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Pierce Brosnan Rated by 6 users
Birth Name: Pierce Brendan Brosnan
Height: 6' 1''
Sex: M
Nationality: Irish
Date of Birth: May 16, 1953
Place of Birth: Navan, country Meath, Ireland<
Profession: actor, producer
Claim to Fame: as Remington Steele in TV seri
Education: Dropped out of school at age 1
Spouse: Keely Shaye Smith (former model, TV reporter; b. September 25, 1964; engaged October 1999; married August 4, 2001), Cassandra Harris (actress; b. 15 December 1952; married 1977; died in 1991 at age 39, after a 4-year battle with ovarian cancer)
Father: Thomas Brosnan
Mother: A Nurse
Trivia- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV at Golden Globe Awards for NANCY ASTOR (1985)
- Nominated for Best Fight at MTV Movie Awards for Goldeneye (1996) - shared with Famke Janssen
- Brosnan has mentioned that he would like to make two more Bond films after DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002).
- There are rumors that Pierce Brosnan wanted Brett Ratner, the director of RUSH HOUR 2, to direct DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002). However, Lee Tamahori was hired.
- On the airplane scene in THE TAILOR OF PANAMA (2001), Osnard scrolls down a list of names on his computer. Pierce Brosnan is among the listed names.
- In THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, when Crown sees Catherine off after they meet at the museum (when he donates the painting) he gives the limo two taps on the hood to signal the driver. This was Pierce Brosnan''s trademark sendoff to ''Fred'' (Blake Clark) the driver in his breakthrough role, REMINGTON STEELE (1982)
- His first appearance as James Bond was featured in GOLDENEYE (1995).
- He was the hot favorite to replace Roger Moore in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987) but was ruled out because of his contractual obligations to REMINGTON STEELE (1982). ''Neill, Sam'' was also considered.
- Although it is alleged that his contract to play James Bond specifically prohibited him from appearing in other movies wearing a tuxedo, he nevertheless appears in a tuxedo in THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES, which followed Brosnan''s first James Bond appearance in GOLDENEYE by more than a year.
- Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith prepared for their marriage by meditating together at a monument to Brosnan''s late wife Cassandra.
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