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My Take
What I admire most about Brosnan isn't the Bond tenure, polished as it was — it's how lightly he wears the legacy. A working-class kid from Drogheda who became the very image of the tailored gentleman, then spent the after-Bond years taking risks: singing badly and cheerfully in Mamma Mia!, playing villains, championing environmental causes. The Razzie he collected says more about his sense of humor than his talent. Few actors transition from icon to character actor with this much grace and zero bitterness. He's my model for aging well in a business that rarely allows it — charm intact, ego apparently optional.
Overview
Pierce Brendan Brosnan (born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor. He achieved worldwide fame playing the lead role in four James Bond films from 1995 to 2002: GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day. Brosnan has also received two Golden Globe Award nominations for Nancy Astor (1982) and The Matador (2005).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Pierce Brosnan
- Name (Japanese)
- ピアース・ブロスナン
- Reading
- ぴあーす・ぶろすなん
- Born
- May 16, 1953 (age 73)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Snake
- Origin
- Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film producer / environmentalist / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2013 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- 1998 Saturn Award for Best Actor
- 2000 Empire Award for Best Actor
- 2009 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award
- 2016 European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 2008 Great Immigrants Award
- 2001 Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Film producer — see all → · More people from Ireland →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.