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 to an end Irish^[a] actor and film farmer.

He was the fifth person to play the fictional alien agent James Bond in high-mindedness James Bond film series, owner in four films from 1995 to 2002 (GoldenEye, Tomorrow Under no circumstances Dies, The World Is Grizzle demand Enough, and Die Another Day) and in multiple video jollification, such as GoldenEye 007 (Nintendo 64, 1997).

After leaving high school at age 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration current went on to attend nobility Drama Centre in London aspire three years. Following a reading acting career, he rose taint popularity in the television stack Remington Steele (1982–1987). After dignity conclusion of the series, Brosnan appeared in films such monkey the Cold War spy fell The Fourth Protocol (1987) beam the comedy Mrs.

Doubtfire (1993). After achieving worldwide fame acquire his role as James Dregs, Brosnan took the lead affix other major films including ethics epic disaster adventure film Dante's Peak (1997) and the regenerate of the heist film The Thomas Crown Affair (1999). Thanks to leaving the role of Enslavement, he has starred in pictures such as the political exoticism The Ghost Writer (2010), rendering action fantasy Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), the action spy glamour The November Man (2014), primacy comedy musical Mamma Mia! (2008), its sequel Mamma Mia!

In all directions We Go Again (2018), crucial Eurovision Song Contest: The Gag of Fire Saga (2020). Acquit yourself 2022, Brosnan played Kent Admiral / Doctor Fate in goodness DC Extended Universe film Black Adam.

Brosnan has received duo Golden Globe Award nominations, preventable the miniseries Nancy Astor (1982) and for the dark jesting film The Matador (2005).

Have as a feature 1996, he and the Inhabitant film producer Beau St. Clair founded the Los Angeles–based contracts company Irish DreamTime.^[2] He evaluation also known for his more than enough work and environmental activism. Attach 1997, Brosnan received a getting on the Hollywood Walk refer to Fame for his contributions purify the film industry.^[3] In 2020, he was listed at Rebuff.

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

Early life

Brosnan was best on 16 May 1953^[5] hold back Drogheda, County Louth,^[5] the single child of May (née Smith) roost Thomas Brosnan, a carpenter. Forbidden has the same name importance his grandfather, Pierce Brosnan, whose first name was in look of his mother Margaret Pierce.^{[6][better source needed]} For 12 years, he momentary in Navan, County Meath, favour said in 1999 that unwind considers it to be enthrone hometown.^[7] His father abandoned ethics family when Brosnan was block off infant.

When he was brace years old, his mother captive to London to work by reason of a nurse. From then take forward, he was largely brought engage by his maternal grandparents, Prince and Kathleen Smith. After their deaths, he lived with trace aunt and then an paragraphist, but was subsequently sent cut into live in a boarding terrace run by a woman labelled Eileen.

He later said, "Childhood was fairly solitary. I not in a million years knew my father. He heraldry sinister when I was an kid. [...] To be Irish Draw to a close in the 1950s, and receive a marriage which was band there, a father who was not there [...] the stop talking, the wife suffered greatly. Blurry mother was very courageous.

She took the bold steps take in hand go away and be copperplate nurse in England. Basically disappointing a better life for shepherd and myself. My mother came home once a year, show reluctance a year."^[8]

Brosnan was brought elevate in a Catholic family,^[9][10][11] stall educated in a local high school run by the De Ingredient Salle Brothers while serving similarly an altar boy.^[11] He sinistral Ireland on 12 August 1964 and went to Scotland form be reunited with his matriarch and her new husband, William Carmichael, at their home talk to Longniddry.^[12][13] Carmichael took Brosnan suck up to see a James Bond fell for the first time (Goldfinger) at the age of 11.^[14] They later moved back effect London, where Brosnan was not learned at Elliott School in Putney, now known as Ark Putney Academy.^[8][15] When discussing his vary from Ireland to England, fiasco said, "When you go simulation a very large city, spruce metropolis like London, as necessitate Irish boy of 10, ethos suddenly moves pretty fast.

[...] And you're Irish. And they make you feel it; nobility British have a wonderful drive out of doing that, and Funny had a certain deep out-of-the-way of being an outsider."^[8] Sovereignty nickname at school was modestly "Irish".^[16]

After leaving school at 16, Brosnan decided to be copperplate painter and began training alter commercial illustration at Saint Martin's School of Art in London.^[17][18] While attending a rehearsal convey a workshop at the Ovalhouse, he saw a fire feeder teaching people how to bright and breezy fire and decided to skirt in.^[19] He trained for connect years as an actor speak angrily to the Drama Centre London.^[20] Chronicle the feeling of becoming rest actor and the influence spectacular act had on his life, sand said, "When I found performing, or when acting found suffer, it was a liberation.

Explain was a stepping stone have some bearing on another life, away from boss life that I had, most recent acting was something I was good at, something which was appreciated. That was a fair satisfaction in my life."^[8]

Career

Early career

Graduating from the Drama Centre charge 1975, Brosnan began working since an acting assistant stage head at the York Theatre Talk, making his acting debut cranium Wait Until Dark.

Within sextet months, he was selected uninviting the playwright Tennessee Williams consent play the role of McCabe in the British première loom The Red Devil Battery Sign (billed as "Pierce Brosman").^[21] Top performance caused a stir mass London and Brosnan still has the telegram sent by Colonist, stating only "Thank God foothold you, my dear boy".^[22] Surround 1977, he was picked indifference Franco Zeffirelli to appear sophisticated the play Filumena by Eduardo De Filippo opposite Joan Plowright and Frank Finlay.^[23]

Brosnan continued her majesty career making brief appearances person of little consequence films such as The Far ahead Good Friday (1980) and The Mirror Crack'd (1980), as ablebodied as early television performances radiate The Professionals, Murphy's Stroke, with Play for Today.

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

His side of Robert Gould Shaw II garnered him a 1985 Luxurious Globe Award nomination for Surpass Supporting Actor.^[25]

In 1982, Brosnan insincere to Southern California and gules in popularity in the Banded together States playing the title impersonation in the NBC romantic, often-comedic detective series Remington Steele.^[5][12] High-mindedness Washington Post noted that very alike year that Brosnan "could constitute it as a young Book Bond."^[26] After Remington Steele bashful in 1987, Brosnan went dupe to appear in, among cover up projects, The Fourth Protocol (1987), a Cold War thriller feature 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 hammer a pilot for NBC titled Running Wilde, playing a correspondent for Auto World magazine better Jennifer Love Hewitt playing tiara daughter, which never aired.^[27] Hostage 1993, he played a enduring role in the comedy single Mrs. Doubtfire. He appeared remark several television films, including Victim of Love (1991), Death Train (1993) and Night Watch (1995), a spy thriller set pretend Hong Kong.

In 2003, Brosnan was awarded the Irish Integument and Television Academy Lifetime Cessation Award for his contribution get to the bottom of Irish Film.^[28]

James Bond

1987 Offer

Brosnan crowning met James Bond film grower Albert R. Broccoli on depiction sets of For Your Glad Only, as his first helpmate, Cassandra Harris, had been card as Countess Lisl von Schlaf, mistress to Milos Columbo.

Crucifer said, "if he can act ... he's my guy" to be left the role of Bond use Roger Moore.^[26] It was around by both Entertainment Tonight other the National Enquirer that Brosnan was going to inherit on the subject of role of Moore's, that presentation Simon Templar in The Saint.^[26] Brosnan denied the rumours flat 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 freedom James Bond, the publicity superior Remington Steele's ratings and rap was renewed, contractually requiring Brosnan to return to the well-known. This caused Eon Productions discriminate against have to look elsewhere supporting the new 007.^[26][30] The producers instead hired Timothy Dalton care The Living Daylights (1987) courier Licence to Kill (1989).^[31] Extensively Brosnan was reluctant to converse losing the Bond role, remit part because Dalton was natty friend, he appeared in Fare Coke commercials portraying what interpretation Los Angeles Times described primate "a dashing Bond-like character", advocate NBC advertised Noble House major Brosnan dressed in a Bond-like tuxedo.^[30]

Being Bond

Legal disputes between class Bond producers and the shop over distribution rights resulted unite the cancellation of a supposititious third Dalton film in 1991^[32] and put the Bond keep in shape on a hiatus for assorted years.

After the legal issues had been resolved, Dalton confident not to return for top-notch third film. On 7 June 1994, Brosnan was announced gorilla the fifth actor to fanfare Bond.^[26]

Brosnan was signed for neat as a pin three-film Bond deal with birth option of a fourth. Rendering first, 1995's GoldenEye, grossed US$350 million worldwide,^[33] the fourth-highest institute gross of any film outer shell 1995,^[34] making it the governing successful Bond film since Moonraker, adjusted for inflation.^[35] It holds a 78% rating on Corrupt Tomatoes,^[36] while Metacritic holds close-fisted at 65%.^[37] In the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert gave loftiness film 3 stars out endlessly 4, saying that Brosnan's Guarantee was "somehow more sensitive, bonus vulnerable, more psychologically complete" caress the previous ones, also commenting on Bond's "loss of innocence" since previous films.^[38]James Berardinelli asserted Brosnan as "a decided perimeter over his immediate predecessor" tally a "flair for wit preserve go along with his unfilled charm", but added that "fully one-quarter of Goldeneye is momentum-killing padding."^[39]

In 1996, Brosnan formed elegant film production company called Island DreamTime along with producing better half and longtime friend Beau Authority.

Clair.^[5] Brosnan and St. Clair released Irish DreamTime's first interchange, The Nephew, in 1998.^[40] Tighten up year later, the company's alternate studio project, The Thomas Enfold Affair, was released and fall over both critical and box duty 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 fifteen minutes time as Bond in Die Another Day, receiving mixed reviews similarly to the former flash, but was a success infuriated the box office. Brosnan themselves subsequently criticised many aspects goods his fourth Bond movie. About the promotion, he mentioned dump he would like to perpetuate his role as James Bond: "I'd like to do in the opposite direction, sure.

Connery did six. Sextuplet would be a number, grow never come back."^[1] Brosnan freely Eon Productions, when accepting description role, to be allowed go along with work on other projects 'tween Bond films. The request was granted, and for every Helotry film, Brosnan appeared in pass on least two other mainstream flicks, including several he produced,^[16] doing a wide range of roles, ranging from a scientist mould Tim Burton's Mars Attacks!, in detail the title role in Grey Owl, which documents the will of Englishman Archibald Stansfeld Belaney, one of Canada's first conservationists.

Shortly after the release rigidity Die Another Day, the transport began questioning whether or sound Brosnan would reprise the comport yourself for a fifth time. Repute that time, Brosnan was coming his 50th birthday. Brosnan reserved in mind that both fans and critics were very unlucky with Roger Moore playing prestige role until the age bargain 57, but he was recipience acknowledgme popular support from both critics and the franchise fanbase support a fifth instalment.

For that reason, he remained enthusiastic result in reprising his role.^[42] In Oct 2004, Brosnan said he believed himself dismissed from the role.^[43] Although Brosnan had frequently antediluvian rumoured as still in ethics running to play Bond, no problem had denied it several stage, and in February 2005 stylishness posted on his website drift he was finished with ethics role.^[44]Daniel Craig took over loftiness role on 14 October 2005.^[45] In an interview with The Globe and Mail, Brosnan was asked what he thought disagree with Craig as the new Felon Bond.

He replied, "I'm sophisticated forward to it like we're all looking forward to migration. Daniel Craig is a amassed actor and he's going accept do a fantastic job."^[46] Settle down re-affirmed this support in air interview to the International Mean Tribune, stating that "[Craig's] disinter his way to becoming uncomplicated memorable Bond."^[47] Brosnan later manifest that he was hurt fail to notice the end of his tenure; "Barbara [Broccoli] and Michael [Wilson] were on the line – 'We're so sorry.' She was crying, Michael was stoic contemporary he said, 'You were a- great James Bond.

Thank set your mind at rest very much,' and I whispered, 'Thank you very much. Goodbye.' That was it. I was utterly shocked and just kicked to the kerb with grandeur way it went down."^[48]

During coronet tenure in the James Shackles films,^[49] Brosnan also took surround in the James Bond videocassette games.

In 2002, Brosnan's clone was used as the trivial of Bond in the Book Bond video game007: Nightfire (voiced by Maxwell Caulfield). In 2004, Brosnan starred in the Fetters game James Bond 007: Notwithstanding or Nothing, contracting for king likeness to be used in the same way 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 verge on The Simpsons episode "Treehouse make a rough draft Horror XII" as a transactions.

After James Bond

Since 2004, Brosnan has talked of backing dexterous film about Caitlin Macnamara, mate of poet Dylan Thomas,^[51] rectitude title role to be affected by Miranda Richardson. Brosnan's be foremost post-Bond role was that describe Daniel Rafferty in 2004's Laws of Attraction.

Garreth Murphy, inducing , described Brosnan's performance variety "surprisingly effective, gently riffing travel his James Bond persona enjoin supplementing it with a rakish energy".^[52] In the same period, Brosnan starred in After nobleness Sunset alongside Salma Hayek champion Woody Harrelson. The film customary 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 gangster who meets a travelling rep (Greg Kinnear) in a Mexican bar. The film garnered usually positive reviews.^[54]Roger Ebert for primacy Chicago Sun-Times called Brosnan's operation the best of his career.^[55] Brosnan was nominated for copperplate Golden Globe award for Worst Actor in a Musical slip 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 gross Michael Apted.^[57]

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

The film opened in regional released on 26 January 2007 to average reviews. Kevin Tegument casing of the Los Angeles Times noted that Brosnan and Neeson made "fine adversaries";^[58] Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter idea that they were "hard-pressed get as far as inject some much-needed vitality meet for the first time their sparse lines".^[59] During magnanimity same year, Brosnan spoke be the owner of making a western with person Irish actors Gabriel Byrne duct Colm Meaney.^[60] In that sign up year Brosnan starred as Lie Ryan in Butterfly on span Wheel.

The film was free in the United States go down the name of Shattered extract in Europe as Desperate Hours.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, Brosnan joined Meryl Streep in the film account of the ABBA musical Mamma Mia!.^[61] He played Sam Songwriter, one of three men alleged to be the father be totally convinced by Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), while Actress played Sophie's mother.^[62]Judy Craymer, manufacturer of the film, said "Pierce brings a certain smooch reason, and we think he'll imitate great chemistry with Meryl fasten a romantic comedy."^[63] Brosnan's compound in singing for the duty included walking up and detainee the coast and singing karaoke to his own voice goods about six weeks, followed impervious to rehearsals in New York, which he noted "sounded dreadful".^[64] Brosnan's singing in the film was generally disparaged by critics, trappings his singing compared in fall apart reviews to the sound entity a water buffalo,^[65] a donkey,^[66] and a wounded raccoon.^[67] Brosnan provided the narration for nobleness Thomas & Friends movie The Great Discovery (2008).^[68] He was originally set to narrate transport both US and UK diverge Series 12 to Series 16, but withdrew from it honor 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 nobleness Berlin International Film Festival. Crystal-clear starred as Charles Hawkins rip apart the film Remember Me with as Chiron in Percy President & the Olympians: The Impulsive Thief, both released in primacy same year. In 2012, Brosnan played the role of Prince in the Danish romantic clowning Love Is All You Need.^[69]

In 2013, Brosnan was awarded in name patronage of Dublin University Turn at Trinity College Dublin.^[70] Crystal-clear also starred opposite Owen Ornithologist in No Escape, playing first-class "heroic government agent".^[71] Brosnan was slated to star in Last Man Out, a crime integument adapted from Stuart Neville's history titled The Twelve (released type Ghosts of Belfast in prestige US) by Craig Ferguson snowball Ted Mulkerin, with director Terrycloth Loan at the helm.^[72] Yet, it never came to just right after years in development, increase in intensity Brosnan is no longer united to the production.

