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| birth_place = Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland | religion = Roman Catholicism | home_town = Navan, County Meath, Ireland |resides = Malibu, California, United States | occupation = Actor, producer, environmentalist | spouse = | children = 5 | years_active = 1977–present〔(Brosnan's personal site )〕 }} Pierce Brendan Brosnan (born 16 May 1953) is an Irish-American actor, film producer and environmentalist who after leaving comprehensive school at age 16, began training in commercial illustration. He then went on to train 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), which blended the genres of romantic comedy, drama, and detective procedural. After ''Remington Steele'', Brosnan appeared in films such as the Cold War spy film ''The Fourth Protocol'' (1987) and the comedy ''Mrs. Doubtfire'' (1993). In 1994, he became the fifth actor to portray secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, starring in four films from 1995 to 2002 (''GoldenEye'', ''Tomorrow Never Dies'', ''The World Is Not Enough'' and ''Die Another Day''). He lent his likeness for Bond in the video games ''James Bond 007: Nightfire'' and ''James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing'', providing his voice too for the latter. During this period, he also took the lead in other films such as the epic disaster adventure film ''Dante's Peak'' (1997) and the remake of the heist film ''The Thomas Crown Affair'' (1999). After leaving the role of Bond, he has starred in such films as the dark comedy ''The Matador'' (2005), for which was nominated for a Golden Globe, the musical/romantic comedy ''Mamma Mia!'' (9 July 2008), which won a National Movie Award, and the Roman Polanski-directed political thriller ''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, and became an American citizen in 2004. == Early life == Brosnan was born in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth,〔 Ireland, the only child of Thomas Brosnan, a carpenter, and May (née Smith, born circa 1934). He lived in Navan, County Meath for 12 years and considers it his home town. Brosnan's father abandoned the family when Pierce was an infant. When he was four years old, his mother moved to London to work as a nurse. From that point on, he was largely brought up by his grandparents, Philip and Kathleen Smith. After their deaths, he lived with an aunt and then an uncle, but was subsequently sent to live in a boarding house run by a woman named Eileen. He was educated at Elliott School, a state comprehensive school in south west London.〔 According to Brosnan, Brosnan was brought up in a Roman Catholic〔 〕 family and educated in a local school run by the de la Salle Brothers while serving as an altar boy.〔 Brosnan left Ireland on 12 August 1964 and was reunited with his mother and her new husband, William Carmichael, now living in the Scottish village of Longniddry, East Lothian. Carmichael took Brosnan to see a James Bond film for the first time (''Goldfinger''), at the age of 11. Later moving back to London, Brosnan was educated at Elliott School, a state comprehensive school in Putney, south west London. Brosnan has spoken about the transition from Ireland to England and his education in London; "When you go to a very large city, a metropolis like London, as an Irish boy of 10, life suddenly moves pretty fast. From a little school of, say, seven classrooms in Ireland, to this very large comprehensive school, with over 2,000 children. And you're Irish. And they make you feel it; the British have a wonderful way of doing that, and I had a certain deep sense of being an outsider."〔 When he attended school, his nickname was "Irish". After leaving school at 16, he decided to be a painter and began training in commercial illustration at Saint Martin's School of Art.〔Jonathan Jones (30 September 2011). (Saint Martins emerges blinking in bright new home. But is it art?: King's Cross premises a far cry from Soho 'hell', but some students fear college will have lost its charm ). ''The Guardian''. Accessed August 2013.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alumni )〕 While attending a rehearsal for a workshop at the Oval House, a fire eater was teaching people how to eat fire and he decided to join.〔(Pierce Brosnan: questions from the floor ): guardian.co.uk Guardian News and Media – 18 March 2003〕 A circus agent saw him busking and hired him for three years. He later trained for three years as an actor at the Drama Centre London. Brosnan has described the feeling of becoming an actor and the impact it had on his life: "When I found acting, or when acting found me, it was a liberation. It was a stepping stone into another life, away from a life that I had, and acting was something I was good at, something which was appreciated. That was a great satisfaction in my life."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pierce Brosnan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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