Pierce Brosnan is a popular actor and film producer from Ireland who has successfully built his film career in Hollywood. He is one of the performers of the role of Agent 007 in four full-length films.
Biography
Brendan Brosnan Pier was born in 1953 in Droed, a small port town in Ireland. Father left the family when the boy was less than a year old. Mother also did not want to engage in raising her son alone, so she gave the child to her parents, and she moved to London. When the boy was in elementary school, his grandparents died and he was in the care of his uncles and aunts.
When he was 10 years old, his mother married again and decided to take her son back. Pierce Brosnan moved to his mother in London, but relations with her forever became quite cold. The father who abandoned the baby showed up when Brosnan became a very popular actor.
In his teenage years, Brosnan watched a film about Agent 007 with Sean Connery in the title role. The picture impressed the young man so much that he decided to choose a career as a film actor, without even realizing that once he would be honored to play a cult character.
In 1973, at the age of 20, Pierce Brosnan began studying drama and attending acting classes. In parallel, he worked part-time for his life in restaurants and cafes. Three years later, he successfully completed his education and began to play in the theater.
Film career
At first, the actor appeared in secondary roles in not the most popular television shows and series. In 1981, he first got the main role in the mini-series "The Manion Family in Search of Happiness, " which brought Brosnan the first wave of fame. In the same year, he first tries on the role of James Bond, but she goes to Timothy Dalton. But he is offered another successful project - "Lawnmowers."
In 1995, he brings his dream to life, playing for the first time the role of Agent 007 in the movie Golden Eye. Many considered his incarnation of James Bond to be one of the most successful after Sean Connery. Later 3 more parts of the story about a secret agent with Pierce Brosnan in the lead role were released.
This project has become one of the most profitable and famous works of the actor. He began to offer roles in many action films and comedies. Some were recognized by critics and spectators, and some failed at the box office and presented the actor with Golden Raspberries (in 2009 for the film Mamma Mia!). In all, during his career, he starred in more than 80 films.