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Trivia
Birth name: Pierce Brendan Brosnan
Date of birth: 16 May 1953
Place of birth: Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Nickname: Irish
Spouse: Keely Shaye Smith, (4 August 2001 - present) 2 children,
Cassandra Harris, (27 December 1980 - 28 December 1991) (her death) 1 child.
He adopted his first wife Cassandra Harris's children, Charlotte (b.
1972) and Christopher (b. 1973), after their father died in 1986.
Was made a Freeman of Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland (the town he lived in
until he moved to England in 1964) on 11th November 1999.
Owns his own production company, Irish DreamTime. Its first release was
The Nephew (1998).
Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the "50 Most
Beautiful" people in the world. [1996]
Chosen by People magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful
People" in the world. [1991]
Has a scar on the right side above his top lip. He was hit by a stunt man on the making of Tomorrow Never Dies (1997).
The very first film he claims to have seen is the 007 movie Goldfinger
(1964).
Enjoys fishing on the River Towy in Carmarthenshire, South Wales. Jimmy
Carter (former American President) also enjoys the same fishing spot.
Is the third actor to play James Bond in more than two films, along with
Roger Moore and Sean Connery.
At the Genesis Awards Ceremony, reunited with "Remington
Steele" (1982) co-star Stephanie Zimbalist. [1996]
On December 28, 1991, one day after their 11th wedding anniversary, his
wife, Cassandra Harris, died in his arms. She died of ovarian cancer.
His mother, May, was 19 when she gave birth to him. She had married his
father, Thomas, on August 16, 1952. However, his parents separated when
he was still a baby, and from the age of 4 he was raised by his maternal
grandparents, Philip and Kathleen Smith, while his mother went to London
to train as a nurse. When he was 6, both grandparents died and he was
passed around amongst relatives until Eileen Reilly took him into her
lodging house. Finally, when he was 10, his mother was able to take him
to her home in Putney, London. While in London, May had met a man, named
Bill Carmichael, who had asked her to marry him, but she wanted approval
from her son. Pierce gave his approval and the couple were married. From
that point on, Bill treated Pierce as his real son and they got along
fine. It was Bill who took Pierce to see his first Bond movie,
Goldfinger (1964), and it was at that point that decided to take up
acting.
At the age of 11 he was almost six feet tall, but he was still the
target of bullies due to his being Irish.
Voted "Sexiest Man Alive" by People Magazine in 2001.
Is claustrophobic, making the filming of certain scenes in Dante's Peak
(1997) very difficult.
He was voted sixth in the Orange 2001 film survey of greatest British
film actors ever.
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 Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), and the Z8 from The World Is Not
Enough (1999).
Early in his screen career, he portrayed the character of Remington
Steele on the TV show "Remington Steele" (1982). His character
was a career criminal gone "straight" as a private
investigator, with an amazing knowledge of and obsession with classic
cinema. In the episode "To Catch a Steele" (original air date
11-Feb-1983, episode 15), Remington Steele equates the case he is
working on to the original movie The Thomas Crown Affair (1968),
starring Faye Dunaway and Steve McQueen. Sixteen years later, he starred
in the remake of that movie, The Thomas Crown Affair (1999).
He was given an honorary OBE by Britain's ambassador to Ireland, Stewart
Eldon on 19th August 2003. Honorary OBEs are awarded on merit to non-
British citizens by the Queen to people who have made an important
contribution to British interests. The award formally makes him "an
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire".
After the release of Die Another Day (2002), he was approached by a
prankster in a Dublin bar who asked to shake the actor's hand. He
complied and then cracked up when he heard the man say, "That's the
closest my hand will ever get to Halle
Berry's arse [butt]."
On August 12, 1964, as an 11-year-old he flew, for the first time, from
Ireland to the UK to join his mother May, the very day that Ian Fleming
died.
Three sons: Sean Brosnan (b. September 13, 1983), Dylan Thomas (b.
January 13, 1997) and Paris Beckett (b. February 27, 2001). He also has
two adopted children, Charlotte (b. 1971) and Christopher (b. 1973).
He says that his favorite Bond films are From Russia with Love (1963)
and For Your Eyes Only (1981), and that his least favorite Bond film is
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969).
Became an American citizen on 23 September 2004 but still plans to keep
his Irish citizenship.
He studied under Yat Malmgren, a dancer and drama teacher who also
worked with Sean Connery in the 1950s and is credited with helping him
develop a strong sense of movement and presence.
According to the James Bond tailors in London, he has been both the
lightest and heaviest of all the James Bonds. The tailors who fitted him
for his Bond films state that in his first Bond movie, _GoldenEye
(1995)_ , he weighed 164 pounds, making him the lightest actor to play
Bond. However, in his fourth Bond movie, Die Another Day (2002), he
weighed 211 pounds, making him the heaviest actor to play Bond.
He says that the first two films he saw at the cinema, Goldfinger (1964)
and Lawrence of Arabia (1962), are also the two films that have had the
most influence on him.
Graduated from the prestigious MA program at the Drama Center in London,
England.
Was originally chosen to play 007 in 1986, but his contract with the TV
series "Remington Steele" (1982) prevented him from doing so.
Instead, the role went to Timothy Dalton.
Was considered for the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in Batman (1989).
Brosnan's Bond was mainly dressed with shirts and ties from Turnbull
& Asser, shoes from Church's, and suits from the Italian company
Brioni. The cuff links and the belts were mostly Dunhill's.
In 2004 Quentin Tarantino expressed an interest in directing Brosnan in
a version of "Casino Royale", but was turned down by the Bond
producers.
Pierce is a professional "fire eater". He performed a fire
eating act in a circus at a young age. Knowing this, the writers for
"Remington Steele" asked him to hone his skills as a fire
eater for an episode during the series' second season, entitled
"High Flying Steele", where Remington and Laura are to go
undercover in a circus.
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