Pierce Brosnan

This actor, while having many films under his name, will be known by many as the British super spy James Bond

Birth name: Pierce Brendan Brosnan

DOB: 5/16/1953

Where: Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland

Height: 6'1 1/4''

Spouse

-Cassandra Harris: 12/27/1980-12/28/1991 (her death, 3 children)

-Keely Shaye Brosnan: 8/4/2001-present (2 children)

Children

-Charlotte Brosnan

-Christopher Brosnan

-Sean Brosnan

-Paris Brosnan

-Dylan Brosnan

Trademark

-Scar on the right side of his face above his top lip. He got it from getting hit by a stuntman while making the 1997 film Tomorrow Never Dies

Trivia

-His wife, Cassandra, died on 12/28/1991, one day after their 11th wedding anniversary. She had passed away from ovarian cancer right in his arms. The same disease would take the life of Charlotte Brosnan, Cassandra Harris' daughter and Pierce's stepdaughter, in 2013

-When he was 11, he was already 6' tall, giving bullies a reason to target him

-When their father died in 1986, he adopted Cassandra Harris' children Charlotte and Christopher

-He can perform the dangerous act of "fire eating". He learned this skill at a young age when he performed at a circus. In fact, while filming Remington Steele, producers asked him to fine tune this skill that would end up in an episode called "High Flying Steele" where Remington and Laura go to the circus

-In the 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire, there was a scene where her teeth fell into a wineglass. No one knew Robin Williams would do that. The reactions from the cast and crew were genuine

-When he was fitted for suits in the James Bond films, he was both the lightest and heaviest actor to play the role. For the 1995 film GoldenEye, he was 164 pounds. By the time of 2002's Die Another Day, he was 211 pounds

-When he was chosen for the role of James Bond, he was forbidden to wear a tuxedo in any other film. This created a massive problem for the wardrobe staff on the set of the 1999 film The Thomas Crown Affair

-When he filmed the 1997 film Dante's Peak, certain scenes were difficult for him because he suffers from claustrophobia, or fear of tight spaces

-He lists 1963's From Russia with Love and 1981's For Your Eyes Only as his favorite films in the James Bond series while 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service as his least favorite

-He is a devout Catholic and attends regular mass at church in Malibu, California, where he currently lives