webber.^[101] Extensive an interview in October 2020, Webber claimed that the want of interest in "films walk artists" in the market justifiable the project several setbacks, leading as such still remains keep in check development.^[102]

Philanthropy and activism

Brosnan has antediluvian an Ambassador for UNICEF Island since 2001—following in the way of Bond actor Roger Actor, who had been a Loving attachment Ambassador from 1991 until top death in 2017—and recorded grand special announcement to mark representation launch of UNICEF's "Unite stake out Children, Unite against AIDS" Getupandgo with Liam Neeson.^[103] Brosnan wiry John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election and is shipshape and bristol fashion vocal supporter of same-sex marriage.^[104]

Brosnan first became aware of birth nuclear arms race in 1962, at the age of figure, when worldwide condemnation of U.S.

nuclear testing in Nevada masquerade international headlines.^[5] During the Decennary, he participated in news conferences in Washington, D.C., to expenditure Greenpeace draw attention to say publicly campaign to bring an conclusion to nuclear testing with smashing Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.^[5] Brosnan boycotted the French premiere of GoldenEye in support of Greenpeace's dissent against the French nuclear trying essential program.^[105]

From 1997 to 2000, Brosnan and wife Keely Shaye Explorer worked with the Natural Reach an agreement Defense Council (NRDC) and Worldwide Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to stop a proposed humorous factory from being built rot Laguna San Ignacio.^[5] The blend with Halle Berry, Cindy Actress, and Daryl Hannah successfully fought the Cabrillo Port Liquefied Spiritual leader Gas facility that was representational off the coast of Malibu; the State Lands Commission ultimately denied the lease to fabricate the terminal.^[106] In May 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed high-mindedness facility.^[107]

In May 2007, Brosnan president Smith donated $100,000 to whiff replace a playground on loftiness Hawaiian island of Kauai, annulus they own a house.^[108] Categorization 7 July 2007, Brosnan suave a film at Live Trick in London;^[109] he also verifiable a television advertisement for ethics cause.^[5]

Brosnan is also listed little a member of the Multitude Shepherd Conservation Society's Board get the message Advisors.^[110] In 2004, he was named 'Best-dressed Environmentalist' by greatness Sustainable Style Foundation.^[111]

Brosnan also raises money for charitable causes navigate sales of his paintings.

Aft Brosnan left school, he hunt a career in art celebrated began working as an illustrator. "I always wanted to possibility an artist, a painter. Berserk started as a Trainee Maestro in a small studio concentrated South London." A colleague insinuated that Pierce attend a thespian workshop, and eventually he bad his artwork to pursue trig career in acting.

Brosnan took up painting again in illustriousness late 1980s during his leading wife's illness as he derrick it therapeutic. "Sometimes dramatic moments affect the way you give onto yourself in the world…from practised very hard time in clear out life, I started painting take back and out came every lose colour I could imagine." Citing sovereign influences as Picasso, Matisse, Bonnard, and Kandinsky, Brosnan spends undue of his free time mid film shoots in front regard his easel.

"I am cleansing taught, an enthusiastic painter introduction a friend of mine likes to say."^[112] He has elongated painting since then, using dispense with time on set and dubious home. Profits from sales emancipation giclée prints of his productions are given to a consign to benefit "environmental, children's brook women's health charities."^[5] Since Harris' death, Brosnan has been nickel-and-dime advocate for cancer awareness come to rest, in 2006, he served reorganization spokesperson for Lee National Textile Day, a breast cancer fundraiser which raises millions of dosh and raises more money see the point of a single day than woman on the clapham omnibus other breast cancer fundraiser.^[113]

In 2021, Brosnan launched his first-ever NFT collection of digital artworks elite "Big Noise" – on uncluttered digital platform focusing on magician empowerment, sustainability, and technical novelty – inspired by his canvas Earplugs, which he painted behaviour filming the James Bond pick up GoldenEye, incorporating abstract movement, self-recorded sound elements, including his absolutely, and bespoke visuals.^[114]

Personal life

Brosnan has married twice, having been widowed once, and has five domestic and four grandchildren.^[115][116] He reduction Australian actress Cassandra Harris overnight case David Harris, the nephew pray to Richard Harris, shortly after walk away drama school.^[5] On meeting assembly, he said, "What a beautiful-looking woman.

I never for key instant thought she was benignant I'd spend 17 years censure my life with. I didn't think of wooing her, commemorate attempting to woo her; Crazed just wanted to enjoy remove beauty and who she was."^[8] They began dating and corrupt a house in Wimbledon. They married in December 1980 sports ground had one son together, Sean, who was born on 13 September 1983 and later became an actor.

They also marvellous Harris' two children from unconditional prior marriage, Charlotte (1971–2013) opinion Chris. Brosnan adopted them make sure of their father Dermot Harris boring in 1986; they subsequently took his surname.^[5][117] Early in their relationship, Brosnan worked in Westernmost End plays and television films.^[8] After Harris appeared in loftiness James Bond film For Your Eyes Only in 1981, they secured a bank loan abstruse moved to Southern California, Brosnan was cast in honesty title role of the Television series Remington Steele, easing their financial worries.^{[citation needed]}

An episode call up Remington Steele that was filmed in Ireland generated significant hype.

This led to Brosnan congress his father, who had residue when Brosnan was an youngster, at his hotel. He come off to see a "very in height man" but instead described sovereign father as "a man inducing medium stature, pushed-back silver ringlets, flinty eyes, and a twizzled jaw" who "had a become aware of strong Kerry accent".^[8] He was regretful that they met bring round such public circumstances and wished for a more private arrangement.^[8]

While filming The Deceivers detect Rajasthan in 1987, Harris became seriously ill.

She was next diagnosed with ovarian cancer brook died on 28 December 1991.^[118] Brosnan struggled to cope arrange a deal her death:

"When your sharer gets cancer, then life fluctuate. Your timetable and reference ration your normal routines and say publicly way you view life, mount this changes.

Because you're partnership with death. You're dealing plus the possibility of death be first dying. And it was lapse way through the chemotherapy, pillage the first-look operation, the second-best look, the third look, authority fourth look, the fifth observe. Cassie was very positive stare at life. I mean, she challenging the most amazing energy illustrious outlook on life.

It was and is a terrible sacrifice, and I see it reproduce, from time to time, occupy my children."^[8]

Harris had every time wanted Brosnan to play Apostle Bond; in 1995, four duration after her death, Brosnan tied up certain the role. His adopted girl Charlotte also died of ovarian cancer, on 28 June 2013.^[119]

In 1994, Brosnan met American hack Keely Shaye Smith in Mexico.

They were married in 2001 at Ballintubber Abbey in Ireland.^[5] They have two sons association named Dylan and Paris.^[120] They reside primarily in Malibu, Calif., with a second American children's home in Hawaii and Irish residences in Dublin and County Meath. On 11 February 2015, dignity $18 million Malibu home at bay fire and sustained $1 meg in damages.

During the 30 minutes it took firefighters pare extinguish the fire, flames intemperate the contents of the warehouse military ars, including Brosnan's 2002 Aston Thespian V12 Vanquish, and spread dole out a bedroom above it; inept injuries were sustained.^[121][122]

In July 2003, Queen Elizabeth II made Brosnan an Honorary Officer of position Order of the British Kingdom (OBE) for his "outstanding charge to the British film industry".^[123] As an Irish citizen, blooper is only an honorary official of the Order and unsuitable to receive the full indignity, which is awarded only submit a citizen of the Land realms, but he is yet allowed the post-nominal letters "OBE" after his name.

In 2002, he was also awarded knob honorary degree from the Port Institute of Technology^[124] and, swell year later, the University School Cork.^[125] On 23 September 2004, he became an American basic while retaining his Irish pedigree. He said, "My Irishness disintegration in everything I do.

It's the spirit of who Wild am, as a man, unembellished actor, a father. It's annulus I come from."^[1] When voluntarily by a fan if likeness annoyed him when people shaggy his nationality because of fillet fairly neutral accent, he uttered, "It amuses me in unkind respects that they should annihilate me with an Englishman just as I'm a dyed-in-the-wool, born don bred Irishman...

I don't unavoidably fly under any flag, on the contrary no, it doesn't bother me."^[126]

Brosnan has expressed contempt guarantor his Christian Brothers education,^[8] on the contrary commented in 2013,

"It uniformly helps to have a maneuver of prayer in your tone pocket. At the end notice the day, you have touch have something and for company that is God, Jesus, capsize Catholic upbringing, my faith...

Genius has been good to moniker. My faith has been useful to me in the moments of deepest suffering, doubt add-on fear. It is a familiar, the language of prayer. Unrestrainable might not have got trough sums right from the Religionist Brothers or might not suppress got the greatest learning announcement literature from them, but Crazed certainly got a strapping enter of faith."^[127]

He attends Reprieve but also adheres to spanking spiritual beliefs, stating in 2008 that he loves "the goal of Buddhist philosophy", which earth referred to as his "own private faith".

He elaborated, "I don't preach it, but it's a faith that is uncut comfort to me when influence night is long."^[11]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Notes

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