Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brendan Brosnan, OBE (16 May 1953) is an Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist who holds Irish and American citizenship. After leaving school at 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration, but trained at the Drama Centre in London for three years. Following a stage acting career he rose to popularity in the television series Remington Steele (1982–87). After Remington Steele, Brosnan took the lead in many films such as Dante's Peak and The Thomas Crown Affair. In 1995, he became the fifth actor to portray secret agent James Bond in the official film series, starring in four films between 1995 and 2002. He also provided his voice and likeness to Bond in the 2004 video game James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing. Since playing Bond, he has starred in such successes as The Matador (nominated for a Golden Globe, 2005), Mamma Mia! (National Movie Award, 2008), and The Ghost Writer (2010). In 1996, along with Beau St. Clair, Brosnan formed Irish DreamTime, a Los Angeles-based production company. In later years, he has become known for his charitable work and environmental activism. He was married to Australian actress Cassandra Harris from 1980 until her death in 1991. He married American journalist and author Keely Shaye Smith in 2001, becoming an American citizen in 2004.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Four Letters of Love as William Coughlan
- 2025 · Black Bag as
- 2024 · From Roger Moore with Love as
- 2024 · The Unholy Trinity as Gabriel Dove
- 2024 · The Great Lillian Hall as Ty Maynard
- 2023 · History's Greatest Heists with Pierce Brosnan as Self - Host
- 2016 · Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage as Self
- 2016 · Good Fortune as Self
- 2015 · A Christmas Star as Mr. Shepherd
- 2015 · Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Self
- 2014 · I Am Steve McQueen as Self
- 2014 · A Long Way Down as Martin Sharp
- 2012 · Everything or Nothing as Self
- 2009 · The Greatest as Allen Brewer
- 2008 · Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery - The Movie as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Davina as
- 2005 · The Matador as Julian Noble
- 2005 · Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
- 2003 · Christmas in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Deep Blue as Narrator
- 2002 · Best Ever Bond as Self / James Bond
- 2002 · Die Another Day: From Script to Screen as Self
- 2002 · Bond Girls Are Forever as James Bond (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2002 · Evelyn as Desmond Doyle
- 2000 · Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn as James Bond (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1999 · The Match as John MacGhee
- 1998 · Highly Classified: The World of 007 as
- 1996 · Clive Anderson All Talk as Self
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1995 · In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross as Self / James Bond
- 1995 · The World of James Bond as
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1995 · Night Watch as Michael 'Mike' Graham
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Don't Talk to Strangers as Patrick Brody
- 1993 · Entangled as Patrick Garavan
- 1992 · Live Wire as Danny O'Neill
- 1991 · Victim of Love as Paul Tomlinson
- 1991 · Murder 101 as Charles Lattimore
- 1989 · The Heist as Neil Skinner
- 1988 · The Deceivers as William Savage
- 1988 · Taffin as Mark Taffin
- 1985 · Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1982 · Nancy Astor as Robert Gould Shaw
- 1981 · The Manions of America as Rory O'Manion
- Future · Cliffhanger as Ray Cooper
- Future · The Thursday Murder Club as Ron Ritchie
- 2025 · The King of Kings as Pontius Pilate (voice)
- 2024 · Quintessentially Irish as Self
- 2023 · Fast Charlie as Charlie Swift
- 2023 · The Last Rifleman as Artie Crawford
- 2023 · The Out-Laws as Billy McDermott
- 2022 · Black Adam as Dr. Fate / Kent Nelson
- 2022 · Black Adam: Saviour or Destroyer? as Self
- 2022 · The King's Daughter as King Louis XIV
- 2021 · Jack B. Yeats: The Man who Painted Ireland as Narrator
- 2021 · Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland as Narrator
- 2021 · Cinderella as King Rowan
- 2021 · False Positive as Dr. John Hindle
- 2021 · The Misfits as Richard Pace
- 2021 · Riverdance: The Animated Adventure as Grandad / Patrick (voice)
- 2020 · Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga as Erick Erickssong
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2018 · Final Score as Dimitri
- 2018 · Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Sam Carmichael
- 2018 · The Pig on the Hill as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Spinning Man as Malloy
- 2017 · The Foreigner as Liam Hennessy
- 2017 · The Only Living Boy in New York as Ethan Webb
- 2017 · The Son as Eli McCullough
- 2016 · I.T. as Mike Regan
- 2016 · Urge as The Man
- 2015 · No Escape as Hammond
