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Pierce Brosnan

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Recognized internationally as one of the most dashing and skilled dramatic actors in Hollywood today, Golden Globe Award nominee Pierce Brosnan will next star opposite Meryl Streep in the film adaptation of the Broadway hit Mamma Mia! Brosnan received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture for his role as Julian Noble in the critically acclaimed film The Matador in 2005. Additionally, he received a nomination for this performance for Best Actor in a Lead Role from the Irish Film & Television Academy. Most recently he starred opposite Liam Neeson in Seraphim Falls. The film, about a colonel who hunts down an officer to settle a wartime grudge at the end of the Civil War, was shot entirely on location in New Mexico and Oregon. In addition to his work in front of the camera, Brosnan has always had an interest in the art of filmmaking. Having achieved international stardom as an actor, Brosnan expanded the range of his film work by launching his own production company, Irish DreamTime in 1996, along with producing partner Beau St. Clair. Apart from The Matador, Irish DreamTime has produced four other films to date: The Nephew(1998), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Evelyn (2002) and Laws of Attraction (2004). The company's first studio project, The Thomas Crown Affair, was a critical and box-office success and one of the best-reviewed and highest-grossing romantic thrillers in years. Evelyn, directed by Bruce Beresford, opened to critical acclaim at the Toronto and Chicago Film Festivals and also garnered rave reviews. Laws of Attraction, a romantic comedy, which teamed Brosnan with Julianne Moore, focused on dueling divorce attorneys who fall in love. Shooting recently wrapped on Irish DreamTime’s sixth production, Butterfly on a Wheel, in which Brosnan stars with Maria Bello and Gerard Butler. The psychological thriller, which shot on location in Vancouver and Chicago, centers on a happy couple with a seemingly perfect life whose daughter is abducted. Over the course of a day, the kidnapper dismantles the family’s lives with brutal efficiency. Perhaps best known worldwide as James Bond, Brosnan reinvigorated the popularity of the Bond legacy in box-office blockbusters such as Goldeneye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1999), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002). Brosnan’s first three Bond films earned over a billion dollars at the international box-office and Die Another Day alone garnered almost a half-billion dollars worldwide. In addition to his four Bond films, three other Brosnan films—The Thomas Crown Affair, Dante's Peak (1997) and The Lawnmower Man (1992) combined have earned hundreds of millions ofdollars internationally, cementing him as one of the world’s most bankable stars.Brosnan’s other film credits include John Boorman’s critically acclaimed film from the JohnLeCarre novel, The Tailor of Panama (2001), Bruce Beresford's Mr. Johnson (1990) and SirRichard Attenborough's Grey Owl (1999). In addition to The Matador, Brosnan has also shown his comedic skills in such films as Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) and Mars Attacks (1996). He also had a supporting role alongside Barbra Streisand in The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996). Some of his many accolades include the 2007 Goldene Kamera Award for his environment work, a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2002 Chicago Film Festival, the International Star of the Year at the Cinema Expo in Amsterdam, an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the Dublin Institute of Technology, an Honorary Doctorate from the University College Cork and an Order of the British Empire bestowed by Her Majesty the Queen. Brosnan was born in County Meath, Ireland and moved to London at age 11. At 20, he enrolled in drama school and while in London, performed in several West End stage productions including Franco Zeffirelli's Fulimena and Tennessee Williams' The Red Devil Battery Sign at the York Theater Royal. Brosnan relocated to Los Angeles in 1982 and immediately landed the role of private investigator Remington Steele on the popular ABC television series of the same name first marking his worldwide recognition. IMDb profile

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Richard Langley