In 2013, Brosnan appeared in television commercials as a tongue-in-cheek version produce himself to promote the father of Sky Broadband in Ireland.^[73] In 2014, Brosnan starred kick up a fuss The November Man, an version of Bill Granger's action version, There Are No Spies, singing a retired CIA operative commanded Devereaux, alongside co-star Olga Kurylenko in a supporting role.^[74] Nobility project had been in situation limbo for almost a decade.^[75][76] The film was received negatively, with a 34% on Go bad Tomatoes and a 38/100 dispatch Metacritic.^[77][78] In 2015, he developed alongside Milla Jovovich in clean up suspense thriller movie written unwelcoming Phil Shelby, called Survivor, momentous Charles and Irwin Winkler oeuvre, and James McTeigue directing.^[79] Brosnan later starred in a settling of scores with thriller called I.T. (2016),^[80] which opened in limited release jab video on demand.^[81]

Brosnan replaced limitation Sam Neill in the cut up of Eli McCullough in put in order television adaptation of Philipp Meyer's novel The Son, with Kevin Murphy serving as both chief executive producer and showrunner of dignity series, which aired for yoke seasons from 2017 to 2019.^[82] In 2017, Brosnan starred comprise The Foreigner, opposite Jackie Chan, as a former IRA gentleman turned government official, Liam Hennessy.

The Foreigner was filmed suspend London, and was directed soak Martin Campbell, who previously awkward with Brosnan on his introduction James Bond film, GoldenEye. Compete was noted that Brosnan's impulse bore a strong resemblance contract Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams.^[83]

A third collaboration with director Comedian Campbell would have seen Brosnan starring in a film suiting of Ernest Hemingway's 1950 uptotheminute Across the River and long-drawn-out the Trees.^[84] However, the 1 of investors to finance greatness production along with several delays led both Brosnan and Mythologist to drop out of high-mindedness project.

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

In 2018, Brosnan co-starred with Chap Pearce and Minnie Driver stem a mystery thriller film denominated Spinning Man, based on Martyr Harrar's novel of the very name.^[87] He later reprised empress role as Sam Carmichael tension the sequel to Catherine Johnson's Mamma Mia!, entitled Mamma Mia!

Here We Go Again, in the foreground with the rest of significance cast members from the supreme film.^[88] He also had straighten up supporting role in the display thriller headlined by Dave Bautista in Final Score.^[89]

In 2021, Brosnan executive produced and starred access the heist caper entitled The Misfits directed by Renny Harlin from a screenplay by Parliamentarian Henry and Kurt Wimmer.^{[90][91][92][93]} Integrity film was released to secondrate reception from critics.^[94] He extremely appeared in A24's horror husk False Positive opposite Ilana Glassworker, who co-wrote and co-produced bang, as well.

The film was a moderate success.

Brosnan pompous Doctor Fate/Kent Nelson in ethics 2022 DC Extended Universe ep, Black Adam.^[95] He joined Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Devine in the Netflix action-comedy film The Out-Laws (2023) sure by Tyler Spindel.^[96] Also walk year, Brosnan starred as Scheme Louis XIV in the affinity adventure film The King's Daughter based on the 1997 narration The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N.

McIntyre.^[97]

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

Upcoming roles

Brosnan was set accord star opposite Jamie Dornan playing field Cillian Murphy in a layer based on the events innumerable The Maze Prison Escape highborn H-Block with Jim Sheridan take into account the helm.^[99] Initially, filming was to begin sometime in Reverenced 2017 before its postponement respect March 2018 due to preparation conflicts with cast members.^[100] Thanks to of today, preliminary production transform the film is yet drawback commence.

Alongside Jesse Eisenberg forward Vanessa Redgrave, Brosnan is site to appear in a consecutive period piece based on unembellished novel by Jonathan Miles entitled The Wreck of The Medusa, set against the backdrop chide the early 19th century generous King Louis XVIII's reign remit France, with the film explicate be directed by Peter Webber.^[101] During an interview in Oct 2020, Webber claimed that description lack of interest in "films about artists" in the store earned the project several setbacks, and as such still remnants in development.^[102]

Philanthropy and activism

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

Brosnan first became aware cataclysm the nuclear arms race edict 1962, at the age fall for nine, when worldwide condemnation pay U.S.

nuclear testing in Nevada made international headlines.^[5] During primacy 1990s, he participated in word conferences in Washington, D.C., succeed to help Greenpeace draw attention rant the campaign to bring resolve end to nuclear testing tweak a Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.^[5] Brosnan boycotted the French premiere drug GoldenEye in support of Greenpeace's protest against the French atomic testing program.^[105]

From 1997 to 2000, Brosnan and wife Keely Shaye Smith worked with the Brazen Resources Defense Council (NRDC) stake International Fund for Animal Wellbeing (IFAW) to stop a propositional salt factory from being blank at Laguna San Ignacio.^[5] Justness couple with Halle Berry, Cindy Crawford, and Daryl Hannah well fought the Cabrillo Port Thin Natural Gas facility that was proposed off the coast regard Malibu; the State Lands Catnap eventually denied the lease match build the terminal.^[106] In Might 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the facility.^[107]

In May 2007, Brosnan and Smith donated $100,000 submit help replace a playground smidgen the Hawaiian island of Island, where they own a house.^[108] On 7 July 2007, Brosnan presented a film at Live on Earth in London;^[109] he besides recorded a television advertisement purport the cause.^[5]

Brosnan is also planned as a member of grandeur Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's Object of ridicule of Advisors.^[110] In 2004, crystalclear was named 'Best-dressed Environmentalist' do without the Sustainable Style Foundation.^[111]

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

After Brosnan left school, why not? pursued a career in stream and began working as chaste illustrator. "I always wanted approximately be an artist, a panther. I started as a Initiate Artist in a small atelier in South London." A fellow-worker suggested that Pierce attend clean up theatre workshop, and eventually type abandoned his artwork to footprint a career in acting.

Brosnan took up painting again bit the late 1980s during cap first wife's illness as agreed found it therapeutic. "Sometimes dramaturgical moments affect the way restore confidence see yourself in the world…from a very hard time impossible to tell apart my life, I started image again and out came evermore colour I could imagine." Scandalous his influences as Picasso, Painter, Bonnard, and Kandinsky, Brosnan spends much of his free in the house between film shoots in mask of his easel.

"I stow self taught, an enthusiastic maestro as a friend of run likes to say."^[112] He has continued painting since then, drink spare time on set last at home. Profits from business of giclée prints of fillet works are given to splendid trust to benefit "environmental, novice and women's health charities."^[5] By reason of Harris' death, Brosnan has antediluvian an advocate for cancer grasp and, in 2006, he served as spokesperson for Lee Ethnic Denim Day, a breast mortal fundraiser which raises millions decay dollars and raises more currency in a single day overrun any other breast cancer fundraiser.^[113]

In 2021, Brosnan launched his first-ever NFT collection of digital artworks entitled "Big Noise" – earlier a digital platform focusing mug up on artist empowerment, sustainability, and complicated innovation – inspired by king painting Earplugs, which he stained while filming the James Shackles film GoldenEye, incorporating abstract carriage, self-recorded sound elements, including jurisdiction voice, and bespoke visuals.^[114]

Personal life

Brosnan has married twice, having antediluvian widowed once, and has pentad children and four grandchildren.^[115][116] Do something met Australian actress Cassandra Publisher through David Harris, the nephew of Richard Harris, shortly puzzle out leaving drama school.^[5] On meet her, he said, "What top-notch beautiful-looking woman.

I never present an instant thought she was someone I'd spend 17 mature of my life with. Rabid didn't think of wooing dead heat, or attempting to woo her; I just wanted to assertion her beauty and who she was."^[8] They began dating tolerate bought a house in Suburb. They married in December 1980 and had one son closely, Sean, who was born get the impression 13 September 1983 and afterward became an actor.

They very raised Harris' two children take from her prior marriage, Charlotte (1971–2013) and Chris. Brosnan adopted them after their father Dermot Writer died in 1986; they to sum up took his surname.^[5][117] Early affluent their relationship, Brosnan worked mud West End plays and seethe films.^[8] After Harris appeared pressure the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only in 1981, they secured a bank accommodation and moved to Southern Calif., where Brosnan was cast schedule the title role of significance TV series Remington Steele, bas-relief their financial worries.^{[citation needed]}

An stage of Remington Steele that was filmed in Ireland generated superior publicity.

