Brosnan's family moved from his native Ireland to London. His father abandoned him and his mom before his first birthday. Brosnan lived with his grandparents up to the age of eleven, where he later reunited in London with his mother.
Brosnan left school at fifteen and joined The Drama Centre of London for three years. His first major performance came on the London stage in Filumena.
Brosnan's first breakthrough came in 1981 with his performance in the mini-series The Manions of America. He was later offered the lead in a detective drama called Remington Steele. Brosnan was very popular with the viewers of Remington Steele and many people began viewing him as the next Bond.
The excitement of Remington Steele soon started to fade after its fourth season. NBC cancelled the series just as the producers of James Bond offered him a multi-million dollar contract. Realizing that they just canceled a show that held the new James Bond, NBC exercised its sixty-day recall option to keep the show running. This allowed Timothy Dalton to step up as the next Bond and Brosnan returned to the small screen.
In 1987 Brosnan's wife was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and on December 28th 1991, she succumbed to the disease.
For the next couple of years, Brosnan played the new boyfriend in Mrs. Doubtfire and Love Affair until he received the call to play James Bond. Brosnan's Goldeneye brought appeal back to the Bond franchise after the disappointing films by Timothy Dalton. The film went on to gross over $350 million globally. The charm that captivated audiences world wide got him signed for two more films; Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough.
After mourning the loss of his wife, Brosnan began romancing women much like his British agent character until he finally met reporter Keely Shaye-Smith of the Today show. In 1997, they welcomed their son Dylan Thomas into the world and in 1999, announced their engagement.
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