Personal Life

His full name is Pierce Brendan Brosnan. He was born on 16th May, 1953. He is from Ireland. His is son of Thomas Brosnan, a carpenter and his mother May. He was their only child. He was born in Drogheda, County Louth, but lived and brought up in Navan, County Meath. His father left them alone when Pierce was infant. His mother was very courageous. Then his mother moved to London with him and stayed there with his grandparents. His mother opts for nursing. She took lot of hardship for her son. She use to come once or twice in the year. After the death of his grandparents he lived with his uncle and aunt. He then was sent to boarding house. He did his schooling till the age of sixteen. After leaving school at 16, he decided to be a painter and began training in commercial illustration at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, Oval.

He has continued painting since then, using spare time on set and at home. Profits from sales of prints of his works are given to a trust to benefit "environmental, children's and women's health charities. Brosnan met Australian actress Cassandra Harris through David Harris, one of Richard Harris nephews, in 1977, shortly after he left drama school. On meeting her, he has described his feelings. “He said I just wanted to enjoy her beauty and who she was”. While filming “The Deceivers in Rajasthan”, India, in 1987, his wife Cassandra Harris became seriously ill. She was later diagnosed with ovarian cancer and she died as a result of the illness in December 1991, aged 43. Brosnan has been an advocate for cancer awareness and, in 2006, he served as spokesperson for Lee National Denim Day, a breast cancer fundraiser which raises millions of dollars and raises more money in a single day than any other breast cancer fundraiser.

Pierce Brosnan has been an Ambassador for UNICEF Ireland since 2001 and recorded a special announcement to mark the launch of UNICEF's "Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS" Campaign with Liam Neeson. Brosnan supported John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential election and is a vocal supporter of same-sex marriage. Brosnan first became aware of nuclear disarmament at the age of nine when worldwide condemnation of the 1962 U.S. nuclear tests in Nevada headlined international news. From 1997 to 2000, Brosnan and wife Smith worked with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to stop a proposed salt factory from being built at Laguna San Ignacio.

Professional Life

Brosnan began training in commercial illustration, but trained at the Drama Centre in London for three years. Brosnan has described the feeling of becoming an actor and the impact it had on his life. He told that “When I found acting, or when acting found me, it was liberation. A stepping stone into another life, away from a life that I had, and acting was something I was good at, something which was appreciated. That was a great satisfaction in my life”. He became a television star in the United States with his leading role in the popular miniseries “Manions of America”. Following a stage acting career he rose to popularity in the television series “Remington Steele”. He was nominated for the first time in Golden Globe Award 1985. After Remington Steele ended in 1987, Brosnan went on to appear in several films, including “The Fourth Protocol”. He also appeared in several television films, including Victim of Love, Death Train, and Night Watch (1995), a spy thriller set in Hong Kong.

Brosnan first met James Bond films producer Albert R. Broccoli on the sets of “For Your Eyes Only”. In 1994, Brosnan was announced as the fifth actor to play Bond. Brosnan was signed for a three-film Bond deal with the option of a fourth. The first, 1995's GoldenEye. In 2002, Brosnan appeared for his fourth time as Bond in Die Another Day, receiving mixed reviews but was a success at the box office. Brosnan himself subsequently criticized many aspects of his fourth Bond movie. Shortly after the release of Die Another Day, the media began questioning whether or not Brosnan would reprise the role for a fifth time. Brosnan kept in mind that both fans and critics were unhappy with Roger Moore playing the role until he was 58, but he was receiving popular support from both critics and the franchise fan base for a fifth installment. For this reason, he remained enthusiastic about reprising his role. Throughout 2004, it was rumored that negotiations had broken down between Brosnan and the producers to make way for a new and younger actor. This was denied by MGM and Eon Productions. In July 2004, Brosnan announced that he was quitting the role. Daniel Craig took over the role on October 2005.