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Pierce Brosnan (1953 - ) Date of Birth:
16 May 1953 BIOGRAPHY Though Irish born, the unfeasibly handsome Pierce Brosnan relocated to London with his family at the age of 11, on the very day, or so he says, that James Bond author Ian Fleming died. One of the first films he saw in London was Goldfinger (1964). These were the two first incidences of James Bond crossing paths with the young Brosnan - they wouldn't be the last. On leaving school, Brosnan worked for a while as a commercial actor but a chance encounter with a co-worker who enjoyed amateur dramatics was to change all that. Taken to see a performance by his budding actor friend, Brosnan was bitten by the acting bug and decided that this was the life for him. Brosnan gave up his day job and enrolled at the Drama Centre in London, beginning three years of study. His hard work was rewarded by several years of stage work and a small but growing number of roles on TV. In 1981, he appeared in the hit TV mini-series The Manions of America which gave him his biggst exposure so far in the States. On the back of this series, he won the title role in the popular and long-running series Remington Steele. With Hollywood now paying all the bills, Brosnan and his family, Australian actress wife Cassandra Harris and their three children, permanently moved to Los Angeles. Brosnan enjoyed great success with the show, though it was to cause him some distress in the mid-80s. Back in 1981, Harris had appeared in the Bond film For Your Eyes Only and had taken Brosnan to meet producer Albert R. Broccoli over dinner on the set. A few years later, Roger Moore was planning to leave the role and the search was on for a new Bond. Broccoli remembered Brosnan and he was offered the role and eagerly accepted now that Remington Steele had come to an end. But the show was unexpectedly renewed and Brosnan, tied to the show by the terms of his contarct, had no choice but to pass on the Bond offer. Remington Steele only lasted one more season but for Brosnan the damage was done - Timothy Dalton stepped into Roger Moore's shoes and Brosnan seemed to have lost his one shot at the role he most coveted. Despite this, he remained busy in both film and television. But personal tragedy was to almost put paid to Brosnan's career. In the late 80s, Harris developed cancer and she died in 1991. Brosnan, who had devoted much of his tme to caring for his ailing wife, virtually gave up acting following her death, appearing in just a handful of forgettable features in the following couple of years. In 1993, a role in the high profile Robin Williams hit Mrs Doubtfire went some way to restoring his position in the public eye, but it wasn't until Tuesday 1 June 1994 that Brosnan's career really took off - that was the day that he learned that he was to replace Timothy Dalton in the soon-to-be-revived Bond franchise. Goldeneye (1995), his first film in the role, proved to be biggest grossing Bond film thus far and firmly established Brosnan not only as a star in his own right but also as the best actor to play the part since Sean Connery. As the Bond series progressed, Brosnan was able to pick and choice his parts, taking roles in everything from big budget action movies (Dante's Peak (1997)), self-mocking roles in wild parodies (Mars Attacks! (1996)) and more personal, offbeat ventures (Grey Owl (1999)). Robbie Coltrane, who starred alongside Brosnan in two Bond films (Goldeneye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999)), summed up Brosnan's appeal, in his own inimitable fashion, in the book The Making of Goldeneye:
KEVIN LYONS All as performer, unless
otherwise noted GENRE FILMOGRAPHY 1980 1982 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 NON-GENRE FILMOGRAPHY 1980 1981 1984 1987 1988 1989 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 2000 1991 1996 MAGAZINES Cable TV Magazine vol.2
no.7 (July 1998) pp.6-8, 87 (USA) Cinema no.49 (December
1995) p.27 (Hungary) Cinema no.65 (April 1997)
pp.9; 51 (Hungary) Cinema no.96 (November
1999) p.96 (Hungary) Cinema no.97 (December
1999) p.102 (Hungary) Diário de Notícias 21
August 1999 p.3 Diário de Notícias 3
December 1999 p.38 Empire no.78 (1995)
pp.87-96 (UK) Empire no.100 (October
1997) p.116 (UK) Empire no.103 (January
1998) pp.72-80, 82 (UK) Evening Standard Hot Tickets 12
November 1999 pp 2, 3 (UK) Film January 2000
pp.90-91 (Poland) Hello (1992) pp.44 - 50
(UK) Los Angeles Magazine August
2000 p.34 (USA) MacCall's vol.201 (1987)
pp.148 - 152 (USA) Madison vol.1 no.10
(November 1999) pp.142-151 (USA) National Enquirer no.2.712
(1992) (USA) New Zealand Listener 9
December 1995 pp.18-20 (New Zealand) Parade 18 July 1999 p.18
(USA) Semana 5 February 1992 Starlog 247 (February
1998) (USA) Svenska Dagbladet 14
November 1997 (Sweden) Total Film no.5 (August
1999) p.18 (Hungary) TV Filmes no.37 (August
1999) p.83 TV Guia no.984 (1997)
pp.100-101 TV Guide vol.47 no.46 (13
November 1999) pp.18-22 (USA) Vox no.36 (April 2000)
p.66 (Hungary)
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