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Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brendan Brosnan is an Irish actor. He achieved worldwide fame playing James Bond in four James Bond films from 1995 to 2002: GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002). Brosnan has also received two Golden Globes nominations for the television series Nancy Astor (1982) and the film The Matador (2005).
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Born 16 May 1953 · Q81520
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 7 entries
The Guardian: Giant review – Prince Naseem biopic with Pierce Brosnan on hand misses the punch
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The Guardian: GoldenEye review – Pierce Brosnan’s ‘sexist, misogynist dinosaur’ makes his Bond movie debut
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The Guardian: ‘Pink Floyd were my landscape. I was a hippy’: Pierce Brosnan revisits his old London haunts
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The Guardian: The Unholy Trinity review – Samuel L Jackson and Pierce Brosnan shine in bubbling potboiler of a western
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The Guardian: Pierce Brosnan says he has a certain sympathy with Helen Mirren over James Bond sexism
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Starred in the movie The Thursday Murder Club and in Guy Ritchie's crime drama series MobLand
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Played Ron in the movie adaptation of the book The Thursday Murder Club
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2021· 3 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Pierce Brosnan's final net worth left his family in tears.” False.
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Brosnan executive produced and starred in the heist caper entitled The Misfits directed by Renny Harlin from a screenplay by Robert Henry and Kurt Wimmer
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Brosnan launched his first-ever NFT collection of digital artworks entitled "Big Noise" – on a digital platform focusing on artist empowerment, sustainability, and technical innovation – inspired by his painting Earplugs
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2018· 1 entry
Brosnan co-starred with Guy Pearce and Minnie Driver in the mystery thriller Spinning Man, based on George Harrar's novel of the same name
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2017· 1 entry
Brosnan starred in The Foreigner, opposite Jackie Chan, as a former IRA man turned government official, Liam Hennessy
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2016· 1 entry
Awarded European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award (2016).
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2015· 1 entry
Appeared alongside Milla Jovovich in a suspense thriller movie written by Phil Shelby, called Survivor, with Charles and Irwin Winkler producing, and James McTeigue directing
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2014· 1 entry
Brosnan starred in The November Man, an adaptation of Bill Granger's action novel, There Are No Spies, playing a retired CIA operative called Devereaux, alongside co-star Olga Kurylenko in a supporting role
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2013· 4 entries
Awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (2013).
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Brosnan was awarded honorary patronage of Dublin University Players at Trinity College Dublin
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It always helps to have a bit of prayer in your back pocket
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Brosnan appeared in television commercials as a tongue-in-cheek version of himself to promote the launch of Sky Broadband in Ireland
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2012· 1 entry
Brosnan played the role of Philip in the Danish romantic comedy Love Is All You Need
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2009· 1 entry
Won Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award for Mamma Mia! (2009).
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2008· 2 entries
Awarded Great Immigrants Award (2008).
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Brosnan joined Meryl Streep in the film adaptation of the ABBA musical Mamma Mia
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2007· 1 entry
Brosnan appeared in the film Seraphim Falls alongside fellow Irishman Liam Neeson
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2006· 2 entries
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
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Brosnan narrated The Official Film of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, directed by Michael Apted
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2004· 2 entries
Brosnan starred in the Bond game James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing, contracting for his likeness to be used as well as doing the voice-work for the character
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Was named 'Best-dressed Environmentalist' by the Sustainable Style Foundation
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2003· 1 entry
Brosnan was awarded the Irish Film and Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Irish Film
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2002· 2 entries
His likeness was used as the face of Bond in James Bond 007: Nightfire (voiced by Maxwell Caulfield)
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Was also awarded an honorary degree from the Dublin Institute of Technology and, a year later, the University College Cork
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award (2001).
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And lent his voice to The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XII" as a machine
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Empire Award for Best Actor for The World Is Not Enough (2000).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Saturn Award for Best Actor for Tomorrow Never Dies (1998).
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1997· 1 entry
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the film industry
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1996· 1 entry
Brosnan formed a film production company called Irish DreamTime along with producing partner and longtime friend Beau St
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1995· 2 entries
Making it the most successful Bond film since Moonraker (1979), adjusted for inflation
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Four years after her death, Brosnan secured the role
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1994· 1 entry
Brosnan met American journalist Keely Shaye Smith in Mexico
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1993· 1 entry
Played a supporting role in the comedy film Mrs
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1992· 1 entry
Shot a pilot for NBC called Running Wilde, playing a reporter for Auto World magazine with Jennifer Love Hewitt playing his daughter, which never aired
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1991· 1 entry
And put the Bond series on a hiatus for several years
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1987· 1 entry
Brosnan went on to appear in, among other projects, The Fourth Protocol (1987), a Cold War thriller in which he starred alongside Michael Caine, The Deceivers, the mini-series James Clavell's Noble House (both 1988), and
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1982· 2 entries
Brosnan moved to Southern California and rose in popularity in the United States playing the title role in the NBC romantic, often-comedic detective series Remington Steele
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With the BBC's nine-part miniseries Nancy Astor (which aired in America on Masterpiece Theatre) that dramatised the life of Lady Astor, the first woman to sit in the British Parliament
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1981· 1 entry
Secured a bank loan and moved to Southern California, where Brosnan was cast in the title role of the TV series Remington Steele, easing their financial worries
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1977· 1 entry
Was picked by Franco Zeffirelli to appear in the play Filumena by Eduardo De Filippo opposite Joan Plowright and Frank Finlay
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1975· 1 entry
Brosnan began working as an acting assistant stage manager at the York Theatre Royal, making his acting debut in Wait Until Dark
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1962· 1 entry
At the age of nine, when worldwide condemnation of U
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1953· 1 entry
Born 1953-05-16.
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