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Pierce Brosnan

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Pierce Brendan Brosnan (born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor and film producer. He was the fifth actor to play the fictional secret agent James Bond in the James Bond film series, starring in four films from 1995 to 2002 (GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day) and in multiple video games, such as GoldenEye 007. After leaving school at age 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration and went on to attend the Drama Centre in London for three years. Following a stage acting career, he rose to popularity in the television series Remington Steele (1982–1987). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierce Brosnan is the 181st most popular actor (down from 139th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 14th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Actor.

Pierce Brosnan is most famous for playing James Bond in a series of films from 1995 to 2002.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Pierce Brosnan ranks 181 out of 13,578Before him are Shirley MacLaine, Leonardo DiCaprio, Harvey Keitel, Gérard Philipe, Julie Andrews, and Stan Laurel. After him are Russell Crowe, Martin Sheen, Jack Lemmon, Bette Davis, Anouk Aimée, and Max von Sydow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Pierce Brosnan ranks 13Before him are Jerome Powell, Jeffrey Epstein, Steve Bannon, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Ahmad Shah Massoud, and Tony Blair. After him are David Morse, Kim Basinger, John Malkovich, Isabelle Huppert, Richard Clayderman, and Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Pierce Brosnan ranks 23 out of 549Before him are Francis Bacon (1909), Eddie Jordan (1948), Sinéad O'Connor (1966), George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449), Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769), and William Rowan Hamilton (1805). After him are Grace O'Malley (1530), J. D. Bernal (1901), W. B. Yeats (1865), G. E. M. Anscombe (1919), Anne Bonny (1702), and Ernest Shackleton (1874).

Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Pierce Brosnan ranks 3Before him are Richard Harris (1930), and Michael Gambon (1940). After him are Liam Cunningham (1961), Lola Montez (1821), Cillian Murphy (1976), Gabriel Byrne (1950), Brendan Gleeson (1955), Maureen O'Hara (1920), Colin Farrell (1976), Brenda Fricker (1945), and Caitriona Balfe (1979).