Editing Pierce Brosnan (section)

== Personal life ==
[[File:Pierce Brosnan at the LBJ Presidential Library 2017.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Brosnan at the [[LBJ Presidential Library]] in 2017]]
Brosnan has married twice, having been widowed once, and has five children and four grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/parents/pierce-brosnan-celebrates-the-birth-of-his-fourth-grandchild/ |access-date=14 March 2023 |title=Pierce Brosnan Celebrates the Birth of His Fourth Grandchild, Baby Jaxxon Elijah — See Sweet Photos! |archive-date=14 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314051749/https://people.com/parents/pierce-brosnan-celebrates-the-birth-of-his-fourth-grandchild/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grandmagazine.com/2011/09/pierce-brosnan-why-is-this-man-average/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328002717/http://www.grandmagazine.com/news/2011/09/pierce-brosnan-why-is-this-man-average/|url-status=dead|title=Pierce Brosnan – Why Is This Man Average?|first=Christine|last=Crosby|date=26 September 2011|archive-date=28 March 2016|website=Grand Magazine}}</ref> He met Australian actress [[Cassandra Harris]] through David Harris, the nephew of [[Richard Harris]], shortly after leaving drama school.<ref Name = "Brosnansite"/> On meeting her, he said, "What a beautiful-looking woman. I never for an instant thought she was someone I'd spend 17 years of my life with. I didn't think of wooing her, or attempting to woo her; I just wanted to enjoy her beauty and who she was."<ref name="Aficionado"/> They began dating and bought a house in [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]]. They married in December 1980 and had one son together, Sean, who was born on 13 September 1983 and later became an actor. They also raised Harris's two children from her prior marriage, Charlotte (1971–2013) and Chris. Brosnan adopted them after their father Dermot Harris died in 1986; they subsequently took his surname.<ref Name = "Brosnansite"/><ref name="independentonline">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/pierce-brosnan-a-new-licence-to-thrill-525881.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210232806/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/pierce-brosnan-a-new-licence-to-thrill-525881.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 February 2009 |title=Pierce Brosnan: A new licence to thrill |work=The Independent |access-date=19 February 2007 |last=Lipworth |first=Elaine |date=17 February 2006 |location=London}}</ref> Early in their relationship, Brosnan worked in West End plays and television films.<ref name="Aficionado"/> After Harris appeared in the James Bond film ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]'' in 1981, they secured a bank loan and moved to [[Southern California]], where Brosnan was cast in the title role of the TV series ''[[Remington Steele]]'', easing their financial worries.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

An episode of ''Remington Steele'' that was filmed in Ireland generated significant publicity. This led to Brosnan meeting his father, who had left when Brosnan was an infant, at his hotel. He expected to see a "very tall man" but instead described his father as "a man of medium stature, pushed-back silver hair, flinty eyes, and a twizzled jaw" who "had a very strong [[County Kerry|Kerry]] accent".<ref name="Aficionado"/> He was regretful that they met under such public circumstances and wished for a more private arrangement.<ref name="Aficionado"/>

While filming ''[[The Deceivers (film)|The Deceivers]]'' in [[Rajasthan]] in 1987, Harris became seriously ill. She was later diagnosed with [[ovarian cancer]] and died on 28 December 1991.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE0D8133CF932A05751C1A967958260 |title=Cassandra Harris, Actress, 39 |access-date=19 February 2007 |work=The New York Times |date=31 December 1991 |archive-date=12 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012134520/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE0D8133CF932A05751C1A967958260 |url-status=live }}</ref> Brosnan struggled to cope with her death: <blockquote>"When your partner gets cancer, then life changes. Your timetable and reference for your normal routines and the way you view life, all this changes. Because you're dealing with death. You're dealing with the possibility of death and dying. And it was that way through the [[chemotherapy]], through the first-look operation, the second look, the third look, the fourth look, the fifth look. Cassie was very positive about life. I mean, she had the most amazing energy and outlook on life. It was and is a terrible loss, and I see it reflected, from time to time, in my children."<ref name="Aficionado"/></blockquote> Harris had always wanted Brosnan to play James Bond; in 1995, four years after her death, Brosnan secured the role. His adopted daughter Charlotte also died of ovarian cancer, on 28 June 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Elizabeth |last=Leonard |url=https://people.com/celebrity/pierce-brosnans-daughter-dies-of-ovarian-cancer/ |title=Pierce Brosnan's Daughter Dies of Ovarian Cancer |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |location=New York City |date=1 July 2013|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915000447/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20713827%2C00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines |archive-date=15 September 2016}}</ref>

In 1994, Brosnan met American journalist [[Keely Shaye Smith]] in Mexico. They were married in 2001 at [[Ballintubber Abbey]] in Ireland.<ref Name = "Brosnansite"/> They have two sons together named Dylan and Paris.<ref>[http://www.foodworldnews.com/articles/11401/20141215/pierce-brosnan-son-james-bond-dylan-brosnan.htm "Pierce Brosnan's Son, Dylan, Is A Model"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100035/http://www.foodworldnews.com/articles/11401/20141215/pierce-brosnan-son-james-bond-dylan-brosnan.htm |date=4 March 2016 }} foodworldnews.com</ref> They reside primarily in [[Malibu, California]], with a second American home in [[Hawaii]] and Irish residences in [[Dublin]] and [[County Meath]]. On 11 February 2015, the $18 million Malibu home caught fire and sustained $1 million in damages. During the 30 minutes it took firefighters to extinguish the fire, flames destroyed the contents of the garage, including Brosnan's 2002 [[Aston Martin V12 Vanquish]], and spread to a bedroom above it; no injuries were sustained.<ref>Rocha, Veronica; Parker, Ryan (12 February 2015). [https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-pierce-brosnan-house-fire-20150212-story.html "Fire at Pierce Brosnan's Malibu home causes $1 million in damage"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114032722/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-pierce-brosnan-house-fire-20150212-story.html |date=14 November 2019 }}. ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref><ref>Doell, Zach (28 August 2015). [https://www.yahoo.com/news/pierce-brosnan-reveals-lost-aston-martin-house-fire-163000960.html "Pierce Brosnan Reveals He Lost his Aston Martin in a House Fire"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614024749/https://www.yahoo.com/news/pierce-brosnan-reveals-lost-aston-martin-house-fire-163000960.html |date=14 June 2019 }}. [[Yahoo! News]].</ref>

In July 2003, [[Queen Elizabeth II]] made Brosnan an [[Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) for his "outstanding contribution to the British film industry".<ref>{{cite news |title=Bond star Brosnan made honorary OBE |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3065797.stm |work=BBC News |date=14 July 2003 |access-date=5 January 2008 |archive-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604094456/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3065797.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> As an Irish citizen, he is only an honorary appointee of the Order and ineligible to receive the full honour, which is awarded only to a citizen of the [[Commonwealth realm]]s, but he is still allowed the letters "OBE" after his name. In 2002, he was also awarded an honorary degree from the [[Dublin Institute of Technology]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dit.ie/news/archive2003/piercebrosnanandeddiejordanawardeddoctorates/ |title=Pierce Brosnan and Eddie Jordan awarded Honorary Doctorates from Dublin Institute of Technology |publisher=Dublin Institute of Technology |date=23 June 2003|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201175606/http://www.dit.ie/news/archive2003/piercebrosnanandeddiejordanawardeddoctorates/ |archive-date=1 February 2014}}</ref> and, a year later, the [[University College Cork]].<ref>{{cite press release |title=Honorary Conferring Ceremony– 4 June 2004 |url=http://www.ucc.ie/services/opa/pr/PRHonDeg04.html |date=28 May 2004 |publisher=University College Cork |access-date=5 January 2008 |archive-date=5 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605024251/http://www.ucc.ie/services/opa/pr/PRHonDeg04.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 23 September 2004, he became an American citizen while retaining his Irish citizenship. He said, "My Irishness is in everything I do. It's the spirit of who I am, as a man, an actor, a father. It's where I come from."<ref name="Numero"/> When asked by a fan if it annoyed him when people confused his nationality because of his fairly neutral accent, he said, "It amuses me in some respects that they should confuse me with an Englishman when I'm a dyed-in-the-wool, born and bred Irishman... I don't necessarily fly under any flag, but no, it doesn't bother me."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Public Access: Pierce Brosnan |magazine=Empire |first=Ian |last=Nathan |issue=135 |page=10}}</ref>

Brosnan has expressed contempt for his [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christian Brothers]] education,<ref name="Aficionado"/> but commented in 2013, <blockquote>"It always helps to have a bit of prayer in your back pocket. At the end of the day, you have to have something and for me that is God, Jesus, my Catholic upbringing, my faith... God has been good to me. My faith has been good to me in the moments of deepest suffering, doubt and fear. It is a constant, the language of prayer. I might not have got my sums right from the Christian Brothers or might not have got the greatest learning of literature from them, but I certainly got a strapping amount of faith."<ref>{{cite web|first=Debbie|last=McGoldrick|url=http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Pierce-Brosnan-talks-about-his-deep-Catholic-faith-118983269.html|title=Pierce Brosnan talks about his deep Catholic faith|website=Irish Central|date=31 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013152412/http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Pierce-Brosnan-talks-about-his-deep-Catholic-faith-118983269.html |archive-date=13 October 2013 }}</ref></blockquote> He attends [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] but also adheres to other spiritual beliefs, stating in 2008 that he loves "the teachings of [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] philosophy", which he referred to as his "own private faith". He elaborated, "I don't preach it, but it's a faith that is a comfort to me when the night is long."<ref name=rd/>