Pierce Brosnan Biography

Fast Facts

• Trained as a commercial artist during his early days in London, he returned to painting as a therapeutic response to wife Cassandra Harris' battle with ovarian cancer
• Continues to create and sell his art to support the Brosnan Trust, a foundation for women's and children's health charities
• Studied acting at the Drama Centre in London
• Performed in the circus as a fire eater
• Introduced to 007 series producer Albert Broccoli by Harris, who was a former Bond Girl in For Your Eyes Only (1981)
• Launched his production company, Irish DreamTime, in 1996
• Became an American citizen in 2004 and maintains dual Irish citizenship
• Has lobbied to protect marine mammals and has been a vocal advocate for the Natural Resources Defense Council