Pierce Brosnan
Biography
Pierce Brendan Brosnan, OBE (May 16, 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
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Simpsons
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Daily Show
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
MobLand
2025
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self · 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 2015
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
The Simpsons
as Pierce Brosnan (voice) · 1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Daily Show
as Self · 1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self · 2019
MobLand
as Conrad Harrigan · 2025
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host · 1975
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self · 2005
The View
as Self · 1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest · 2003
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self - Guest · 1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self · 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self · 1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self · 2003
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Host · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1944
Play for Today
as Dennis · 1970
Taff
as self · 1997
Wetten, dass..?
as Self · 1981
False Positive
as Dr. John Hindle · 2021
Remington Steele
as Remington Steele · 1982
GMTV
as Self · 1993
Film '72
as Self · 1971
Parkinson
as Self · 1998
The Professionals
as Radio Man · 1977
Punk'd
as Self · 2003
Heritage Minutes
as Archie Grey Owl · 1991
Black Adam
as Dr. Fate / Kent Nelson · 2022
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
TFI Friday
· 1996
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1975
Goldene Kamera
as Self · 1984
Black Bag
as Arthur Stieglitz · 2025
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self - Guest · 2001
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
as Mr. Brunner / Chiron · 2010
Mrs. Doubtfire
as Stu · 1993
Muppets Tonight
as Self · 1996
The Foreigner
as Liam Hennessy · 2017
Mamma Mia!
as Sam Carmichael · 2008
The World Is Not Enough
as James Bond · 1999
Tomorrow Never Dies
as James Bond · 1997
Die Another Day
as James Bond · 2002
GoldenEye
as James Bond · 1995
Mars Attacks!
as Donald Kessler · 1996
The Thursday Murder Club
as Ron · 2025
The World's End
as Guy Shepherd · 2013
No Escape
as Hammond · 2015
Hammer House of Horror
as Last Victim · 1980
Dante's Peak
as Harry Dalton · 1997
The Tailor of Panama
as Andy Osnard · 2001
The November Man
as Peter H. Devereaux · 2014
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
as Sam · 2018
Remember Me
as Charles Hawkins · 2010
Final Score
as Dimitri · 2018
The King of Kings
as Pontius Pilate (voice) · 2025
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Thomas Crown · 1999
The Son
as Eli McCullough · 2017
The King's Daughter
as King Louis XIV · 2022
The Out-Laws
as Billy McDermott · 2023
Fast Charlie
as Charlie Swift · 2023
The Misfits
as Richard Pace · 2021
Bag of Bones
as Mike Noonan · 2011
After the Sunset
as Max Burdett · 2004
Quest for Camelot
as King Arthur (voice) · 1998
Survivor
as The Watchmaker · 2015
The Ghost Writer
as Adam Lang · 2010
Around the World in 80 Days
as Phileas Fogg · 1989
The Unholy Trinity
as Gabriel Dove · 2025
Cinderella
as King Rowan · 2021
Nightline
as Self · 1980
Spinning Man
as Malloy · 2018
The Lawnmower Man
as Lawrence Angelo · 1992
The Long Good Friday
as 1st Irishman · 1980
This Morning
as Self · 1988
Seraphim Falls
as Gideon · 2007
Butterfly on a Wheel
as Tom Ryan · 2007
Noble House
as Ian Dunross · 1988
A Long Way Down
as Martin Sharp · 2014
Clive Anderson All Talk
as Self · 1996
Giant
as Brendan Ingle · 2026
The Mirror Has Two Faces
as Alex · 1996
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
as Erick Erickssong · 2020
Robinson Crusoe
as Robinson Crusoe · 1997
Some Kind of Beautiful
as Richard Haig · 2014
The Last Rifleman
as Artie Crawford · 2023
Laws of Attraction
as Daniel Rafferty · 2004
I Don't Know How She Does It
as Jack Abelhammer · 2011
E! True Hollywood Story
· 1996
The Matador
as Julian Noble · 2005
I.T.
as Mike Regan · 2016
Deep Blue
as Narrator · 2003
The Mirror Crack'd
as Actor Playing Jamie (uncredited) · 1980
The Manions of America
as Rory O'Manion · 1981
MADtv
as Self · 1995
The Only Living Boy in New York
as Ethan Webb · 2017
The Fourth Protocol
as Valeri Petrofsky / James Edward Ross · 1987
Four Letters of Love
as William Coughlan · 2025
Nancy Astor
as Robert Gould Shaw · 1982
Extraction 3
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
as Grandad / Patrick (voice) · 2021
Davina
· 2006
The Greatest
as Allen Brewer · 2009
Love Is All You Need
as Philip · 2012
Love Affair
as Ken Allen · 1994
The Great Lillian Hall
as Ty Maynard · 2024
The Love Punch
as Richard · 2014
Grey Owl
as Grey Owl · 1999
Married Life
as Richard Langley · 2008
Mitt liv som Roger Moore
as Self · 2024
Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery
as Narrator (voice) · 2008
Evelyn
as Desmond Doyle · 2002
Cliffhanger
as Ray Cooper · 2027
Live Wire
as Danny O'Neill · 1992
From Roger Moore with Love
as Self · 2024
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self · 1985
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self · 1994
Nomads
as Pommier · 1986
Everything or Nothing
as Self · 2012
Black Adam: Saviour or Destroyer?
as Self · 2022
Urge
as The Man · 2016
I Am Steve McQueen
as Self · 2014
Death Train
as Michael 'Mike' Graham · 1993
Live from Studio Five
as Self · 2009
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage) · 2005
A Christmas Star
as Mr. Shepherd · 2015
History's Greatest Heists with Pierce Brosnan
as Self - Host · 2023
The Match
as John MacGhee · 1999
The World of James Bond
as Self · 1995
Entangled
as Patrick Garavan · 1993
Murder 101
as Charles Lattimore · 1991
Salvation Boulevard
as Dan Day · 2011
Taffin
as Mark Taffin · 1988
Don't Talk to Strangers
as Patrick Brody · 1994
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
as Self · 2002
My Life As Roger Moore
as Self · 2026
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
· 1985
The Deceivers
as William Savage · 1988
Christmas from Hollywood
as Self (archive footage) · 2003
Night Watch
as Michael 'Mike' Graham · 1995
Steve McQueen: The King of Cool
as Self · 1998
The Secrets of 007
as Self · 1997
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
as Self · 2015
James Bond Down River
as Self · 2000
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
as Self · 2006
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
as Self · 1990
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
as Self · 1995
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
as Self · 1995
Mister Johnson
as Harry Rudbeck · 1991
Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn
as James Bond (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2000
Best Ever Bond
as Self / James Bond · 2002
Good Fortune
as Self · 2016
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
as Self · 2012
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
as Self · 2016
The Broken Chain
as Sir William Johnson · 1993
The Making of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
as Self - Actor · 2002
Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn
as Self · 2000
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
as Host · 1991
Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End
as Self · 2013
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson
as Himself · 1997
The James Bond Story
as Self · 1999
The Nephew
as Joe Brady · 1998
The World Of Bond
as Self · 2012
Quintessentially Irish
as Self · 2024
Jane's Journey
as Self · 2011
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
as Self · 2002
Building a Better Bond
· 2006
Whaledreamers
as Self · 2006
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
as Self (Archive) · 2015
Highly Classified: The World of 007
as Self · 1998
The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event
· 2006
The Pig on the Hill
as Narrator (voice) · 2018
Getting Close to the Show
as Self · 1998
Dolphins
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2000
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
· 2006
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
as Self / James Bond · 1995
Resting Rough
as Self · 1979
American Ballet Theatre: The Dream
as Himself - Host · 2004
The Heist
as Neil Skinner · 1989
Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland
as Narrator · 2021
Victim of Love
as Paul Tomlinson · 1991
Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday
as Himself · 2006
The Grand Finale
as Narrator · 2006
The Goldfinger Phenomenon
· 1995
Murphy's Stroke
as Edward O'Grady · 1980
The British Touch: Bond Arrives in London
· 2006
Carpathian Eagle
as Last Victim · 1980
The Silly Season
as Dennis · 1982
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
as Narrator · 2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases
as Host · 2005
Not Bloody Likely
as George Bernard Shaw
The Spirit of Grey Owl
as Self · 2000
Prive
as Guest · 1999
Heritage Minutes: Grey Owl
as Archie Grey Owl · 1999
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self · 2003
Playing to Survive: Von Cramm vs. Hitler
as Gottfried von Cramm (voice) · 2024
Creating an Icon: Making the Teaser Trailer
· 2006
Wolfland
as Devlin