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Pierce Brosnan has taken connected galore roles successful his life. He was 007 during the mid-1990s, playing concealed cause James Bond successful a bid of films. He’s shown his comedic broadside with parts successful films similar The World’s End, Mars Attacks, and, astir recently, Cinderella. He’s besides fixed his singing dependable a accidental successful the Mamma Mia! franchise. But, possibly the top relation that this Irish-American histrion has signed connected to play is that of a father. Pierce is the arrogant papa of 5 children helium shares with his precocious wife, Cassandra Harris, and his existent spouse, Keely Shaye Smith.
“I cherish household precise much,” Pierce told Gentleman’s Journal in 2021. “I cherish being a father. I did not turn up with a begetter fig oregon with a coagulated family. There was heavy fracture, a definite isolation and an aloneness which wielded the fantastic powerfulness of my imagination. I had to get by connected my ain sensing and intuition. So I worth and emotion the family. Keely is the astir astonishing parent and pistillate — I’ve watched her turn up implicit 27 years, watched our beingness unneurotic conscionable blossom and grow. And determination are inactive galore much dreams to beryllium had.” He besides often gushes astir them connected his Instagram. As Pierce and Keely proceed this travel together, here’s what you request to cognize astir the Remington Steele actor’s kids.
Pierce Brosnan with Christopher (far left) and Charlotte (left) astatine the 2005 premiere of ‘The Matador’ (Richard Young/Shutterstock)
Christopher Brosnan
Christopher Harris was calved connected Nov. 11, 1972. He is the oldest kid of For Your Eyes Only actress Cassandra Harris (born Sandra Colleen Waites) and shaper Dermot Harris, member of histrion Richard Harris. Cassandra and Dermot yet divorced successful 1978. After Dermot passed distant successful 1986 owed to a bosom attack, per the Chicago Tribune, Pierce – who joined Cassandra successful 1980 – adopted Chris and his sister, Charlotte.
Christopher has worked arsenic an adjunct manager connected galore films, including a fewer of his father’s movies, similar GoldeEye, Die Another Day, and The World Is Not Enough. Sadly, pursuing his mother’s decease from ovarian crab successful 1991, Christopher’s beingness spiraled retired of power owed to substance abuse. “Christopher is inactive precise lost. Shockingly so,” Pierce said successful a 2005 interrogation with Playboy (h/t News.com.au), “I cognize wherever helium is, but he’s having a hard life. I tin lone person beardown religion and judge helium volition recover. He has tested everybody successful this family, but nary much truthful than himself. He knows however to get out. He doesn’t privation to.”
Pierce yet had to chopped disconnected his lad aft years of addiction. However, successful a 2019 interrogation with Esquire, Pierce said that helium and Christopher person reconnected and person established “a loving communication.”
Pierce with his sons Dylan and Paris (Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP/Shutterstock)
Charlotte Brosnan
Charlotte Brosnan was calved Charlotte Harris connected Nov. 27, 1972. She is besides the kid of Cassandra and Dermot Harris. Charlotte was an histrion who had a relation connected an occurrence of NYPD Blue and appeared successful The Nephew and The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson. Sadly, she passed distant successful 2013 astatine property 41.
“On June 28 astatine 2 p.m., my darling girl Charlotte Emily passed connected to eternal life, having succumbed to ovarian cancer,” Pierce said successful a connection to PEOPLE. “Charlotte fought her crab with grace and humanity, courageousness and dignity. Our hearts are dense with the nonaccomplishment of our beauteous beloved girl. We commune for her and that the cure for this wretched illness volition beryllium adjacent astatine manus soon. We convey everyone for their heartfelt condolences.”
At the clip of her death, Charlotte was joined to Alex Smith and the parent of two.
Sean Brosnan
Sean Brosnan was calved connected Sept. 13, 1983, the youngest kid of Pierce Brosnan and Cassandra Harris. Sean followed his begetter into the acting business, landing his roles successful the Generation Kill mini-series, and successful movies similar Alien Uprising, Acts of Violence, and the upcoming Illusion. Sean besides battled his ain addictions that reportedly developed aft helium suffered injuries successful a 2000 car accident, per Esquire. However, Pierce told the work that Sean is “thriving,” studying for a science grade and starting a family. Sean’s societal media besides appears to beryllium connected private.
“Sean has the astir beauteous girl that I americium grandpa to,” said Pierce. “I effort to person immoderate lyrical name, Poppy, Hemingway-esque, but I americium grandpa. Grandpa. Grandpa. There comes a clip to beryllium a grandpa. I americium that.”
Pierce Brosnan and his household (Shutterstock)
Dylan Brosnan
Dylan Brosnan was calved connected Jan. 13, 1997. He is the oldest lad of Pierce Brosnan and his 2nd wife, writer and filmmaker Keely Shaye Smith. Shaye and Brosnan met successful 1994 and tied the knot successful 2001.
Dylan graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts successful 2020. He is besides a singer, portion of the radical Raspberry Blonde, and a model, as seen connected his Instagram. He’s besides done a small dabbling successful acting. Dylan has had roles successful Out of Reach (2015), Poisoning Paradise (2018), and The Young Motivators Club (2018).
During a 2021 Instagram Live session, Pierce talked astir Dylan astir however his lad would sojourn him connected set. “Do you retrieve coming down to the James Bond acceptable [for] Die Another Day? You loved cars erstwhile you were similar 4 years, 5 years of age,” said Pierce, per PEOPLE. Dylan responded that helium was “really young, but I loved the cars,” which led Pierce to stock a comic story.
“I bash retrieve that greeting due to the fact that you loved cars, and it was Die Another Day, and it was this monolithic enactment sequence,” helium said. After moving done each the “explosions” and chaos of the scene, Pierce turned to his son. “And I got to the extremity of it, and I said, ‘How was it?’ And you said, ‘Are the cars okay, Daddy? Were the cars each right? Can we spell spot the cars?'” Pierce continued, laughing. “And it was my champion performance, 1 of my top James Bond heroic moments. I said, ‘Yes, son, let’s spell spot the cars.’”
Paris Brosnan
Paris Brosnan was calved connected Feb. 27, 2001. Pierce’s youngest lad has already made a splash successful the manner world. He began modeling successful 2017, and he’s already walked successful shows for Dolce & Gabanna and Balmain. It’s exciting!” Paris told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY astatine the 2019 Clarins and The Malibu Foundation’s RePlant Love event. “I americium thankful for this originative outlet and the accidental to beryllium surrounded by inspirational designers and artists.”
“My household inspires me,” Paris added. “Both of my parents enactment successful the amusement industry, and some are besides are passionate environmentalists. I erstwhile heard my ma say: ‘A nine grows large erstwhile aged men works trees whose shadiness they cognize they shall ne'er beryllium in’… But honestly, the astir important happening we tin bash to assistance combat clime alteration is to prime a origin that we judge successful that is authentic to our idiosyncratic lives and values.”
Paris celebrated his father’s day with a saccharine household drawback connected his Instagram successful May 2023. “happy 70th to the creator @piercebrosnanofficial ; much life, much art, much blessings…,” helium wrote.
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