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 Simpsons

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

All Movies (144)

• Cliffhanger2026 · as Ray Cooper
• Giant2026 · as Brendan Ingle
• The Thursday Murder Club2025 · as Ron
• Four Letters of Love2025 · as William Coughlan
• The Unholy Trinity2025 · as Gabriel Dove
• The King of Kings2025 · as Pontius Pilate (voice)
• Black Bag2025 · as Arthur Stieglitz
• From Roger Moore with Love2024 · as Self
• Playing to Survive: Von Cramm vs. Hitler2024 · as Gottfried von Cramm (voice)
• The Great Lillian Hall2024 · as Ty Maynard
• Quintessentially Irish2024 · as Self
• Fast Charlie2023 · as Charlie Swift
• The Last Rifleman2023 · as Artie Crawford
• The Out-Laws2023 · as Billy McDermott
• Black Adam2022 · as Dr. Fate / Kent Nelson
• Black Adam: Saviour or Destroyer?2022 · as Self
• The King's Daughter2022 · as King Louis XIV
• Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland2021 · as Narrator
• Cinderella2021 · as King Rowan
• False Positive2021 · as Dr. John Hindle
• The Misfits2021 · as Richard Pace
• Riverdance: The Animated Adventure2021 · as Grandad / Patrick (voice)
• Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga2020 · as Erick Erickssong
• Final Score2018 · as Dimitri
• Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again2018 · as Sam
• The Pig on the Hill2018 · as Narrator (voice)
• Spinning Man2018 · as Malloy
• The Foreigner2017 · as Liam Hennessy
• The Only Living Boy in New York2017 · as Ethan Webb
• Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage2016 · as Self
• Good Fortune2016 · as Self
• I.T.2016 · as Mike Regan
• Urge2016 · as The Man
• Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire2015 · as Self (Archive)
• A Christmas Star2015 · as Mr. Shepherd
• No Escape2015 · as Hammond
• Sean Connery: In His Own Words2015 · as Self
• Survivor2015 · as The Watchmaker
• Some Kind of Beautiful2014 · as Richard Haig
• The November Man2014 · as Peter H. Devereaux
• I Am Steve McQueen2014 · as Self
• A Long Way Down2014 · as Martin Sharp
• The Love Punch2014 · as Richard
• Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End2013 · as Self
• The World's End2013 · as Guy Shepherd
• Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars2012 · as Self
• Everything or Nothing2012 · as Self
• The World Of Bond2012 · as Self
• Love Is All You Need2012 · as Philip
• I Don't Know How She Does It2011 · as Jack Abelhammer
• Jane's Journey2011 · as Self
• Salvation Boulevard2011 · as Dan Day
• Remember Me2010 · as Charles Hawkins
• The Ghost Writer2010 · as Adam Lang
• Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief2010 · as Mr. Brunner / Chiron
• The Greatest2009 · as Allen Brewer
• Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery2008 · as Narrator (voice)
• Mamma Mia!2008 · as Sam Carmichael
• Married Life2008 · as Richard Langley
• Butterfly on a Wheel2007 · as Tom Ryan
• Seraphim Falls2007 · as Gideon
• The Grand Finale2006 · as Narrator
• Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles2006
• The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event2006
• Creating an Icon: Making the Teaser Trailer2006
• Whaledreamers2006 · as Self
• Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters2006 · as Self
• Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday2006 · as Himself
• Building a Better Bond2006
• The British Touch: Bond Arrives in London2006
• The Matador2005 · as Julian Noble
• Nos Bastidores de Hollywood2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• After the Sunset2004 · as Max Burdett
• American Ballet Theatre: The Dream2004 · as Himself - Host
• Laws of Attraction2004 · as Daniel Rafferty
• Christmas in Hollywood2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Deep Blue2003 · as Narrator
• The Making of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang2002 · as Self - Actor
• Best Ever Bond2002 · as Self / James Bond
• Die Another Day: From Script to Screen2002 · as Self
• Die Another Day2002 · as James Bond
• Evelyn2002 · as Desmond Doyle
• The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World2002 · as Narrator
• Shaken and Stirred on Ice2002 · as Self
• The Tailor of Panama2001 · as Andy Osnard
• Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn2000 · as James Bond (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Dolphins2000 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• James Bond Down River2000 · as Self
• Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn2000 · as Self
• The Spirit of Grey Owl2000 · as Self
• The World Is Not Enough1999 · as James Bond
• The James Bond Story1999 · as Self
• Grey Owl1999 · as Grey Owl
• The Match1999 · as John MacGhee
• The Thomas Crown Affair1999 · as Thomas Crown
• Heritage Minutes: Grey Owl1999 · as Archie Grey Owl
• The Nephew1998 · as Joe Brady
• Quest for Camelot1998 · as King Arthur (voice)
• Steve McQueen: The King of Cool1998 · as Self
• Getting Close to the Show1998 · as Self
• Highly Classified: The World of 0071998 · as Self
• Tomorrow Never Dies1997 · as James Bond
• The Secrets of 0071997 · as Self
• The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson1997 · as Himself
• Robinson Crusoe1997 · as Robinson Crusoe
• Dante's Peak1997 · as Harry Dalton
• Mars Attacks!1996 · as Donald Kessler
• The Mirror Has Two Faces1996 · as Alex
• Goldeneye: The Secret Files1995 · as Self
• In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross1995 · as Self / James Bond
• GoldenEye1995 · as James Bond
• The World of James Bond1995 · as Self
• Night Watch1995 · as Michael 'Mike' Graham
• The Goldfinger Phenomenon1995
• GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast1995 · as Self
• Love Affair1994 · as Ken Allen
• Don't Talk to Strangers1994 · as Patrick Brody
• Mrs. Doubtfire1993 · as Stu
• The Broken Chain1993 · as Sir William Johnson
• Death Train1993 · as Michael 'Mike' Graham
• Entangled1993 · as Patrick Garavan
• Live Wire1992 · as Danny O'Neill
• The Lawnmower Man1992 · as Lawrence Angelo
• Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie1991 · as Host
• Victim of Love1991 · as Paul Tomlinson
• Mister Johnson1991 · as Harry Rudbeck
• Murder 1011991 · as Charles Lattimore
• Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years1990 · as Self
• The Heist1989 · as Neil Skinner
• The Deceivers1988 · as William Savage
• Taffin1988 · as Mark Taffin
• The Fourth Protocol1987 · as Valeri Petrofsky / James Edward Ross
• Nomads1986 · as Pommier
• The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There1985
• Night of 100 Stars II1985 · as Self
• The Silly Season1982 · as Dennis
• Carpathian Eagle1980 · as Last Victim
• The Long Good Friday1980 · as 1st Irishman
• Murphy's Stroke1980 · as Edward O'Grady
• The Mirror Crack'd1980 · as Actor Playing Jamie (uncredited)
• Resting Rough1979 · as Self
• Wolfland— · as Devlin
• Not Bloody Likely— · as George Bernard Shaw
• My Life As Roger Moore— · as Self

All TV Shows (53)

• MobLand2025 · as Conrad Harrigan
• Mitt liv som Roger Moore2024 · as Self
• History's Greatest Heists with Pierce Brosnan2023 · as Self - Host
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• The Son2017 · as Eli McCullough
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Bag of Bones2011 · as Mike Noonan
• Live from Studio Five2009 · as Self
• Davina2006
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Celebrities Uncensored2003 · as Self
• Punk'd2003 · as Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross2001 · as Self - Guest
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• Taff1997 · as self
• Clive Anderson All Talk1996 · as Self
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Muppets Tonight1996 · as Self
• Die Harald Schmidt Show1995 · as Self - Guest
• MADtv1995 · as Self
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• GMTV1993 · as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self
• The Simpsons1989 · as Pierce Brosnan (voice)
• Around the World in 80 Days1989 · as Phileas Fogg
• This Morning1988 · as Self
• Noble House1988 · as Ian Dunross
• Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self
• Remington Steele1982 · as Remington Steele
• Nancy Astor1982 · as Robert Gould Shaw
• The Manions of America1981 · as Rory O'Manion
• Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
• Hammer House of Horror1980 · as Last Victim
• Nightline1980 · as Self
• The Professionals1977 · as Radio Man
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• People's Choice Awards1975 · as Self - Presenter
• Play for Today1970 · as Dennis
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Host
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter