Pierce Brosnan Biography (1953-)

Born May 16, 1953, in Navan, County Meath, Ireland; son of Tom Brosnan (a carpenter); married Cassandra Harris (an actress), December 27, 1977 (died, 1991); married Keely Shaye Smith (a journalist), August 4, 2001; children: (firstmarriage) Sean William, Charlotte, Christopher; (second marriage) Dylan Thomas, Paris Beckett. Addresses: Agent: Michael Menchol, Creative ArtistsAgency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Publicist: Dick Guttman, Guttman Associates PR, 118 S. Beverly Dr., Suite 201, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Contact: c/o The Pierce Brosnan International Fan Club, 23852 PacificCoast Highway, Suite 007, Malibu, CA 90265; c/o Irish Dreamtime, 2450 Broadway, Ste. E-5021, Santa Monica, CA 90404.

Nationality: Irish
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, producer
Birth Details: May 16, 1953; Navan, Meath, Ireland

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Resting Rough, 1979
(Uncredited) Actor playing "Jamie," The Mirror Crack'd, AssociatedFilm Distributors, 1980
First Irishman, The Long, Good Friday, Embassy, 1980
Jean Charles Pommier, Nomads, Atlantic, 1985
Major Valeri Petrofsky, The Fourth Protocol, Rank, 1987
Captain/Colonel William Savage, The Deceivers, Cinecom, 1988
Mark Taffin, Taffin, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
Harry Rudbeck, Mister Johnson, Avenue Entertainment, 1991
Dr. Lawrence Angelo, Stephen King's The Lawnmower Man (also knownas Lawnmower Man), New Line Cinema, 1992
Stuart "Stu" Dunmeyer, Mrs. Doubtfire, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993
Garavan, Entangled (also known as Les veufs and Fatal Attack), CineTel Films, 1993
Ken Allen, Love Affair, 1994
James Bond, GoldenEye, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995
Title role, Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (also known as Robinson Crusoe), 1996
Himself, The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson, 1996
Alex, The Mirror Has Two Faces, TriStar/Sony, 1996
Professor Donald Kessler, Mars Attacks!, Warner Bros., 1996
Harry Dalton, Dante's Peak, Universal, 1997
James Bond, Tomorrow Never Dies, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1997
Voice of King Arthur, The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot (animated), Warner Bros., 1998
Joe Brady, The Nephew, 1998
James Bond, The World Is Not Enough (also known as Bond 19, Bond 2000, Death Waits for No Man, and Fire and Ice), 1999
Title role, Grey Owl, 1999
Title role, The Thomas Crown Affair, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999
John MacGhee, The Match (also known as The Beautiful Game),United International, 1999
Narrator, Dolphins, MacGillivray Freeman, 2000
Andrew `Andy' Osnard, The Tailor of Panama, Columbia, 2001
Desmond Doyle, Evelyn, United Artists, 2002
James Bond, Die Another Day (also known as D.A.D.), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002
Cameo appearance, Austin Powers in Goldmember, New Line Cinema, 2002
Laws of Attraction, Dreamtime, 2003
Film Producer
The Nephew, 1998
The Thomas Crown Affair, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999
Evelyn, United Artists, 2002
Laws of Attraction, Dreamtime, 2003
Film Executive Producer
The Match (also known as The Beautiful Game), United International, 1999
Television Appearances
Series
Title role, Remington Steele, NBC, 1982-1987
Miniseries
Rory O'Manion, The Manions of America, ABC, 1981
Robert Gould Shaw, "Nancy Astor," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1984
Ian Dunross, James Clavell's Noble House (also known as Noble House), NBC, 1988
Phineas Fogg, Around the World in 80 Days (also known as Il giro del mondo in 80 giorni and In 80 Tagen um die Welt), NBC, 1989
Interviewee, "Beauty" and "Fame," The Human Face (documentary; also known as The Human Face with John Cleese), The Learning Channel, 2001
Movies
Murphy's Stroke, 1979

Title role, Remington Steele: The Steele That Wouldn't Die, 1987
Neal Skinner, The Heist, HBO, 1989
Professor Charles Lattimore, Murder 101, USA Network, 1991
Paul Tomlinson, Victim of Love (also known as Raw Heat), CBS, 1991
Danny O'Neill, Live Wire, HBO, 1992
Mike Graham, Alistair MacLean's Death Train (also known as Death Train and Detonator), USA Network, 1993
Sir William Johnson, The Broken Chain, TNT, 1993
Patrick Brody, Don't Talk to Strangers (also known as DangerousPursuit), 1994
Mike Graham, Alistair MacLean's Night Watch (also known as Night Watch and Detonator 2: Night Watch), USA Network, 1995
Specials
The Night of 100 Stars II, ABC, 1985
NBC's 60th Anniversary Celebration, NBC, 1986
Happy Birthday Bugs: 50 Looney Years, CBS, 1990
Host, Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie, CBS, 1991
The World of James Bond (also known as The World of 007), Fox, 1995
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond, UPN, 1996
The American Film Institute Salute to Clint Eastwood, 1996
The Secrets of 007: The James Bond Files, CBS, 1997
Host, Voices of Hope--Finding the Cures for Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Lifetime, 1997
(In archive footage) James Bond, Nobody Does It Better: The Music of James Bond (documentary), 1998
Interviewee, The James Bond Story (documentary; also known as 007: The James Bond Story), AMC, 2000
Narrator, Building the Impossible (documentary; also known as The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World), The Discovery Channel, 2000
Host, Heroes for the Planet---A Tribute to National Geographic, National Geographic Channel, 2001
Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute, BBC, 2002
James Bond, Best Ever Bond, ITV, 2002
James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute, BBC, 2002
Awards Presentations
The 37th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards, NBC, 1985
The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1988
Host, The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards, TBS, 1992
The Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, 1996
The 68th Annual Academy Awards, 1996
The 22nd Annual People's Choice Awards, 1996
The 1998 Genesis Awards, 1998
Presenter, 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards, MTV, 1999
GQ's 2000 Men of the Year Awards, Fox, 2000
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Fox, 2000
VH1 Big in 2002 Awards, VH1, 2002
Presenter, 2002 MTV Europe Music Awards, MTV, 2002
Episodic
Radio Man, "Blood Sports," The Professionals, 1980
Jogger, "Carpathian Eagle," Hammer House of Horror, 1980
Late Night with David Letterman, 1984
Remington Steele, "The Straight Poop," Moonlighting, ABC, 1987
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, 1991, 1992
Late Show with David Letterman, 1995, 1999
"The Best of Muppets Tonight," Muppets Tonight, ABC, 1996
Archie grey owl, "Grey Owl," Heritage Minute, 1998
(Uncredited) Archie grey owl, "Tom, Don't Quit Your Day Job ... ," TheTom Green Show, 1999
The Big Breakfast, Channel 4, 1999
Clive Anderson All Talk, BBC1, 1999
Film `72, BBC, 2000
Voice of Ultrahouse 3000, "Treehouse of Horror XII," The Simpsons(animated), Fox, 2001
Host, Saturday Night Live, 2001
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 2001, 2002
Revealed with Jules Asner, E! Entertainment Television, 2002
"Cannes Festival 2002," Leute heute, 2002
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, CBS, 2002
Inside the Actors Studio, 2002
The View, ABC, 2002
Also appeared in Celebrity Profile.
Stage Appearances
(London debut) Wait until Dark, 1976
McCabe, The Red Devil Battery Sign, Round House Theatre, then Phoenix Theatre, both London, 1977
Filumena, London production, 1977-1978
Also appeared with various repertory companies.
RECORDINGS
Videos
Behind the Scenes with Goldfinger (also known as The Making of"Goldfinger"), 1995
The Making of `The World Is Not Enough', Herzog, 1999
The Perfect Fit (also known as A Conversation with Pierce Brosnan and Geoffrey Rush), Columbia TriStar, 2001
Video Games
Tomorrow Never Dies, 1999
The World Is Not Enough, Electronic Arts, 2000

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Newsmakers 2000, Issue 3, Gale, 2000

Periodicals

Cigar Aficionado, November/December, 1997
Cosmopolitan, September, 1996, p. 202
Entertainment Weekly, December 1, 1995, p. 13
McCall's, July, 1987
People Weekly, April 27, 1992; May 6, 1996, p. 64; March 3, 1997,p. 114; November 26, 2001, pp. 76-81
Redbook, May, 1989; December, 1995, p. 63; December, 1997, p. 80
Time, December 15, 1997, p. 34
TV Guide, November 13, 1999, pp. 18-22; September 28, 2002, p. 32;November 9, 2002, pp. 22-26

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