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Pierce Brosnan's Early Life

Pierce Brendan Brosnan was born on May 16, 1953, in the Irish town of Drogheda in County Louth to May and Thomas Brosnan. After his father left when he was an infant, his mother moved to London to work as a nurse.

He was raised mainly by his maternal grandparents and then an uncle and aunt before moving to London to join his mother and stepfather.

Brosnan quickly developed an affinity for art and painting, leaving school at the age of 16 to work as an illustrator.

However, he found acting in the early 1970s, enrolling in the Drama Centre London for three years and kickstarting his career on the West End.

Pierce Brosnan's Rise to Fame and Career

Brosnan's role in the British premiere of Tennessee Williams' The Red Devil Battery Sign earned him significant notice in the theater community, parlaying into minor film appearances in the early '80s, making his onscreen debut in 1980's The Long Good