Just call him Bond. James Bond. Actually, he was the sixth actor to play British secret agent Jame Bond. He is the handsome Irish actor, Pierce Brosnan, and he is this month’s “Man of Style.”
No matter the role he takes on, his day-to-day style uniform still remains the same. He may look distinguished in a tuxedo or a two- or three-piece suit, a la James Bond, but he is just so ruggedly handsome when he wears an unbuttoned dress shirt with or without a blazer.
Some people may remember him from his most famous TV role in Remington Steele, in which he played the title character, but he will forever be known as James Bond. He is not only an actor, but he is an artist. Back in May, Pierce sold his portrait of Bob Dylan for $1.4 million at the 25th annual amFAR Cannes charity gala.
Pierce occasionally sells his original artwork and donates reproductions of his original artwork to help raise money for his favorite charities. Brosnan took up painting again in the late 1980’s during his first wife’s illness. “Sometimes dramatic moments affect the way you see yourself in the world.” He found painting therapeutic. {Source: Pierce Brosnan website}
“Sexiest Man Alive” by People Magazine in 2001.
Pierce’s Bond character was mainly dressed with shirts and ties from Turnbull & Asser, shoes from Church’s, and suits from the Italian company Brioni. The cuff links and the belts were mostly Dunhill’s. {Source: IMDb}
On why he thinks he would have regretted winning the James Bond role in 1986:
“It’s a role better suited to someone who is in his 40s, old enough to have the confidence and the sophistication and strength to be able to stand there and just let the moment sit. Bond is a man with the greatest of confidence. And playing that takes practice. In 1986 I think I was 33 or something like that, and I still looked like a baby. Finally, I’m growing into this face of mine. That takes time.” {Source: IMDb}
“I do like clothes, and I suppose I like the dapperness of it all,” he tells InStyle. “It’s great to dress up. I love style.”
According to the James Bond tailors in London, he has been both the lightest and heaviest of all the James Bonds. The tailors who fitted him for his Bond films state that in his first Bond movie, GoldenEye (1995), he weighed 164 pounds, making him the lightest actor to play Bond. However, in his fourth Bond movie, Die Another Day (2002), he weighed 211 pounds, making him the heaviest actor to play Bond. {Source: IMDb}
He was given an honorary OBE by Britain’s ambassador to Ireland, Stewart Eldon, on 8/19/03. Honorary OBEs are awarded on merit by the Queen to non-British citizens who have made an important contribution to British interests. The award formally makes him “an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire”. {Source: IMDb}
Does anyone else love Pierce Brosnan as much as I do? His style is classically cool and is an example of how older men should dress as they age.
