Pierce Brosnan is 65!
The charming and charismatic Irish actor, four times James Bond and twice Golden Globe nominee Pierce Brosnan, turns 65 today!Pierce Brendan Brosnan was born in 1953 in the Irish city of Drogheda. The father left the family when Pierce was still a baby, and barely the boy was four years old, as his mother, leaving him in the care of her parents, went to work in London. Pierce Brosnan grew up in the small town of Navan, where he went to school and served as an altar boy in a local church. After the death of his grandparents, the boy had to live with some of his relatives, then with others, and later he had to live in a boarding school. At the age of 11, Pierce was finally able to move to live with his mother in London. An Irish boy who came from the provinces found himself in a big metropolis and in a school, where British children did not hesitate to remind him of his nationality and made him feel like an outsider. At the age of 16, Brosnan dropped out of school, and, deciding to become a professional artist, began studying illustration at the Central Saint Martin College of Art and Design. But when one of today's birthday boy's friends introduced him to the theater troupe, Pierce Brosnan realized that he had found his calling. Performing wherever he could, on the street and even in the circus as a fire eater, the young man honed his skills, which soon helped him get a place at the London Center for Dramatic Arts, where he studied for three years. The hero of the day describes his feelings from acting and the impact that it had on his life as follows:“When I found acting skills for myself, or it found me, it was liberation. It was a step into another life, far from the one I had. Acting was something that I was good at and something that others appreciated. It brought great satisfaction to my life. "<  After graduation, Pierce Brosnan got a job as an assistant director at the Royal Theater in York, and when on the eve of the premiere one of the productions lost the leading role, Brosnan acted as an actor's understudy. He did it so well that he received praise from the author of the play himself, the famous playwright Tennessee Williams. Over time, the actor began to appear not only on the stage of the theater, but also in small roles in films and on television. His starring role on The Manion Family Seeking Happiness made him a television star in the United States. And the next project, the mini-series "Nancy Astor", filmed by the British channel BBC, brought Brosnan his first Golden Globe nomination. In 1982, Pierce Brosnan and his family decided to move to America, where he almost immediately got a role in the romantic detective series "Remington Steel". which aired on NBC from 1982 to 1987. In their reviews, critics wrote that the actor could very well become a young James Bond. And he really got such an offer. Pierce could have appeared in the Bond film even in the movie "Sparks from Eyes", but due to the strict conditions of the contract with NBC, he had to abandon the role that Timothy Dalton eventually got.  Having finished working on "Steel" in 1987, Brosnan continued to actively act ... He could be seen in such projects as the thriller "The Fourth Protocol", where he starred with Michael Caine, the mini-series "Around the World in 80 Days", the drama "Mr. Johnson", the fantastic film "Lawnmower". In 1993, the actor, along with Robin Williams and Sally Field, appeared in the family comedy Mrs. Doubtfire.And in 1995, Pierce Brosnan finally got the role of the legendary British agent 007 in the seventeenth film in the franchise, "Golden Eye", which grossed about $ 350 million at the world box office and which at that time became the highest grossing film about James Bond. In the image that brought worldwide fame to the hero of the day, he appeared three more times: in the films "Tomorrow Never Dies", "And the Whole World Is Not Enough", "Die, But Not Now". According to Brosnan, he tried to "humanize Bond, make him real and understandable for himself." And although many consider the actor to be one of the best performers of this role after Sean Connery, he himself does not want to re-watch Bond films with his participation.“It always seems like something hasn't been done well enough. And this is a terrible feeling ",- the birthday boy laments.  Between filming the deadly super spy, Pierce Brosnan has played a dozen of the most diverse roles. In his acting piggy bank there is a hero-lover from the melodrama "The Mirror Has Two Faces", the professor of astronomy from Tim Burton's black comedy "Mars Attacks!", The brave scientist from the disaster movie "Dante's Peak". In the crime tape "The Thomas Crown Affair" Brosnan played a billionaire who, for the sake of entertainment, decided to steal Monet's picture, and the actor also had a chance to visit the actor in the shoes of Robinson Crusoe. Over the past 15 years, Pierce Brosnan has taken part in more than 30 projects, including Laws of Attraction, Matador, Mamma MIA!, Ghost, The Long Fall, How to Steal a Diamond.  Last year, the actor managed to appear on TV screens, playing the main role in the AMC western "Son". The hard work, vitality, stamina and energy of the birthday man can only be envied. After all, he is enough not only for fruitful work in the cinema, among Brosnan's future projects there are several films at once, but also for serious painting, as well as charity work in defense of the environment, women and children. The Topic of Article: Pierce Brosnan is 65!. |