- 2015 · Some Kind of Beautiful as Richard Haig
- 2015 · Survivor as The Watchmaker
- 2014 · The November Man as Peter H. Devereaux
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2014 · The Love Punch as Richard Jones
- 2013 · Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End as Self
- 2013 · The World's End as Guy Shepherd
- 2012 · Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars as Self
- 2012 · The World Of Bond as Self
- 2012 · Love Is All You Need as Philip
- 2011 · Bag of Bones as Mike Noonan
- 2011 · I Don't Know How She Does It as Jack Abelhammer
- 2011 · Jane's Journey as Self
- 2011 · Salvation Boulevard as Dan Day
- 2010 · Remember Me as Charles Hawkins
- 2010 · The Ghost Writer as Adam Lang
- 2010 · Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Mr. Brunner / Chiron
- 2010 · Oceans as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2008 · Birthing Mamma Mia! as Self
- 2008 · Mamma Mia! as Sam Carmichael
- 2008 · Married Life as Richard Langley
- 2007 · Butterfly on a Wheel as Tom Ryan
- 2007 · Seraphim Falls as Gideon
- 2006 · The Grand Finale as Narrator
- 2006 · The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event as
- 2006 · Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles as
- 2006 · Creating an Icon: Making the Teaser Trailer as
- 2006 · Whaledreamers as Self
- 2006 · Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters as Self
- 2006 · Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday as Himself
- 2006 · Building a Better Bond as
- 2006 · The British Touch: Bond Arrives in London as
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · After the Sunset as Max Burdett
- 2004 · American Ballet Theatre: The Dream as Himself - Host
- 2004 · Laws of Attraction as Daniel Rafferty
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2003 · Punk'd as Self
- 2002 · Die Another Day as James Bond
- 2002 · Top Gear as James Bond (archive footage)
- 2002 · The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as Narrator
- 2002 · Shaken and Stirred on Ice as Self
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
- 2001 · The Tailor of Panama as Andy Osnard
- 2000 · Dolphins as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · James Bond Down River as Self
- 2000 · Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn as Self
- 2000 · The Spirit of Grey Owl as Self
- 1999 · The World Is Not Enough as James Bond
- 1999 · The James Bond Story as Self
- 1999 · Grey Owl as Grey Owl
- 1999 · The Thomas Crown Affair as Thomas Crown
- 1999 · Heritage Minutes: Grey Owl as Archie Grey Owl
- 1998 · The Nephew as Joe Brady
- 1998 · Quest for Camelot as King Arthur (voice)
- 1998 · Getting Close to the Show as Self
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · Tomorrow Never Dies as James Bond
- 1997 · The Secrets of 007 as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson as Himself
- 1997 · Robinson Crusoe as Robinson Crusoe
- 1997 · Taff as self
- 1997 · Dante's Peak as Harry Dalton
- 1996 · Mars Attacks! as Donald Kessler
- 1996 · The Mirror Has Two Faces as Alex
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Muppets Tonight as Self
- 1995 · Goldeneye: The Secret Files as Self
- 1995 · Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self - Guest
- 1995 · GoldenEye as James Bond
- 1995 · The Goldfinger Phenomenon as
- 1995 · GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast as Self
- 1994 · Love Affair as Ken Allen
- 1993 · Mrs. Doubtfire as Stu
- 1993 · The Broken Chain as Sir William Johnson
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self
- 1993 · Death Train as Michael 'Mike' Graham
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- 1992 · The Lawnmower Man as Dr. Lawrence Angelo
- 1991 · Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie as Host
- 1991 · Mister Johnson as Harry Rudbeck
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Pierce Brosnan (voice)
- 1989 · Around the World in 80 Days as Phileas Fogg
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · Noble House as Ian Dunross
- 1987 · The Fourth Protocol as Valeri Petrofsky / James Edward Ross
- 1986 · Nomads as Pommier
- 1982 · Remington Steele as Remington Steele
- 1980 · Carpathian Eagle as Last Victim
- 1980 · Murphy's Stroke as Edward O'Grady
- Future · Giant as Brendan Ingle
- Future · Wolfland as Devlin
- 1982 · The Silly Season as Dennis
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1980 · The Long Good Friday as 1st Irishman
- 1980 · The Mirror Crack'd as Actor Playing Jamie (uncredited)
- 1980 · Hammer House of Horror as Last Victim
- 1980 · Nightline as Self
- Future · Not Bloody Likely as George Bernard Shaw
- 1979 · Resting Rough as Self
- 1977 · The Professionals as Radio Man
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · People's Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1970 · Play for Today as Dennis
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Host
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter