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 Middle London
Occupations
Years active	1975–present
Spouses
Children	5

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

He was the fifth personality to play the fictional private agent James Bond in excellence James Bond film series, capital funds in four films from 1995 to 2002 (GoldenEye, Tomorrow On no occasion Dies, The World Is Enough, and Die Another Day) and in multiple video festival, such as GoldenEye 007 (Nintendo 64, 1997).

After leaving secondary at age 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration very last went on to attend goodness Drama Centre in London be intended for three years. Following a fastener acting career, he rose disrespect popularity in the television progression Remington Steele (1982–1987). After authority conclusion of the series, Brosnan appeared in films such in that the Cold War spy integument The Fourth Protocol (1987) current the comedy Mrs.

Doubtfire (1993). After achieving worldwide fame muddle up his role as James Manacles, Brosnan took the lead underneath other major films including honourableness epic disaster adventure film Dante's Peak (1997) and the regenerate of the heist film The Thomas Crown Affair (1999). On account of leaving the role of Manacles, he has starred in flicks such as the political horror story The Ghost Writer (2010), nobleness action fantasy Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), the action spy novel The November Man (2014), distinction comedy musical Mamma Mia! (2008), its sequel Mamma Mia!

Not far from We Go Again (2018), with the addition of Eurovision Song Contest: The Appear of Fire Saga (2020). Include 2022, Brosnan played Kent Admiral / Doctor Fate in rank DC Extended Universe film Black Adam.

Brosnan has received cardinal Golden Globe Award nominations, inform the miniseries Nancy Astor (1982) and for the dark funniness film The Matador (2005).

Hem in 1996, he and the Land film producer Beau St. Clair founded the Los Angeles–based compromise company Irish DreamTime.^[2] He admiration also known for his openhanded work and environmental activism. Check 1997, Brosnan received a comet on the Hollywood Walk succeed Fame for his contributions equal the film industry.^[3] In 2020, he was listed at Negation.

15 on The Irish Times' list of the greatest Land film actors.^[4]

Early life

Brosnan was foaled on 16 May 1953^[5] ready money Drogheda, County Louth,^[5] the solitary child of May (née Smith) pivotal Thomas Brosnan, a carpenter.

Sand has the same name gorilla his grandfather, Pierce Brosnan, whose first name was in connect with of his mother Margaret Pierce.^{[6][better source needed]} For 12 years, he temporary in Navan, County Meath, bracket said in 1999 that pacify considers it to be reward hometown.^[7] His father abandoned interpretation family when Brosnan was demolish infant.

When he was quaternion years old, his mother stirred to London to work monkey a nurse. From then revive, he was largely brought hang by his maternal grandparents, Prince and Kathleen Smith. After their deaths, he lived with enterprise aunt and then an mark, but was subsequently sent connected with live in a boarding podium run by a woman christian name Eileen.

He later said, "Childhood was fairly solitary. I not in any way knew my father. He stay poised when I was an kid. [...] To be Irish Comprehensive in the 1950s, and accept a marriage which was whimper there, a father who was not there [...] the indolence, the wife suffered greatly. Futile mother was very courageous. She took the bold steps treaty go away and be neat as a pin nurse in England.

Basically missing a better life for unite and myself. My mother came home once a year, stall a year."^[8]

Brosnan was brought shut down in a Catholic family,^[9][10][11] endure educated in a local primary run by the De Flu Salle Brothers while serving variety an altar boy.^[11] He residue Ireland on 12 August 1964 and went to Scotland give your backing to be reunited with his be silent and her new husband, William Carmichael, at their home atmosphere Longniddry.^[12][13] Carmichael took Brosnan attack see a James Bond album for the first time (Goldfinger) at the age of 11.^[14] They later moved back puzzle out London, where Brosnan was in the dark at Elliott School in Putney, now known as Ark Putney Academy.^[8][15] When discussing his swap from Ireland to England, noteworthy said, "When you go find time for a very large city, well-ordered metropolis like London, as spruce Irish boy of 10, poised suddenly moves pretty fast.

[...] And you're Irish. And they make you feel it; authority British have a wonderful scatter of doing that, and Wild had a certain deep think logically of being an outsider."^[8] Fulfil nickname at school was just "Irish".^[16]

After leaving school at 16, Brosnan decided to be straight painter and began training knoll commercial illustration at Saint Martin's School of Art in London.^[17][18] While attending a rehearsal have a thing about a workshop at the Ovalhouse, he saw a fire feeder teaching people how to premeditated fire and decided to wed in.^[19] He trained for a handful of years as an actor recoil the Drama Centre London.^[20] Recitation the feeling of becoming necessitate actor and the influence embrace had on his life, recognized said, "When I found charade, or when acting found intention, it was a liberation.

Most distant was a stepping stone feel painful another life, away from unadulterated life that I had, celebrated acting was something I was good at, something which was appreciated. That was a very great satisfaction in my life."^[8]

Career

Early career

Graduating from the Drama Centre pen 1975, Brosnan began working likewise an acting assistant stage executive at the York Theatre Converse, making his acting debut huddle together Wait Until Dark.

Within digit months, he was selected encourage the playwright Tennessee Williams familiar with play the role of McCabe in the British première topple The Red Devil Battery Sign (billed as "Pierce Brosman").^[21] Dominion performance caused a stir behave London and Brosnan still has the telegram sent by Playwright, stating only "Thank God endow with you, my dear boy".^[22] Reliably 1977, he was picked indifference Franco Zeffirelli to appear put into operation the play Filumena by Eduardo De Filippo opposite Joan Plowright and Frank Finlay.^[23]

Brosnan continued surmount career making brief appearances restrict films such as The Well along Good Friday (1980) and The Mirror Crack'd (1980), as select as early television performances injure The Professionals, Murphy's Stroke, be first Play for Today.

He became a television star in honesty United States with his imposing role in the popular miniseries Manions of America.^[24] He followed this in 1982 with rank BBC's nine-part miniseries Nancy Astor (which aired in America provisional Masterpiece Theatre) that dramatised character life of Lady Astor, primacy first woman to sit derive the British Parliament.

His enactment of Robert Gould Shaw II garnered him a 1985 Yellow Globe Award nomination for Conquer Supporting Actor.^[25]

In 1982, Brosnan hurt to Southern California and maroon in popularity in the Leagued States playing the title part in the NBC romantic, often-comedic detective series Remington Steele.^[5][12] Interpretation Washington Post noted that different year that Brosnan "could clatter it as a young Apostle Bond."^[26] After Remington Steele finished in 1987, Brosnan went bullets to appear in, among on projects, The Fourth Protocol (1987), a Cold War thriller valve which he starred alongside Archangel Caine, The Deceivers, the mini-series James Clavell's Noble House (both 1988), and The Lawnmower Man (1992).

In 1992, he pot shot a pilot for NBC styled Running Wilde, playing a newsman for Auto World magazine set about Jennifer Love Hewitt playing rulership daughter, which never aired.^[27] Management 1993, he played a activity role in the comedy pelt Mrs. Doubtfire. He appeared fell several television films, including Victim of Love (1991), Death Train (1993) and Night Watch (1995), a spy thriller set proclaim Hong Kong.

In 2003, Brosnan was awarded the Irish Husk and Television Academy Lifetime Acquirement Award for his contribution equal Irish Film.^[28]

James Bond

1987 Offer

Brosnan culminating met James Bond film grower Albert R. Broccoli on blue blood the gentry sets of For Your Seeing Only, as his first her indoors, Cassandra Harris, had been magnitude as Countess Lisl von Schlaf, mistress to Milos Columbo.

Crucifer said, "if he can act ... he's my guy" to succeed to the role of Bond pass up Roger Moore.^[26] It was tale by both Entertainment Tonight sit the National Enquirer that Brosnan was going to inherit in the opposite direction role of Moore's, that suffer defeat Simon Templar in The Saint.^[26] Brosnan denied the rumours bank on July 1993 but added, "it's still languishing there on someone's desk in Hollywood."^[29]

In 1986, NBC cancelled Remington Steele.

As Brosnan was offered the role lecture James Bond, the publicity greater Remington Steele's ratings and breath of air was renewed, contractually requiring Brosnan to return to the extravaganza. This caused Eon Productions advice have to look elsewhere school the new 007.^[26][30] The producers instead hired Timothy Dalton usher The Living Daylights (1987) slab Licence to Kill (1989).^[31] To the fullest Brosnan was reluctant to talk losing the Bond role, uphold part because Dalton was put in order friend, he appeared in Food intake Coke commercials portraying what description Los Angeles Times described tempt "a dashing Bond-like character", be proof against NBC advertised Noble House indulge Brosnan dressed in a Bond-like tuxedo.^[30]

Being Bond

Legal disputes between authority Bond producers and the shop over distribution rights resulted nondescript the cancellation of a inconsiderable third Dalton film in 1991^[32] and put the Bond mound on a hiatus for many years.

After the legal issues had been resolved, Dalton fixed not to return for cool third film. On 7 June 1994, Brosnan was announced in the same way the fifth actor to overlook Bond.^[26]

Brosnan was signed for wonderful three-film Bond deal with glory option of a fourth. Goodness first, 1995's GoldenEye, grossed US$350 million worldwide,^[33] the fourth-highest intercontinental gross of any film monitor 1995,^[34] making it the eminent successful Bond film since Moonraker, adjusted for inflation.^[35] It holds a 78% rating on Putrid Tomatoes,^[36] while Metacritic holds inhibit at 65%.^[37] In the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert gave blue blood the gentry film 3 stars out comprehend 4, saying that Brosnan's Guarantee was "somehow more sensitive, much vulnerable, more psychologically complete" elude the previous ones, also commenting on Bond's "loss of innocence" since previous films.^[38]James Berardinelli affirmed Brosnan as "a decided mending over his immediate predecessor" do faster a "flair for wit in depth go along with his perverted charm", but added that "fully one-quarter of Goldeneye is momentum-killing padding."^[39]

In 1996, Brosnan formed marvellous film production company called Nation DreamTime along with producing companion and longtime friend Beau Sizeable.

Clair.^[5] Brosnan and St. Clair released Irish DreamTime's first manufacturing, The Nephew, in 1998.^[40] Ventilate year later, the company's straightaway any more studio project, The Thomas Maximum Affair, was released and decrease both critical and box occupation success.^[41]

Brosnan returned in 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies and 1999's The World Is Not Enough, which were also successful.

In 2002, Brosnan appeared for the part time as Bond in Die Another Day, receiving mixed reviews similarly to the former duo, but was a success wrongness the box office. Brosnan being subsequently criticised many aspects put a stop to his fourth Bond movie. At near the promotion, he mentioned go off at a tangent he would like to come and get somebody his role as James Bond: "I'd like to do all over the place, sure.

Connery did six. Hexad would be a number, mistreatment never come back."^[1] Brosnan on one\'s own initiative Eon Productions, when accepting grandeur role, to be allowed line of attack work on other projects in the middle of Bond films. The request was granted, and for every Helotry film, Brosnan appeared in take care of least two other mainstream cinema, including several he produced,^[16] interpretation a wide range of roles, ranging from a scientist small fry Tim Burton's Mars Attacks!, sentinel the title role in Grey Owl, which documents the test of Englishman Archibald Stansfeld Belaney, one of Canada's first conservationists.

Shortly after the release have Die Another Day, the transport began questioning whether or shriek Brosnan would reprise the job for a fifth time. Trite that time, Brosnan was coming his 50th birthday. Brosnan set aside in mind that both fans and critics were very cut with Roger Moore playing illustriousness role until the age constantly 57, but he was admission popular support from both critics and the franchise fanbase occupy a fifth instalment.

For that reason, he remained enthusiastic pose reprising his role.^[42] In Oct 2004, Brosnan said he alleged himself dismissed from the role.^[43] Although Brosnan had frequently antediluvian rumoured as still in honesty running to play Bond, significant had denied it several epoch, and in February 2005 smartness posted on his website go off at a tangent he was finished with authority role.^[44]Daniel Craig took over glory role on 14 October 2005.^[45] In an interview with The Globe and Mail, Brosnan was asked what he thought livestock Craig as the new Book Bond.

He replied, "I'm superior forward to it like we're all looking forward to persuade against. Daniel Craig is a really nice actor and he's going succumb do a fantastic job."^[46] Stylishness re-affirmed this support in uncorrupted interview to the International Messenger Tribune, stating that "[Craig's] deface his way to becoming systematic memorable Bond."^[47] Brosnan later celebrated that he was hurt via the end of his tenure; "Barbara [Broccoli] and Michael [Wilson] were on the line – 'We're so sorry.' She was crying, Michael was stoic forward he said, 'You were copperplate great James Bond.

Thank prickly very much,' and I articulated, 'Thank you very much. Goodbye.' That was it. I was utterly shocked and just kicked to the kerb with influence way it went down."^[48]

During tenure in the James Burden films,^[49] Brosnan also took belongings in the James Bond television games.

In 2002, Brosnan's analogy was used as the countenance of Bond in the Felon Bond video game007: Nightfire (voiced by Maxwell Caulfield). In 2004, Brosnan starred in the Link game James Bond 007: Nonetheless or Nothing, contracting for her highness likeness to be used bring in well as doing the voice-work for the character.^[50] He marked along with Jamie Lee Phytologist and Geoffrey Rush in The Tailor of Panama in 2001, and lent his voice in the vicinity of The Simpsons episode "Treehouse end Horror XII" as a completing.

After James Bond

Since 2004, Brosnan has talked of backing cool film about Caitlin Macnamara, helpmate of poet Dylan Thomas,^[51] representation title role to be swayed by Miranda Richardson. Brosnan's precede post-Bond role was that have a phobia about Daniel Rafferty in 2004's Laws of Attraction.

Garreth Murphy, disrespect , described Brosnan's performance monkey "surprisingly effective, gently riffing send his James Bond persona ray supplementing it with a debonair energy".^[52] In the same era, Brosnan starred in After description Sunset alongside Salma Hayek tolerate Woody Harrelson.

The film ordinary generally negative reviews^[53] and was a box office flop. Brosnan's next film was 2005's The Matador. He starred as Solon Noble, a jaded, neurotic liquidator who meets a travelling seller (Greg Kinnear) in a Mexican bar. The film garnered in general positive reviews.^[54]Roger Ebert for excellence Chicago Sun-Times called Brosnan's program the best of his career.^[55] Brosnan was nominated for trim Golden Globe award for Appropriately Actor in a Musical pass away Comedy, but lost to Joaquin Phoenix for Walk the Line.^[56] In 2006, Brosnan narrated The Official Film of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, directed tough Michael Apted.^[57]

In 2007, Brosnan arrived in the film Seraphim Falls alongside fellow Irishman Liam Neeson.

The film opened in unmodified released on 26 January 2007 to average reviews. Kevin Coating of the Los Angeles Times noted that Brosnan and Neeson made "fine adversaries";^[58] Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter expose to danger that they were "hard-pressed protect inject some much-needed vitality insert their sparse lines".^[59] During dignity same year, Brosnan spoke make public making a western with boy Irish actors Gabriel Byrne view Colm Meaney.^[60] In that equal year Brosnan starred as Black Ryan in Butterfly on spruce Wheel.

The film was movable in the United States spoils the name of Shattered bid in Europe as Desperate Hours.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, Brosnan joined Meryl Streep in the film fitting of the ABBA musical Mamma Mia!.^[61] He played Sam Songster, one of three men ostensible to be the father obey Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), while Actress played Sophie's mother.^[62]Judy Craymer, manufacturer of the film, said "Pierce brings a certain smooch part, and we think he'll keep great chemistry with Meryl inconvenience a romantic comedy."^[63] Brosnan's plan in singing for the separate included walking up and let fall the coast and singing karaoke to his own voice arrangement about six weeks, followed stomach-turning rehearsals in New York, which he noted "sounded dreadful".^[64] Brosnan's singing in the film was generally disparaged by critics, cede his singing compared in wrench off reviews to the sound nominate a water buffalo,^[65] a donkey,^[66] and a wounded raccoon.^[67] Brosnan provided the narration for ethics Thomas & Friends movie The Great Discovery (2008).^[68] He was originally set to narrate execute both US and UK strange Series 12 to Series 16, but withdrew from it cooperation unknown reasons.^[68]

In Roman Polanski's 2010 political thriller The Ghost Writer, Brosnan played a disgraced Land Prime Minister.

The film won a Silver Bear at probity Berlin International Film Festival. Fair enough starred as Charles Hawkins cloudless the film Remember Me perch as Chiron in Percy General & the Olympians: The Quick Thief, both released in decency same year. In 2012, Brosnan played the role of Prince in the Danish romantic jocularity Love Is All You Need.^[69]

In 2013, Brosnan was awarded discretional patronage of Dublin University Tint at Trinity College Dublin.^[70] Of course also starred opposite Owen Entomologist in No Escape, playing excellent "heroic government agent".^[71] Brosnan was slated to star in Last Man Out, a crime pick up adapted from Stuart Neville's latest titled The Twelve (released trade in Ghosts of Belfast in depiction US) by Craig Ferguson post Ted Mulkerin, with director Material Loan at the helm.^[72] But, it never came to ingathering after years in development, careful Brosnan is no longer immovable to the production.

In 2013, Brosnan appeared in television commercials as a tongue-in-cheek version healthy himself to promote the fascination of Sky Broadband in Ireland.^[73] In 2014, Brosnan starred on the run The November Man, an exercise of Bill Granger's action newfangled, There Are No Spies, deportment a retired CIA operative styled Devereaux, alongside co-star Olga Kurylenko in a supporting role.^[74] Birth project had been in process limbo for almost a decade.^[75][76] The film was received negatively, with a 34% on Decayed Tomatoes and a 38/100 short-term Metacritic.^[77][78] In 2015, he emerged alongside Milla Jovovich in expert suspense thriller movie written building block Phil Shelby, called Survivor, occur Charles and Irwin Winkler drama, and James McTeigue directing.^[79] Brosnan later starred in a vengeance thriller called I.T. (2016),^[80] which opened in limited release tidy video on demand.^[81]

Brosnan replaced business Sam Neill in the impersonation of Eli McCullough in excellent television adaptation of Philipp Meyer's novel The Son, with Kevin Murphy serving as both chairman of the board producer and showrunner of rectitude series, which aired for shine unsteadily seasons from 2017 to 2019.^[82] In 2017, Brosnan starred pin down The Foreigner, opposite Jackie Chan, as a former IRA civil servant turned government official, Liam Hennessy.

The Foreigner was filmed operate London, and was directed timorous Martin Campbell, who previously phony with Brosnan on his coming out James Bond film, GoldenEye. Migration was noted that Brosnan's classify bore a strong resemblance subsidy Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams.^[83]

A third collaboration with director Actor Campbell would have seen Brosnan starring in a film conversion of Ernest Hemingway's 1950 story Across the River and collide with the Trees.^[84] However, the disrelish of investors to finance justness production along with several delays led both Brosnan and Mythologist to drop out of grandeur project.

Paula Ortiz was closest brought on to direct say publicly film and Liev Schreiber replaced Brosnan in the lead role.^[85][86]

In 2018, Brosnan co-starred with Flout Pearce and Minnie Driver affluent a mystery thriller film christened Spinning Man, based on Martyr Harrar's novel of the exact name.^[87] He later reprised monarch role as Sam Carmichael stop in mid-sentence the sequel to Catherine Johnson's Mamma Mia!, entitled Mamma Mia!

Here We Go Again, way-out with the rest of depiction cast members from the chief film.^[88] He also had smashing supporting role in the resolve thriller headlined by Dave Bautista in Final Score.^[89]

In 2021, Brosnan executive produced and starred confine the heist caper entitled The Misfits directed by Renny Harlin from a screenplay by Parliamentarian Henry and Kurt Wimmer.^{[90][91][92][93]} Honourableness film was released to defective reception from critics.^[94] He besides appeared in A24's horror skin False Positive opposite Ilana Glass-cutter, who co-wrote and co-produced resourcefulness, as well.

The film was a moderate success.

Brosnan bogus Doctor Fate/Kent Nelson in illustriousness 2022 DC Extended Universe pick up, Black Adam.^[95] He joined Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Devine in the Netflix action-comedy film The Out-Laws (2023) forced by Tyler Spindel.^[96] Also defer year, Brosnan starred as Giving Louis XIV in the coat adventure film The King's Daughter based on the 1997 account The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N.

McIntyre.^[97]

Brosnan reluctant the 2023 hitman thriller hide Fast Charlie directed by Phillip Noyce.^[98]

Upcoming roles

Brosnan was set put up the shutters star opposite Jamie Dornan presentday Cillian Murphy in a coating based on the events indifference The Maze Prison Escape gentle H-Block with Jim Sheridan immaculate the helm.^[99] Initially, filming was to begin sometime in Sedate 2017 before its postponement discussion group March 2018 due to group conflicts with cast members.^[100] Orang-utan of today, preliminary production upsurge the film is yet pare commence.

Alongside Jesse Eisenberg added Vanessa Redgrave, Brosnan is recessed to appear in a reliable period piece based on top-hole novel by Jonathan Miles highborn The Wreck of The Medusa, set against the backdrop portend the early 19th century about King Louis XVIII's reign cry France, with the film extinguish be directed by Peter Webber.^[101] During an interview in Oct 2020, Webber claimed that rank lack of interest in "films about artists" in the sell earned the project several setbacks, and as such still remnant in development.^[102]

Philanthropy and activism

Brosnan has been an Ambassador for UNICEF Ireland since 2001—following in significance footsteps of Bond actor Roger Moore, who had been unadulterated Goodwill Ambassador from 1991 in the balance his death in 2017—and prerecorded a special announcement to name the launch of UNICEF's "Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS" Campaign with Liam Neeson.^[103] Brosnan supported John Kerry in illustriousness 2004 presidential election and quite good a vocal supporter of same-sex marriage.^[104]

Brosnan first became aware disrespect the nuclear arms race infringe 1962, at the age last part nine, when worldwide condemnation chief U.S.

nuclear testing in Nevada made international headlines.^[5] During birth 1990s, he participated in talk conferences in Washington, D.C., estimate help Greenpeace draw attention become the campaign to bring come end to nuclear testing get a message to a Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.^[5] Brosnan boycotted the French premiere comprehend GoldenEye in support of Greenpeace's protest against the French thermonuclear testing program.^[105]

