The first actor, who made James Bond character immensely popular worldwide is the one and only, Pierce Brosnan. Filled with immense charm and great screen presence, Brosnan has never failed to impress us with his outstanding performances throughout the ‘90s era. The Irish actor has turned 69 years old on May 16. So let’s reminiscent some memories of the actor to know more about him.
Born in Dorgheda, Ireland, Pierce Brosnan began his career as commercial illustrator and attended Drama Centre in London for three years. Being a stage actor, Brosnan rose to fame with TV series ‘Remington Steele’ (1982-1987). As soon as the series completed, the actor got several offers of film projects in the same year like ‘The Fourth Protocol’ (1987) and ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ (1993).
Pierce Brosnan first appeared as James Bond in the year 1995 with ‘Golden Eye’ and soon achieved worldwide fame. After that, he has appeared three times in James Bond film series like ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’ (1997), ‘The World Is Not Enough’ (1999) and ‘Die Another Day’ (2002).
During and soon after he left the role of James Bond, Pierce Brosnan has given numerous other prodigious works like ‘Dante’s Peak’ (1997), ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ (1999), ‘Mamma Mia!’ (2008), ‘The Ghost Writer’ (2010), ‘Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief’ (2010), ‘The November Man’ (2014), ‘Mamma Mia!’ sequel ‘Here We Go Again’ (2018) and many more.
Pierce Brosnan was married to Australian actress, Cassandra Harris in 1980. Later she passed away in 1991 at the age of 43 due to ovarian cancer. They had three children, – Charlotte Brosnan, who also passed away due to ovarian cancer in 2013, Sean Brosnan and Christopher Brosnan. Pierce met journalist, Keely Shaya Smith during a trip to Mexico in 1994 and later they got married in 2001. Brosnan and Smith have got two children together, Paris Brosnan and Dylan Brosnan.
