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<html> <head> <title>Pierce Brosnan</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/565/000023496/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool><br clear="all"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Pierce Brosnan</b></font><p><img src="Pierce_Brosnan.jpg" height=360 width=278 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Pierce Brosnan"><b>AKA</b> Pierce Brendan Brosnan<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/654/000106336/" class=proflink>16-May</a>-<a href="/lists/950/000105635/" class=proflink>1951</a> <font size=-1><a href="#FN1">[1]</a></font><br><b>Birthplace:</b> Navan, County Meath, Ireland<br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Religion:</b> <a href="/lists/758/000094476/" class=proflink>Roman Catholic</a><br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> Actor<p><b>Nationality:</b> Ireland<br><b>Executive summary:</b> Remington Steele, James Bond<p>Pierce Brosnan is an Irish actor who first came to American living rooms as <I>Remington Steele</I>, playing the imposter of a fictitious detective who flirted with <a href="/people/475/000025400/">Stephanie Zimbalist</a> for five seasons. After the series ended, he played James Bond in four popular 007 films.<P> Most biographies list Brosnan as being born in 1953, but he has occasionally confided to friends that he is two years older than that. His father deserted the family when Brosnan was an infant, and his mother went to nursing school, leaving young Pierce in the care of assorted friends and family for several years. As a young man, Brosnan began his acting career in the theater, working in London's West End. One of his first film parts was a tiny role in 1980's <I>The Mirror Crack'd </I> with <a href="/people/624/000023555/">Elizabeth Taylor</a> and <a href="/people/655/000026577/">Rock Hudson</a>, and directed by the longtime Bond-flick director <a href="/people/342/000078108/">Guy Hamilton</a>.<P> Brosnan eventually met and married a Bond girl, Cassandra Harris, who appeared in <a href="/people/809/000022743/">Roger Moore</a>'s <I>For Your Eyes Only</I> as well as several episodes of <I>Remington Steele.</I> She had gotten the last name Harris some years earlier, when she married the brother of actor and left-the-cake-out-in-the-rain singer <a href="/people/691/000030601/">Richard Harris</a>. When Cassandra Harris died of ovarian cancer in 1991, Brosnan adopted her two children. Brosnan's father also resurfaced when Brosnan became a star with <I>Remington Steele</I>.<P> Brosnan was originally offered the role of Bond in 1986, for <I>The Living Daylights</I>, but the makers of <I>Remington Steele</I> would not release him from his contract. He made six more episodes of <I>Steele</I> before the series was cancelled, then snagged the role of Bond almost a decade later with <I>GoldenEye</I> in 1995, when <a href="/people/556/000023487/">Timothy Dalton</a> was let loose. Brosnan's last turn as Bond came with <I>Die Another Day,</I> in 2002.<P> While not wearing the Bond tuxedo, his successful films include <I>The Tailor of Panama,</I> <I>After the Sunset,</I> and the 1999 remake of <I>The Thomas Crown Affair.</I> His flops include the silly volcano film <I>Dante's Peak,</I> and the remarkably unromantic romantic comedy <I>Laws of Attraction</I> with <a href="/people/670/000023601/">Julianne Moore</a>.<P> In May 2003, Brosnan bought a $1,000 bong from the Dementia head shop in Malibu, California. In 2004, he took the test, swore the oath, and became an American citizen. His son Christopher has been arrested at least twice on charges of petty theft.<p><hr width=25% size=1 align=left><a name="FN1"><font size=-1>[1] David Thomson, <i>The New Biographical Dictionary of Film</i> (2004). Also "Brosnan's Life Behind Bond", <i>BBC</i>, 4 August 2001. Printed sources give 1951, 1952, or 1953 variously. </font><p><b>Father:</b> Thomas Brosnan<br><b>Mother:</b> May Smith<br><b>Wife:</b> Sandra Colleen Waites Harris ("Cassandra", m. 27-Dec-1977, d. 28-Dec-1991 ovarian cancer, one son)<br><b>Son:</b> Christopher Harris (b. 1973 to Harris and Dermot Harris, adopted by Brosnan after her death)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Charlotte Harris (b. 1972 to Harris and Dermot Harris, adopted by Brosnan after her death, d. 28-Jun-2013)<br><b>Son:</b> Sean William Brosnan (b. 13-Sep-1983)<br><b>Wife:</b> Keely Shaye Smith (former TV reporter, m. 4-Aug-2001, two sons)<br><b>Son:</b> Dylan Thomas Brosnan (b. 13-Jan-1997)<br><b>Son:</b> Paris Beckett Brosnan (b. 27-Feb-2001)<br><p> High School: Elliott Comprehensive School, London, England<br><p> <a href="/org/262/000134857/">Environmental Media Association</a> Board of Directors<br> <a href="/org/263/000134858/">Sea Shepherd Conservation Society</a> Media and Arts Advisory Board<br> <a href="/honors/312/000044180/">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> 7021 Hollywood Blvd.<br> Endorsement of <a href="/company/192/000123820/">Visa</a> <br> Endorsement of <u>Cuervo Tequila</u> 1987<br> <a href="/honors/021/000044886/">Officer of the British Empire</a> 2003<br> <a href="/event/582/000051429/">Naturalized US Citizen</a> 23-Sep-2004<br> <a href="/lists/936/000043807/">Irish Ancestry</a> <br> <a href="/group/414/000111081/">James Bond</a> <br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/952/000124580/">Bell's Palsy</a><br> <p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">TELEVISION</font><br> <a href="/tv/456/000049309/">Remington Steele</a> Remington Steele (1982-87)<br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/068/000404850/">Mamma Mia! 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