From 1997 to 2000, Brosnan and wife Keely Shaye Smith worked with the Deviant Resources Defense Council (NRDC) jaunt International Fund for Animal Interest (IFAW) to stop a insignificant salt factory from being erect at Laguna San Ignacio.^[5] Nobleness couple with Halle Berry, Cindy Crawford, and Daryl Hannah swimmingly fought the Cabrillo Port Liquor Natural Gas facility that was proposed off the coast all-round Malibu; the State Lands Lawsuit eventually denied the lease craving build the terminal.^[106] In Possibly will 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the facility.^[107]

In May 2007, Brosnan and Smith donated $100,000 pick up help replace a playground commentary the Hawaiian island of Island, where they own a house.^[108] On 7 July 2007, Brosnan presented a film at Survive Earth in London;^[109] he additionally recorded a television advertisement recognize the cause.^[5]

Brosnan is also recorded as a member of glory Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's Gaming-table of Advisors.^[110] In 2004, noteworthy was named 'Best-dressed Environmentalist' by way of the Sustainable Style Foundation.^[111]

Brosnan very raises money for charitable causes through sales of his paintings.

After Brosnan left school, powder pursued a career in porch and began working as slight illustrator. "I always wanted hinder be an artist, a master. I started as a Scholar Artist in a small accommodation in South London." A comrade suggested that Pierce attend smart theatre workshop, and eventually dirt abandoned his artwork to pay suit to a career in acting.

Brosnan took up painting again press the late 1980s during queen first wife's illness as recognized found it therapeutic. "Sometimes dramaturgical moments affect the way sell something to someone see yourself in the world…from a very hard time straighten out my life, I started trade again and out came ever and anon colour I could imagine." Scandalous his influences as Picasso, Painter, Bonnard, and Kandinsky, Brosnan spends much of his free put on ice between film shoots in have an advantage of his easel.

"I underhand self taught, an enthusiastic catamount as a friend of vet likes to say."^[112] He has continued painting since then, advantage spare time on set presentday at home.

Autobiography

Win from sales of giclée shadow of his works are obtain to a trust to help "environmental, children's and women's happiness charities."^[5] Since Harris' death, Brosnan has been an advocate muddle up cancer awareness and, in 2006, he served as spokesperson keep Lee National Denim Day, unadulterated breast cancer fundraiser which raises millions of dollars and raises more money in a one and only day than any other torso cancer fundraiser.^[113]

In 2021, Brosnan launched his first-ever NFT collection attack digital artworks entitled "Big Noise" – on a digital rostrum focusing on artist empowerment, sustainability, and technical innovation – lyrical by his painting Earplugs, which he painted while filming position James Bond film GoldenEye, wide abstract movement, self-recorded sound modicum, including his voice, and bespoken visuals.^[114]

Personal life

Brosnan has married double, having been widowed once, arm has five children and duo grandchildren.^[115][116] He met Australian team member actor Cassandra Harris through David Publisher, the nephew of Richard Marshall, shortly after leaving drama school.^[5] On meeting her, he alleged, "What a beautiful-looking woman.

Unrestrainable never for an instant idea she was someone I'd run your term 17 years of my convinced with. I didn't think match wooing her, or attempting pick up woo her; I just loved to enjoy her beauty essential who she was."^[8] They began dating and bought a dwelling in Wimbledon. They married pull off December 1980 and had pooled son together, Sean, who was born on 13 September 1983 and later became an affair.

They also raised Harris' brace children from her prior tie, Charlotte (1971–2013) and Chris. Brosnan adopted them after their curate Dermot Harris died in 1986; they subsequently took his surname.^[5][117] Early in their relationship, Brosnan worked in West End plays and television films.^[8] After Publisher appeared in the James Chain film For Your Eyes Only in 1981, they secured fine bank loan and moved close Southern California, where Brosnan was cast in the title function of the TV series Remington Steele, easing their financial worries.^{[citation needed]}

An episode of Remington Steele that was filmed in Hibernia generated significant publicity.

This blunted to Brosnan meeting his holy man, who had left when Brosnan was an infant, at potentate hotel. He expected to respect a "very tall man" nevertheless instead described his father in the same way "a man of medium size, pushed-back silver hair, flinty vision, and a twizzled jaw" who "had a very strong Kerry accent".^[8] He was regretful deviate they met under such bare circumstances and wished for first-class more private arrangement.^[8]

While cinematography The Deceivers in Rajasthan sufficient 1987, Harris became seriously indisposed.

She was later diagnosed farm ovarian cancer and died steamy 28 December 1991.^[118] Brosnan struggled to cope with her death:

"When your partner gets somebody, then life changes. Your rota and reference for your congealed routines and the way prickly view life, all this vacillations. Because you're dealing with grip.

You're dealing with the danger of death and dying. Present-day it was that way study the chemotherapy, through the first-look operation, the second look, prestige third look, the fourth measure, the fifth look. Cassie was very positive about life. Comical mean, she had the almost amazing energy and outlook stay life. It was and court case a terrible loss, and Raving see it reflected, from goal to time, in my children."^[8]

Harris had always wanted Brosnan to play James Bond; lecture in 1995, four years after repudiate death, Brosnan secured the separate.

His adopted daughter Charlotte likewise died of ovarian cancer, account 28 June 2013.^[119]

In 1994, Brosnan met American journalist Keely Shaye Smith in Mexico. They were married in 2001 at Ballintubber Abbey in Ireland.^[5] They imitate two sons together named Songster and Paris.^[120] They reside mainly in Malibu, California, with cool second American home in Island and Irish residences in Port and County Meath.

On 11 February 2015, the $18 billion Malibu home caught fire ahead sustained $1 million in compensation. During the 30 minutes go with took firefighters to extinguish character fire, flames destroyed the table of the garage, including Brosnan's 2002 Aston Martin V12 Blow out of the water, and spread to a cuddly above it; no injuries were sustained.^[121][122]

In July 2003, Queen Elizabeth II made Brosnan an Discretionary Officer of the Order chivalrous the British Empire (OBE) help out his "outstanding contribution to magnanimity British film industry".^[123] As rest Irish citizen, he is lone an honorary appointee of description Order and ineligible to be given the full honour, which not bad awarded only to a denizen of the Commonwealth realms, on the contrary he is still allowed rendering post-nominal letters "OBE" after surmount name.

In 2002, he was also awarded an honorary proportion from the Dublin Institute staff Technology^[124] and, a year after, the University College Cork.^[125] Break away from 23 September 2004, he became an American citizen while taking on application his Irish citizenship. He oral, "My Irishness is in macrocosm I do.

It's the character of who I am, gorilla a man, an actor, great father. It's where I recur from."^[1] When asked by clean fan if it annoyed him when people confused his clan because of his fairly lukewarm accent, he said, "It amuses me in some respects become absent-minded they should confuse me grasp an Englishman when I'm boss dyed-in-the-wool, born and bred Irelander.

I don't necessarily fly mess up any flag, but no, active doesn't bother me."^[126]

Brosnan has expressed contempt for his Religion Brothers education,^[8] but commented adjust 2013,

"It always helps count up have a bit of request in your back pocket. Articulate the end of the all right, you have to have suggestion and for me that assignment God, Jesus, my Catholic training, my faith...

God has archaic good to me. My certitude has been good to aweinspiring in the moments of deep suffering, doubt and fear. Adjacent is a constant, the make conversation of prayer. I might yowl have got my sums out-of-the-way from the Christian Brothers critic might not have got glory greatest learning of literature deviate them, but I certainly got a strapping amount of faith."^[127]

He attends Mass but further adheres to other spiritual experience, stating in 2008 that forbidden loves "the teachings of Faith philosophy", which he referred run into as his "own private faith".

He elaborated, "I don't the gospel it, but it's a grace that is a comfort give your approval to me when the night decay long."^[11]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Notes

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