Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan
Born: May 16, 1953
County Meath, Ireland
Career: 1980-2010
Countries: UK
USA
Genre/Type: Comedy Drama
Drama
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Biography by Hal Erickson
Moving to London with his family at an early age, Irish-born actor Pierce Brosnan made ends meet as a commercial illustrator and cab driver before turning to acting full-time. After training at the London Drama Centre, Brosnan made his West End stage bow in 1976, and appeared in his first film, The Long Good Friday, four years later.

American audiences got their first glimpse of the charismatic, muscular young actor in the 1981 network miniseries The Manions of America. The following year, he was cast as the suave adventurer hero of the weekly TV series Remington Steele. Brosnan's casual panache and his gift for quippery led the producers of the James Bond movies to select him as the new Bond upon the departure of Roger Moore in 1986. However, at the last moment, the canceled Remington Steele was renewed, and Brosnan was contractually obligated to remain with the program, forcing him to relinquish the James Bond role to Timothy Dalton. Insult was later added to injury when it became evident that the renewal of Steele was something of a subterfuge by its producers to keep Brosnan on their leash. This professional setback was further compounded by personal tragedy seven years later when Brosnan's actress wife Cassandra Harris died after a long illness.

The actor began to regain his motion picture bankability when he was cast in a choice secondary role in the 1993 comedy megahit Mrs. Doubtfire. In 1995, he finally got his chance to play Agent 007 in GoldenEye, and proved that the producer's instincts were right on target. Brosnan not only provided a much-needed boost for the ailing series, but also cemented his status as a capable leading man in a variety of roles, ranging from the title character in Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1996) to a stuffy, love-struck professor who meets a ludicrous fate in Mars Attacks! (1996) to a courageous vulcanologist trying to save a town threatened by a reawakened volcano in Dante's Peak (1997). Brosnan played Bond for the second time in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), essaying the role with great success.

Following his turn as the titular thief in the stylish 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair, the actor went on to his third Bond outing in The World is Not Enough, again proving that saving the world was most convincingly done by those with convincing tans, straight teeth, and plenty of fun gadgets. And the world isn't the only thing Bond saved. While, the next half-decade found Brosnan stumbling with disappointments like The Tailor of Panama and The Laws of Attraction, he found box office success with the Bond franchise yet again 2002 with his final film in the franchise, Die Another Day. He soon followed this with a critically acclaimed comedic performance in the sleeper hit The Matador, before signing on for the highly anticipated film adaptation of the Abba inspired musical Mama Mia!.

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Filmography

Movie/Film Released Rating Role Buy
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 2010 Actor [Starring]
Remember Me 2010 Actor [Starring]
The Ghost 2009 Actor [Starring]
The Greatest 2009 Executive Producer / Actor [Starring]
The Topkapi Affair 2009 Actor [Starring] / Producer
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle 2009 Actor [Starring]
Mamma Mia! 2008 Actor [Starring]
The Big Biazarro 2008 Actor [Starring] / Producer
Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery - The Movie 2008 Voice [Starring]
Married Life 2007 Actor [Starring]
Shattered 2007 Actor [Starring] / Producer
Seraphim Falls 2006 Actor [Starring]
The 2006 FIFA World Cup Film: The Grand Finale 2006 Voice [Starring]
Instant Karma 2005 Actor [Starring]
The Matador 2005 Actor [Starring] / Producer
After the Sunset 2004 Actor [Starring]
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Yes, Jack Nicholson was President James Dale / Art Land and Pierce Brosnan was Professor Donald Kessler in Mars Attacks (1996).
Pierce Brosnan has had one boy with his first wife (Cassandra Harris)and two boys with his second wife (Keely Shaye Smith).
As one is Irish and was born in 1953 while the other was born in England in 1960, plus the fact that they have different surnames and look nothing like each other I'd say, no they are not twins.

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Awards

Year Movie/Film Role
2005 Hollywood Foreign Press Association The Matador Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (Nom)
1984 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Nancy Astor Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television (Nom)
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