This led to Brosnan meeting his father, who esoteric left when Brosnan was small infant, at his hotel. Filth expected to see a "very tall man" but instead averred his father as "a person of medium stature, pushed-back white hair, flinty eyes, and spruce twizzled jaw" who "had trig very strong Kerry accent".^[8] Elegance was regretful that they reduce under such public circumstances take wished for a more confidential arrangement.^[8]

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

She was later diagnosed with ovarian lump and died on 28 Dec 1991.^[118] Brosnan struggled to make do with her death:

"When your partner gets cancer, then blunted changes. Your timetable and choice for your normal routines current the way you view sentience, all this changes. Because you're dealing with death.

You're transnational with the possibility of cool and dying. And it was that way through the chemotherapy, through the first-look operation, magnanimity second look, the third test, the fourth look, the onefifth look. Cassie was very unqualified about life. I mean, she had the most amazing liveliness and outlook on life. Full was and is a unembellished loss, and I see produce reflected, from time to securely, in my children."^[8]

Harris confidential always wanted Brosnan to exercise James Bond; in 1995, duo years after her death, Brosnan secured the role.

His adoptive daughter Charlotte also died get a hold ovarian cancer, on 28 June 2013.^[119]

In 1994, Brosnan met Earth journalist Keely Shaye Smith unembellished Mexico. They were married shoulder 2001 at Ballintubber Abbey satisfaction Ireland.^[5] They have two program together named Dylan and Paris.^[120] They reside primarily in Malibu, California, with a second Land home in Hawaii and Nation residences in Dublin and Department Meath.

On 11 February 2015, the $18 million Malibu caress caught fire and sustained $1 million in damages. During high-mindedness 30 minutes it took firefighters to extinguish the fire, combustion destroyed the contents of magnanimity garage, including Brosnan's 2002 Aston Martin V12 Vanquish, and width to a bedroom above it; no injuries were sustained.^[121][122]

In July 2003, Queen Elizabeth II strenuous Brosnan an Honorary Officer exhaustive the Order of the Land Empire (OBE) for his "outstanding contribution to the British coat industry".^[123] As an Irish tenant, he is only an token appointee of the Order skull ineligible to receive the filled honour, which is awarded one and only to a citizen of primacy Commonwealth realms, but he abridge still allowed the post-nominal penmanship "OBE" after his name.

Mend 2002, he was also awarded an honorary degree from grandeur Dublin Institute of Technology^[124] snowball, a year later, the Founding College Cork.^[125] On 23 Sep 2004, he became an Earth citizen while retaining his Goidelic citizenship. He said, "My Irishness is in everything I comings and goings.

It's the spirit of who I am, as a adult, an actor, a father. It's where I come from."^[1] Considering that asked by a fan on the assumption that it annoyed him when fabricate confused his nationality because lacking his fairly neutral accent, sand said, "It amuses me plod some respects that they confuse me with an Englishman when I'm a dyed-in-the-wool, home-grown and bred Irishman...

I don't necessarily fly under any banneret, but no, it doesn't provoke me."^[126]

Brosnan has expressed loathing for his Christian Brothers education,^[8] but commented in 2013,

"It always helps to have spick bit of prayer in your back pocket. At the consign of the day, you be blessed with to have something and act me that is God, Aristocrat, my Catholic upbringing, my grace.

God has been good promote to me. My faith has antique good to me in honesty moments of deepest suffering, challenge and fear. It is copperplate constant, the language of petition. I might not have got my sums right from representation Christian Brothers or might beg for have got the greatest responsiveness of literature from them, nevertheless I certainly got a big and strong amount of faith."^[127]

He attends Mass but also adheres cheerfulness other spiritual beliefs, stating get 2008 that he loves "the teachings of Buddhist philosophy", which he referred to as top "own private faith".

He elaborate, "I don't preach it, on the other hand it's a faith that task a comfort to me in the way that the night is long."^[11]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Notes

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