After knowing the history of other actors who have played James Bond such as George Lazenby, in this article we delve into the biography of Brosnan, Pierce Brosnan, the fifth agent 007.
Pierce Brosnan is multifaceted in his life. In addition to being an actor, he has also worked as a producer, painter and environmentalist… and in his filmography we have seen everything from action films and superheroes to romantic comedies. In the following lines, we will review the most important aspects of each of them and see what they currently do.
What happened to Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brosnan and Laura Holt in Remington Steele (1982)
Pierce Brendan Brosnan was born in Drogheda, Ireland, in May 1953. After overcoming a turbulent childhood, young Pierce Brosnan He started studying acting. At first she gained experience acting in plays, and later she made the jump to film and television.
Pierce Brosnan debuted in theaters with the film The long good Friday (1980) John Mackenzie and achieved international fame a few years later when he went on to star in the television series Remington Steele (1982).
Pierce Brosnan had already become the protagonist of most of the productions in which he appeared, which also tended to be thrillers: Nomads (1986), from John McTiernan, The fourth protocol (1987), again directed by John Mackenzie, murderous caste (1988), from Nicholas Meyer, o Taffin (1988), from Francis Megahy.
He thriller continued to be his favorite genre, although he also entered romance with A love affair (1994), from Glenn Gordon Caronin the comedy with Mrs. Doubtfire, dad for life (1993), directed by Chris Columbus and starring Robin Williams, or in the adventure, playing Phileas Fogg in the miniseries Around the World in 80 Days (1989).
How did Pierce Brosnan become James Bond?
Cartel de Goldeneye (1995)
On the set of filming For your Eyes Only (1981), film in which he acted Pierce Brosnan's first wife, the actor of Mrs. Doubtfire, dad for life met the producer the James Bond, Albert R. Broccoliwhich ended up choosing him as the replacement for Roger Moore in the future films of the saga based on the character created by Ian Fleming.
Pierce Brosnan became one of the most beloved James Bonds of the series, since he combined in his character the charisma of all the previous ones, and he was also one of the highest grossers, since his films triumphed in theaters like they had not done before.
The Irish actor gave life to agent 007 in four films: Goldeneye (1995), from Martin Campbell, The tomorrow Never Die (1997), from Roger Spottiswoode, The world is never enough (1999), from Michael Aptedand Die Another Day (2002) Lee Tamahori.
The last movie of Pierce Brosnan como James Bond It was the worst received of his filmography, both for its direction, as well as for its characters and special effects, which encouraged the film's production team to start over, with a younger James Bond before becoming agent 007.
Thus, Daniel Craig ended up taking over from Pierce Brosnan in the saga, although before completely abandoning the character, he lent his voice for the video game James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (2004), after having voiced four previous installments, including GoldenEye 007 (1997).
While playing James Bond, Pierce Brosnan's career It did not stagnate, and we continue to see it in films like: Mars Attacks! (1996), by Tim Burton, Robinson Crusoe (1997), The secret of Thomas Crown (1999), o Evelyn (2002).
After saying goodbye to James Bond He also had no shortage of offers: he starred in the romantic comedy Until the law separates us (2004) with Julianne Moore, or the western Faced (2006) co-starring Liam Neeson, but without forgetting the thrillers.
In 2008 the old James Bond sang the songs of ABBA in another of his best-known film productions: Mamma Mia! The film (2008), by Phyllida Lloyd, in which she played the character of Sam Carmichaelone of the three possible fathers of its protagonist.
A decade later he returned for its sequel, Mamma Mia: Again and Again (2018), Ol Parkerin which we saw again: Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski, Julie WaltersColin Firth…
During those ten years we saw it in: The writer (2010) de Roman Polanski, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (2010) Chris ColumbusWelcome to the end of the world (2013), A brilliant stroke (2013), co-starring Emma Thompson, The November Conspiracy (2014), The husband of my sister (2014), Threatened online (2016), o Abroad (2017), in which he acted alongside Jackie Chan.
Pierce Brosnan today
In recent years, some of the most notable films of the actor Oh mama! have been: the version of Cinderella (2021) directed by Kay Cannon and starring Camila Cabello for Amazon Prime Video, and the film Black Adam (2022) by DCdirected by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Dwayne Johnson, with Pierce Brosnan in the role of Kent Nelsonalso know as Doctor Fate.
In 2023, Pierce Brosnan starred in two new thrillers: the last soldier (2023) y Fast Charlie (2023), and also had his first solo art exhibition, titled So Many Dreams.
Pierce Brosnan has been painting since the 1980s, and has produced around 300 works throughout his life, even illustrating the cover of an album by Bob Dylan. “Painting has helped me find my way in life. Whenever I feel anguish, I go to the canvas. It consoles me and gives me a lot of joy,” said the artist during his exhibition.
By 2024, Pierce Brosnan has three productions pending release in which he will once again star: Four Letters of Love of Polly Steele, Unholy Trinity of Richard Gray y Places, Please of Michael Cristofer.
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